Worshipping Church Journey

The Worshipping Church sermon series comes to an end this Sunday (11/13) and it has been a very important journey for us at Fellowship Raleigh. While the sermon series is ending, we are not at our final destination in regards to pursuing excellence and our vision with worship. Enjoy this collection of #TheWorshippingChurch series.

Listen to the sermons:

1. The Definition of Worship… more than singing. (10/16)
2. The Place of Worship… more than a church building. (10/23)
3. The Key to Worship… more than an anointed leader. (10/30)
4. The Holy Spirit in Worship… more than a feeling. (11/6)
5. The Style of Worship… more than a preference. (11/13)
6. Q&A with Pastor Matt & Worship Director Jeremy (11/13)

Watch the Bumpers

Each week we showed a video bumper (made by Jeremy) to convey our hope for the worshipping church series.

Week 1- 

Week 2 & 3-

Week 5- 

Dig Deeper into the Resources (Books & Articles):

Each week hours upon hours goes into sermon preparation. Here are some of the resources used for this series. Feel free to check out these resources yourself for deeper study.

• Proclamation and Praise, Hebrews 2:12 and the Christology of Worship, by Ron Man… so helpful for seeing Jesus as our singing Savior and the key to worship. An easy read.
• The Epistle to the Hebrews, FF Bruce (covering 2:12 & 10:19-25)
• Sermon titled, “Sing” by Pastor Daniel Renstrom of the Church at Brook Hills
• The Best of AW Tozer, compiled by Warren Weirsbe… The helpful chapter from “Worship the missing jewel of the evangelical church.”
• The Power of Speaking God’s Word, by Wilbur Ellsworth.
• Worship Matters, by Bob Kauflin
• True Worshippers, by Bob Kauflin
• Rhythms of Grace, by Mike Cosper
• He Who Gives Life, the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit, by Graham Cole
• Showing the Spirit, by DA Carson
• Desiring God, by John Piper, chapter 3 :Worship: the feast of Christian Hedonism.”
• The Gospel According to John (PNTC), by DA Carson, section on John 4.
• Article- The Five Benefits of Corporate Worship, by David Mathis
• Article- Worship in Spirit and Truth, by David Mathis
• Article- Biblical Theology and Corporate Worship, by Bobby Jamieson
• Article- Singing with the Savior, by Dr. Michael Glodo
• Article- What happens when the Spirit falls, by Ryan Shelton 
• Article- Jesus Sings, by Tony Reinke

Be Aware of the behind the scenes work

• We took several members of our worship team to a Phil Wickham concert in October to be encouraged and dialogue about worship in song.
• We held 3 corporate prayer gatherings in October.
• We’ve been recording all our services so that up-front leaders and team members can watch themselves in order to grow in their leadership.
• We’ve been refining our song library in accord with the refining of our vision.
• *** For the purpose of deeper equipping Pastor Matt, Jeremy Phillips, and Johnny Hindman spent 1.5 hours talking about worship leading (via Cisco WebX technology) with two very well known and experienced worship leaders in Nashville: Carl Cartee and Aaron Blanton (founding member of Sonic Flood). ** A recording of this video call is available for our worship team leaders upon request **

  

The New Language & Culture

One of our goals for this series was to create a common language for worship at Fellowship Raleigh.

• 24-7 “worth-ship”
• worship with poles
• God is seeking worshippers who worship Him by Spirit and Truth
• Jesus is our Singing Savior and is the key to our worship (Heb. 2:12)
• With the Holy Spirit we are not”open BUT cautious,” rather we are “open AND discerning” (1 Thess. 5:19-21)
• Spirit-filled worship is horizontal (to one another) and vertical (to God)
• Revelation and Response
• Spiritual Habit Forming Liturgy
• Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength Worship

The Visible and Practical Changes

• Sanctuary & Stage redesign- We are in the process of a big re-design and overhaul of our stage and sanctuary. Our end goal is to eliminate distractions, help people to better focus in worship, and communicate the vision of our church with the way our sanctuary feels upon a first impression.