Claiming More than We Ought - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Sitting in the pew
the words before me on the screen, the page
wondering how to feel
reading the words of my creator
his voice ringing in my ears

I am made in the image of the creator;
but I am walking the earth
my feet made of clay
struggling to make my way
seeking to be humble
to be mindful of my state

The power, the authority of the creator
so far above my meagerness
speaking the universe into being
yet he is mindful of me
Awesome, I bow before you
falling to my knees
aware, in part, of the distance
between God and me

January 12, 2010
Genesis 1:1-2:4
(read responsively by the congregation,
speaking the words of God)
Psalm 19:1-13
Congregational Centering hymn:
“Let All Things Now Living”
Faith We Sing, #2008
Anthem: “The Time Between”,
http://www.gbod.org/worship/music/timebetween-crider.pdf
by R. Frederick Crider, Jr. (Ps. 31:14-15)
and sermon, “The Book of Genesis: The Story of Our Beginning”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
based in part on Chapter One (Genesis 1:1-2:3),
of book, Wrestling With Angels: What Genesis Teaches Us About
Our Spiritual Identity, Sexuality and Personal Relationships,
by Naomi H. Rosenblatt and Joshua Horwitz
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
January 10, 2010
First Sunday in Epiphany
(Baptism of the Lord Sunday)
&
Psalm 8:4-5 (KJV)
“What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.”