Nancy Ferree-Clark - "In the Beginning" (June 14, 1987)

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Woman	If you are visitors to the Duke campus,	0:03
	perhaps even for the first time,	0:05
	and so we wish you a pleasant stay.	0:07
	We offer our assistance here on the chapel staff	0:09
	to you in any way that we may be of help.	0:12
	You are reminded that the Duke Summer Choir	0:15
	is open to all singers in the Duke and Durham communities.	0:18
	Rehearsals take place each Sunday morning at 9:30	0:21
	before the 11 o'clock service.	0:25
	If you desire further information,	0:27
	please call the chapel office.	0:29
	Please note the other announcements	0:32
	as they are printed in your bulletins.	0:33
	And now let us continue our worship.	0:36
	(organ music)	0:40
	(choir singing)	1:26
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪	2:41
	(choir singing)	2:52
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪	3:30
	(choir singing)	3:37
-	When we pause to examine our lives	6:03
	we become aware of our many shortcomings	6:06
	and our frequent failures	6:09
	to be all that Christ would have us to be.	6:11
	Let us now confess our sin, and seek God's mercy.	6:15
	We give thanks, merciful God,	6:23
	that in Christ you seek to unite all things	6:25
	in heaven and in Earth,	6:29
	and to reconcile all people to one another, and to you.	6:31
	We confess that the new creation is not yet complete in us,	6:36
	and that we feel everywhere the barriers	6:41
	that separate humanity.	6:44
	Forgive us, and fill us with your spirit.	6:46
	Reveal to us those places where pride and selfishness	6:50
	rebuild the walls once torn down in Christ.	6:55
	Through the power of your spirit, amen.	6:59
	Hear the good news.	7:05
	Christ died for us while we were yet sinners.	7:07
	That is God's own proof of His love toward us.	7:11
	In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.	7:15
Congregation	In the name of Jesus Christ,	7:21
	we are forgiven.	7:23
Man	Let us pray.	7:37
	Open our hearts and minds, O God,	7:40
	by the power of your Holy Spirit,	7:43
	so that is the word is read and proclaimed,	7:46
	we might hear with joy what you say to us this day.	7:50
	Amen.	7:54
	The first lesson is taken from the Book of Genesis.	7:58
	"In the beginning, God created the heavens	8:05
	and the Earth.	8:08
	The Earth was without form and void,	8:10
	and darkness was upon the face of the deep.	8:12
	And the spirit of God was moving	8:16
	over the face of the waters,	8:18
	and God said, 'Let there be light',	8:21
	and there was light.	8:24
	And God saw that the light was good.	8:26
	And God separated the light from the darkness.	8:29
	God called the light 'Day',	8:33
	and the darkness he called 'Night'.	8:36
	And there was evening, and there was morning- one day.	8:40
	And God said, 'Let there be a firmament	8:46
	in the midst of the waters,	8:49
	and let it separate the waters from the waters.	8:51
	And God made a firmament and separated the waters	8:55
	which were under the firmament from the waters	8:58
	which were above the firmament.	9:01
	And it was so.	9:03
	And God called the firmament 'Heaven'.	9:05
	And there was evening and there was morning-	9:09
	a second day.	9:12
	And God said, 'Let the waters under the heavens	9:15
	be gathered together into one place,	9:19
	and let the dry land appear'.	9:22
	And it was so.	9:25
	God called the dry land 'Earth',	9:27
	and the waters that were gathered together he called 'Seas'.	9:29
	And God saw that it was good.	9:33
	And God said, 'Let the Earth put forth vegetation.	9:37
	Plants yielding seed, fruit trees bearing fruit,	9:41
	in which is their seed, each according to its kind,	9:45
	upon the Earth.	9:49
	And it was so.	9:51
	And the Earth brought forth vegetation,	9:53
	plants yielding seed according to their own kinds,	9:55
	trees bearing fruit in which is their seed,	9:59
	each according to its kind.	10:02
	And God saw that it was good.	10:04
	And there was evening, and there was morning- a third day.	10:07
	And God said, 'Let there be lights in the firmament	10:13
	of the heavens to separate the day from the night	10:17
