Our Worship Style
As believers in our Savior Jesus Christ, Jesus and his cross are at the center of everything we do. Our Christ-centered focus is especially true in the way we worship. Because of Jesus we receive double blessings from our Lord in our worship.
The first blessing we receive is the gospel, or good news, of Jesus. This good news is received with open hearts in our worship as we are reminded and refocused every week on the gift of eternity in heaven that we receive because Jesus saved us from our sins.
The second blessing we receive is the opportunity to give our Lord the best of everything we have, our offerings, our thanks, and our praise. With open arms we lay our best on his altar as our way of marveling at his mercy and rejoicing in his grace to us.
This receiving from God and giving to God shows itself in our worship style. At Good Shepherd and St. John’s, our style of worship is sort of a conversation between God and his people. He gives forgiveness of sins and life everlasting; we return our thanks and praise. This conversation has been going on between God and his people in this worship style for hundreds of years. It’s called liturgical worship.
Liturgical worship focuses entirely on Christ. It is meant to take the focus off the worshiper and off the pastor and make Jesus the center of all that we do. This is extremely valuable to us at Good Shepherd and St. John’s because through this weekly conversation we are strengthened in our faith and empowered to live each week to the glory of our Lord.
Liturgical worship has different parts. Some of those parts always stay the same and some of them change with the different seasons of the church calendar. To learn more about liturgical worship, click one of the links below:
The first blessing we receive is the gospel, or good news, of Jesus. This good news is received with open hearts in our worship as we are reminded and refocused every week on the gift of eternity in heaven that we receive because Jesus saved us from our sins.
The second blessing we receive is the opportunity to give our Lord the best of everything we have, our offerings, our thanks, and our praise. With open arms we lay our best on his altar as our way of marveling at his mercy and rejoicing in his grace to us.
This receiving from God and giving to God shows itself in our worship style. At Good Shepherd and St. John’s, our style of worship is sort of a conversation between God and his people. He gives forgiveness of sins and life everlasting; we return our thanks and praise. This conversation has been going on between God and his people in this worship style for hundreds of years. It’s called liturgical worship.
Liturgical worship focuses entirely on Christ. It is meant to take the focus off the worshiper and off the pastor and make Jesus the center of all that we do. This is extremely valuable to us at Good Shepherd and St. John’s because through this weekly conversation we are strengthened in our faith and empowered to live each week to the glory of our Lord.
Liturgical worship has different parts. Some of those parts always stay the same and some of them change with the different seasons of the church calendar. To learn more about liturgical worship, click one of the links below:
