I need to start sharing some interesting things going on in worship - both in our Sunday morning services and in our community group. Some amazing things are happening!
Our church tries to embody blended worship in a really unique way that touches both our reformed heritage and the urban/arts district in which we worship (and many of us live). The liturgy does not shy away from some daring combinations of ancient and modern, and the results are sometimes uncomfortable but always challenging and edifying.
One thing that I love is that we recite a different creed every Sunday. Sometimes, it's old school (a scripture passage, the Nicene Creed, Apostles' Creed, Te Deum, excerpts from the Westminster or Heidelberg Confessions etc.), sometimes it's created by that week's liturgist, and sometimes it's taken from current bold professions of faith that brothers and sisters around the world (and across traditions!) have proclaimed.
Today's was a new experience. Pastor Howard printed the entire text of a song by Christian hip-hop artist Shai Linne, a name that - sadly - I had never heard before today. But our entire congregation, young-old-black-brown-white, were saying these current rhymes with all the conviction that we give to the ancient creeds of the faith. Because these truths, though wrapped in new words and phrases, are older than time.
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