	and let them be for signs and for seasons	10:20
	and for days and years.	10:23
	And let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens	10:25
	to give light upon the Earth'.	10:27
	And it was so.	10:30
	And God made two great lights,	10:32
	the greater light to rule the day,	10:35
	and the lesser light to rule the night.	10:37
	He made the stars also.	10:40
	And God set them in the firmament of the heavens	10:43
	to give light upon the Earth,	10:45
	to rule over the day and over the night,	10:48
	and to separate the light from the darkness.	10:50
	And God saw that it was good.	10:53
	And there was evening, and there was morning- a fourth day.	10:57
	And God said, 'Let the waters bring forth	11:04
	swarms of living creatures.	11:07
	And let the birds fly above the Earth	11:10
	across the firmament and of the heavens'.	11:12
	So God created the great sea monsters	11:16
	and every living creature that moves	11:19
	with which the waters swam.	11:21
	According to their kinds	11:23
	and every winged bird according to its kind.	11:25
	And God saw that it was good.	11:29
	And God blessed them, saying,	11:31
	'Be fruitful and multiply,	11:33
	and fill the waters and the seas,	11:35
	and let birds multiply on the Earth'.	11:38
	And there was evening, and there was morning- a fifth day.	11:41
	And God said, 'Let the Earth bring forth living creatures	11:48
	according to their kinds.	11:52
	Cattle and creeping things and beasts of the Earth	11:54
	according to their kinds.	11:57
	And it was so.	12:00
	And God made the beasts of the Earth	12:02
	according to their kinds,	12:04
	and the cattle according to their kinds,	12:05
	and everything that creeps on the ground	12:08
	according to its kind.	12:10
	And God saw it was good.	12:13
	Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image,	12:19
	after our likeness.	12:24
	And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,	12:27
	and over the birds of the air,	12:30
	and over the cattle, and over all the Earth.	12:33
	And over every creeping thing	12:37
	that creeps upon the Earth'.	12:39
	So God created man in His own image,	12:42
	in the image of God, He created him,	12:46
	male and female he created them.	12:48
	And God blessed them.	12:52
	And God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply	12:54
	and fill the Earth and subdue it.	12:58
	And have dominion over the fish of the sea	13:01
	and over the birds of the air	13:03
	and over every living thing that moves upon the Earth'.	13:05
	And God said, 'Behold, I've given you every plant	13:10
	yielding seed, which is upon the face of the Earth.	13:14
	And every tree with seed in its fruit.	13:17
	You shall have them for food.	13:21
	And to every beast of the Earth,	13:24
	and to every bird of the air,	13:26
	and to everything that creeps on the Earth,	13:28
	everything that has breath of life	13:31
	I have given every green plant for food'.	13:33
	And it was so.	13:38
	And God saw everything that He had made.	13:40
	Behold, it was very good.	13:44
	And there was evening, and there was morning- a sixth day.	13:47
	Thus the heavens and the Earth were finished.	13:54
	And all the host of them.	13:59
	And on the seventh day, God finished His work	14:02
	which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day	14:05
	from all His work which He had done,	14:10
	and God blessed the seventh day	14:13
	and hallowed it, because on it,	14:15
	God rested from all His work	14:18
	which He had done in creation."	14:21
	This ends the reading of the first lesson.	14:24
Woman	Will you please stand	14:34
	for the responsive reading of the psalter?	14:35
	Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,	14:44
	praise befits the upright.	14:47
	Praise the Lord with the lyre,	14:50
	make melody to Him with the harp of ten strings.	14:52
Congregation	Sing to Him a new song,	14:57
	play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.	14:59
	For the word of the Lord is upright,	15:03
	and all His work is done in faithfulness.	15:07
Woman	The Lord loves righteousness and justice,	15:10
	the Earth is full of the steadfast love	15:13
	of the Lord.	15:16
