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In this series of lessons, we are going to explore the subject of worship. We will begin with what worship is. In covering what worship is; we will define worship, we will explore how our ship defines us. We will look at the forms that worship can take and how those forms can fit into and enhance all aspects of our lives.
This series came about due to a confluence of events over the past two years. During this time, God blessed me by allowing me to return to “leading” public worship. This took the form of being in the gospel choir, being part of the mid-week worship team and being the main worship “leader” for our new church plant.
Christmas 2009, our choir director gave us a book, “We Who Worship”, by Carol Salem. That book sensitized me more to the implications of worship. Though I had unconsciously being living very close to what I will describe in this series, the ideas offered in the book, moved me closer to living out the concept of “total life worship.”
The next trigger was not so much a single event as a series of comments. The comments usually went something like, “Wow! The worship today/tonight was really powerful.” I began to wonder what people, who may not be as steeped in worship as I am, were doing with the rest of their “worship week.”
The final things that pushed me to put my thoughts down on paper are the fact that I have a class in ministry that will require a project. I may adapt what I am doing here, for that class. Since I am ministering with church plant that is seeking to live out the full truth of the Bible, there is a great need for practical understanding of the concept of worship, within our small congregation. If our congregation is in need of this, and we are a daughter church of a very well taught church, how much more is this needed in the wider body of Christ!
The next section of the series will look at what is worship.
