Our Savior’s Lutheran Church hosts Justice and Peace Stations of the Cross ...

Friday, April 15, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Lansing led a Good Friday Justice and Peace Stations of the Cross event. Community members of all ages, faith backgrounds and walks of life participated in the one-mile walk to contemplate the suffering of Jesus on his way to the cross. Carrying a large wooden cross, the group (pictured above) meandered through town making 12 stops at places symbolic of suffering today. At each, they pondered the deeper roots of pain, lamented, sang, and prayed for the healing of the world. Some carried signs calling for justice or declaring God’s wide embrace.

This was the second such walk hosted by Our Savior’s Lutheran Church on Good Friday. This year, there was a special focus on prayers for peace in Ukraine. Lesya Ryzhenkova, Ukrainian immigrant and owner of The Good Life Gallery and Frame Shop in Lansing, shared emotionally about the atrocities her family and friends are enduring right now. A special offering was taken at the event and Easter morning to support the relief work she is doing. Anyone else who would like to support that effort can make a check payable to “Ukrainian Relief Fund” and bring it to her gallery on Main Street in Lansing during business hours. Submitted photo.