Reply

Seek

From Rev Gav

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about this (I guess it comes with the territory of being a pastor) and I am becoming more convinced that we encounter God through each other. Yes, we can gain a sense of the numinous of God in worship but the format or style is largely irrelevant. It is being part of a loving, Spirit-led, faith-filled community that seems to make the difference. Welcoming people into this community is key, where people can encounter Jesus in the here and now. What matters is the togetherness of our worship where God is present in and through each of us.

Of course, understanding this should shape our worship. I find the ‘front-led’ altar/table focus a bit incongruous with the idea of community, and find, for example, that when we gather in a round it makes a massive difference to how our worship ‘feels’.