Debra K. Brazzel - Sermon Untitled (October 2, 1994)

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	(chattering)	0:08
Anne	Thanks be to God, our Creator.	0:10
	(dramatic organ music)	0:13
	♪ All creatures of our God and King ♪	1:03
	♪ Lift up your voice and with us sing, ♪	1:10
	♪ O praise Him ♪	1:16
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:19
	♪ O Brother Sun with golden beam ♪	1:23
	♪ O Sister Moon with silver gleam ♪	1:30
	♪ O praise Him ♪	1:36
	♪ O praise Him ♪	1:39
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:42
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:45
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:49
	♪ O Brother Wind, Air, Clouds, and Rain ♪	1:56
	♪ By which all creatures Ye sustain ♪	2:03
	♪ O praise Him ♪	2:09
	♪ Alleluia ♪	2:12
	♪ Thou rising morn, in praise rejoice ♪	2:16
	♪ Ye lights of evening, find a voice ♪	2:23
	♪ O praise Him ♪	2:29
	♪ O praise Him ♪	2:32
	♪ Alleluia ♪	2:35
	♪ Alleluia ♪	2:39
	♪ Alleluia ♪	2:42
	♪ O Sister Water, flowing clear ♪	2:49
	♪ Make music for thy Lord to hear ♪	2:56
	♪ Alleluia ♪	3:02
	♪ Alleluia ♪	3:06
	♪ O Brother Fire, who lights the night ♪	3:10
	♪ Providing warmth, enhancing sight ♪	3:17
	♪ O praise Him ♪	3:23
	♪ O praise Him ♪	3:26
	♪ Alleluia ♪	3:29
	♪ Alleluia ♪	3:32
	♪ Alleluia ♪	3:36
	♪ Dear Mother Earth, who day by day ♪	3:43
	♪ Unfoldest blessings on our way ♪	3:50
	♪ Alleluia ♪	3:56
	♪ Alleluia ♪	3:59
	♪ The flowers and fruits that in thee grow ♪	4:04
	♪ Let them His glory also show ♪	4:10
	♪ O praise Him ♪	4:17
	♪ O praise Him ♪	4:20
	♪ Alleluia ♪	4:23
	♪ Alleluia ♪	4:26
	♪ Alleluia ♪	4:30
	♪ All ye who are of tender heart ♪	4:37
	♪ Forgiving others, take your part ♪	4:44
	♪ O praise Him ♪	4:50
	♪ Alleluia ♪	4:53
	♪ Ye who long pain and sorrow bear ♪	4:58
	♪ Praise God and on Him cast your care ♪	5:04
	♪ O praise Him ♪	5:10
	♪ O praise Him ♪	5:13
	♪ Alleluia ♪	5:17
	♪ Alleluia ♪	5:20
	♪ Alleluia ♪	5:23
	♪ And thou most kind and gentle Death ♪	5:31
	♪ Waiting to hush our latest breath ♪	5:38
	♪ Alleluia ♪	5:44
	♪ Alleluia ♪	5:48
	♪ Thou leadest home the child of God ♪	5:52
	♪ As Christ our Lord the way has trod ♪	5:58
	♪ O praise Him ♪	6:05
	♪ O praise Him ♪	6:08
	♪ Alleluia ♪	6:11
	♪ Alleluia ♪	6:15
	♪ Alleluia ♪	6:18
	♪ Let all things their Creator bless ♪	6:26
	♪ And worship Him in humbleness ♪	6:32
	♪ O praise Him ♪	6:39
	♪ Alleluia ♪	6:42
	♪ Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son ♪	6:46
	♪ And praise the Spirit, Three in One ♪	6:52
	♪ O praise Him ♪	6:58
	♪ O praise Him ♪	7:02
	♪ Alleluia ♪	7:05
	♪ Alleluia ♪	7:08
	♪ Alleluia ♪	7:11
-	Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.	7:25
	Caring and compassionate creator,	7:32
	we enter this place set apart for Your worship,	7:35
	knowing that we have failed to see You in other places.	7:39
	We have ignored Your beauty around us	7:44
	in earth and sky,	7:47
	in plants and creatures,	7:49
	in the people who surround us.	7:51
	We have carelessly exploited Your creation,	7:54
	marring this planet and utilizing animals and people	7:58
	for our own needs.	8:03
	Forgive us, we pray,	8:05
	and help us to change our destructive habits.	8:07
	Remind us of our responsibility	8:11
	to care for all that You have made,	8:14
	that we might become channels of Your goodness and healing.	8:17
	Make us instruments of Your peace	8:22
	that we may move steadily to Your peaceable Kingdom.	8:24
	In Jesus name,	8:29
	Amen.	8:31
	The Almighty and Merciful Lord	8:33
	grant you absolution and remission	8:36
	of all your sins,	8:39
	true repentance,	8:41
	amendment of life,	8:42
	and the grace and consolation of the Holy Spirit.	8:44
	Amen.	8:48
	Please be seated.	8:53
	(chairs scraping)	8:55
-	Together, let us pray for illumination.	9:09
	Open our hearts and minds, O God,	9:13
	by the power of Your Holy Spirit,	9:16
	so that as the Word is read and proclaimed,	9:19
	we might hear Your Word with joy this day.	9:22
	Amen.	9:26
	The Old Testament lesson is taken	9:30
	from the beginning of the book of Genesis	9:32
	to the second chapter, verse four.	9:35
	In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth,	9:42
	the earth was a formless void	9:46
	and darkness covered the face of the deep,	9:49
	while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.	9:51
	Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.	9:56
	And God saw that the light was good,	10:01
	and God separated the light from the darkness.	10:04
	God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night.	10:07
	And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.	10:13
	And God said, "Let there be a dome	10:18
	"in the midst of the waters,	10:20
	"and let it separate the waters from the waters."	10:22
	So God made the dome and separated the waters	10:26
