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Worship is to honor with extravagant love and extreme submission (Webster's Dictionary, 1828)

Worship is more than a style of music. It is a lifestyle of holiness that is defined by the priority we place on who God is in our lives and where God is on our list of priorities. True worship is a matter of the heart expressed through a lifestyle of exaggerated love for God and extreme submission to God.

Worship is one of the highest priorities of NAME Outreach. We desire Spirit-enabled worship in a style that is intimate, yet dynamic, relevant and more than anything life changing. 

We love God and we are passionate to show it in our worship. We are excited about are relationship with Him and believe our Lord is worthy of all the worship we can give.

Although music plays a major role in our services, worship is more than just music and dance, it is prayer, proclamations, even silence; it is standing, kneeling, laying, and sitting before the Lord; it is also labor for and service to others, it is the receiving of His Word. The objective is to come near him and allow Him to rule over our lives. Therefore, we practice spontaneity as we blend structured songs and improvised expressions as we allow the Spirit to birth "new songs" (Psalms 149:1) and release revelatory Word.

F.A.Q.

Below is scriptural responses to common questions

Why do we worship God?
"You shall WORSHIP the LORD your God, and Him only shall you serve." Matthew 4:10b

How should we worship God?
"But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will WORSHIP the Father in Spirit and in Truth; for the Father is seeking such to WORSHIP Him. God is Spirit, and those who WORSHIP Him must WORSHIP in Spirit and in Truth"  John 4:23-24

"For we are the circumcision, who WORSHIP God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh."  Philemon 3:3

Why do we stand to sing?
"Then the Levites... of the Children of Korahites, STOOD UP to praise the Lord God of Israel with voices loud and high." II Chronicles 20:19

"After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, STANDING before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying 'Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the LAMB'"  Revelations 7:9-10

Why do we clap our hands?
"O CLAP your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph." Psalms 47:1 

Why do we lift our hands?
"LIFT UP YOUR HANDS in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord."  Psalms 134:2

"Thus I will bless the Lord while I live; I will LIFT UP MY HANDS in your name" Psalms 63:4

"Therefore I desire that men pray everywhere, LIFTING UP HOLY HANDS, without wrath and doubting"  1 Timothy 2:8

Why do we have audible praise?
"Bless the Lord oh my soul; and ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME, bless His Holy name"  Psalms 103:1

"Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the FRUIT OF OUR LIPS, giving thanks to HIs name"  Hebrews 13:15

"After these things I heard a LOUD VOICE of a great multitude in heaven, saying, 'Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power to the Lord our God... And I HEARD as it were, the VOICE of a great multitude, as the SOUND of many waters and as the SOUND of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns'"  Revelations 19:1,6

Why do we sing choruses as well as hymns?
"...Speaking to yourselves in PSALMS and HYMNS and SPIRITUAL SONGS, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord." Ephesians 5:19

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in PSALMS and HYMNS and SPIRITUAL SONGS, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord"  Colossians 3:16

Why do we sing in unknown languages occasionally?
"...I WILL SING WITH THE SPIRIT, and I will sing with the understanding" I Corinthians 14:15b

Why do we dance during the praise and Worship?
"Let them praise His name in the DANCE: let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp..." Psalm 149:3a

"You have turned my mourning into DANCING... you have clothed me with gladness"  Psalms 30:11

"Then David DANCED before the Lord with all of his might..."  II Samuel 6:14  

Why are musical instruments a part of the service?
"Praise Him with the sound of the TRUMPET; praise Him with the sound of the LUTE and HARP! Praise Him with the TIMBREL and dance; praise Him with STRINGED INSTRUMENTS and FLUTES (ORGANS)! Praise Him with loud CYMBALS; praise Him upon the HIGH SOUNDING CYMBALS." Psalms 150:3-5)