Stations of the Cross

Stations of the Cross

Holy Week

Note:

Year 6 students will read the script for each station.
Classes will enact scene then the whole class will say the station prayer followed by a whole school response.
We will be sitting in a quadrant around the perimeter of the undercover area. Classes to sit in rows behind the students who are acting (a mud map will be forwarded over the next week).
Parents will sit in chairs behind the classes.
One student in year 6 will take on the role of Jesus. Please organise a time to rehearse with the student chosen to be Jesus and the script read.

Drum roll until the group have settled. Silence

Single Drum

Introduction -Year 6 student to read

After the last supper with his friends, Jesus was arrested by those who didn’t understand who he was. His enemies took him to court. They sentenced him to die on a cross. Jesus gave his life for us so that we could be free. We remember Jesus’

Death but we celebrate with joy, his coming back to life on Easter morning.

Station One – The Last Supper- Year 6J student to read

As the time of his sacrifice drew near, Jesus called his close friends together for a meal. Even though he knew what was going to happen, that he would be betrayed, suffer and die, this meal was a celebration of life and renewal.

Year 6P: Lord, at the last supper you modelled care, forgiveness and love and you gave us the gift of your body and blood. Help us to be givers in life, to care, forgive and love and to make a gift of our friendship even when we are feeling hurt and alone. Amen.

Whole school: Jesus, teach us how to follow you.

Drum Beat

Station Two – The Garden of Gethsemane. Year 6J student to read

Jesus went into the Garden of Gethsemane to pray. He knew what was to happen and when alone he called out “let this cup pass me by” but even in his time of greatest anguishhe accepted God’s will and called out “let it be as you, not I, would have it”. Jesus would give his human life to save us and grant us eternal life. Jesus knew what was going to happen to him, yet his praying gave him the strength and courage to go on.

Year 4C: Lord, even in your time of greatest weakness you put your faith in God. Help us to turn to God especially when we are challenged and find it hard to do your will. Give us the courage to follow you

Amen

WholeSchool: Jesus, teach us how to follow you.

Drum Beat

Station three – Before the Sanhedrin Year 6J student to read

Jesus stood before the very people he had come to save. These people taunted and condemned him because he refused to deny the truth – that he was the Christ. The Sanhedrin thought his death would be the end. But for us his death would be the beginning of the fulfilment of the Scriptures. That he would be put to death and rise again as Son of God, Saviour and Messiah.

Year 2J: Lord Jesus,

Thank you for the strength you give, which helps us to speak the truth in times when it may be difficult. We make this prayer to you as our Lord. Amen

WholeSchool: Jesus, teach us how to follow you.

Drum Beat

Station four - Jesus is condemned by Pilate. Year 6J student to read

Jesus is taken by the Jews to Pilate the Roman Governor to be judged. Pilate knew he was innocent but he gave in to the crowd and condemned Jesus to death.

Year 1J: Jesus, you have been told you must die to take away all our wrongs. Such is your Father’s will. Give us courage in our struggles. Our trust is in you.

Amen.

WholeSchool: Jesus, teach us how to follow you.

Drum Beat

Station Five –Whipped and Crowned. Year 6J student to read

Pilate then had Jesus taken away and scourged; and after this the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on his head and taunted him by saying ‘Hail, King of the Jews’.

Year 4L: Lord Jesus,

Pain and suffering are part of our world. With your help we are able to do something about it. We are sorry for the times we may have caused others pain and suffering. Amen

WholeSchool: Jesus, teach us how to follow you.

Drum Beat

Station Six – Jesus Carries the Cross. Year 6J student to read

Jesus walks through the streets of Jerusalem for his last journey in the city of peace. He is carrying the cross and the burden of the sins of the world.

Year 5B: Lord Jesus, help us to keep trying to do our best for you and give us the strength to carry our burdens. Never let me feel that any sin of mine is greater than your love- no matter what my past has been – I can begin anew.

WholeSchool: Jesus, teach us how to follow you.

Drum Beat

Station Seven – Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross. Year 6J student to read

Simon, a stranger to Jerusalem saw Jesus walking weighed down with the cross and even though he did not even know who Jesus was he stopped and helped him to carry the cross

Year 2N: Lord Jesus,

Thank you for the people who step out and help me when I am in need.

