Mon, Nov 23 2009
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Participants: Re-enactments bring them closer to Christ By Tricia PursellThe Daily Item That's the purpose of this re-enactment, summed up in the age-old hymn, "The Old Rugged Cross," which the crowd sung after Jesus' "death."
Norman Reich, event coordinator and owner of the land on which the three crosses were located, said for several years since 2001, members of St. Peter's Independent Bible and St. Peter's United Methodist churches, along with community members, have joined together to remember the significance of Good Friday. "People get lost in the celebration of the season and forget the real meaning," Reich said. "It (the re-enactment) is always meaningful to those who come to see it." Myron Reich, Norman's nephew, agrees. As he plays Jesus, which he has done for several years now, he tries to look at the audience as he hangs on the cross, remembering how much God loves each person. "You put yourself in Christ's place," he said. "You can't grasp what he went through," Myron said. But to him, it is as real as the day it happened. "It becomes real to me because I know what Christ has done in my own life." n E-mail comments to tpursell@dailyitem.com 
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