1. artwork
2. description
3. prayer
4. reflection instructions
5. candles or other lights
STATIONS:
- JESUS IS CONDEMNED TO DIE - long table
Participants are invited to remember the times they have washed their hands of Christ.
Supplies:- Images of Pontius Pilate washing his hands
- 2 large bowls, preferably stone/ceramic (old)
one is filled with "blood", one is filled with water. - Pitchers of fresh water
- Karo Syrup & red food coloring
- Wet wipes
- Paper towels
- Large trash can
- JESUS CARRIES HIS CROSS - round table
Participants take a hand cross and will later "offload" it at station 11
Supplies:- Hand crosses cut from cardboard boxes
- Hand crosses cut from cardboard boxes
- JESUS FALLS FOR THE FIRST TIME
Supplies:- Easel with painting of first fall
- Large cookie sheet with sand. hand and knee prints and a few drops of blood
- JESUS MEETS HIS MOTHER
Participants view items and images that conjure up images of Christ's childhood as Jesus remembers his life with this woman, his mother.
Supplies:- Empty manger with swaddling cloths
- Virgin Mary candle (available in some Kroger Hispanic sections)
- Items that conjure images of a small boy and mother
- SIMON HELPS JESUS CARRY HIS CROSS
Participants add a rock to an already heavy backpack to represent a sin in their lives. Preferably they continue to walk with the backpack until station 11.
Supplies:- Rocks & bricks of different sizes, shapes and texture
- Backpacks/knapsacks
VERONICA WIPES THE FACE OF JESUS
Participants help create a community icon of Christ's face
Supplies:- Cloth with blood/sweat
- Torn pieces of construction paper or magazines depending on which direction we decide to go
- Large thick posterboard for mosaic
- JESUS FALLS THE SECOND TIME
Supplies:- Easel with painting of second fall
- Large cookie sheet with sand, larger prints and a little more blood
JESUS MEETS THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM - round table
Participants ink their fingers and leave prints in the book as they view images of women from their lives
Supplies:- Scrapbook with pictures of women from the church as well as famous women from the world
- Washable kid ink pads
- Wet wipes
- Paper towels
- Large trash can
- JESUS FALLS THE THIRD TIME
Supplies:- Easel with painting of second fall
- Large cookie sheet with sand, more pebbles, larger prints and a little more blood
- JESUS IS STRIPPED
Supplies:
Mural of artwork depicting the stripping of Christ 
JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS
Participants nail the hand crosses they've been carrying since station 2 to a large cross. Backpacks from station 5 are left beside the cross as well.
Supplies:- Large black cross
- Carpet or large area rug
- Hammers (preferably of different sizes)
- Bowls of nails
JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS - round table - covered in purple cloth
Participants are invited to write a confession on a post-it note and stick it to the cross. they are told to take a candy as a sign of God's forgiveness.
Supplies:- Sponge on stick
- Bowl of vinegar
- Crown of thorns
- Large nails (railroad ties)
- Robe
- Post-it notes
- Pens and pencils
- Bowl with hard candy
- JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS
Supplies:- Empty blood stained cross
- Printed artwork of this event
- JESUS IS LAID IN THE TOMB
Supplies:- Large white canopy with walls
- Overhead projector projecting tomb on outer wall
- Green carpet (preferably golf-grass or a carpet like they use in tents at burials)
- Coffin
- Flowers
- Candles (preferred scent is hydrangea, lily, other flowers to remind participants of "funeral home smell"
- Images of Christ in tomb
- Dark fabric hung on walls
- Small table with juice and bread
- Large white canopy with walls
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