Leader: In the beginning
before time, before people
ALL: GOD WAS
Leader: Here and now
among us, beside us
enlisting the people of the earth
for the purpose of heaven
ALL: GOD IS
Leader: In the future
when we have turned to dust
and all we know has found its fulfilment
ALL: GOD WILL BE
Leader: Not denying the world, but delighting in it
not condemning the world, but redeeming it,
through Jesus Christ,
by the power of the Holy Spirit,
ALL: GOD WAS
GOD IS
GOD WILL BE