Walk to the Cross
Hello!
I was given the awesome opportunity to act in my church's Good Friday "Walk to the Cross". I was approached at Clayhouse Alliance Church by some elders to see if I was interested in being a part of the production as the repentant sinner. I had some doubts as I'm a TERRIBLE actor, but it was only a handful of lines. The main challenge, they told me, was physical as we sinners would be in a towel right at nightfall. I agreed and didn't think about it much until the day before.
At this point in my life, I did not have a vehicle. My truck's transmission gave out and I was still car shopping. I used the city bus, but it did not run that late nor did it run that far out of town. A friend picked me up (ask me about the story!) and I got there a couple minutes late.
When I walked in, I was greeted with a surprise. "You're going to play Jesus", Pastor Danny told me. Being as I had a beard, I was assigned the role. I immediately thought of the quotation,
As time drew near, we were taken outside. It was a windy evening, and cold for April. As stated earlier, it was near sunset so we didn't have much sunlight. And as every Colorado Springs native knows, the temperature drops drastically without the sun. We added the (FAKE) blood and we were left to shoot the breeze (literally and figuratively) while the churchgoers were guided on the path to the cross.
Cold was an understatement. I was freezing. I didn't have to pretend that I was in pain - I only had to talk normally! I was shivering, almost uncontrollably. I'm shivering in my mind right now, remembering that scene. Thankfully, it was relatively quick. I can honestly say, as bad as it sounds, that a major reason why I made it through was that I knew I wasn't suffering as bad as my comrades. As soon as everybody had made their way inside, we hurried down and sprinted inside to heat up. (We had to wait and stay in character. We didn't want to ruin the integrity of the scene, nor did we want people to miss out on the gravity of Christ's sacrifice.)
We huddled around the heater, sipping on hot tea in attempts to warm us up. I'd never been that cold, where I couldn't control my shivering. Slowly but surely, I regained feeling in my extremities. The people were very nice and gave me an old sweater to wear as I threw on my sweatpants.
Afterward, I posted the pictures to Facebook. They were flagged for "indecency", probably due to the fake blood. I'll post them here, and I'm putting a link on Facebook. Enjoy! And remember the reason why we celebrate Good Friday!
Jeremy
I was given the awesome opportunity to act in my church's Good Friday "Walk to the Cross". I was approached at Clayhouse Alliance Church by some elders to see if I was interested in being a part of the production as the repentant sinner. I had some doubts as I'm a TERRIBLE actor, but it was only a handful of lines. The main challenge, they told me, was physical as we sinners would be in a towel right at nightfall. I agreed and didn't think about it much until the day before.
At this point in my life, I did not have a vehicle. My truck's transmission gave out and I was still car shopping. I used the city bus, but it did not run that late nor did it run that far out of town. A friend picked me up (ask me about the story!) and I got there a couple minutes late.
When I walked in, I was greeted with a surprise. "You're going to play Jesus", Pastor Danny told me. Being as I had a beard, I was assigned the role. I immediately thought of the quotation,
"With great beard comes great responsibility."Pastor Danny ran me and the other two guys through our lines and his vision for the production. We went outside to the crosses and practiced twice. Pleased, we went back inside to get our outfits ready and savor the heat while we could.
As time drew near, we were taken outside. It was a windy evening, and cold for April. As stated earlier, it was near sunset so we didn't have much sunlight. And as every Colorado Springs native knows, the temperature drops drastically without the sun. We added the (FAKE) blood and we were left to shoot the breeze (literally and figuratively) while the churchgoers were guided on the path to the cross.
Cold was an understatement. I was freezing. I didn't have to pretend that I was in pain - I only had to talk normally! I was shivering, almost uncontrollably. I'm shivering in my mind right now, remembering that scene. Thankfully, it was relatively quick. I can honestly say, as bad as it sounds, that a major reason why I made it through was that I knew I wasn't suffering as bad as my comrades. As soon as everybody had made their way inside, we hurried down and sprinted inside to heat up. (We had to wait and stay in character. We didn't want to ruin the integrity of the scene, nor did we want people to miss out on the gravity of Christ's sacrifice.)
We huddled around the heater, sipping on hot tea in attempts to warm us up. I'd never been that cold, where I couldn't control my shivering. Slowly but surely, I regained feeling in my extremities. The people were very nice and gave me an old sweater to wear as I threw on my sweatpants.
Afterward, I posted the pictures to Facebook. They were flagged for "indecency", probably due to the fake blood. I'll post them here, and I'm putting a link on Facebook. Enjoy! And remember the reason why we celebrate Good Friday!
Jeremy
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| Daniel's stance (arms crossed) tells the whole story! |
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| Pastor Cory adding the details while his kids look on. |
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| Supposed to be "sinners looking upon Jesus". |
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