Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers!)

Here are some of our most-asked questions and our best answers.
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Membership

Do I have to be a member to attend?

Q. Do I have to be a member to attend?
A.

No, we welcome everyone to our worship services. You will not be introduced, have to say anything or wear a funny badge. We simply want you to come, relax, experience God and meet some of the greatest people in North Penn area who are a lot like you.


Money

Will I be asked to give money?

Q. Will I be asked to give money?
A.

No. We do recieve an offering during the Worship service and you are welcome to participate but that is totally up to you.  No pressure will ever be put on anyone to give.  We see giving  an act of worship.    As a guest, you are welcome to  accept the worship service as our gift to you.


Worship service

What is your worship service like?
Why do you clap?
Why do you raise your hands?
Why do you worship God as you do?

Q. What is your worship service like?
A.


Our worship service is a band-led worship experience held in an atmosphere that promotes participation and celebration. We use a combination of contemporary (a style and sound consistent with the sounds of today) music, with occasional videos and drama to communicate the message of Jesus. Worship is a celebration of our relationship with the living God. Therefore, worship is lively and passionate. Our goal is to communicate our love for God and to worship Him. We spend an extended time in worship so that we can capture our attention and focus it on God.

Q. Why do you clap?
A.

The clapping of our hands is an expression of our joy. Joy in our salvation. Joy in knowing a God that loves us beyond measure and cares about our every need. God made us all with emotion. If we can cheer and clap when a man with a bat hits a ball over a wall, we can shout all the more praising the God who sent His Son to die for us, forgives us of our sins and is preparing a place for us in Heaven with Him.

"O clap your hands all ye people and shout unto Him with

a voice of triumph." Psalm 47:1

Q. Why do you raise your hands?
A.

The raising of hands in the universal sign of surrender. We lift our hands as a sign of our worship and adoration of Him and an expression of our total surrender to God.


"Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and bless the Lord." Psalm 134:2

Q. Why do you worship God as you do?
A.

The Bible instructs us to praise and worship God in many different ways -- in our songs, with our voices, with our hands, even silence. The songs that we sing are to prepare our hearts for worship and the teaching of His Word. Some may be contemporary praise and worship, others familiar hymns. In each case, it is an outward expression of love, devotion and worship to the God who saved us.

"I will praise You with my whole heart." Psalm 138:1

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs..." Colossians 3:16