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Worship

Praise and Worship has been given an important place in our church.

Worship tends to be the result of praise.  It is what happens after we have entered the gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise, then approaching the throne we do so with worship (Greek – proskenu) prostrated with an attitude of humility at the feet of Jesus.

• Songs are a vehicle to God’s presence so they must be God directed.
• We are looking to create a praise and worship culture where people are encouraged to step out of there comfort zone.
• We are looking to encourage the spontaneous and prophetic song.
  

Years ago I went to the Jasper National Park in Canada.  As a church we are now on that journey.  The bus is the song, a warm comfortable bus with all the mod cons you would expect.  The Park is God’s awesome, unmistakable, life shattering presence.  It’s great on the bus we can take pictures of the mountains, glaciers, sweeping forests, rivers and lakes.  But every now and then we come across a place of special beauty and there is nothing better than to get out of the bus and see it with are own eyes, to feel the crisp air and to hear the noise of eagles, bubbling streams and cascading rivers.  We are on that journey now, an exciting journey and there is still the magnificence of the Jasper National Park ahead.

• As a church we need to know what to do when we get out of the bus.

God is here, he is omnipresent and we should never take that for granted.  But there are times when he inhabits the praises of his people.  They are the best times, when we enter the throne room and, as Mary did, just lie at the feet of Jesus.  We don’t want to be church that is uncomfortable with those times.
We will do our best to encourage a culture of freedom within the praise and worship of this church fellowship.
What we have found is that the best praise brings on the more intimate worship.  Once we get a release in praise it is then we are able to step out of the bus, leave the song behind and just prostate ourselves in the presence of God.

Jonathan Gould
Worship Leader