Worship

Worship is an important, even serious part of the services at Waltham Evangelical Free Church. It is serious not in the sense that it prevents worshipers from experiencing joy and pleasure in it, but serious in that it is not entered into casually.

The worship portion of our services are designed and led with a keen awareness of its purpose in the Christian life as well as being mindful of the attitude we should have in undertaking it. Though one can point to different reasons for and benefits of worship, its overriding purpose is to bring glory and honor to God. Isaiah 42:8 says “I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.” To the extent that worship lacks this purpose, or diverts glory from God to us, we are displeasing the Lord. During worship, the focus of both leaders and congregation should remain firmly fixed on God and His perfections.

Our attitude, as well, needs to be properly influenced by an understanding of the God we worship. Pride or vanity over our accomplishments or skills have no place before the God who gave us all we have. The only proper attitude in the presence of our creator, sustainer, savior, and lord is humility and submission. David says in Psalm 51 “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” We strive, with God’s help, to make that true of us.

The style of worship at Waltham, besides being Christ focused, can be described as a mix. There is a fairly even split between the good old hymns of the faith and newer praise choruses. They are accompanied by a combination of piano, acoustic guitar, and flute. We also occasionally have special music that ranges from soloists to classical guitar. Though liturgical forms of worship don’t occupy a large portion of our services, we periodically include responsive reading from scripture.

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