	By the word of the Lord, the heavens were made,	15:18
	and all their host by the breath of His mouth.	15:21
Congregation	The Lord gathers the waters	15:25
	of the sea as a heap,	15:27
	He puts the deeps in storehouses.	15:30
	Let all the Earth fear the Lord,	15:33
	let all the inhabitants of the world	15:36
	stand in awe of Him.	15:37
-	For the Lord spoke, and it came to be.	15:40
	The Lord commanded, and it stood forth.	15:44
	(organ playing)	15:48
	(choir singing)	15:57
Man	The Gospel lesson is taken from Matthew.	16:59
	"Now the 11 disciples went to Galilee,	17:07
	to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.	17:10
	And when they saw him, they worshiped him.	17:13
	But some doubted.	17:16
	And Jesus came and said to them,	17:19
	'All authority in heaven and on Earth	17:22
	has been given to me.	17:24
	Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,	17:27
	baptizing them in the name of the Father	17:32
	and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,	17:35
	teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you	17:40
	and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age'."	17:44
	This ends the reading of the gospel.	17:52
Woman	In the name of the Father	18:05
	and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.	18:06
	On this first Sunday after Pentecost,	18:13
	also called Trinity Sunday,	18:16
	the lectionary rewards us with what I consider a real treat,	18:19
	an entire reading of the first creation account	18:24
	in the book of Genesis.	18:27
	In an eloquent course of affirmations,	18:29
	the priestly writer proclaims,	18:32
	"And God said, 'Let there be...' and it was so."	18:34
	Light, darkness, dry land, the sun, the moon, the stars,	18:40
	living creatures of every sort imaginable,	18:46
	including even humankind,	18:49
	all responded to God's call into being	18:53
	in an orderly, dignified procession.	18:56
	Like a proud parent, God was moved to proclaim	19:00
	at the end of each day, it was good,	19:04
	until the very end of the sixth day,	19:07
	after God dared to create humanity,	19:10
	and then God pronounced the creation very good.	19:15
	Thus, the heavens and the Earth were finished,	19:19
	and all the host of them,	19:22
	and on the seventh day, God rested.	19:25
	One of my favorite parts.	19:29
	What a wondrous thing is the hearing of this story,	19:32
	even if only for a few moments,	19:34
	we are called to lay aside our worldly preoccupations.	19:36
	Deadlines at the office, decisions about new paint,	19:41
	or should it be wallpaper for the kitchen?	19:45
	Getting the children ready for their summer excursions.	19:48
	We are called to ponder,	19:52
	insofar as our limited imaginations,	19:54
	and whatever courage we can muster will allow us,	19:57
	we are called to ponder the Creator of the universe.	19:59
	I am impressed by Annie Dillard's suggestion	20:05
	that when we come to church, perhaps we should all	20:08
	be wearing crash helmets.	20:11
	So powerful is the absolute	20:14
	upon which we are attempting to gaze.	20:16
	"I often think of the set pieces of liturgy	20:20
	as certain words which people have successfully	20:23
	addressed to God without getting killed," she writes,	20:26
	"Who are we, mere mortals,	20:31
	to presume upon the one who called the world into being,	20:34
	who created us, created us,	20:39
	sojourners in a land we did not make.	20:42
	A land with no meaning in and of itself,	20:46
	and no meaning that we alone can make for it.	20:50
	Who are we to demand explanations of God?"	20:54
	"God is at home," said Meister Eckhart.	20:59
	"We are in the far country."	21:03
	Such is the sense of awe and of mystery	21:08
	which Genesis 1 inspires in me.	21:11
	I never have understood the shortsightedness	21:15
	of those who would quibble over the problem	21:17
	of just exactly how God did it,	21:18
	often quibbling at the expense of other,	21:22
	much more pressing matters.	21:25
	I am more inspired to consider the nature of a God	21:27
	who chose to create in the first place.	21:29
	What does it really mean when the author	21:35
	of Genesis 1 tells us that we, after all,	21:36
