Imago Dei

The Image of God. What does it mean that we were created in the image of God? In ancient times only kings and other powerful men could bear the image of God. Now we understand that all human beings bear God's image. What can we celebrate. What is our response and responsibility?
For Stone Soup this week, we'll meet at the Wesley Cottage of the Saluda United Methodist Church at 5 p.m. We'll play a little, then study and share a lot. Then we'll break bread together (not literally, Rob will bring chicken/broccoli casserole and raspberry salad. You bring what you want to go with it. We'll be through by 6:30 p.m.

Here's some scripture to prepare you...
Genesis 1:25-31
 Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’ 
So God created humankind in his image,
   in the image of God he created them;
   male and female he created them. 
God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.’ God said, ‘See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.’ And it was so. God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good.