Praise & Worship
"Give praise with blasts upon the horn, praise Him with harp and lyre. Give praise with tambourines and dance, praise Him with flutes and strings. Give praise with crashing cymbals, praise Him with sounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath give praise to the LORD! Hallelujah!" ( PSALM 150: 3-6 )
"Praise", in the BLD Covenant of Communion (CC), is defined as "the verbal acknowledgment of God’s Holiness and Majesty, His inherent and inexhaustible Goodness and Benevolence. Our praise of God establishes His place within and amongst us, and our place in Him. We are His creation: His handiwork flowing from His mind and heart, endlessly and absolutely dependent on Him. We are 'in' Him, as we are in Christ. He, in turn, is present in and to us, nourishing and sustaining us, offering us a limitless and ceaseless flow of grace."
CC defines "worship" as the celebration in our lives— in our spirits, minds and hearts, and in our beliefs, words and acts — of the Holiness and Sovereignty, and of the Loving Kindness and Majesty of God. We worship as we outwardly express our repentance, reverence and awe, our love, joy and thanksgiving, through acts of praise and exaltation, of music and song, and of prayer, silence and prophecy."
The highest and purest form of worship is the Eucharistic Celebration, instituted by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself and handed down through the centuries as the sacrament of worship. All forms of worship are derived from, and serve to affirm, the memorial and sacrificial character of the Eucharist.
CC states, "Corporate worship is the Community’s anointed act of ministering unto the Lord in solidarity and order, with one mind and one heart. The entire Community is gathered together as God’s special people to come into His presence and communion and receive the power of the His Spirit. We dedicate the moments of Corporate Worship to fulfill the commandments of His Love and follow the directions of His work as wellsprings and guidelights in our Community’s life and programs and in our day-to-day lives." The Praise Ministry, coordinated by the Music Leader and in accord with the Worship Leader, ministers to the entire community -- enabling all to fully participate in the expressions of praise through music and song.
Other Interesting Site:
The Worship Archive Song
"Praise", in the BLD Covenant of Communion (CC), is defined as "the verbal acknowledgment of God’s Holiness and Majesty, His inherent and inexhaustible Goodness and Benevolence. Our praise of God establishes His place within and amongst us, and our place in Him. We are His creation: His handiwork flowing from His mind and heart, endlessly and absolutely dependent on Him. We are 'in' Him, as we are in Christ. He, in turn, is present in and to us, nourishing and sustaining us, offering us a limitless and ceaseless flow of grace."
CC defines "worship" as the celebration in our lives— in our spirits, minds and hearts, and in our beliefs, words and acts — of the Holiness and Sovereignty, and of the Loving Kindness and Majesty of God. We worship as we outwardly express our repentance, reverence and awe, our love, joy and thanksgiving, through acts of praise and exaltation, of music and song, and of prayer, silence and prophecy."
The highest and purest form of worship is the Eucharistic Celebration, instituted by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself and handed down through the centuries as the sacrament of worship. All forms of worship are derived from, and serve to affirm, the memorial and sacrificial character of the Eucharist.
CC states, "Corporate worship is the Community’s anointed act of ministering unto the Lord in solidarity and order, with one mind and one heart. The entire Community is gathered together as God’s special people to come into His presence and communion and receive the power of the His Spirit. We dedicate the moments of Corporate Worship to fulfill the commandments of His Love and follow the directions of His work as wellsprings and guidelights in our Community’s life and programs and in our day-to-day lives." The Praise Ministry, coordinated by the Music Leader and in accord with the Worship Leader, ministers to the entire community -- enabling all to fully participate in the expressions of praise through music and song.
Other Interesting Site:
The Worship Archive Song