That Millisecond of Time - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

At the very beginning,
that millisecond of time
when the chaos, the deep
was pierced by the light
when order began to divide
the dark from the light
the waters from the land
the dome, the seas, the skies

Oh to see creation at that moment
the world and all that came into view
all part of the master’s holy plan
the breath of God
over the seas, the dry land
all that was to be
revealed in a moment of grace

Pleased was the Lord
over all God surveyed
the plants, animals too
the creatures of the deep
those that walked the earth
man and women too

An ordered universe
out of the void,
the chaos giving way
The voice of the creator
spoke all to life;
Resting when the work was done

January 13, 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.”