Created for Worship

A group of Haitian pastors start to get in the spirit of worship at our Worship and Music Conference in 2014

Have you ever came across something so beautiful and so perfect that you just were compelled to talk about it?  Maybe it was a perfect campsite on the beach, a secluded mountain overlook at sunset, or even a novel that you just can seem to get over?  Now consider the One who created and inspired all that we hold lovely and perfect.  Worship seems like a pretty appropriate response to his beauty and bounty!
This week we and several of our Haitian colleagues are attending the Symposium on Christian Worship at Calvin College.  We have made the effort to invite these leaders to Grand Rapids for the Symposium because it effectively teaches a balanced view of worship where planning, the Holy Spirit's direction, and solid theology are not mutually exclusive.  Despite the passionate and inspiring nature of Haitian worship, sometimes it is often suffers from the ad hoc and impromptu approach of Haitian pastors and worship leaders.  Our prayer is that Haitians can integrate the best of both worlds--passionate and inspiring worship that is thoughtful and well-planned.  Yes, in the Kingdom of God, you can have your cake and eat it too!
We also hope that through this experience, these Haitian worship leaders will be energized to become presenters at our annual Conference on Music and Worship in Haiti which we hope to hold in August, 2015.  Please pray for the planning of that conference.  One of our key Haitian collaborators immigrated to the USA last year and we don't really know what that will mean going forward.  We do know, however, that God deserves the very best of our worship!