What do we mean when we speak of worship? Well in a nutshell we mean "worthship." That's how the word was pronounced before our tongues got lazy and we dropped the diphthong.

"Worthship" expresses the notion that we bring to God what God himself sees as having great worth, namely, the sacrifice and the merits of Jesus. For him nothing we can possess or do holds supreme value. What he treasures most is the doing and dying and rising of his Son.

Worship then is a glorious, open-your-heart, pull-out-the-stops affair in which we uplift Christ to God in the presence of an on-looking universe. Now isn't that something!

You might be thinking that when we worship we do no more than recount a historical event in the presence of God, but that is decidedly not so. We encounter, in the present, in our church building the Living God, the Risen Christ. With infinite grace he fulfills his promise to us that where two or three are gathered in his name there he will be also.

So God comes down to us, and we go up to him. Such an encounter can leave one breathless, tearful, sobered, or bursting with joy, but never indifferent or bored.

So what is our style of worship? Well that depends on where we are in the order of our service. Our service is progressive. We move from the contemporary to the traditional, from praise to deep devotion.

Our model for worship is the Sanctuary Service of the Old Testament. Back then worship progressed from rejoicing in the street, to sacrificing in the Outer Court, to saying prayers in the Holy Place, to standing speechless in the Most Holy Place.

So we start with wonderful contemporary songs enthusiastically led by our young adults, then we move to a more traditional mode with our great Cassavant organ and excellent choir, proceed to intercessory prayer, and finally arrive at the verbal proclamation of God's unconditional grace.

We take in a wide spectrum of religious experience in our service. Although we are not charismatic, heartfelt amens, applause, and enthusiasm characterize our journey.

Worship is not all hallelujahs for us. We sing in both a major and a minor key, for only then do we face the unvarnished reality of our pain and death, and only then do we grasp to the inexpressible riches we have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Please, won't you join us for worship?