Music & worship
Musical worship has a special place in the church, as a vehicle for a corporate expression of love and adoration to God and as facilitation of an engagement with him, with each other and with the world. It is only one part of the living out of our faith, but we regard it as an important one; teaching, inspiring and encouraging us as we seek to be worshippers in all parts of our life.
When we come together to worship at St James, we seek to glorify God, both as his subjects and servants, and as his children with access to His throne for the most intimate of encounters. We also want to build each other up and to be a worshipping community in our city. This is reflected in the way that we worship together, in the structure and liturgy that we use, in the songs that we choose and in the way that we corporately seek the Holy Spirit's direction as He seeks to glorify Father and Son.
On Sundays, we have a mix of ‘traditional’ and ‘contemporary’ instruments and styles, with different patterns of involvement and rehearsal depending on the specific group. Each week, one group covers both morning service, and another leads the evening service.