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Our Role in Creation
1. What does this story mean?
Creation Story Reading
Narrator 1:
Narrator 2: Narrator 3:
Narrator 4: Narrator 5:
Narrator 6:
Narrator 7:
Narrator 8:
Narrator 9:
In the beginning was God. God created the world and sent a great wind over the dark waters. Then God created light and night and day.
On the second day, God separated the ocean and the sky.
On the third day, God ordered dry land to appear out of the oceans, and for plants to grow on it, grasses and fruit trees, and the seeds of every type of plant. God saw all this and thought it was good.
On the fourth day, God created the seasons, and the sun and the moon to control them.
of the water and air and the told them to
On the sixth day, God created the creatures
mammals of all kinds. God saw all this and thought it was good.
Then God made humankind in the image of ‘Godself’. He told humans to look after and all wild animals, also the plants of all kinds.
God made mankind as man and woman and told them to have children and to use the earth carefully.
On the seventh day, God rested. He blessed the day and made it holy.
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Read the questions and answers and complete the rest in your own words.
God made the basis of all material things. He made life and humankind to be like him. It does not mean he made these things in this order or in this time frame. The knowledge of creation comes from God, but was made known to people whose understanding was limited, much as ours is limited. The story was handed down in the language and images of that time.
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