Jesus is brought back to life in...Walsall

An Easter service in Walsall saw Jesus take to the streets and musicians perform in the town centre.

Transcript

00:00 The Rolling Stones live in Warsaw. Well, sort of.

00:05 Esther, just fill us in on who you are, where we are and what's Jesus doing with you?

00:10 OK, so I'm the Minister of Dales Baptist Community Church in Warsaw.

00:14 I'm part of the Love Warsaw core team.

00:17 And we want to regenerate this part of Warsaw.

00:20 And so on Good Friday we're giving the message of the hope of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

00:26 So that the people of Warsaw know that there is hope.

00:29 And so that's why Jesus is with me, because he's re-enacted the crucifixion.

00:34 After the March of Weakness, where he was crucified, he came and rose from the dead, rolled the stone away.

00:41 And so that's why we've got the stone and Jesus here with us now.

00:44 And Jesus, do you play the role every year?

00:48 I've played the role of Jesus for the last couple of years, yeah.

00:51 Does that mean there's a pressure, like you can't get your hair cut? Do you know what I mean?

00:56 In the past, not all the people who've played Jesus have had long hair and a beard.

01:00 But it kind of helps people engage with it.

01:04 Seeing that I've got the long hair and the beard, might as well use it.

01:07 Yeah, exactly. And how's it gone today? Have we been good with the performance?

01:12 I think it's gone well. We had a big crowd.

01:15 I'm just hoping that people have taken away the great message that the church is across Warsaw, trying to spread today.

01:23 If they're interested, they look into it a bit more and speak to other Christians and find out what we're doing here.

01:31 Easter is not just about chocolate Easter eggs, is it? That's kind of what we want to get across.

01:36 There's more to it than that.

01:38 Right, well thank you guys. I'll let you continue with the Rolling Stones.

01:42 [Music]

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