	that were under the dome from the waters	10:29
	that were above the dome.	10:31
	And it was so.	10:34
	God called the dome Sky.	10:36
	And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.	10:39
	And God said, "Let the waters under the sky	10:45
	"be gathered together into one place,	10:47
	"and let the dry land appear."	10:51
	And it was so.	10:53
	God called the dry land Earth,	10:55
	and the waters that were gathered together He called Seas.	10:58
	And God saw that it was good.	11:03
	Then God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation,	11:05
	"plants yielding seed,	11:10
	"and fruit trees of every kind on earth	11:12
	"that bear fruit with the seed in it."	11:14
	And it was so.	11:18
	The earth brought forth vegetation,	11:20
	plants yielding seed of every kind,	11:23
	and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it.	11:26
	And God saw that it was good.	11:30
	And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.	11:33
	And God said, "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky	11:39
	"to separate the day from the night,	11:42
	"and let them be for signs, and for seasons,	11:45
	"and for days, and years,	11:49
	"and let them be lights in the dome of the sky	11:51
	"to give light upon the earth."	11:54
	And it was so.	11:57
	God made the two great lights,	11:59
	the greater light to rule the day,	12:02
	and the lesser light to rule the night, and the stars.	12:04
	God set them in the dome of the sky	12:08
	to give light upon the earth,	12:10
	to rule over the day and over the night,	12:12
	and to separate the light from the darkness.	12:16
	And God saw that it was good.	12:20
	And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.	12:22
	And God said,	12:29
	"Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures,	12:30
	"and let birds fly above the earth	12:34
	"across the dome of the sky."	12:36
	So God created the great sea monsters	12:39
	and every living creature that moves, of every kind,	12:41
	with which the waters swarm,	12:45
	and every winged bird of every kind.	12:47
	And God saw that it was good.	12:51
	God blessed them, saying,	12:54
	"Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas,	12:57
	and let birds multiply on the earth."	13:02
	And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.	13:05
	And God said,	13:11
	"Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind,	13:13
	"cattle and creeping things	13:16
	"and wild animals of the earth of every kind."	13:18
	And it was so.	13:22
	God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind,	13:24
	and the cattle of every kind,	13:27
	and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind.	13:29
	And God saw that it was good.	13:34
	Then God said, "Let us make humankind in Our image,	13:37
	"according to Our likeness,	13:43
	"and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,	13:44
	"and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle,	13:48
	"and over all the wild animals of the earth,	13:51
	and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."	13:54
	So God created humankind in His image,	13:59
	in the image of God He created them,	14:03
	male and female He created them.	14:05
	God blessed them, and God said to them,	14:09
	"Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it,	14:13
	"and have dominion over the fish of the sea	14:19
	"and over the birds of the air	14:22
	"and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."	14:24
	God said, "See, I have given you every plant yielding seed	14:28
	"that is upon the face of all the earth,	14:34
	"and every tree with seed in its fruit.	14:37
	"You shall have them for food.	14:40
	"And to every beast of the earth,	14:43
	"and to every bird of the air,	14:45
	"and to everything that creeps on the earth,	14:47
	"everything that has the breath of life,	14:50
	"I have given every green plant for food."	14:53
	And it was so.	14:57
	God saw everything that He had made,	15:00
	and indeed, it was very good.	15:02
	And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.	15:05
	Thus, the heavens and the earth were finished,	15:11
	and all their multitude.	15:14
	And on the seventh day God finished the work	15:16
	that He had done,	15:19
	and He rested on the seventh day	15:21
	from all the work He had done.	15:23
	So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it	15:25
	because on it, God rested from all the work	15:29
	that He had done in Creation.	15:32
	These are the generations of the heavens and the earth	15:35
	when they were created.	15:39
	This is the Word of the Lord.	15:41
Congregation	Thanks be to God.	15:44
-	This second lesson is taken from the Gospel	15:50
	according to Mark, the 10th chapter,	15:52
	verses 13 through 16.	15:56
	People were bringing little children to Jesus	16:03
	in order that He might touch them,	16:06
