Worship simply means to “declare or attribute worth to something.” Our culture is teaching all of us to worship something - brands, success, sexuality, celebrity, technology, and more.

Missiologist Alan Hirsch writes, “Everyone has a god, in the sense that everyone puts something first in one's life: money, power, prestige, self, career, love and so forth. There must be something in your life that operates as your sources of meaning and strength, something that you regard, at least implicitly, as the supreme power of your life.”

Though these are often good things they will distort and disappoint us if we make them the center of our heart. They are inadequate to satisfy the core longings of the human heart.

Our vision for worship is to see God for who he is and respond with gratitude, wonder, thanksgiving, and awe. We believe this vision and response will rightly reorder our hearts, our mind, our affections, and our imagination around God’s goodness and grace. We do this through the weaving of word and worship, creating space for reflection, celebration, and praise, and by retelling the good news of the rescuing love of God expressed through Christ in our gatherings. Rather than a focus on style or preference, we seek to utilize scripture, story, song, and sacraments to form us into the kind of people God has called us to be.

Resources

Visit this growing list of tools to encourage your exploration of the spiritual discipline of worship.

Recommended Reading

Books are another great resource that you can use to grow in your walk with God. We have provided a list of books that have formed us as a church and we hope they do the same for you.