	are made in the image of God?	21:40
	The church calendar affords us the perfect opportunity	21:45
	for reflecting on the mysterious nature of God	21:49
	on this Trinity Sunday.	21:51
	Unlike other feast days in the church year	21:54
	that celebrate a particular event in the life of the church,	21:56
	we take this occasion to affirm God as three in one.	22:00
	Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.	22:05
	The Old Testament reading eloquently points us	22:09
	toward God as creator, craftsperson of the world,	22:11
	mother and father to us all.	22:14
	Yet the New Testament tells of a command	22:17
	where Jesus calls the disciples to baptize,	22:20
	not only in the name of the Creator,	22:24
	but of the Father, and of the Son,	22:26
	and of the Holy Spirit.	22:28
	What was this new way of talking about God?	22:32
	How was this different, or was it?	22:35
	From the monotheistic God of the Jews,	22:38
	what did this mean about who Jesus was?	22:41
	Well it's not surprising that the church	22:45
	should require at least four centuries	22:47
	to wage the debate about the Trinitarian nature of God,	22:49
	for the New Testament never really gives us	22:52
	an actual doctrine of the Trinity.	22:55
	Christians, of course,	22:58
	inherited from the Jews monotheism,	22:59
	or the belief in one God.	23:01
	Yet they asserted that in Jesus Christ	23:03
	there was a special revelation about God.	23:07
	In Christ, God created everything.	23:11
	"Christ is the image of the invisible God",	23:14
	we read in the letter to the Colossians.	23:16
	"In union with Christ, all things hold together.	23:19
	In Christ all things are reconciled unto God."	23:22
	So to be Christian is to assert that Jesus Christ	23:27
	has reshaped human knowledge about God.	23:30
	But how?	23:34
	The early Christians knew that it was essential	23:36
	to explain this relationship between Jesus and God,	23:38
	at least as best such things could be explained.	23:42
	They had to develop a language	23:45
	which would point toward the mystery of God	23:47
	in an inclusive way.	23:50
	One which would keep them from backsliding	23:52
	into the polytheism of the superstitious times	23:54
	preceding them,	23:57
	but which would also prevent Jewish monotheism	23:59
	from undermining the significance of Jesus Christ.	24:02
	The formula which they finally agreed upon	24:06
	says that God is three persons in one nature	24:08
	or substance.	24:14
	Or as the Athanasian Creed puts it,	24:16
	"For there is one person of the Father,	24:18
	another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost,	24:20
	but the Godhead of the Father and of the Son	24:24
	and of the Holy Ghost is all one."	24:27
	Sounds quaint, far-fetched, maybe even totally obscure?	24:33
	How could anything be three and one?	24:38
	Well consider for a moment what you yourself see	24:42
	as you look in the mirror each morning.	24:44
	First of all, there's the interior life	24:46
	known only to yourself and those you choose	24:49
	to communicate it to.	24:52
	Then there's the visible face,	24:55
	which in some measure reflects that inner life.	24:56
	And then there's the invisible power you have,	25:00
	power to communicate that interior life	25:04
	in such a way that others do not merely know about it,	25:07
	but they know it in the sense	25:11
	of becoming part of who they are.	25:13
	Yet what you look at is clearly and indivisibly	25:16
	the one and only you.	25:19
	Likewise, the church has struggled since its beginning	25:23
	to articulate an understanding of three in one	25:27
	which would withstand the test of time.	25:31
	And what has it concluded?	25:34
	First of all, that God remains incomparable and mysterious,	25:36
	as surely as Genesis 1 depicts him or her.	25:41
	Even our language is too limited	25:46
	to describe the true nature of God.	25:48
	As the Old Testament affirms,	25:51
	"I am God.	25:52
	And there is no other.	25:54
	I am God, and there is none like me."	25:57
	And so, to speak of God as Trinity in no way	26:02
	attempts to plumb the depths of the divine mystery,	26:05
	or to define God's essence.	26:08
	The most esoteric formula in the world	26:11
	could never do that.	26:13
	But what it does mean is that the mystery of God	26:15
	is no longer simply beyond us	26:17
	in the far reaches of a star-spangled creation,	26:20
	active in the distant past but now content to observe us	26:23
	and the quandaries of our existence.	26:26
	The mystery of God is also among us	26:29
	in the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ,	26:33
	and within us, in the power of the Holy Spirit	26:36
	in Christ's church.	26:39
	Such is the greatness and the miracle	26:41
	of God's presence in the world.	26:43
	But to speak of the Trinity says something more about God	26:47
	and the way God is within God's self.	26:51
	It says that God does not need creation	26:56
	in order to have something to love.	26:59
	Unlike the sentiments of the poet who wrote,	27:03
	"And God said, 'I'm lonely, I'll make me a world'",	27:06
	it is possible for love to be present within God's own self.	27:09
	The three persons of God,	27:15
	Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,	27:17
	exist not in loose configuration of individuals,	27:21
	but in unique relation to each other.	27:23
	God's own existence is thus rooted in dynamic community.	27:27
	Within God's own self, there is a special energy	27:33
	which expresses the love of God	27:37
	as we have experienced it in Jesus Christ.	27:39
	Consider the example of two people who fall in love.	27:44
	A friendship may exist between two person for years,	27:48
	a relationship is there, but it is static.	27:51
	Then suddenly it changes,	27:55
	and it comes alive with intense feeling.	27:57
	Lover and loved are one.	28:00
	The individuals shine, and discover themselves	28:03
	in the love of the other.	28:06
	Their caring is so deep and full	28:08
	that it spills over into the lives	28:10
	of all those who surround them.	28:13
	To believe in God as three in one	28:17
	is to suggest that there is an inner relational energy	28:20
	within God's own self,	28:24
	which spills over into the Christian life.	28:26
	The unity of the Trinity is never static,	28:30
	substance or even familial relationship.	28:33
	It exists as open and loving community.	28:36
	Seen in this light, to speak of the Trinity	28:42
	is to assert that relationship is fundamental to God.	28:45
	Community is the foundation of God's interaction	28:51
	with the world.	28:54
	Much theology has wanted to emphasize the dominance of God,	28:57
	and the hierarchy of creation,	28:59
	but an understanding of the Trinity contains the vision	29:02
	that for us to be created in God's own image	29:06
	is to live in community with others.	29:10
	Community that understands partnership,	29:14
	mutuality, and a self-giving nature	29:17
	to lie at the heart of its calling.	29:20
	Community where men and women live without privilege	29:23
	or subjection to each other.	29:26
	Where standards of nurturous responsibility and care	29:28
	are not only proclaimed, but maintained.	29:32
	Instead of posing as an unnamed Creator	29:37
	who makes a world and moves on,	29:40
	God has set the example.	29:43
	God as community calls us to shared participation	29:46
	and responsibility.	29:51
	Understood in this way, the doctrine of the Trinity	29:54
	sets forth a radical ethic of justice and care.	29:57
	It sees that the self and the other	30:02
	should be treated as of equal worth,	30:04
	that despite differences in power,	30:07
	there's a place for each.	30:09
	That every member should be included,	30:12
	and no one needs to be left alone.	30:15
	It sees morality as a problem of inclusion,	30:17
	rather than simply a balancing of claims.	30:20
	Just as the love of human lovers	30:25
	sometimes invades our lives with its passion,	30:27
	so God's community will not let us rest.	30:31
	Christ came to heal, to reconcile,	30:36
	and to invite the world to enter freely	30:40
	and fully into the Divine life.	30:42
	On this Trinity Sunday, we commune at the Lord's table	30:47
	as a witness to God's saving community.	30:51
	Here we retell a story	30:55
	which rekindles the flame of love within each of us.	30:57
	We bring with us images of brokenness,	31:01
