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1.) God-centered.
2.) Scripture based.
3.) Expectant.

GOD-CENTERED
            Our intent is that each worship service lifts-up the triune God.  We will strive to avoid a man-centered approach to worship which focuses on the talents and abilities of others.  Although our corporate worship involves the talents and gifts of many people, the focus of the worshipers is not to be on those leading the worship, but on God.
            Real heart-worship of the triune God can only be done by people who have experienced the new birth. Therefore, when we schedule a worship service we plan for whole-hearted meaningful worship for Christians.  We recognize that non-believers will be present in the services and we welcome them, but generally we do not orient the plans for worship around them.  We trust in the contagious self-sacrificing love of our people towards non-Christians, the promise of God to use ‘the foolishness of preaching,’ and the irresistible drawing of the Holy Spirit, to keep non-believers coming to our services, and then ultimately, to come to Himself. 

 SCRIPTURE BASED
            We choose to let Scripture guide and permeate our corporate worship.  We joyfully submit ourselves to God’s word.  We do this when we plan our corporate worship by striving to be consistent with Biblical principles and teaching.  Although there is no specific ‘worship service’ given to us in the Bible, there is ample biblical justification for planning and participating in corporate worship services.[1]
            We understand that the Scriptures describe the Christian’s entire life as worship.  All of our life – our work, our relationships, our leisure, our family life – everything is to be lived as an offering of gratitude and worship to the Lord. However, in this Philosophy of Corporate Worship we are concerning ourselves with the worship that occurs as we meet corporately and respond to the Lord.
            We rejoice that God has not left us to our own wisdom in the matter of worship.  We will gain our direction for worship from Scripture, not from the culture in which we live nor from the practice of surrounding churches.  We believe that all essential elements of worship are given to us in the Scriptures.
            We do not approach worship flippantly, carelessly, or with the idea that it is our right to design worship as we please.  The Scriptures make it clear that God seeks proper worshipers.

 EXPECTANT
            We believe that hearing from God through His word, if done with submissive reverence and expectancy, is in itself worship. We joyfully submit ourselves to the preaching of the word of the cross.