We are all worship leaders.

We are all worship leaders.

"In view of God's mercy, offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship" (Romans 12:1, NIV) 

Although we absolutely LOVE the worship that happens in the midst of our Sunday morning gatherings, worship has very little to do with the genre of music sung during a church gathering. It has little to do with the new middle school space that the Bridge Church meets in. Worship has little to do with the sound system, the lighting, the seating arrangements, the media, the coffee, or any of the other things it's often mistaken for. It has little to do with the particular Christian denomination, the style, the pastor, or the quality/quantity of ministry programming.

Worship is a response to God's mercy and it can take on many, many forms. Some of us respond to God's mercy by showing mercy to someone who has hurt us. Some of us respond by serving in a ministry area (e.g. KidZone, Frontline, Tech Team, Clean Crew, Music Team, …). Some of us respond through art. Some of us respond through prayer or solitude. Some of us respond through financial giving. Worship takes on many forms, but true worship is always a direct response to the mercy we've received through Christ.

I'm excited to see the souls of our church engage worship in the every moments of their lives! I'm excited to see a faith community respond to God's immeasurable mercy by serving mercy to one another, serving mercy to the community, and serving mercy to those in need. I'm excited to see worship embodied in grounded and practical ways. I'm excited to see a worship movement; not just a worship service.

Father in Heaven! You have loved us first, help us never to forget that You are love, so that this sure conviction might triumph in our hearts over the seduction of the world, over the inquietude of the soul, over the anxiety for the future, over the fright of the past, over the distress of the moment. But grant also that this conviction might discipline our soul so that our heart might remain faithful and sincere in the love which we bear to all those whom You have commanded us to love as we love ourselves. ~ Soren Kierkegaard

We are all worship leaders.
How do you lead worship?