We are fundamentally a worshiping community. Our worship is a conversation, a dialogue, between God and us. We hear from him as he calls us to worship, as we hear his word read, explained, and applied, as we hear of his forgiveness, and as we are sent out with his blessing. We respond by singing, confessing our sins, listening to his word, giving, receiving the sacraments, and by celebrating God’s blessing over us.

Worship has one object.

God, who alone is worthy of worship.

Worship has two contexts.

Publicly with God’s people and privately in our own homes.

Worship has three audiences.

God, the object of our worship, us, his people, and the watching world.