Help us to be the caring hand for friends and strangers who need your help. Amen

WholeSchool: Jesus, teach us how to follow you.

Drum Beat

Station Eight – The Women of Jerusalem Year 6J student to read

Jesus only spoke once on the journey to the crucifixion. This was to offer comfort and advice to a group of women who grieved over his suffering. He told them to stop crying for him and to weep instead for the evil being done. He was asking them to follow their own hearts – not those of the crowd.

Year 1M : Lord Jesus, forgive us, when we are weak and follow along with the crowd. Give us the courage to do what is right.

Amen

WholeSchool: Jesus, teach us how to follow you.

Drum Beat

Station Nine – Jesus is nailed to the cross. Year 6J student to read

Arriving at the hill of execution Jesus was stripped of his clothes and nailed to the cross. He was raised in front of the crowd to endure the hours of dying.

Year 3V: Jesus forgive us for the times we have nailed others to the cross because they were different. Show us howto love and value people as you did. Amen.

WholeSchool: Jesus, teach us how to follow you.

Drum Beat

Station Ten – The Good Thief Year 6J student to read

One of the criminals hanging there abused him “are you not the Christ?” “Save yourself and us as well.” But the other spoke up “Have you no fear of God at all – you got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we deserved it, we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing.” Even through his dying Jesus recognised this man’s remorse for his wrongdoing and his desire for forgiveness and offered to him the gift of eternal life.

Year 3M: Lord Jesus Christ, our saviour, you came to call us all so that we may repent and live a new life. Grant that we may heed your call and turn away from sin and enjoy the life that you have won for us. Amen.

WholeSchool: Jesus, teach us how to follow you.

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Station Eleven – Mary and John Year 6J student to read

In his final moments Christ’s thoughts turned to his mother and he confided in her to the care of his disciple, John. At the same time he called Mary to be a mother to his disciple. Just as the disciples represented us at the last supper, here John represents us. As he was called so are we called to honour Mary and just as he spoke to her we call to her as our mother.

Year 5M: Dear Lord thank you for the gift of Mary our Mother in heaven. Help us to recognise her in good times as well as times in need. May we model ourselves on her devotion and love. Amen.

WholeSchool: Jesus, teach us how to follow you.

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Station Twelve – Jesus dies on the cross Year 6J student to read

On the sixth hour, darkness came over the land and at the ninth hour Jesus called out “Father into your hands I commit my spirit”. Jesus had given his all, his life had given way to death, and the light of the worldhad stopped at that moment. Never had such a supreme sacrifice been made, the world was changed forever.

Year 6B: Jesus, thank you for your sacrifice, you died so we might live. May we be ever conscious of your love for us and draw closer to you, the way, the truth and the life. Amen

WholeSchool: Jesus, teach us how to follow you.

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PPB

Station Thirteen – The Burial of Jesus Year 6J student to read

Jesus was placed in a tomb and all around knew that he was dead from his pain and suffering. Even the blood and water of his body had ceased to flow; Joseph of Arimathaea took him and wrapped him loosely in cloth, even his disciples hid themselves wondering what to do.

PPB: Jesus, forgive us for the times we have done wrong, and not believed in. Thank you for your sacrifice.Amen

WholeSchool: Jesus, teach us how to follow you.

Drum Beat

PPS

Station Fourteen – Jesus rises from the Dead.Year 6J student to read

Despite the treachery, despite the betrayal, despite the cross and despite the suffering Christ still rose from the dead to save us. As he had promised us in the Scriptures Christ would be born, he would die and hewould rise again. Jesus lived to teach us, he died to take away our sins and he rose again to show us the way. Jesus is the light of the world.

PPS:You are alive, Lord Jesus. You are alive! Help us to celebrate the power of your kingdom over death. Amen

WholeSchool: Jesus, teach us how to follow you.

Drum Beat

Concluding Prayer Year 6J student to read

Loving God,

We have had the opportunity to stop and reflect on the last day in the life of your Son Jesus and his Resurrection, and what these events might mean for our lives today. We thank you for enabling us to see that the difficulties we face and overcome in our lives can only bring us closer to you.

We make this prayer through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.