{"id":6983,"date":"2022-09-28T16:50:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T15:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/?page_id=6983"},"modified":"2022-09-28T16:51:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T15:51:22","slug":"worship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/worship\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">At Twynham Church we seek to place Jesus at the centre of everything we do.&nbsp; The most effective way of doing this we feel is through worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">Technically worship means \u2018to draw near and kiss the feet\u2019.&nbsp; It is an act of humility and surrender in our spiritual lives, it is a desire for intimate connection with God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">This can be done in many ways, but the best way we have found is through song.&nbsp; Worship uses song to draw people near to God.&nbsp; Worship is always for God, his honour, his glory (glory meaning \u2013 his overwhelming value and worth), but it is also for our benefit.&nbsp; Drawing near to God is important for us too:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>It creates space for God to work in our lives<\/li><li>It creates opportunity for us to deal with the things that disappoint us<\/li><li>It creates a desire for God to be at work beyond the moment of worship into the week ahead<\/li><li>It empowers our ministry because we are exposed to the presence of the Holy Spirit more deeply in worship<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">Worship is always directed to God, is about him, his nature and character and his relationship with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">Worship begins our services and concludes them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:46% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Spotiy-Playist-473x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6989 size-full\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Spotiy-Playist-473x1024.jpeg 473w, http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Spotiy-Playist-139x300.jpeg 139w, http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Spotiy-Playist-768x1662.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Spotiy-Playist-710x1536.jpeg 710w, http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Spotiy-Playist-946x2048.jpeg 946w, http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Spotiy-Playist-314x680.jpeg 314w, http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Spotiy-Playist.jpeg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:28px\">But we do encourage people to worship through the week.&nbsp; With that in mind we have created a Spotify Playlist called \u2018Twynham Church\u2019 that you can listen to: in the car, bus or train; out running or walking or just play at home and join in with worship. &nbsp;The list includes the kind of songs we use in church.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">Once a month we also have a \u2018Worship Caf\u00e9\u2019, an informal opportunity to deepen that sense of worship and to release worship and music gifts alongside other expressions of worship.\u00a0 These events are advertised on social media and through the church\u2019s weekly new sheet called \u2018Signpost\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Worship-Cafe-Website-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6985\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Worship-Cafe-Website-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Worship-Cafe-Website-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Worship-Cafe-Website-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Worship-Cafe-Website-1210x680.jpg 1210w, http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Worship-Cafe-Website-960x540.jpg 960w, http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Worship-Cafe-Website-640x360.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Worship-Cafe-Website-320x180.jpg 320w, http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Worship-Cafe-Website-220x124.jpg 220w, http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Worship-Cafe-Website.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">So come along for barista coffee, tea, hot chocolate and song!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">Whether or not you are part of the church at Twynham you are welcome to join us and take part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Twynham Church we seek to place Jesus at the centre of everything we do.&nbsp; 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