2009 Easter March, Kajang

Biannually Easter march was held on Saturday itself.

The march was earlier on publish in The Star newspaper.

Easter March in Kajang

By GEETHA KRISHNAN

A CROWD of 2,000 is expected to participate in the 2009 Easter March in Kajang on Saturday.

The march is a combined effort of 23 main and independent churches of various denominations around the Hulu Langat district. The aim is to seek God’s blessings, protection and provision for the district, the state of Selangor and the nation as a whole, with emphasis on unity and good governance.

Themed “One Body, One Spirit, One Lord”, the march will start at 3pm at the Holy Family Church on Jalan Gereja after an opening prayer. It will end at 6pm following one hour of prayer, worship and fellowship at the Holy Family Hall.

For a good cause: Around 1,900 people participated in the 2007 Easter March around Kajang.

Organising committee chairman pastor V. Ravichandran said the route would cover Jalan Gereja, Jalan Bukit, Jalan Semenyih, Jalan Mendaling and the town centre with the crowd stopping at various spots to pray.

He also said priests, pastors and church elders would lead the march, which was open to all, young and old. The colour code for the afternoon will be red T-shirts.

“In the past marches, we were grateful for the police support we received to help control the crowd and to march in an orderly manner without disrupting traffic. We hope for similar support this year and would like to thank the force in advance,” he added.

The 2009 Easter March will be the 14th of its kind. It was held annually but since 2005, the march has been held biennially. The march was initiated by the Kajang Assembly of God (KAOG).

However, come on that day the turned out wasn't as expected in the newspaper but non-the-less disappointing. We had a turn out 1, 240 people from 26 participating churches around Hulu Langat.

The Easter march had started annually aimed to pray for the town of Kajang and also for the state of Selangor and the nation. We believe we have to pray for our town and nation, for peace and also for prosperity .

As usual, we started the march with a time of worship in the Church of Holy Family in Kajang. After that, we start to march about 3.45pm with the help of the Kajang Police to control the traffic.

In the beginning, it was scorching hot, but when we started to march, there were clouds and the weather was just so good. The rain did not come as how many expected but just a few drops toward the end of the march.  

We sang and pray along the way throughout the march around Kajang town. It was just such an awesome experience and time. The march also bring some euphoria to many people and this is what you get too...

Anyway, during the Easter march, we literally and physically paint town red!