	and the disciples spoke sternly to them,	16:09
	but when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them,	16:12
	"Let the little children come to me,	16:17
	"for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.	16:20
	"Truly I tell you,	16:24
	"whoever does not receive the kingdom of God	16:26
	"as a little child will never enter it."	16:29
	And He took them up in his arms,	16:33
	laid hands on them, and blessed He them.	16:35
	This is the Word of the Lord.	16:40
Congregation	Thanks be to God.	16:43
-	The Genesis story that was read this morning	16:56
	is one of the most beloved and most hated Scriptures	17:00
	in our Bible.	17:03
	It is the beloved story of Creation,	17:05
	the story that tells of the God who created	17:09
	with great care and precision	17:11
	every dimension of the world as we know it,	17:14
	starting with the separation of light from darkness,	17:18
	the creative order unfolded	17:21
	as the water was pushed back from the skies and the land,	17:24
	then vegetation of every kind sprouted forth	17:28
	to cover the land,	17:31
	and the sun, and moon, and stars were set in the sky	17:32
	to mark the days, and nights, and seasons.	17:36
	Then, the waters and skies teemed with life,	17:40
	and the earth was filled with living creatures,	17:43
	and finally, human kind was created in the image of God,	17:46
	male and female, to have dominion over every living thing.	17:51
	This is an amazing story,	17:57
	not to be understood as a scientific account	18:00
	of creation history,	18:03
	but as a witness of faith about who we are,	18:05
	and who God is, and how we fit into the scheme of things.	18:08
	This account of Creation has been pivotal	18:14
	in shaping our self understanding,	18:17
	and our faith understanding.	18:19
	First, it tells us that God created our existence,	18:22
	the world we live in.	18:26
	are not just the outcome of a long series of accidents,	18:28
	but the result of a God who creates.	18:33
	Faith tells us that this world and everything in it	18:37
	is part of God's plan.	18:40
	It also tells us that God values the Creation.	18:44
	At the end of each day, not a literal day,	18:48
	but as a dimension of Creation was completed,	18:51
	God declared that it was good.	18:54
	The creation of darkness and light,	18:57
	the sky and the earth, the land and the seas,	19:00
	the plants and the animals, man and woman.	19:03
	Every facet of Creation was called good by the Creator.	19:07
	Everything that God made is valuable to God.	19:12
	Genesis also teaches us that, in the order of Creation,	19:17
	human beings came last.	19:21
	Only after everything necessary	19:24
	for our sustenance and survival had been put in place	19:26
	did God bring forth the first man and woman.	19:30
	It is said that if evolutionary history were compared	19:34
	to the Empire State Building,	19:37
	human history would consist of one layer of paint	19:39
	on the very last brick added to the building.	19:44
	Human beings came last, that is a fact,	19:49
	but we have also understood from this narrative	19:53
	that we were created with a special role.	19:57
	Genesis tells us that we were made in the image of God,	20:00
	blessed by God, commanded to be fruitful,	20:04
	and fill the earth,	20:07
	and given the vocation to subdue the earth,	20:08
	and have dominion over every living thing.	20:11
	This self understanding of being created in God's image	20:15
	and given the vocation and the role of subduing the earth	20:20
	has been at the heart of the Judeo-Christian faith,	20:24
	but it has also been seen as one of the root causes	20:28
	of the ecological crisis that we now face.	20:33
	Misunderstanding of what it means	20:37
	to have dominion over Creation	20:39
	has made this text one of the most dangerous	20:42
	and the most hated Biblical texts for our time.	20:46
	Unfortunately, the concept of human dominion over the earth	20:50
	has often lead to a totally anthropocentric view of reality.	20:54
	In this view, Creation is understood to have been made,	20:59
	primarily, to serve the needs of human beings.	21:02
	Human vocation is seen as the need to conquer nature	21:06
	and subdue it for our own ends.	21:10
	It simply isn't possible to misuse something	21:13
	that was created for the sole purpose of serving us.	21:17
	Understanding humanity's role as domination	21:22
	has also lead to a hierarchical ordering of Creation.	21:27
	Various parts of creation had been valued	21:31
	according to where they fit in the hierarchy.	21:33
	At the top of the hierarchy, of course, is God,	21:36
	then comes white men, and then white women,	21:39
	and white children, then men of color and women of color,	21:42
	and children of color,	21:46
	developed cultures, then undeveloped cultures,	21:47
	the affluent, then the poor.	21:51
	And somewhere, near the very bottom of the hierarchy	21:53
	are the skies, and land,	21:56
	animals, birds, fish, plants, and the oceans,	21:58
	all of which are seen to have intrinsic value	22:02
	only to the extent	22:05
	that they serve those at the top of the hierarchy.	22:07
	Those on top are afforded the right and the authority	22:10
	to dominate Creation as they see fit	22:13
	because they are defined as those closest to God,	22:16
	and, therefore, privileged to know	22:19
	what should be done for the lower creatures.	22:21
	The concept of our dominion and our right	22:26
	to treat the world as we see fit, also,	22:30
	has been fed by our greed.	22:34
	The impact of our actions upon the planet,	22:37
	our neighbor, and even our own children	22:39
	is not considered significant	22:42
	as long as we get what we need	22:45
	when we need it.	22:48
	We've defined the American dream	22:49
	as the right for every person to get as much as they can	22:51
	as quickly as they can for themselves and their family,	22:55
	and to hell with the rest!	22:59
	Greed infects not just our personal	23:02
	but our corporate lives,	23:05
	where profit is the bottom line.	23:07
	Economic dominion translates	23:10
	into the exploitation of human and non-human resources	23:12
	without regard to sustainability or consequences.	23:17
	When laws get to tough in the U.S.,	23:21
	we'll just move our businesses across the border	23:22
	where they're so desperate for job,	23:25
	they don't really care how we treat their workers,	23:27
	or what we dump in their backyard,	23:29
	or spew in their air.	23:33
	Economic and environmental injustice are closely tied	23:36
	to our lust for money and power,	23:39
	without regard to who pays the price.	23:42
	Our mission to subdue the planet	23:46
	has also lead to trifle belief	23:49
	that human beings can improve upon nature.	23:51
	Whatever God can do, we can do better.	23:55
	Hence the lumber mill owner	23:59
	can justify clear cutting an old growth rain forest	24:01
	by saying, "I believe I can replicate the forest,	24:04
	"like a farmer growing a crop,	24:08
	"and do it better than nature.	24:10
	"I can remake the forest the same way that nature can,	24:12
	"but do it quicker."	24:16
	Yet, biologist, Daniel Janson,	24:19
	has compared the destruction of millions	24:21
	of unidentified life forms	24:24
	with burning down a library without examining what's in it.	24:26
	Who knows what medical cures or new food sources	24:32
	may be lost to us forever?	24:35
	Our pride and ignorance have also lead	24:39
	to untold destruction.	24:42
	When they were first manufactured in a laboratory,	24:45
	chlorinated fluorocarbons, or CFCs,	24:48
	were hailed as a miracle substance.	24:51
	They were inexpensive to produce,	24:54
	they had no odor, and they made life easier.	24:56
	It was decades later that scientists discovered	25:00
	that they also play a significant role in global warming,	25:03
	chewing away at the ozone layer.	25:07
	Ironically,	25:11
	science and technology have multiplied many times	25:12
	the ecological threat, the very instruments	25:16
	that brought great blessing, and still hold much promise,	25:19
	now threaten to bring disaster on a global scale,	25:23
	unless they are used in harmony rather than in conflict	25:27
	with the created order.	25:31
	So, with the concept of dominion over the earth	25:34
	has led us to the brink of ecological disaster,	25:37
	and we read about that every day in the newspapers	25:40
	and in our magazines.	25:44
	Then how are we to understand the Creation narrative	25:46
	from Genesis?	25:49
	How are we to relate to Creation and to our Creator?	25:51
	What is our distinctive role in the world?	25:55
	To understand this Biblical story correctly,	25:59
	we must read it in the larger context of Scripture.	26:02
	What does the Bible mean by 'dominion'?	26:07
	In the Old Testament, the concept of dominion was used,	26:12
	primarily, to describe God's role as Lord over Israel,	26:15
	who covenanted to be her God and to provide for her needs,	26:19
	as Israel covenanted to be God's people	26:24
	who obeyed God's will.	26:27
	Dominion was also used in relation to Israel's king,	26:30
	who was appointed by God	26:34
	to fulfill God's purposes for Israel.	26:35
	Authority to rule was contingent upon acting as God's agent,	26:39
	and was taken away from those	26:44
	who forgot this primary mission.	26:46
	In all circumstances, the one who ruled	26:49
	was charged with serving God first,	26:52
	and acting on God's behalf	26:55
	to secure the well-being of those who were ruled.	26:58
	In the New Testament, the concept of dominion	27:03
	was further developed through Jesus Christ,	27:05
	who was understood as Lord of all,	27:08
	and Servant of all.	27:12
	Colossians tells us that Jesus, as Lord,	27:15
	is the dimension of God,	27:19
	that part of God through which all things were created,	27:21
	and in whom all things hold together.	27:25
	Nothing exists outside of the Lordship of Christ.	27:29
	Yet Jesus, as Servant,	27:36
	poured Himself out on behalf of all whom God loved.	27:38
	We've often claimed Jesus' love only for human beings,	27:42
	but John 3:16 tells us that God so loved the wold,	27:46
	that God gave His only Son.	27:51
	In Jesus Christ dwells the fullness of God	27:55
	because Christ loves all that God loves,	27:58
	and pours Himself out on behalf of the whole Creation.	28:02
	This is the key.	28:08
	As those who are created in the image of God,	28:10
	we are entrusted with dominion over Creation,	28:13
	not for our own purposes,	28:16
	but in order that we may give ourselves in love and service	28:19
	to all that God has made.	28:23
	We're given dominion over Creation	28:27
	only as Christ has dominion over us.	28:29
	Our vocation is to image God in the world.	28:34
	Jesus Christ is the one who is fully present in us	28:38
	to show us how to do that.	28:42
	Christ makes it possible for us to act like God acts.	28:44
	We fulfill our purpose in life only as Christ lives in us,	28:51
	so that we may act with love toward all whom God loves,	28:56
	and that means the whole Creation.	28:59
	Nothing is omitted from that love.	29:02
	We cannot act with indifference, destructiveness, or greed	29:06
	toward any person or any created thing	29:10
	and claim to love the Creator,	29:13
	for all of Creation is intrinsically valuable to God.	29:15
	We often separate the Creator from the Creation,	29:21
	but Genesis tells us of God's intimate involvement	29:24
	with Creation.	29:28
	God is the mysterious reality	29:29
	which is beyond and more than Creation,	29:31
	yet also the ground of everything that exists.	29:35
	God is transcendent, yet also imminent.	29:40
	Nothing was created apart from God,	29:43
	and nothing exists apart from God.	29:46
	In this sense, all of Creation is sacred,	29:49
	not as the object to be worshiped,	29:53
	but as the created order which is founded and sustained	29:56
	by the very being of God.	30:00
	Indeed, there is nothing outside of God's presence,	30:03
	for God's being and God's Spirit permeates all of life.	30:06
	It is impossible for anything to exist apart from God.	30:11
	The Genesis narrative calls us	30:18
	to a whole new understanding of life.	30:20
	Domination of Creation for our own purposes	30:24
	is not just harmful,	30:27
	but the essence of idolatry and blasphemy.	30:29
	Genesis reminds us that the earth and everything in it	30:33
	belongs to God, and lives though God.	30:37
	What is needed is a fundamental shift	30:42
	in the way we understand our role	30:44
	and the way we connect with the rest of the human	30:47
	and non-human Creation.	30:49
	It means treating all life with reverence.	30:52
	It means acting like God acts,	30:55
	and giving ourselves through Christ in service	30:58
	to the whole Creation.	31:01
	We can no longer make choices as if we lived in a vacuum.	31:04
	Science and technology have proven	31:09
	what Genesis has long proclaimed.	31:11
	This is one Creation, intimately connected.	31:14
	What affects one part has impact on all parts.	31:17
	Threats to any of us threaten all of us.	31:21
	Survival of humanity depends upon the wellbeing	31:25
	and survival of the whole Creation.	31:28
	We will live together or perish together,	31:31
	and that is a fact.	31:33
	Today is World Communion Sunday	31:37
	when we are reminded that the Lord we serve	31:41
	poured Himself out to redeem the whole world.	31:43
	There is nothing in all of Creation	31:49
	that is beyond the love of God.	31:51
	I can think of no better time for us to recommit ourselves	31:53
	to a new way of living,	31:58
	a way that honors all life,	32:00
	and is committed to loving all that God loves.	32:03
	In the words of Dostoyevsky,	32:07
	"Love all God's creation, the whole of it,	32:09
	"and every grain of sand.	32:13
	"Love every leaf, every ray of God's light.	32:15
	"Love the animals, love the plants,	32:19
	"love everything.	32:22
	"If you love everything,	32:25
	"you will perceive the divine mystery in things,	32:26
	"and when once you perceive it,	32:30
	"you will begin to love the whole world	32:32
	"with an abiding, universal love."	32:34
	Brothers and sisters in the human and non-human Creation,	32:40
	let us love as God loves.	32:44
	Amen.	32:47
-	The Lord be with you.	33:05
Congregation	And also with you.	33:07
-	Let us pray.	33:09
	Grant, Almighty God,	33:14
	that all who confess Your name	33:16
	may be united in Your truth,	33:19
	live together in Your love,	33:21
	and reveal Your glory in the world.	33:24
	Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.	33:27
	Guide the people of this land and of all the nations	33:32
	in the ways of justice and peace	33:35
	that we may honor one another	33:38
	and serve the common good.	33:40
	Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.	33:43
	Give us all a reverence for the earth	33:48
	as Your own Creation,	33:51
	that we may use its resources rightly	33:53
	in the service of others,	33:56
	and to Your honor and glory.	33:58
	Lord, in Your mercy,	34:02
	hear our prayer.	34:04
	Bless all those whose lives are closely linked with ours,	34:06
	and grant that we may serve Christ in them	34:10
	and love one another as He loves us.	34:13
	Lord, in Your Mercy,	34:17
	hear our prayer.	34:19
	Comfort and heal all those	34:21
	who suffer in body, mind, or spirit.	34:23
	Give them courage and hope in their troubles,	34:28
	and bring them to the joy of Your everlasting salvation.	34:31
	Lord, in Your Mercy,	34:36
	hear our prayer.	34:38
	We commend to Your mercy all who have died,	34:40
	that Your will for them may be fulfilled,	34:43
	and we pray that we may share with all Your saints	34:46
	in Your eternal Kingdom.	34:48
	Lord, in Your mercy,	34:51
	hear our prayer.	34:54
	Heavenly Maker, You have promised to hear what we ask	34:55
	in the name of Your Son.	34:58
	Accept and fulfill our petitions we pray,	35:00
	not as we ask in our ignorance,	35:03
	nor as we deserve in our sinfulness,	35:05
	but as You know and love us	35:08
	in Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.	35:09
	Amen.	35:12
	Please stand.	35:15
	Let us greet one another	35:22
	with the signs and words of God's peace.	35:23
	The peace of the Lord be always with you.	35:26
Congregation	And also with you.	35:29
	(chattering)	35:32
	Walk in love as Christ loved us,	36:00
	and gave Himself for us in offering and sacrifice to God.	36:02
	(dramatic organ music)	36:24
	♪ The strain upraise of joy and praise ♪	36:32
	♪ Alleluia ♪	36:37
	♪ Alleluia ♪	36:39
	♪ To the glory of their King ♪	36:43
	♪ Shall the ransomed people sing ♪	36:47
	♪ Alleluia ♪	36:53
	♪ Alleluia ♪	36:55
	♪ Alleluia ♪	36:57
	(dramatic organ music)	37:00
	♪ And the choirs that dwell on high ♪	37:03
	♪ Shall re-echo through the sky ♪	37:07
	♪ Alleluia ♪	37:12
	♪ Alleluia ♪	37:14
	♪ Alleluia ♪	37:16
	(dramatic organ music)	37:21
	♪ The planets beaming on their heavenly way ♪	37:23
	♪ The shining constellations join and say ♪	37:30
	♪ Alleluia ♪	37:36
	♪ Alleluia ♪	37:38
	♪ Alleluia ♪	37:40
	♪ Ye clouds that onward sweep ♪	37:45
	♪ Ye winds on pinions light ♪	37:48
	♪ Ye thunders, echoing loud and deep ♪	37:53
	♪ Ye lightnings, wildly bright ♪	37:57
	♪ In sweet consent unite ♪	38:02
	♪ your Alleluia ♪	38:05
	♪ Ye floods and ocean billows ♪	38:10
	♪ Ye storms and winter snow ♪	38:15
	♪ Ye days of cloudless beauty ♪	38:19
	♪ Hoar frost and summer glow ♪	38:24
	♪ Ye groves that wave in spring ♪	38:30
	♪ And glorious forests sing ♪	38:33
	♪ Alleluia ♪	38:38
	♪ Alleluia ♪	38:40
	♪ Alleluia ♪	38:43
	♪ First let the birds with painted plumage gay ♪	38:48
	♪ Exalt their great Creator's praise, and say ♪	38:55
	♪ Alleluia ♪	39:01
	♪ Alleluia ♪	39:04
	♪ Alleluia ♪	39:06
	♪ Then let the beasts of earth with varying strain ♪	39:10
	♪ Join in creation's hymn and cry again ♪	39:17
	♪ Alleluia ♪	39:22
	♪ Alleluia ♪	39:25
	♪ Alleluia ♪	39:27
	♪ Here let the mountains thunder forth sonorous ♪	39:34
	♪ Alleluia ♪	39:38
	♪ There let the valleys sing in gentler chorus ♪	39:43
	♪ Alleluia ♪	39:50
	(dramatic organ music)	39:54
	♪ Thou jubilant abyss of ocean, cry ♪	39:57
	♪ Alleluia ♪	40:03
	♪ Ye tracts of earth and continents, reply ♪	40:08
	♪ Alleluia ♪	40:14
	(dramatic organ music)	40:18
	♪ To God, who all creation made ♪	40:40
	♪ Our grateful hymn of praise be duly paid ♪	40:47
	♪ This is the sound the Lord of all things loves ♪	40:55
	♪ This is the song that Christ himself approves ♪	41:04
	♪ Alleluia ♪	41:13
	♪ Alleluia ♪	41:16
	♪ Alleluia ♪	41:19
	♪ Alleluia ♪	41:22
	♪ We therefore sing with heart and voice ♪	41:33
	♪ With all creation joining to rejoice ♪	41:40
	♪ From men and angels be outpoured ♪	41:48
	♪ One endless alleluia to the Lord ♪	41:58
	♪ Alleluia ♪	42:09
	♪ Alleluia ♪	42:12
	♪ Alleluia ♪	42:15
	♪ Alleluia ♪	42:19
	(dramatic orchestral music)	42:35
	♪ Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ♪	42:56
	♪ Praise God, all creatures here below ♪	43:02
	♪ Alleluia ♪	43:08
	♪ Alleluia ♪	43:11
	♪ Praise God above, ye heav'nly host ♪	43:16
	♪ Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ♪	43:22
	♪ Alleluia ♪	43:28
	♪ Alleluia ♪	43:31
	♪ Alleluia ♪	43:34
	♪ Alleluia ♪	43:38
	♪ Alleluia ♪	43:41
-	Let us pray.	43:53
	The Lord be with you.	43:55
Congregation	And also with you.	43:57
-	Lift up your heart.	43:58
Congregation	We lift them to the Lord.	43:59
-	Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.	44:02
Congregation	It is right to give our thanks and praise.	44:05
-	It is right and a good and joyful thing,	44:08
	always and everywhere,	44:12
	to gives thanks to You, Almighty God,	44:13
	Creator of heaven and earth.	44:16
	You formed us in Your image,	44:18
	and breathed into us the breath of life.	44:20
	When we turned away	44:23
	and sinned against You and Your Creation,	44:25
	Your love remained steadfast.	44:28
	You have broken down the walls that divide us,	44:30
	and reconciled us to You and to one another.	44:34
	You have created us anew,	44:37
	and made us citizens	44:40
	with all Your creatures in Your Kingdom,	44:41
	and so, with Your Creation on earth	44:44
	and all the company of Heaven,	44:46
	we praise Your name and join their unending hymn.	44:48
	(dramatic organ music)	44:51
	♪ Holy, holy, holy Lord ♪	45:01
	♪ God of power and might ♪	45:06
	♪ Heaven and earth are full of Your glory ♪	45:10
	♪ Hosanna in the highest ♪	45:15
	♪ Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord ♪	45:20
	♪ Hosanna in the highest ♪	45:27
-	Holy are you and blessed is Your Son, Jesus Christ.	45:39
	Your Spirit anointed Him to preach good news to poor,	45:42
	to proclaim release to the captives,	45:46
	and recovering of sight to the blind,	45:48
	to sit at liberty those who are oppressed,	45:51
	and to announce that the time had come	45:54
	when you would save Your people and the whole created order.	45:56
	He healed the sick, fed the hungry, and ate with sinners.	46:00
	By the baptism of His suffering, death, and resurrection	46:04
	You gave birth to Your Church, delivered us from slavery,	46:08
	to sin, and death, and made with us a new covenant	46:11
	by water and the Spirit.	46:15
	On the night in which He gave Himself up for us,	46:18
	He took bread, gave thanks to You,	46:20
	broke the bread, gave it to His disciples and said,	46:23
	"Take, eat, this is My body given for you.	46:26
	"Do this in remembrance of Me."	46:30
	And when the supper was over,	46:33
	He took the cup, gave thanks to You,	46:34
	offered it to His disciples, and say,	46:37
	"Drink from this, all of you,	46:40
	"for this is the blood of the new covenant,	46:42
	"poured out for you and for many,	46:44
	"for the forgiveness of sins.	46:45
	"Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of Me."	46:47
	And so, in remembrance of these,	46:52
	Your mighty acts in Jesus Christ,	46:54
	we offer ourselves in praised and thanksgiving	46:57
	as a holy and living sacrifice,	47:00
	in union for Christ offering for us,	47:02
	as we proclaim the mystery of faith.	47:05
	(dramatic organ music)	47:07
	♪ Christ has died ♪	47:12
	♪ Christ is risen ♪	47:14
	♪ Christ will come again ♪	47:17
-	Pour out Your Holy Spirit on us gathered here	47:26
	and on these gifts of bread and wine.	47:29
	Make them be for us the body and the blood of Christ	47:32
	that we may be for the world the body of Christ,	47:36
	redeemed by His blood.	47:38
	By Your Spirit, make us one with Christ, on with each other,	47:40
	and one in ministry to all the world,	47:44
	until Christ comes in final victory	47:46
	and we feast at His heavenly banquet.	47:49
	Through Your Son, Jesus Christ,	47:52
	with the Holy Spirit in Your holy Church,	47:54
	all honor and glory is Yours, Almighty God.	47:56
	Now, and forever.	47:59
	(dramatic organ music)	48:00
	♪ Amen ♪	48:05
	♪ Amen ♪	48:08
	♪ Amen ♪	48:11
-	Our Father, who art in heaven,	48:20
	hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom come,	48:23
	Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.	48:26
	Give us this day our daily bread,	48:30
	and forgive us our trespasses,	48:33
	as we forgive those who trespass against us.	48:35
	And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,	48:39
	for Thine is the kingdom, and the power,	48:43
	and the glory, forever.	48:46
	Amen.	48:47
	When we break the bread,	48:52
	is it not a means of sharing in the body of Christ?	48:54
	When we give thanks over the cup,	48:59
	is it not a means of sharing in the blood of Christ	49:02
	which cleanses us from all unrighteousness?	49:04
	The body of Christ, given for you.	49:10
	Amen.	49:19
	The blood of Christ, given for you.	49:22
	Amen.	49:29
	The gifts of God are given for the people of God.	49:36
	As the communion servers move out into the congregation,	49:39
	we invite you to come and feast at the Lord's table.	49:42
	(dramatic organ music)	49:54
	♪ In Christ there is no East or West ♪	50:17
	♪ In Him no South or North ♪	50:24
	♪ But one great fellowship of love ♪	50:30
	♪ Throughout the whole wide earth ♪	50:36
	♪ In Christ shall true hearts everywhere ♪	50:42
	♪ Their high communion find ♪	50:49
	♪ His service is the golden cord ♪	50:55
	♪ Close binding humankind ♪	51:02