	not only of our own,	31:03
	but of a world that cries out for healing.	31:05
	In our gathering this morning,	31:10
	may we embrace God's call out of the world	31:13
	to be about God's work in the world,	31:17
	as testimony to the living reality of Almighty God.	31:20
	Three in one.	31:25
	(organ music)	31:33
	(choir singing)	32:30
	The Lord be with you.	35:38
Congregation	And also with you.	35:39
Woman	Let us pray.	35:41
	Lord God, Heavenly King,	35:54
	you who are the spirit of creation	35:58
	and the spirit of power,	36:00
	we confess that we find it hard	36:04
	to come together in the church,	36:06
	for we know many divisions among us.	36:08
	How then shall we learn to be one family,	36:12
	loving and serving the whole of humankind?	36:14
	Lead us, we pray, into such unity of purpose,	36:20
	that we may receive power.	36:24
	Not the power to threaten or destroy,	36:27
	but the power to restore waste places.	36:30
	Use us to declare Your glory,	36:35
	that blind eyes may see, and deaf ears hear,	36:37
	and the cynical be brought to faith.	36:41
	Spirit of truth, we live in a modern Babel,	36:46
	where words are used to conceal meaning	36:49
	rather than to make it plain.	36:52
	We pray Lord God that you will lead the peoples of the world	36:55
	into such a love of truth	36:58
	that nation may speak with nation.	37:01
	Not seeking to confuse,	37:04
	but to understand and to be understood,	37:06
	wherein trust is created and out of which	37:10
	a truly international community may be born.	37:13
	Creator Spirit, You give to the old	37:20
	the capacity to dream dreams,	37:22
	and to the young to see visions,	37:25
	but because we exalt ourselves	37:28
	and our desires to the place that is yours alone,	37:30
	our visions are visions of horror,	37:34
	and our dreams become nightmares.	37:37
	Raise up, we beseech You, leaders and priests	37:41
	and artists and prophets among us	37:45
	so to inspire and to cleanse our society.	37:48
	And to set our hearts aflame	37:52
	and to turn our eyes to Your heights.	37:54
	Spirit of the living God,	38:00
	and source of all comfort,	38:01
	we pray for the lonely, for the sick,	38:03
	for the sad, for the bereaved,	38:08
	and for all who suffer.	38:11
	We claim for them the gift of Your peace,	38:14
	that their troubled hearts may be set at rest	38:17
	and their fears banished.	38:20
	Empowering Spirit, by You,	38:24
	the disciples left all at Jesus' call	38:26
	and followed him, proclaiming the glories of his name	38:29
	to the ends of the Earth.	38:31
	In your infinite goodness, Father,	38:34
	set us aflame with that fire of the Spirit	38:37
	Christ brought upon the Earth	38:39
	and longed to see ablaze,	38:42
	for he lives and reigns with you and the Spirit	38:45
	now and forever.	38:48
	Amen.	38:50
	In a spirit of thankfulness,	38:55
	let us now offer ourselves and our gifts to God.	38:57
	(gentle music)	39:04
	♪ Christus factus est ♪	40:46
	♪ Pro nobis ♪	40:53
	♪ Obediens ♪	41:01
	♪ Obediens, obediens ♪	41:06
	♪ Usque ad mortem ♪	41:30
	♪ Mortem autem crucis ♪	41:40
	♪ Mortem autem crucis ♪	41:48
	♪ Propter quod et Deus ♪	42:09
	♪ Exaltavit illum ♪	42:17
	♪ Propter quod et Deus ♪	42:23
	♪ Exaltavit illum ♪	42:32
	♪ Et dedit illi nomen ♪	42:39
	♪ Et dedit illi nomen ♪	42:47
	♪ Quod est super ♪	42:56
	♪ Quod est super ♪	42:59
	♪ Super omne nomen ♪	43:14
	♪ Quod est super ♪	43:20
	♪ Quod est super ♪	43:24
	♪ Omne nomen ♪	43:30
	♪ Omne nomen ♪	43:38
	♪ Quod est super ♪	43:43
	♪ Omne ♪	43:48
	♪ Super ♪	44:11
	♪ Super ♪	44:20
	♪ Nomen ♪	44:23
	♪ Quod est super nomen ♪	44:31
	♪ Quod est super ♪	44:45
	♪ Nomen ♪	44:52
	♪ Nomen ♪	44:57
	♪ Nomen ♪	45:04
	♪ Quod est super ♪	45:08

	♪ Amen ♪	0:03
	♪ Amen ♪	0:11
	♪ Amen ♪	0:15
	(organ music)	0:35
	♪ Praise God from whom all blessings flow ♪	1:04
	♪ Praise Him all creatures here below ♪	1:10
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:16
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:20
	♪ Praise God above, ye heav'nly host ♪	1:24
	♪ Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost ♪	1:31
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:37
