Worship with music
Congregational singing is an experience unique among the religions of the world. God’s people are repeatedly commanded to sing together (Psalm 149:1; Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16) or they corporately respond to God through song (Ex. 15:1–18). An entire book of the Bible was made to guide the gathered saints in singing God’s praise (Psalms). Psalm 139 says God knit us together to be able to praise him. It is the way God made us to engage and overflow with our emotions. Psalm 98 says we join in the song of creation singing God’s praise. God himself sings for beauty when he creates it (Zeph. 3:17) and because we were made to reflect his character (Gen. 1:27) so should we. On the day our redemption is complete we will all gather together to sing to Jesus (Rev. 15:3–4). We sing because God made us to delight in his beauty and to respond in a beautiful way to it.
So our singing at Redemption is corporate, not a performance, but a gathering of our voices together to proclaim God’s truth and beauty in song. Even if we don’t know how to sing well, we do it in anticipation of the day when our voices will be made new and we will sing together with all the angels and all of creation rejoicing in the glories of our King. We do it not because we are able, but because he is worthy.
We do not intend to have any specific style (traditional, contemporary, fast, slow, rock, bluegrass, etc.), but simply reflect the styles expressed through the gifts of our musicians. As more musicians volunteer to help lead in musical worship, the more our styles will vary. We have multiple different worship leaders who prefer many different kinds of music. As a diverse collection of musicians offers their skills in worship, the more the diverse unity of our trinitarian God will be honored.
Redemption’s Playlist
Music commonly heard from the mouths of the church: