Welcome to worship!

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Readings for RIC Celebration Service

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Genesis 1:11-12, 24-25, 26, 28-31a (The Inclusive Bible)
Then God said, “Earth produce vegetation – plants that scatter their own seeds, and every kind of fruit tree that bears fruit with its own seed in it!” So it was: the earth brought forth every kid of plant that bears seed, and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it. And God saw that this was good.

Then God said: “Earth: bring forth all kinds of living souls – cattle, things that crawl, and wild animals of all kinds! So it was: God made all kinds of wild animals, and cattle and everything that crawls on the ground, and God saw that this was good.

Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, to be like us. Let them be stewards of the fish in the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, the wild animals, and everything that crawls on the ground.”

God blessed them and said, “Bear fruit, increase your numbers, and fill the earth – and be responsible for it! Watch over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things on the earth!”
God then told them, “Look! I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the earth, and every tree whose fruit carries its seed inside itself: they will be your food; and to all the animals of the earth and the birds of the air and things that crawl on the ground --- everything that has a living soul in it – I give all the green plants for food.”

So it was. God looked at all of this creation, and proclaimed that this was good – very good.

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1 Corinthians 12:12-14 (First Nations Version)

12Human beings have one body made up of many parts that all work together. It is the same for the body of the Chosen One. 13For through the one Spirit we are participated in the purification ceremony (baptism) that joined us together into one body. That body is made up of Tribal Members, Wisdom Seekers (Greeks), slaves and free. But none of that matters because we all drink living water from the same Spirit.

14Now, the body is not made up of one part but of many.

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Matthew 28:16-20

16Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”