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Opening Responses | ||
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Reader | In the beginning, all was darkness | |
and God said, | ||
"let there be light" | ||
ALL | AND BECAUSE GOD HAD SAID IT | |
THERE WAS LIGHT. | ||
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Reader | In the beginning, all was silence | |
and God sang the song of creation | ||
ALL | AND BECAUSE GOD SANG | |
ALL THE STARS AND SPHERES | ||
VIBRATED TO THE MUSIC OF GOD. | ||
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Reader | In the beginning, all was still | |
and God laughed | ||
ALL | AND BECAUSE GOD LAUGHED | |
THE WATERS TOOK UP | ||
THE ROAR AND THE RIPPLE OF IT; | ||
AND EBBED AND FLOWED | ||
AND SEEPED AND SWIRLED | ||
AND DELIGHTED IN THE WAYS OF ITS BEING . | ||
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Reader | In the beginning, all was dull | |
and God painted | ||
ALL | AND BECAUSE GOD PAINTED | |
THE SKY BECAME BLUE - AND PURPLE - AND PINK | ||
AND RAINBOWS HANG THERE. | ||
THE GRASS BECAME GREEN | ||
AND FLOWERS AND BUTTERFLIES | ||
DANCED IN THE DRIPS | ||
AND SETTLED LIKE JEWELS | ||
ON THE EARTH. | ||
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Reader | In the beginning, all was unconscious | |
and God breathed | ||
ALL | AND BECAUSE GOD BREATHED | |
MEN AND WOMEN WOKE UP FROM THEIR SLEEPING. | ||
THEY BREATHED OF THE VERY LIFE OF GOD | ||
AND STOOD IN WONDER BEFORE THE WORK OF GOD'S HANDS. | ||
THEY BEHELD THE GLORY OF GOD | ||
IN ALL THAT GOD HAD MADE | ||
AND THEY SAW THAT IT WAS VERY GOOD. | ||
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Scripture Reading from Genesis, Chapter 1 | ||
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Closing Responses - Wellspring | ||
Reader | In the beginning God created all things | |
ALL | AND GOD SAW THAT THEY WERE GOOD. | |
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Reader | At our beginning, God created us | |
ALL | UNIQUE AND IRREPLACEABLE | |
LOVED BY GOD AND WANTED BY GOD | ||
KNOWN TO GOD AND TREASURED BY GOD | ||
EVEN BEFORE HE CREATED US. | ||
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Reader | In all our new beginnings, God creates something new | |
ALL | SO WE WILL SEEK GOD | |
IN THE FRESHNESS OF MORNING | ||
IN THE LAUGHTER OF FRIENDS | ||
IN THE COLOURS OF CREATION | ||
AND IN THE WARMTH OF SPRING-TIME SUNSHINE. | ||
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Reader | Lord God, King of Creation, | |
ALL | OPEN OUR EYES TO SEE YOUR PRESENCE | |
OUR SOULS TO SENSE YOUR PRESENCE | ||
AND OUR HEARTS TO LOVE YOUR PRESENCE | ||
EVER HERE IN YOUR CREATION | ||
AND EVER BEYOND IT IN ETERNITY. | ||
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