In a broad sense, “worship” includes everything that declares God’s “worth.” When we gather on Sunday morning as a church family, that takes various forms such as serving others, exploring the Word of God, sharing Christ with non-believers, and declaring His praises together.
The focus of the Grace Worship Team is to lead our people in vibrantly proclaiming God’s glory through musical praise and worship. We believe that every participant in this musical team is, in essence, a worship leader…and we lead by coming together to pursue Him, to enter into His throne room to worship Him, and to invite the whole church family to join us there. We are not concerned with giving a performance, but with presenting an offering to God which is as reflective as possible of His beauty and majesty. The whole body of Christ gathered for worship at Grace is seen as investing in that offering together with us as we “bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord.”
This vision doesn’t stop at our doors, however, as we are also sensing that God is leading us to take the ministry of praise and worship out into the world around us. Ultimately, we envision our musicians serving alongside Grace missionaries throughout the world.
You won’t be around Grace very long before you will notice something unique about The Worship Team. In a very purposeful way, this ministry reflects Grace’s “every member a minister” philosophy. Men and women from every walk of life participate in and fill leadership roles in various ways. This includes the people who serve “behind the scenes,” working in our sound booth or running our slides. Everyone is seen as an integral part of the overall goal of enhancing the worship of the whole church family.
No one serves as the “minister of music,” and consequently, our team and music have a personality and flavor that is completely unique to what God is doing at Grace. Here are some of the ways that you can make your vocal, instrumental, or support talents available for God’s use in The Worship Team of Grace Bible Church…
Audio/Video Vital in their role of ensuring the overall quality of Grace’s worship services, these dedicated servants allow the worship leading ensembles and Bible teachers to focus on their message without being distracted by techincal problems or interruptions. The congregation is also free to worship without visible or audible distractions, greatly enhancing the overall worship experience. Training is provided for those interested in becoming a sound or video projection operator. Contact
DavidCooper@grace-bible.org to get involved.
Vocalists/Instrumentalists The worship teams at Grace are made up all kinds of musicians and vocalists. Often times, we use a sort of “rotation” to allow many different people to serve the body with their particular gifts. From time to time, we will need new people to serve in various aspects of these ministries. If you’d like to know more about serving with the worship teams, contact
ColinBates@grace-bible.org, our Worship Coordinator.