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Open To Hear

September 2, 2011 in Preparing for Worship with 3 Comments

Coming together for worship is for two reasons: to glorify God and to encourage the church.

When we come together we listen to how God reveals Himself through
  • His Word
  • songs written based in His Word
  • His Spirit
  • His followers in testimony
Once we see Him then we are faced with the decision of ‘responding.’
  • adoration
  • confession
  • thanksgiving
  • surrender
When you arrive at the place of corporate worship are you looking for God?
Are you praying; “God my heart is open to hear your voice.”
Below are three songs we will use in worship this week. Use these recordings to help you prepare to be open to hear God’s voice. Continue Reading…

Tomorrow Is Sunday, how are you preparing?

August 20, 2011 in Preparing for Worship with 0 Comments

Sunday’s coming, have we thought about preparing for our journey to the place of worship?

From the earliest pages of scripture God has instructed His people to gather as a group to worship Him. This week while listening to a recent sermon by David Platt I was reminded that God’s people were delivered from Egypt, led by Moses, so that they could worship. Not long after that event we find in Exodus 19:16 and following a gathering of God’s people where God revealed Himself and they worshiped.

Scenes of gathering for worship are repeated often in scripture and anything that is repeated in scripture must be important to God so it should be important to us.

So how should we come to worship: Continue Reading…


Start the Conversation Before You Arrive

July 7, 2011 in Preparing for Worship with 0 Comments

Multiple services, in multiple venues on the same campus, require a regimented schedule: get people in the door, start on time, finish on time and then move them out so the next group can come in. From start to finish for us is 65 minutes. Most Sundays I wish it were longer. It is such a joy to see God’s people enjoying the conversation of worship and 65 minutes goes way too fast.

If we only have a predetermined amount of time for corporate worship let’s make the most of it.

There are weeks that the conversation with God starts Continue Reading…


Preparing For Worship: Communion

July 1, 2011 in Preparing for Worship, Worship Planning with 1 Comment

Communion: intimate fellowship. That is one of the definitions listed when searching the dictionary. Although in Christian worship the word symbolizes much more but ‘intimate fellowship’ is the core.

‘Intimate Fellowship’ is an appropriate term to describe the invitation to man from God, it is what He desires with us and has gone to great lengths to make a way for that to be a reality. The ultimate action was the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus, the Christ. By that action we have the means to begin ‘communion’ or fellowship with the Father.

When planning worship services the worship staff at ClearView have at the forefront of their planning ‘fellowship’ with the Father. We desire that everything we plan encourages communication with Him, and therefore ‘fellowship.’ This Sunday Continue Reading…


Why Don’t We Sing More About Heaven?

June 18, 2011 in Preparing for Worship with 1 Comment

There was a day when the church sang enthusiastically songs about heaven. Growing up it seemed that every worship service had at least one song that reminded believers of the promise of heaven. In recent years there seems to be a swing of the pendulum in the opposite direction, rarely do we sing songs of heaven. Part of the reason there are less songs sung about heaven is the resurgence in vertical worship or songs sung to God.

Is another reason we don’t sing songs about heaven is that we are comfortable with our life hear on earth? Can we really sing with honesty Continue Reading…


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