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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. | ||
| AMEN © 2003 Wellspring |
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