St. John Lutheran Church hosts cross walk with live donkey
Jesus, portrayed by Keith Cardinal, leads the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 with a live donkey in tow at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
St. John Lutheran Church in Mars hosted a Good Friday Kid’s Cross Walk featuring a live donkey on Friday, April 18, to get members of all ages to remember and interact with the events of Holy Week.
The walk began around 3 p.m. with a recounting of Palm Sunday alongside singing and prayer. Attendees held palm branches as they went outside to greet Jesus, portrayed by Keith Cardinal.
Other activities at the cross walk included crafts and the nailing of pieces of paper with “sin” written on them to the cross. At the end of the service, children ripped the paper off the cross before placing it in a font of holy water.
Afterward, at 5:30 p.m., attendees were treated to the Stations of the Cross Tableaux, a silhouetted recreation of the stations of the cross.
Jesus, portrayed by Keith Cardinal, helps Lucy Hutchinson, 3, nail a slip of paper with “sin” written on it to a cross, after learning about how Jesus was crucified on a cross for man's sins during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Attendees of the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 carry a cross into the sanctuary of St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Jesus, portrayed by Keith Cardinal, helps Lucy Hutchinson, 3, nail a slip of paper with “sin” written on it to a cross, after learning about how Jesus was crucified on a cross for man's sins during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Cadence Forsythe, 8, nails a slip of paper with “sin” written on it to a cross, after learning about how Jesus was crucified on a cross for man's sins during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Cadence Forsythe, 8, nails a slip of paper with “sin” written on it to a cross, after learning about how Jesus was crucified on a cross for man's sins during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Sally Hutchinson helps her grandson Michael Hutchinson, 5, make a cross craft during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Attendees of the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 learn how Jesus was nailed to the cross at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Jocelyn Hanks, left, and Evelyn Hanks, both 8, pull the slip of paper with “sin” written on it off the cross and place it into the baptism font during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Sally Hutchinson helps her grandson Michael Hutchinson, 5, make a cross craft during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Jesus, portrayed by Keith Cardinal, helps Lucy Hutchinson, 3, nail a slip of paper with “sin” written on it to a cross, after learning about how Jesus was crucified on a cross for man's sins during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Jesus, portrayed by Keith Cardinal, helps Lucy Hutchinson, 3, nail a slip of paper with “sin” written on it to a cross, after learning about how Jesus was crucified on a cross for man's sins during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Attendees of the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 carry a cross into the sanctuary of St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Jesus, portrayed by Keith Cardinal, helps Lucy Hutchinson, 3, nail a slip of paper with “sin” written on it to a cross, after learning about how Jesus was crucified on a cross for man's sins during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Cadence Forsythe, 8, nails a slip of paper with “sin” written on it to a cross, after learning about how Jesus was crucified on a cross for man's sins during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Cadence Forsythe, 8, nails a slip of paper with “sin” written on it to a cross, after learning about how Jesus was crucified on a cross for man's sins during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Sally Hutchinson helps her grandson Michael Hutchinson, 5, make a cross craft during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Attendees of the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 learn how Jesus was nailed to the cross at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Jocelyn Hanks, left, and Evelyn Hanks, both 8, pull the slip of paper with “sin” written on it off the cross and place it into the baptism font during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Sally Hutchinson helps her grandson Michael Hutchinson, 5, make a cross craft during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Jesus, portrayed by Keith Cardinal, helps Lucy Hutchinson, 3, nail a slip of paper with “sin” written on it to a cross, after learning about how Jesus was crucified on a cross for man's sins during the Good Friday Kid's Cross Walk 2025 at St. John Lutheran Church in Mars on Friday, April 18, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
