Reverend Matthew Alfred Jr., moderator of the Eastern Seventh District Association, carries the cross as the motorcade departs from Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church, on Pine Point Road. The event, on Good Friday, culminated with meditations on the Last Seven Sayings. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
By: TONY MARKS
Editor
It is Friday and two days before Easter, and it is raining as pastors gather at Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church. A discussion breaks out whether or not it was raining on that first Good Friday. The pastors do not know for sure but know the one who died on the cross on that first Good Friday could calm any storm.
One of the pastors, Matthew Alfred Jr., then gets in a flat bed …
