What does it take to worship God?
Do you need a pew? A hymnal?
We've been plunged into a new paradigm during this Covid-19 crisis. It is a time when we are crafting new ways to meet together and new ways to keep in touch. We are finding new ways to shop and new scenes at the supermarket with shelves emptied of toilet paper and beans. In a time when we need each other and God more than ever, we are prevented from gathering at the sacred sanctuary that we call church, a place where we are drawn each Sunday to pray together, sing together, listen to God's word and refresh our spirits.
We've been blessed by our wonderful staff who've been preparing virtual worship each week but are now faced with a Bishop's order that asks us not to gather our worship team to produce the program in the sanctuary, even using safe practices. We believe that we will be able to produce a vital worship experience by recording separate components. In fact, the sound may even be better.
What does it take to worship God?
It takes a grateful heart. Even when we've forgotten the words. Even when we don't know the tune, God receives our grateful praise. We praise God by expressing our gratitude for all that we've been given, for creation, for life, for joy, for the opportunity to express the love that has so generously been bestowed upon us, for the opportunity to imagine new ways to be in service to one another and to our community as the church in this place.
Join us Sundays at 10:30 on YouTube to praise God together by clicking this link.
Pastor Cheryl
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