Worshiping God through the Psalms

Zach and Sharon shared the role as speakers and facilitators during the Music and Worship Conference with several other Haitian worship leaders and pastors.

There were approximately 100 participants in this year's Music and Worship Conference held at Quisqueya Chapel

Randy Bouwer, the worship leader of Calvin CRC of Holland, MI, was a speaker and a worship leader at this year's Conference.  Randy's organization, RJB Ministries and Calvin CRC, also supported a portion of the Conference's cost.

If you are at all familiar with the Bible, you know that the Psalms are worship book of Israel.  The Psalms, which have been sung and read in worship for millennia, touch every aspect of the human experience including great joy and praise, thanksgiving to God, heart-rending remorse for sin, and even deep lament.  During this year's Music and Worship Conference, we tried to help the participants understand the importance of the Psalms in Christian worship.  Zach taught sessions worshiping with the Psalms, the nature of worship and how to engage your pastor and preacher in worship leading and planning.  Sharon taught sessions on children in worship and the movements of the worship service.  What was really exciting is that for the first time, Zach and Sharon did not plan the conference.  The planning responsibility was undertaken by Perspectives Reformees, the French-language arm of Back-God-Ministries International.  In addition to being a great learning opportunity, the Conference is also a great opportunity to praise God through song and Scripture.  For the second year, the praise was lead by the Quisqueya Chapel Praise Team, a group of young musicians under the direction of Ronald Pierre, Quisqueya Chapel's worship leader.  Please pray that God will use Perspectives Reformees and the Music and Worship Conference as a vehicle to bless Haitian worship leaders.