Worship & Music at Cedar Springs

Worship & Music

Worship is not merely one activity among many: it is the highest activity for which we were created. Because we were made for this, we will worship something or someone, either the false gods of pleasure and success, wealth and power, or the one true God, who made us for relationship with himself.

But what is worship? It is, quite simply, the celebration and experience of who God is, and of what he has done and has promised to do. In worship, we retell and reenact the story of God’s saving acts in history, experience again the forgiveness of our sin and the healing of our brokenness, and thank God with songs, prayers and gifts.

At Cedar Springs, we seek to blend the ancient shape of worship with its most faithful contemporary expressions. We believe that God has spoken in the past and is still speaking, and that we are part of something both ancient and ever new. It is our hope that, whenever we gather for worship, God will be exalted and we will be transformed.

As Robert Webber has expressed it, "Historic worship is an experience of the mystery of salvation and thus the doorway through which a person may approach the complexities of life to rest satisfied in the mystery of God’s transcendent presence experienced in worship."

The Worship Group is responsible, not only for worship services on Sunday and throughout the week, but also for the Prayer Center and its ministries, as well as for the many ministries of music and the other fine arts. Here, you will find out more about these related areas of ministry, as well as find links to the Prayer Center and Fine Arts sites.