The Walk of Witness saw a great turnout under clear skies on Good Friday. Pictured are Danielle Johnstone and Troy Zakrzewski leading the walkers.
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JORDAN TOWNROW
Echuca-Moama church and community members congregated on Good Friday for the annual Walk of Witness, promoting unity and reflection.
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Participants assembled in the morning under clear skies and enjoyed a cup of tea before the walk began.
Uniting Church reverend and event co-ordinator Michele Lees said it was great to see a diverse range of walkers on the day.
Rev Michelle Lees giving a reading.
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Participants at Christ Church Anglican Echuca.
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“We gathered in front of the Uniting Church, and the count was 140 people, so that was really pleasing,” she said.
“We had babes in prams and older people. It’s always lovely to have the young ones running around.”
Walkers set off down Hare St from 10.30am towards Christ Church Anglican and then to St Mary’s Catholic Church, led by cross carrier Troy Zakrzewski.
Musicians helped St Mary’s parish priest Fr Novie Lim lead the readings and hymns at each church, while Rev Lees gave the closing meditation for the day.
Fr Novie led the readings on the day.
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JORDAN TOWNROW
Rev Lees said the walk mimicked the carrying of the cross by Jesus and Simon of Cyrene before His crucifixion.
“It’s a moving service and quite sombre in many ways because of what it’s all leading to, but people were respectful of that,” she said.
After the readings, participants returned to the Uniting Church at around 11.45am and were invited inside to socialise over a morning tea with hot cross buns.
“It was a really good day, and the kitchen was kept busy feeding the crowd, but it all went well. There was great co-operation between the churches,” Rev Lees said.
The walk was reinstated by Rev Lees in 2021 and is expected to return next Easter, but this event marked her last time co-ordinating the walk.
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