	♪ In Christ is neither Jew nor Greek ♪	51:09
	♪ and neither slave nor free ♪	51:15
	♪ Both male and female heirs are made ♪	51:21
	♪ and all are kin to me ♪	51:28
	♪ In Christ now meet both East and West ♪	51:35
	♪ In Him meet South and North ♪	51:42
	♪ All Christly souls are one in Him ♪	51:48
	♪ Throughout the whole wide earth. ♪	51:54
	(dramatic organ music)	52:00
	(dramatic piano music)	52:07
	(dramatic jazz music)	52:12
	(dramatic organ music)	57:05
	♪ O Lord my God ♪	57:21
	♪ When I in awesome wonder ♪	57:25
	♪ Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made ♪	57:31
	♪ I see the stars ♪	57:41
	♪ I hear the rolling thunder ♪	57:45
	♪ Thy power throughout the universe displayed ♪	57:51
	♪ Then sings my soul ♪	58:01
	♪ My Savior God, to Thee ♪	58:05
	♪ How great Thou art ♪	58:11
	♪ How great Thou art ♪	58:16
	♪ Then sings my soul ♪	58:21
	♪ My Savior God, to Thee ♪	58:24
	♪ How great Thou art ♪	58:30
	♪ How great Thou art ♪	58:36
	♪ When through the woods ♪	58:46
	♪ And forest glades I wander ♪	58:50
	♪ And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees ♪	58:56
	♪ When I look down ♪	59:06
	♪ from lofty mountain grandeur ♪	59:10
	♪ And hear the brook ♪	59:16
	♪ And feel the gentle breeze ♪	59:20
	♪ Then sings my soul ♪	59:27
	♪ My Savior God, to Thee ♪	59:30
	♪ How great Thou art ♪	59:36
	♪ How great Thou art ♪	59:41
	♪ Then sings my soul ♪	59:47
	♪ My Savior God, to Thee ♪	59:50
	♪ How great Thou art ♪	59:57
	♪ How great Thou art ♪	1:00:02
-	Please stand for the prayer.	1:00:19
	Let us pray.	1:00:26
	Lord, You renew us at Your table	1:00:28
	with the bread of life.	1:00:30
	May this food strengthen us in love,	1:00:32
	and help us to serve You, and each other,	1:00:35
	and all the world.	1:00:38
	We ask this is the name of our Lord and Savior,	1:00:39
	Jesus Christ.	1:00:42
	Amen.	1:00:43
	(dramatic organ music)	1:00:46
	♪ For the beauty of the earth ♪	1:01:21
	♪ For the glory of the skies ♪	1:01:26
	♪ For the love which from our birth ♪	1:01:32
	♪ Over and around us lies ♪	1:01:37
	♪ Christ, our God, to Thee we raise ♪	1:01:43
	♪ This our sacrifice of praise ♪	1:01:49
	♪ For the beauty of each hour ♪	1:01:56
	♪ Of the day and of the night ♪	1:02:02
	♪ Hill and vale, and tree, and flower ♪	1:02:08
	♪ Sun, and moon, and stars of light ♪	1:02:14
	♪ Christ, our God, to Thee we raise ♪	1:02:20
	♪ This our sacrifice of praise ♪	1:02:25
	♪ For the joy of ear and eye ♪	1:02:33
	♪ For the heart and mind's delight ♪	1:02:39
	♪ For the mystic harmony ♪	1:02:45
	♪ Linking sense to sound and sight ♪	1:02:51
	♪ Christ, our God, to Thee we raise ♪	1:02:57
	♪ This our sacrifice of praise ♪	1:03:03
	♪ For the joy of human love ♪	1:03:10
	♪ Brother, sister, parent, child ♪	1:03:16
	♪ Friends on earth, and friends above ♪	1:03:22
	♪ For all gentle thoughts and mild ♪	1:03:28
	♪ Christ, our God, to Thee we raise ♪	1:03:34
	♪ This our sacrifice of praise ♪	1:03:41
	♪ For Thy Church that evermore ♪	1:03:48
	♪ Lifteth holy hands above ♪	1:03:54
	♪ Offering up on every shore ♪	1:04:01
	♪ This true sacrifice of love ♪	1:04:07
	♪ Christ, our God, to Thee we raise ♪	1:04:13
	♪ This our sacrifice of praise ♪	1:04:19
	♪ For Thyself, best gift divine ♪	1:04:27
	♪ To the world so freely given ♪	1:04:33
	♪ For that great, great love of Thine ♪	1:04:39
	♪ Peace on earth and joy in Heaven ♪	1:04:45
	♪ Christ, our God, to Thee we raise ♪	1:04:51
	♪ This our Sacrifice of Praise ♪	1:04:57
-	Now, may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,	1:05:07
	the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit	1:05:09
	keep you in love with one another and the whole Creation.	1:05:13
	Amen.	1:05:17
	♪ God, be in my head ♪	1:05:20
	♪ and in my understanding ♪	1:05:27
	♪ God, be in my eyes ♪	1:05:37
	♪ and in my looking ♪	1:05:44
	♪ God, be in my mouth ♪	1:05:55
	♪ and in my speaking ♪	1:06:02
	♪ God, be in my heart ♪	1:06:15
	♪ and in my thinking ♪	1:06:23
	♪ God, be at my end ♪	1:06:34
	♪ and in my departing ♪	1:06:46

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Debra K. Brazzel - Sermon Untitled (October 2, 1994)

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Sermon start time: 16:56. Sermon end time: 32:50.
God giving humans dominion over all life does not mean it is made only for our purposes. Rather we must love all life and allow it to help us in a more mutually beneficial relationship. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: [God's idea of dominion] means treating all life with reverence. It means acting like God acts and giving ourselves through Christ in service to the whole creation.

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October 2, 1994

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Brazzel, Debra K.

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