In the beginning, mission in communion:
The Father sent the Son and the Spirit.
God spoke his word through
Melchizedek and Hagar,
Rahab and Ruth,
Balaam and Naaman,
Jethro and Job.
Together they are sent:
Together we are sent.
God spoke his word through
Woman of Samaria,
Roman soldier,
Woman of Phoenicia,
Caesarea centurion.
Together they are sent:
Together we are sent.
God spoke his word through
Monica of Africa,
Ajayi Crowther,
Abdul Masih,
Pandita Ramabai,
Watchman Nee.
Together they are sent:
Together we are sent.
From the beginning, mission in communion.
‘The Father sent me: I send you.’
Receive the Spirit:
the Spirit of release.
Until the end, Holy Communion.
Our hearts are fed, by Christ by faith,
We proclaim his death, until he comes.
Maranatha, Alleluia: Alleluia, Amen.
Maranatha, Alleluia: Alleluia, Amen.
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Graham Kings, in his retirement in Cambridge, is honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Ely and research associate at the the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, which he founded in 1995. He has served as Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion; Bishop of Sherborne; and vicar of St. Mary’s Church, Islington, London, where he co-founded Fulcrum.
