Worship

Our worship gatherings happen on Sunday evenings at 6 pm at our coffee house. (Click here for directions).

At our worship gatherings we strive to engage the mind and the senses in an encounter between God and ourselves. By combining ancient Christian and freshly created rituals, liturgy, music and visuals we experiment to find new connections between our worship and our everyday lives. We recognize the inspiration of saints, mystics and artists throughout the centuries.

Walking through the door you’ll instantly notice the aroma of great coffee, soft lighting, candles, leather couches, nice rugs, café style tables and chairs, laptop computers, televisions and projections showing words and images. Together these define the space we are using.

Alongside the visuals will be music shaping the atmosphere. You can grab a beverage or snack and find a comfortable seat to just sit down and take it all in.

Both the visuals and music connect with our lives outside of the worship gathering. We are all used to a soundtrack in our lives, from the TV or radio in the background, to moments of silence. The music we use forms part of our soundtrack, creating a vibe of contemplation, excitement, peace… whatever is appropriate. As we use contemporary music, you might recognize some of the tracks, your mp3 collection may even overlap with ours.

The visuals are often complementary to the other parts of the worship gathering: more than wallpaper, less intrusive than a commercial or a billboard, hopefully they help make connections that may be missed otherwise.

Beyond the general styling, our worship gatherings are often not very predictable. There may be things to look at, touch and do, a chance to wander around and explore, write things down or simply sit still. Meditation, discussions, readings, thoughts and prayers may be said, written or read.

To wrap-up, there is always a chance to eat and drink and catch up with people.

Although the most obvious part of our worship gathering is the styling, the experiment goes much further. It’s an event which questions what a worship experience can be, what kind of things it can contain, what kind of issues can be explored and what kind of questions can be asked.