Life in the Garden

A family service, a baptism, and a sermon series on Genesis that has reached chapter 2.4b-17, led to the creation of a mini - Garden of Eden in St James this morning, complete with the strictly out of bounds tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

In the Garden, as well as fruit to eat, there was work to do.

Mankind had the job of looking after the beautiful world God had made. And any work we do today is part of that task given to the human race by God.

Today we got the kids up to the front to grab hold of a series of tools and implements that ranged from the horticultural (spades, rakes, forks) to the tools of trade of carpenters, painters & decorators, plumbers, and electricians.

As for the tree of the knowledge of good and evil: Adam and Eve had received a warning, and that tree was destined to cause them (and us) a whole lot of trouble.

But more about that when we get to chapter 3.