This is what we said:
--Praising the Lord!
--Prayer
--Expressing our hopes
--Learning about the relationship between God and disciples
--Asking for our needs to be met
--Confessing our sin and our deep need of God
--Forgiveness of Sins/ Assurance of Pardon
--Sharing our thoughts
--Singing
--Reading to the Scriptures (The Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian Scriptures)
Stories of God and God's people that relate to our life stories and journeys with God
--The Sermon, which proclaims the Word and involves Teaching
--Children's Sermon/Chat
--Sharing of the Peace
--Lighting Candles
--Offering (of monetary gifts, and more deeply, ourselves)
--Sharing of Joys and Concerns
--Baptism
--Breaking the Bread and Sharing the Cup
--Commission and Benediction
Who is it that worships?
--The People Worship!!
--Pastor and Leaders direct/lead
Here is a way of thinking about the worship service:
WE GATHER
WE LISTEN
WE RESPOND
WE GO FORTH
Do we ever worship outside of the "service?"
Yes! Our lives, how we live them and praise God with them, are forms of worship. And many of the elements we listed above (Praise, Prayer, Listening, Singing, Studying and Learning, Offering) are activities that are part of our everyday lives.
We concluded the class with the "Choir" leading us in singing, Jesus Loves Me!
We will begin next weeks class in the Sanctuary.
Now that you have had more time to think and reflect, are there things you would add to our worship list and our understanding of it?
What is most important to your worship? When do you actively participate?
The most important part of my worship is interacting with God whether it be through prayer, singing, or the scriptures. I like to interact with God during the silent prayer parts of Church to reflect on the past week and how God was in it.
ReplyDeleteThe most important part to me is after the sermon because then i can reflect on what pastor scott just said. It leaves me thinking about what he said.i participate in the singing and lords prayer. josephine
ReplyDeleteThe most important part of my worship is sleeping and eating I do this everyday all day
ReplyDeleteThe most important part of my worship is singing and paying attention to the people who have lost things that they share in konanai time and pray for them
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