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:40
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:44
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:47
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:51
	♪ Amen ♪	1:59
-	The Lord be with you.	2:11
-	And also with you.	2:13
-	Lift up your hearts.	2:14
-	We lift them up to the Lord.	2:16
-	Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.	2:18
-	It is right to give God thanks and praise.	2:20
-	It is truly right to glorify You, O God,	2:24
	and to give You thanks, for You alone are God,	2:27
	living and true, dwelling in light inaccessible	2:30
	from before time and forever.	2:33
	Fountain of life and source of all goodness,	2:36
	You made all things and fill them with Your blessing.	2:39
	You created them to rejoice	2:43
	in the splendor of Your radiance.	2:45
	Countless throngs of angels stand before You	2:47
	to serve You night and day	2:50
	and, beholding the glory of Your presence,	2:52
	they offer You unceasing praise.	2:54
	Joining with them, and giving voice	2:58
	to every creature under heaven, we acclaim You,	3:00
	and glorify Your name, as we say,	3:03
-	Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,	3:05
	heaven and earth are full of Your glory.	3:11
	⁠Hosanna in the highest.	3:13
	Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.	3:15
	⁠Hosanna in the highest.	3:18
-	We remember with joy the grace by which You created	3:22
	all things and made us in Your own image.	3:24
	We rejoice that You called a people in covenant	3:28
	to be a light to the nations.	3:31
	Yet we rebelled against Your will.	3:33
	In spite of prophets and pastors sent forth to us,	3:35
	we continued to break Your covenant.	3:39
	In the fullness of time, You sent Your only Son to save us,	3:42
	incarnate by the Holy Spirit,	3:46
	born of Your favored one, Mary,	3:48
	sharing our life, He reconciled us to Your love.	3:51
	At the Jordan, Your Spirit descended upon Him,	3:55
	anointing Him to preach the good news of Your reign.	3:58
	He healed the sick and fed the hungry,	4:02
	manifesting the power of Your compassion.	4:05
	He sought out the lost and broke bread with sinners,	4:08
	witnessing the fullness of Your grace.	4:12
	We beheld His glory.	4:15
	On the night before He died for us,	4:17
	Jesus took bread, giving thanks to You,	4:20
	He broke the bread and offered it to His disciples, saying,	4:23
	Take this and eat.	4:28
	This is My body which is given for you.	4:30
	Do this in remembrance of Me.	4:33
	Taking a cup, again, He gave thanks to You,	4:36
	shared the cup with His disciples and said,	4:40
	This is the cup of the new covenant in My blood.	4:43
	Drink from this, all of you.	4:46
	This is poured out for you and for many,	4:48
	for the forgiveness of sins.	4:51
	After the meal, our Lord was arrested,	4:55
	abandoned by His followers and beaten.	4:57
	He stood trial and was put to death on a cross.	5:01
	Having emptied Himself in the form of a servant	5:04
	and being obedient, even unto death,	5:07
	He was raised from the dead	5:10
	and exalted as Lord of heaven and earth.	5:12
	Through Him, You bestowed the gift of Your Spirit,	5:15
	uniting Your church, empowering its mission	5:18
	and leading us into the new creation that You have promised.	5:21
	Gracious God, we celebrate with joy	5:25
	the redemption won for us in Jesus Christ.	5:27
	Grant that in praise and thanksgiving,	5:30
	we may be a living sacrifice,	5:33
	holy and acceptable in Your sight,	5:35
	that our lives may proclaim the mystery of faith,	5:38
-	Christ has died,	5:42
	Christ is risen,	5:43
	Christ will come again.	5:45
-	Send the power of Your Holy Spirit on us	5:48
	and on these gifts,	5:50
	that in the breaking of this bread	5:52
	and the drinking of this wine,	5:54
	we may know the presence of the living Christ,	5:56
	be one body in Him, cleansed by His blood,	5:58
	faithfully serve Him in the world	6:02
	and look forward to His coming in final victory.	6:04
	Through Him, with Him, in Him,	6:08
	in the unity of the Holy Spirit,	6:12
	all honor and glory is Yours,	6:14
	Almighty God, now and forever, amen.	6:16
-	Our Father who art in heaven,	6:22
