A Welcome with DNA

For you formed my inmost being.
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks to you,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful.
My soul knows that very well.
My frame wasn’t hidden from you,
when I was made in secret,
woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my body.
In your book they were all written,
the days that were ordained for me,
when as yet there were none of them.
Psalm 139:13-16

As part of my church’s service on Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, I had the opportunity to welcome everyone into worship with a science experiment.  The welcome introduced people to their own DNA, what both makes us all human and makes us each unique from each other.  The rest of the service focused on showing the compassion of Christ to those different than ourselves and in following the path God has written for us. Below is the welcome. Continue reading