Music Ministries
“We believe and practice worship as a lifestyle and not as an event in Waterfront Community Church. We seek to become ever more excited, thankful and connected by and to God in order to live the lives He created us to have- to be in constant relationship with Him is to be in a constant context of worship.
God has made us creative and musical beings. He has given us a wonderful gift in music to be inspired, uplifted, provoked, empassioned and quietened. No-one but God can truly understand this at the moment, but it points towards that fact that even though we know God to be creative, Creator, as we are created in His image He is also musical. We seek connection and intimacy with God in Waterfront, and want to be moved in the area of music to display and relate to God.”
James Knight, Waterfront’s music ministries.
Currently
In Waterfront we are currently undergoing exciting developments, in the way that God is helping us to use our musical talents and abilities for His purposes! Currently, the main focus of our development is on ‘in-service’ ministries, ie. encouraging and leading the congregation in their corporate worship and using music as a tool to help uplift and teach each other, and praise and adore our God. We have been especially blessed over the last couple of years by the way in which God has brought a large number of musical abilities together in a way that is inspiring to us and (so we are told) to others in the fellowship here. Because of the large number of people involved in the worship service’s worship bands, we currently meet in the week to come before God together to pray, play and seek His guidance and power. Also, we have started developing a WLT (Worship Leaders Team) which seeks to provide opportunities for developing the gifts recognized in some to lead worshippers. If you would like to know more about getting involved in these music ministries then email james@waterfrontchurch.org, or if attending a Waterfront service find James Knight, Judith Davies, and Naomi Najm.
The Future
We are looking to develop a number of different bands to play in our worship services and to extend the range of musical styles that we utilize. Our long-term vision for music ministries in our fellowship however is not limited to just touching Christians, nor is our vision limited to use just on a Sunday. We are open to God’s leading and would love to see God using us more to release people in their musical abilities throughout the week, connecting with the non-believing SA1 communities in sharing how inspiring and creative our God is.