Worship
Transformation | Ministry | Community
We’re passionate about worship, but that may not mean what you think.
It doesn’t mean that we’re all the best singers. It doesn’t mean that we have the loudest band. (We don’t even have a band.) It doesn’t even mean that we think Sunday morning has to be your favorite time of the week.
When we say we’re passionate about worship, it means we’re passionate about people connecting with the God who made them in some really powerful ways.
There’s a story in the Bible about two sisters, Mary and Martha. They’re friends with Jesus, and one day he comes over. Martha jumps into action, preparing the house and the meal, working at 100 mph. Mary, however, just sits down near Jesus and listens to him as he talks. Soon Martha gets sick of doing all the work herself, and she asks Jesus if he’ll tell Mary to get up and help.
Jesus’ reply is really unexpected. He says, “Martha…you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better…”
He implies that all the stuff Martha is busy doing is good stuff, but he says there’s one thing that’s better. Most people don’t like that story. We’re all pretty proud of what we do, and we don’t like the suggestion that there might be something better we’re not doing.
It’s funny. We even define worship according to what we do. Worship is what songs we sing. It’s what sermon we hear. It’s what pew we sit in. We think.
What if worship is simply a choice to be with God?
What if worship is less about what we do and more about how close we are to God when we’re doing it?
We’re passionate about worship. We’re passionate about people coming to grasp the one thing that’s better. We’re passionate about people, in the midst of crazy, busy lives, choosing to be with God. We want to encourage people to choose to be close with God as they work and play, as they live as moms and dads and husbands and wives, as they hope and dream and struggle and fall, and even as they sit in a pew on Sunday mornings.
