Some Grayson County residents had a chance to feel some of the burden that Jesus Christ felt when He carried the cross for Christians two centuries ago.

On Good Friday several members of the Grayson County Ministerial Association carried a life-size cross from Leitchfield United Methodist Church on West Main, around the square and back to the church.

“I started this 11 years ago, not so much to do a reenactment of what Jesus Christ went through but to more or less magnify what Good Friday is about,” said Reverend Musical Pearson, pastor of the Leitchfield United Methodist Church.

“It allows the public to see the Lord's followers praising Him.”

Various pastors of all denominations and about 20 or 30 people met in front of the Methodist church. Anyone who wanted to participate was given a chance to carry the heavy cross.

Once the cross was returned to the church it was put in the ground and draped with a black mourning cloth.

The cross will remain in front of the church through the Lenten Season.

The participants then prayed and held a worship service as part of the celebration.

“I can never experience what He went through, because He was beaten almost to death before he carried the cross.” said Pearson.

“But it gives me just a taste of what Christ went through back then when He carried that cross.” said Pearson. “It is a very humbling experience, just knowing that He carried the cross for you and for me”