Present the reading

Gather around the signpost that is now a cross and remember the story of the Passion. You may want to read it all together in one stretch or in part, in one voice or with different voices. You may want to have participants recalling their reactions in between or retelling from their perspective. Be confident about this as a community exercise: we work at developing our capacity for doing theology by doing it together. You might like to share food as you talk: this is a long story and eating together will help people to concentrate and engage in the community activity. You could share hot cross buns or simple biblical food such as figs and dates. You may want to sing the Taizé chant ‘Jesus remember me’ as you work through the story.