Lockdown restrictions and church closures, has meant that new forms of worship have had to be created to keep congregants engaged. We've switched from on-site to online, and in many cases, churches are reporting an increase in numbers; this is…
In an effort to include children, someone came up with the Children’s Story section and, well-intentioned as it is, it goes against Scripture. In our version, children are called to the front and told to sit down so they can…
Let’s assume the worshipper arrives at church and is ready to offer worship to God and, let’s further assume that the majority of the church has come with this attitude. It would be chaos if individuals just got up and…
My experience in facilitating worship services is that some people find it hard to think of anything to say, or they are timid about speaking in public. For whatever reason, it makes God out to be mean, in the sense…
In our churches, we often refer to Members and Visitors - Members have rights and privileges; Visitors are not permanent. When it comes to worship, we need only one class of people, a worshipper, and worshippers have obligations - to…
In contrast to the Spectator, the Worshipper is under the influence of the Holy Spirit and is therefore spirit-motivated to know how to behave and how to express worship to the Spirit-God. These are some of the characteristics of the…
The key to worshipping together and benefiting each other is the personal worship that has been taking place in the week. Generally, there are two classes of people in our churches and they each speak a different language and come…
In this post, I'm looking at three examples of worship to establish if there is a pattern. The first example os that of the Wise Men. "And when they had come into the house, t'hey saw the young child' with…
Imagine you’ve been doing something the same way all your life and before you, previous generations have done the same thing. Suddenly, someone comes and tells you that you don’t know what you’re doing; you’ve been doing it wrong all…
We are Called to worship When God sent his representatives (Moses and Aaron) to Pharaoh, it was with the message to, “Let my people go that they may serve, or worship Me” (Exodus 8:1). Throughout the wilderness years, the people…