Worship
Four times a year we have Community Sundays where the whole church comes together for worship. This past Sunday, the theme was Worship. We were challenged and inspired to consider the different facets of worship. We participated in adoring Jesus through music, through confession, through baptism, through prayer, through fellowship and eating together, through offering and through service. When I reflected on the morning I saw Jesus in every aspect and in the worship as a whole. We are blessed to have a team of people who plan and pray for these Community Sundays. We had German relatives visiting with us and it was wonderful for them to experience our community. They enjoyed being in our church. Thank you Janet Nordlund and the team for facilitating and teaching us about worship! Mark your calendar, the next Community Sunday on November 29. You won’t want to miss it!
This past year in our small group we did the DVD Series by David Jeremiah on Heaven. It was a great study and I learned a lot about heaven. One of the lessons was about Worship in heaven (Revelation 4:1-11). The four contrasts of worship in heaven but also as we worship here on earth are:
- Worship is not about us but about Him.
- Worship is not about here but about there.
- Worship is not about now but about then.
- Worship is not about one but about many.
While there is a variety of ways that we experience worship, we may think that it is optional. But the apostle Paul looked through the doorway of heaven and saw that worship was the central activity. “The Christian’s life is a dress rehearsal on earth for an eternity of worship in heaven.” (David Jeremiah, Revealing the Mysteries of Heaven).
See you next Sunday as we worship together as part of our dress rehearsal for heaven!