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God is the primary consumer in worship. Our goal in our worship services is to help you exalt and glorify our Triune God. No greater good can come than the magnification of God’s glory in the Church as we worship together. Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. (Psalm 29:2)…
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Our worship is saturated with the gospel from beginning to end. In fact, a gospel-saturated worship service can’t help but be God-centered. The whole of our worship service follows a gospel flow, a sort of retelling of the gospel story in song, confession and preaching.
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God declares how He desires to be worshipped. We do not have the freedom to create new ways to worship God. Rather, God has clearly defined the appropriate elements of worship.
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We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the catholic (i.e. universal) church of Jesus Christ yesterday and today; ancient and modern. Our worship should therefore reflect a blend of ancient, traditional, modern and contemporary variations of the appropriate elements of worship. We discredit the work of the Holy Spirit in ages past to refuse to use the rich tradition of the ancient creeds and hymns. We discredit the work of the Holy Spirit in the current age to refuse to use new biblical creeds and hymns
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Worship should be intelligible for all, believer and unbeliever alike. This does not mean that worship should be ‘watered or dumbed down,’ rather, everything should be explained so that people understand. There is nothing glorifying to God about keeping people in ignorance and confusion (e.g., mass performed in Latin).
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There are many opinions on what is appropriate for worship. Guitars, drums, organs or brass instruments? How should we collect the offering or serve the Lord’s Supper? There are a variety of good and useful arguments pertaining to these matters. The Lord Jesus Christ has prescribed no fixed forms for public worship but, in the interest of life and power in worship, has given His Church a large measure of liberty in this matter
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We believe it is vitally important that you are an active participant in the worship service. A worship service is not something you watch, but rather something you do, something of which you are a part. To that end, our songs, liturgies and sermons are designed to engage your heart, mind and soul.
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We are proud of our Reformed heritage (need to insert a link to an article explaining what this is.) One of the key principles from that heritage is Ecclesia Reformata, Semper Reformanda. The church must always be at the task of reforming itself, careful to not get into a rut with regard to non-essentials (ie. Forms) but must always be open to reformation. This requires that the church learn to be self-critical in a way that in not destructive. Its leaders must always be at the task of ensuring that we adhere faithfully to the above-defined principles as much as they are in line with the Word of God, constantly striving to fit the biblical model laid out for the Church in the Scriptures, ‘Always Reforming.
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