	hallowed be Thy name.	6:24
	Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,	6:26
	on earth as it is in heaven.	6:30
	Give us this day our daily bread	6:32
	and forgive us our trespasses	6:34
	as we forgive those who trespass against us.	6:37
	And lead us not into temptation	6:40
	but deliver us from evil.	6:42
	For Thine is the kingdom,	6:45
	the power and the glory, forever, amen.	6:46
	(organ music)	7:08
-	Gifts of God for the people of God.	7:10
	(singing in foreign language)	13:05
	♪ Hosanna ♪	14:55
	♪ In excelsis ♪	14:57
	♪ In excelsis ♪	15:02
	♪ Hosanna ♪	15:04
	♪ In excelsis ♪	15:07
	♪ In excelsis ♪	15:12
	♪ Hosanna ♪	15:18
	♪ Amen ♪	15:21
	(instrumental music)	15:31
-	Let's pray.	16:28
	We give You thanks, Almighty God,	16:30
	that You have refreshed us through the healing power	16:32
	of this gift of life	16:35
	and we pray that in Your mercy,	16:37
	You would strengthen us through this gift	16:39
	in faith toward You and in fervent love toward one another.	16:41
	For the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord we pray, amen.	16:47
	(organ music)	16:57
	♪ Love divine, all loves excelling ♪	17:59
	♪ Joy of heaven to earth come down ♪	18:06
	♪ Fix in us Thy humble dwelling ♪	18:14
	♪ All Thy faithful mercies crown ♪	18:21
	♪ Jesus, Thou art all compassion ♪	18:29
	♪ Pure unbounded love Thou art ♪	18:36
	♪ Visit us with Thy salvation ♪	18:43
	♪ Enter every trembling heart ♪	18:51
	♪ Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit ♪	19:02
	♪ Into every troubled breast ♪	19:09
	♪ Let us all in Thee inherit ♪	19:17
	♪ Let us find that second rest ♪	19:24
	♪ Take away our bent to sinning ♪	19:32
	♪ Alpha and Omega be ♪	19:40
	♪ End of faith, as its beginning ♪	19:48
	♪ Set our hearts at liberty ♪	19:55
	♪ Come, Almighty to deliver ♪	20:06
	♪ Let us all Thy life receive ♪	20:13
	♪ Suddenly return, and never ♪	20:21
	♪ Nevermore Thy temples leave ♪	20:28
	♪ Thee we would be always blessing ♪	20:36
	♪ Serve Thee as Thy hosts above ♪	20:43
	♪ Pray and praise Thee without ceasing ♪	20:51
	♪ Glory in Thy perfect love ♪	20:59
	♪ Finish, then, Thy new creation ♪	21:09
	♪ Pure and spotless let us be ♪	21:16
	♪ Let us see Thy great salvation ♪	21:24
	♪ Perfectly restored in Thee ♪	21:31
	♪ Changed from glory into glory ♪	21:39
	♪ Till in heaven we take our place ♪	21:47
	♪ Till we cast our crowns before Thee ♪	21:54
	♪ Lost in wonder, love, and praise ♪	22:02
-	And now may the Spirit of the living God	22:15
	that moved first upon the waters	22:17
	move upon your lives this day.	22:19
	And may the blessing of God Almighty,	22:23
	Father, Son and Holy Spirit	22:25
	be with you and remain with you always, amen.	22:27
	♪ Amen ♪	22:36
	♪ Amen ♪	22:42
	♪ Amen ♪	22:49
	♪ Amen ♪	22:58
	(organ music)	23:11
	(audience applauds)	30:44
	(people chattering in background)	31:58

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Nancy Ferree-Clark - "In the Beginning" (June 14, 1987)

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Sermon start time: 18:05. Sermon end time: 31:28.
To speak of God as Trinity is to acknowledge that God exists in loving communion with Godself. Thus, for us to be created in God's image means that we are called by God to enter into loving communion with one another and with God, a type of relationality not marked by imbalances of power and selfishness but of mutuality and self-giving. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: “To believe in God as three in one is to suggest that there is an inner relational energy within God’s own self, which spills over into the Christian life. The unity of the Trinity is never static substance or even familial relationship. It exists as open and loving community…To speak of the Trinity is to assert that relationship is fundamental to God.”

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June 14, 1987

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Ferree-Clark, Nancy

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Trinity Sunday

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Genesis

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