GNCC Equipping Class: Worship (3 of 5)

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1. Slide 1: Worship (3) Worship in Community: Roles & Expectations Good News Community Church June 15, 2008 Timothy Chan
2. Slide 2: Class Outline • 6/1 - God: The Author of Worship • 6/8 - Acts of Worship: Biblical Models • 6/15 - Worship in Community (part 1) • 6/22 - Worship in Community (part 2) • 6/29 - Worship is an Instinct
3. Slide 3: A Special Day • What is your most favorite (or most special) day of the year? • What would you do on that day?
4. Slide 4: Your View of Corporate Worship • What is the purpose of the church \"Sunday worship service\"? • Why do we need to worship God together as a group?
5. Slide 5: Is This \"Church\"? Source: http://asbojesus.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/231/
6. Slide 6: Is This \"Church\"? Source: http://asbojesus.wordpress.com/2007/11/08/236/
7. Slide 7: Is This \"Church\"? Source: http://asbojesus.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/475/
8. Slide 8: Is This \"Church\"? Source: http://asbojesus.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/232/
9. Slide 9: Is This \"Church\"? Source: http://asbojesus.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/296/
10. Slide 10: Evaluation Of \"Church\" • When someone comes back from vacation, we would ask him/her: \"Did you have fun?\" So fun became the basis of evaluation • Some of the unspoken underlying evaluation criteria people might have for \"church\": o Fellowship (size of church, people's friendliness) o Emotional Impact (arousal of feelings, ability to feel/sense God's presence) o Education (sermon quality, learned something) o Entertainment (nice music, smooth production) o Outreach (evangelistic message tailored to seekers, altar call)
11. Slide 11: Evaluation Of \"Church\" • We need to understand what our real expectations should be • The church offers acceptable worship to God when it: o Lives up to the true identity of the church o Carries out the essential elements of corporate worship o Involves the full participation of God's people in their proper roles and duties (next week’s class)
12. Slide 12: The Identity of the Church • Some NT terminologies describing the church: o Temple of God (1 Cor 3:16-17, 2 Cor 6:16, Eph 2:21) o God's Building (1 Cor 3:9-10, Eph 2:21-22) o Body of Christ (1 Cor 12:27, Eph 1:22-23, Eph 4:12) o God's Priests (1 Pet 2:5, 1 Pet 2:9-10, Rev 1:6)
13. Slide 13: Temple of God • OT: Temple is the central place of worship and the dwelling place of God • NT: God's dwelling on earth is not a building or sanctuary but the people of God themselves • The church is a worshiping community • \"[The church's] identity as 'the temple of the Lord' finds particular expression when they gather together in Jesus' name, to experience His presence and power in their midst.\" -- David Peterson, \"Engaging With God\" (1992), p. 202
14. Slide 14: God's Building • The church building is not God's building • We are built upon the foundation of Christ o 1 Cor 3:9,11 我們是　神的同工，你們是　 神的田地，　神的房屋。 ... 除了那已經 立好的根基以外，沒有人能立別的根基。那 根基就是耶穌基督。 • Christ is the One who makes the church grow to become the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit o Eph 2:22 你們在他裡面也一同被建造，成 為　神藉著聖靈居住的所在。 • We participate in Christ's work in helping the church grow
15. Slide 15: Body of Christ • Christ is the head of the church • We need to have unity in the \"one body\" • We each have our diverse functions and responsibilities • We need to meet together for fellowship and mutual ministry • However, the body of Christ needs to be built up and grow to perfection o Eph 4:11-12 他所賜的，有作使徒的，有作 先知的，有作傳福音的，也有作牧養和教導 的，為的是要裝備聖徒，去承擔聖工，建立 基督的身體 • Mutual edification is an aspect of worship
16. Slide 16: God's Priests • 1 Pet 2:4b-5 你們到他面前來，也就像活石， 被建造成為靈宮，作聖潔的祭司，藉著耶穌基 督獻上蒙　神悅納的靈祭。 • Martin Luther promoted the idea of the priesthood of all believers, but today's churches still have a clergy-laity distinction, in which believers leave the work of ministry and service up to those \"professionals\" • Every believer is a \"minister\" and priest before the Lord whether he/she is employed in \"full-time\" ministry or not • God uses ordinary people to fulfill His work
17. Slide 17: Four Elements of Corporate Worship • According to Robert Webber: o We Remember o We Anticipate o We Celebrate o We Serve Source: \"Worship Old & New\" (1994) by Robert Webber, p. 27
