Why do we have a Liturgy?
Believing from scripture that our purpose is to worship God, that he cares how we worship him, and that it’s worth it to worship him, we strive to make our corporate worship service glorify God and edify each other in a biblically grounded manner.
First and foremost, we desire to worship God as revealed in scripture. This means that we want to saturate our service with scripture: We read, hear, speak, sing, pray, and see the word of God as we’re gathered together. We’re called to worship by scripture and we depart with the benediction of scripture.
Every church has some order of service, a liturgy. Since God has called us to gather together as his people, we want to be intentional with our order of service so that it lines up with what the gathered worship service is: an encounter with God in the name of Jesus Christ and through his word applied by the Holy Spirit.
Our order of service is modeled after the sixth chapter of Isaiah, which gives us insight into what an encounter with God is like. It is there that we see Isaiah called to worship God through the declaration of God’s holiness, he responds in his own confession of sinfulness, and then is assured of forgiveness through the atoning salvation God provides. Isaiah then hears the word of the Lord, and is sent out on mission.
Why do we have a Call to Worship?
While we are called to continual worship throughout the week, doing all things for the glory of God, we are especially called by God to gather together and worship him corporately. The call to corporate worship is a call away from our worldly attachments and toward heavenly thoughts, to step out of “our” time and into God’s time, while we sing, pray, speak, and hear the holy word of God and share the Lord’s Supper.
The call to worship begins the worship service. When we gather, anticipate this call and ask God to prepare your heart to hear and receive his word, and to worship him for who he is, in spirit and in truth.
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Believing from scripture that our purpose is to worship God, that he cares how we worship him, and that it’s worth it to worship him, we strive to make our corporate worship service glorify God and edify each other in a biblically grounded manner.
First and foremost, we desire to worship God as revealed in scripture. This means that we want to saturate our service with scripture: We read, hear, speak, sing, pray, and see the word of God as we’re gathered together. We’re called to worship by scripture and we depart with the benediction of scripture.
Every church has some order of service, a liturgy. Since God has called us to gather together as his people, we want to be intentional with our order of service so that it lines up with what the gathered worship service is: an encounter with God in the name of Jesus Christ and through his word applied by the Holy Spirit.
Our order of service is modeled after the sixth chapter of Isaiah, which gives us insight into what an encounter with God is like. It is there that we see Isaiah called to worship God through the declaration of God’s holiness, he responds in his own confession of sinfulness, and then is assured of forgiveness through the atoning salvation God provides. Isaiah then hears the word of the Lord, and is sent out on mission.
While we are called to continual worship throughout the week, doing all things for the glory of God, we are especially called by God to gather together and worship him corporately. The call to corporate worship is a call away from our worldly attachments and toward heavenly thoughts, to step out of “our” time and into God’s time, while we sing, pray, speak, and hear the holy word of God and share the Lord’s Supper.
The call to worship begins the worship service. When we gather, anticipate this call and ask God to prepare your heart to hear and receive his word, and to worship him for who he is, in spirit and in truth.