9 Apr 2021
OPEN AIR: Revd Alec Harding gave an open air reading at St Mary’s Parish Church, with Revd Sarah Cliff and musicians Geoff Lowson, Annette Burrows and Debby Brown
FOR the second year in a row, Covid-19 restrictions meant the traditional procession of witness on Good Friday could not take place in Barnard Castle.
Adhering to regulations, a scaled back version was devised leading from St Mary’s Parish Church, where Revd Alec Harding and curate Revd Sarah Cliff said prayers and gave readings in the church grounds.
Robed and carrying a cross they gave readings at several locations in the town centre before joining Revd Graham Cutler in the grounds of the Methodist Church where he gave a reading and a prayer.