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The Church of the Redeemer, an Episcopal church in downtown Sarasota, and the Sarasota Ministerial Association invite the Sarasota community to observe the Passion of Jesus Christ by participating in walking the Stations of the Cross down Main Street in Sarasota on Good Friday, April 18, beginning at 7:30 a.m. The Christian pilgrimage will gather at 7:15 a.m. in front of the Hollywood 20 theater on Main Street, and the walking of the Stations will begin promptly at 7:30 a.m., led by Redeemer's rector, the Very Rev. Fredrick A. Robinson, and members of Redeemer's Men's Ministry and the Sarasota Ministerial Association, a news release says. Along the way, pilgrims will stop for worship and prayer at each of the 14 stations — "an opportunity for reflection upon the different moments of Christ's passion journey," the release explains. "A service booklet sharing the acts of worship for each station is pro vided to all participating pilgrims," it notes. The cross will be carried the entire route by Redeemer's youth minister, Father David Bumsted, it continues. Representatives of all of the church choirs will follow him, singing the Trisagion in refrain after each station reading. The procession will include stations in front of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune building, the steps of the First Baptist Church, the First MORE THAN 600 'PILGRIMS' EXPECTED FOR STATIONS OF THE CROSS Redeemer Youth Minister Father David Bumsted is surrounded by clergy and members of the Church of the Redeemer and friends and members of the Sarasota Ministerial Association. Bumsted holds the cross he will carry during the walking of the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, April 18. Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader April 11, 2014 Page 126