Why In The Worship?

Worship August 14, 2022 - Pastor Ian Collier

August 14, 2022

Our summer Why In The Worship? sermon series comes to a close this week as we reach the last part of a Christian worship service: the Benediction & Sending Forth. We know every service will end eventually, but Christians tend to make it a production. Everyone stands up, the Pastor dares to speak in the name of God himself to bless those present, and then instead of just saying the service is over, the Pastor tells everyone to leave: ‘Depart in peace!’ This is our final question of the summer: Why Do We Get Sent Forth?

Worship August 7, 2022 - Rev. Bryant Oskvig

August 7, 2022 • Rev. Bryant Oskvig

We have learned a lot over the last 6 weeks about what it means to worship and why we do what we do. This Sunday we bring all of that together in a special celebration of Holy Communion! All three services on Sunday will be “Guided Services” which means we will take dedicated time to remind ourselves why we do each part of service and the way the service fits together as a whole. This is the perfect Sunday to invite someone new to church who may be unfamiliar with Christian worship - we’ll explain it all! As we celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion at all three services, our focus question this week is, “Why Do We Celebrate The Sacraments?" Download the service handout here: https://wesleyfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/contemp-guided-service-of-word-table.pdf

Worship July 31, 2022 - Pastor Ian Collier

July 31, 2022 • Pastor Ian Collier

Last week we learned about singing in Church, something we do in worship that is strange compared to the rest of life; this week we go to the opposite end of the spectrum - Prayer! Prayer is something we are supposed to do every day, all throughout the day. St. Paul told us to pray without ceasing, making prayer something we can do anywhere and at any time - even silently! So, today in worship we ask the question, “Why do we pray in Church.”

Worship July 24, 2022 - Pastor Tony Love

July 24, 2022 • Pastor Tony Love

One of Pastor Ian's most favorite ways to describe a Sunday service is, “The Great Drama of Worship,” and like some of my favorite productions, Christian worship is a musical! Unlike practically any other public gathering, a worship service is a place where it is not only normal for people to burst out in song, it’s expected that everyone in the room sings along. In both the Jewish and the Christian Bibles, a whole book is taken up by just songs and poems (The Psalms) which have been sung, chanted, and re-written into songs & hymns for the last 3000 years. So, this Sunday, we ask and answer the question, “Why Do We Sing In Christian Worship?”

Worship July 17, 2022 - Brenton Skolaski

July 17, 2022 • Brenton Skolaski

When you walk into Wesley Freedom this Sunday, be prepared to be greeted by scenes from the desert southwest and cartoon animal friends from this year’s Vacation Bible School! As the 9:30 & 11:00am services celebrate God’s greatness with the Bible stories and songs from VBS, our livestreamed 8:00am Traditional Communion service will ask and answer the question, “Why do we take special moments in services - and sometimes whole weeks - to speak directly to children?”

Worship July 10, 2022 - Dan Eschliman

July 10, 2022 • Dan Eschliman

Every week the single longest portion of our worship service is usually devoted to the Scriptures: reading them, reflecting on them, explaining their contexts, and encouraging one another to take to heart the truths they contained. But in today's world, we have some of the highest rates of literacy at any time throughout history! So, why spend all this time & energy in worship reading these ancient texts together? Shouldn't we be able to just pick up a bible, read it through, and be done with it? Join us this Sunday in worship to find the answers to these questions.

Worship July 3, 2022 - Pastor Ian Collier

July 3, 2022 • Pastor Ian Collier

Christian Worship is weird - we need to own that! If someone is new to Church, there is a whole lot that we do that might not make sense, from special symbols to singing together to everything involved in the sacraments. This week we begin a new Summer Sermon Series called "Why In The Worship?" which will break down the biblical, traditional, and theological roots behind all the things we do in worship. We begin this week at the very beginning with the question - God Is Everywhere, So Why Gather For Church At All?

Worship June 26, 2022 - Pastor Cecil Mudede

June 26, 2022 • Pastor Cecil Mudede

This week we remember that when we gather for worship we are a part of a connected people! As our Youth & Young Adults support ministry in West Virginia this week, we are blessed to be joined by the Rev. Cecil Mudede as our guest preacher who brings greetings from his parish in Zimbabwe. In worship we will rejoice together at all God has done and all God is continuing to do here in Eldersburg, around this country, and in countries around the world!

Wesley Freedom United Methodist Church

July - August 2022