A number of years ago it was in vogue for Christians to sport bumper stickers on their cars that said, “God is my Co-Pilot.” This seemed like a pretty good slogan until you rode with someone who actually applied the principle to their driving—for example, Mrs. Reed, who would speak in tongues while careening from [...]

Astute observers of Church of the Servant’s printed liturgy will notice four large-type words in each week’s liturgy: Gathering, Word, Table, and Sending. Why do we include these four sections week after week in worship?
One reason these four basic worship actions remain constant in our services is that the Christian Church has included them throughout [...]

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One of the unique things about Church of the Servant is the large number of talented people who contribute to worship on any given Sunday. There are enough pastors, composers and artists in the church that there is always something interesting going on. This Sunday, for example, we had two world premieres of congregational songs. [...]

What is worship? A while back in Reformed Worship, John Witvliet created a diagram to show the different meanings of the word “worship.” In the outer circle of the diagram is life worship, the spiritual worship we give when we “present our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God” (Romans 12:1). Inside [...]