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The worship team is made up of paid and volunteer staff who plan worship and oversee the worship services, and promote corporate worship for our congregation.  Because God is the center of worship, we believe that he has instructed us in how to worship him correctly in His Word, and we always seek to give him the glory he is due.

Our Philosophy of Worship

Worship at its core is the proclamation of the glories of God.  This has implications for the sorts of songs we use.  It is not enough that songs merely mention Jesus or God or use biblical themes.  We strive to use songs that are lyrically God focused rather than man-centered.

 

Our worship seeks to present the truth about God and his creation.  We should not romanticize the Christian life or communicate something false about what it feels like to be a Christian.  We welcome the singing of those songs, hymns and spiritual songs that are substantial in content and do not compromise our standards in the interest of what is easy or entertaining.  We desire worship to be reverent, passionate and full of wonder combining heart and head so that people's emotions are not manipulated by failing to appeal to clear thinking about spiritual things.

 

Corporate worship is not a bunch of individuals worshiping in the same place or having simultaneous religious experiences.  In the assembling of ourselves together we join with the Universal Church in our adoration of God and therefore seek to mingle good historic and contemporary music. “And Jesus said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old.” (Matt 13:52).

 

The Bible clearly communicates that the unity of the body is more important than worship style.  Because we use a blend of new and old styles there will be times we sing songs that one may not prefer to sing.  These are opportunities to demonstrate love by sacrificing your preference for another’s.  You should expect the same in return.

 

We will try to sing and pray and preach in such a way that people's attention will not be diverted from the substance either by shoddy ministry or by excessive finesse.

We are physical and spiritual beings, so our bodies matter in worship.  Because of the great amount of pretense and hypocrisy we do not insist on certain gestures (standing, raising hands, kneeling, clapping, etc.), although we do encourage worshippers not to deny the importance of their posture in worship.

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