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Sacred Ground Music cares for what is timeless in worship. Our mission
statement reflects this:
Who we worship and how we worship flows out of a confession of Jesus Christ
as the redeemer "in whom we live and move and have our being.." We do not
create our confession. Rather, we are created and re-created by it because it is
the living word of God. In light of this, we energetically support three values:
First, the subject and object of worship is God.
This may sound like stating the obvious, but... Worship is transcendent when
we shift our gaze away from ourselves. The "otherness" of God is exactly what
we need: because we already have more than enough of humanity to cope
with...our own and others!
Second, heartfelt and joyful worship are a good thing.
Worship is not simply a matter of going through prescribed motions or saying
the "rote" words. Worship flows from a heart cleansed and forgiven by the
suffering and death of Jesus - a heart that has become a temple of the Holy
Spirit .It is dynamic, not static.
Third, hymns, ancient creeds, and liturgies are treasures that
need to inform and shape how we worship.
Worship is about saying and singing the words that truthfully describe God.
What we say about God and to him matters very much. The truth that sets us
free and keeps us free in Christ is packaged in words. Hymns, creeds and
liturgies are the master works of the Church that give us a priceless template for
worship. From here we can freely explore new liturgies and hymns for a new
world.
statement reflects this:
Who we worship and how we worship flows out of a confession of Jesus Christ
as the redeemer "in whom we live and move and have our being.." We do not
create our confession. Rather, we are created and re-created by it because it is
the living word of God. In light of this, we energetically support three values:
First, the subject and object of worship is God.
This may sound like stating the obvious, but... Worship is transcendent when
we shift our gaze away from ourselves. The "otherness" of God is exactly what
we need: because we already have more than enough of humanity to cope
with...our own and others!
Second, heartfelt and joyful worship are a good thing.
Worship is not simply a matter of going through prescribed motions or saying
the "rote" words. Worship flows from a heart cleansed and forgiven by the
suffering and death of Jesus - a heart that has become a temple of the Holy
Spirit .It is dynamic, not static.
Third, hymns, ancient creeds, and liturgies are treasures that
need to inform and shape how we worship.
Worship is about saying and singing the words that truthfully describe God.
What we say about God and to him matters very much. The truth that sets us
free and keeps us free in Christ is packaged in words. Hymns, creeds and
liturgies are the master works of the Church that give us a priceless template for
worship. From here we can freely explore new liturgies and hymns for a new
world.
| Sacred music for a new world preparing the heart to encounter Christ |
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