Meetings had been arranged and were open to all the assemblies in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The meetings were held in a tent located on a farm which belongs to one of the families that attends the hosting assembly.

Five meetings had been scheduled for the Easter weekend, Friday morning, Friday evening, Saturday evening, Sunday morning and Sunday evening.

The Tent

Friday Morning – April 10, 2009 (The Trial)
Everyone arrived at the tent in much anticipation of the meetings of the weekend. Although it happened a little slowly, the tent did fill up. The song service was taken and there were also some song specials.

Bro Clack (the pastor of the hosting assembly) introduced the meetings and also Bro Collins before handing over the service and telling Bro Collins to have the liberty to preach what the Lord had laid on his heart.

Bro Clack opening

Bro Collins told the people that the Lord had laid it on his heart to follow the sequence of what happened on the original Good Friday and the weekend that followed in the order that it happened. This was possible due to the timing of the services.

So the first service on Friday morning was The Trial. Bro Collins took his text from St. John 18. He then spoke about how Jesus had been brought before Pilate and tried and that Pilate could find no fault in Him.

Bro Collins then announced that there would be a Mark 16 prayer line in the evening after the service.