18. Slide 18: We Remember • God instructed Moses that they must tell of God's work and promises to their descendants and to their descendants' descendants, so they can fear and obey God • Jews: Passover meal (to remember how God saved them out of Egypt), psalms (to remind and recount God's work) • Church: we remember how God saves us through Christ's atonement and also what God has done in us • We as a church should also be defined by our \"corporate memory\"
19. Slide 19: We Remember • Greek word for remember (anamnesis, e.g. Luke 22:19) means not only to remember but to recall in a way that makes it personal • We remember God's saving acts so that they may have an effect upon us • Remembrance can be achieved through: o Songs - easy to remember, participatory  \"A congregation is just as responsible to sing the gospel as the preachers are to preach it.\" -- Harold Best, \"Music Through The Eyes Of Faith\" (1993) o Creed - reaffirming what we believe o Dramatic Enactment - e.g. Baptism
20. Slide 20: We Anticipate • Worship looks forward to God's promises being fulfilled in the future, and we look forward to God's ultimate triumph • Our earthly worship today is a foretaste of how we will worship in the new heavens and the new earth • Our gathering may be regarded as an earthly expression of the heavenly church o Rev 5:11-12 我又觀看，聽見了千千萬萬天 使的聲音，他們都在寶座、活物和長老的四 周，大聲說：“被殺的羊羔是配得權能、豐 富、智慧、力量、尊貴、榮耀、頌讚的！”
21. Slide 21: We Anticipate • We anticipate by proclamation and symbols (e.g. Advent) • Through anticipation, we renew our hope in the eternal, and we derive the power to live in this world
22. Slide 22: We Celebrate • We celebrate a past event/story (e.g. birthday, wedding, Christmas, etc.), and we have to know why we're celebrating it • When we see the worship service as a celebration of God and His work, the focus is not on the experience of the celebration, but on God • The point is not to celebrate the fact that we're saved, but to celebrate our Savior • Through celebration we recognize that God's stories and actions are still relevant to us today
23. Slide 23: We Celebrate • Celebrations are held on special days • A celebration requires active participation for it to be meaningful • Celebration is done through singing, storytelling, dramatizing, and feasting • Celebration can also include confession or lament (e.g. funeral service)
24. Slide 24: We Serve • Just as God called the people to worship, He also sent us forth to serve each other and serve in the world (e.g. Benediction) • To praise God but ignore serving fellow believers make worship inauthentic • Amos 5:21-24 我憎恨、厭惡你們的節期，也 不喜愛你們的節日。雖然你們給我獻上燔祭和 素祭，我卻不接受。你們獻上肥美的牲畜作平 安祭，我也不悅納。你們唱歌的吵聲要遠離 我，我不想聽見你們的琴聲。但願公正好像潮 水滾流，公義好像河水長流。 • Rom 12:3-8 also implies the use of spiritual gifts to serve as an aspect of worship
25. Slide 25: Example: Lord's Supper • \"We Remember\" in the Lord's Supper o Luke 22:19b “ 這是我的身體，為你們捨的， 你們應當這樣行，為的是記念我。” (anamnesis) o 1 Cor 11:26 你們每逢吃這餅，喝這杯，就 是宣揚主的死，直等到他來。 o This remembrance is a \"re-calling\" or \"re- presenting\" of Christ's sacrifice to declare that its effects are operative here and now
26. Slide 26: Example: Lord's Supper • \"We Anticipate\" in the Lord's Supper o Matt 26:29 我告訴你們，從今以後我必不再 喝這葡萄酒，直到我和你們在我父的國裡喝 新酒的那一天。 o The Lord's Supper is a foretaste of God's coming kingdom and an anticipate the day when we will feast with the Lord face to face
27. Slide 27: Example: Lord's Supper • \"We Celebrate\" in the Lord's Supper o \"Eucharist\" means \"give thanks\" o Matt 26:26-28 他們吃的時候，耶穌拿起餅 來，祝謝了就擘開，遞給門徒，說：“你們 拿去吃吧，這是我的身體。”耶穌又拿起杯 來，祝謝了就遞給他們，說：“你們都喝 吧，這是我的血，是為立約的，為許多人流 出來，使罪得赦。 o Matt 26:30a 他們唱完了詩 ... o Every time we celebrate the Lord's Supper we are declaring God's provision of salvation and renewing our faith in Him
28. Slide 28: Example: Lord's Supper • \"We Serve\" in the Lord's Supper o \"Holy Communion\" implies fellowship o 1 Cor 10:16 我們為福杯祝禱的時候，難道 不是共享基督的血嗎？我們擘餅的時候，難 道不是共享基督的身體嗎？ o In the early church, each person or family brought bread and wine and other gifts (food for the poor) to put on the table o 1 Cor 11:33-34a 所以，我的弟兄們，你們 聚集在一起吃的時候，要彼此等待。如果有 人餓了，就應當在家裡先吃，免得你們聚集 在一起的時候受到審判。
29. Slide 29: Conclusion 1. God reveals 2. ... and we Himself to us... respond to God ... 3. ... as we minister to one another Source: \"Engaging With God\" (1992) by David Peterson, p. 221