Facebook Worship
why do we get together to sing and wave our hands around?
Understandably what we do when we gather together could be seen as weird by some. You may wonder why a bunch of people would come together and spend so much time singing, lifting hands, and bowing knees. Our belief is that worship must be expressed. Singing, lifting hands in worship, bowing our knees in reverence, partaking of Bread and Wine, are all ways in which we express our love for God, and our thanks for all He has done for us. It’s all part of how we engage with the Story of God, re-living, re-telling, and participating in what God is doing now, what He has done in the past, and what He will do in the future.
We want to develop people who are convinced of and are developing in, a life of responsive praise and worship to God
Worship is high priority for Gateway. It is more than our corporate gathered times of ‘sung’ worship, but it not less than this. Worship is a lifestyle, who and what we worship is reflected in how we live out our lives. We choose to give time and place to corporate worship when we gather together because we believe there is power in worship and praise, we believe that God is enthroned on praises of His people (see Psalm 22:3) and long for His Kingdom among us, and we believe for many reasons that worship is central to our faith.
We want to be a church that touches the heart of God as we come before Him with abandon, with vocal praise, and as we come before Him as living sacrifices (Rom 12:1).
Get on to our Podcast to check out the recent series Don has done on worship. gateway podcast
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Check out this video from a recent night of worship.
Worship Night at GW from Marc McMullan on Vimeo.
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Hi, i’m Donald.
I have the privilege of leading the worship team of Gateway and i love it!!! Having leadership that really prioritises worship and gives time for it is fabulous, and in some ways i feel a bit spoiled to be a part of it all.
Can i encourage you to search out God in worship. Sometimes it can be hard to go beyond just singing lyrics, it’s sometimes scary raising our hands and getting vulnerable, but from my experience it is so worth it.
By the way if you are a part of Gateway and are looking for ways to be involved, if you have skills in the worship and creative arts area, then please come and talk to me or send an email, as I’d love to see what we do move forward, grow and express more and more the love of God.
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