In part of her response to the question of what does it mean to be a human being, Cindy Rethmeier wrote: “speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melodies in our hearts to God (Ephesians 5:19) connects us to him and to each other and makes us more fully alive”.

The idea that we grow towards Him and towards one another as we worship together really resonates with me. It reaffirms the responsibility we have to worship as a body; holding the tension between those who find it easy to worship and could sing forever; and those who find it really hard.

I am still working at the challenge of trying to engage with as many of the congregation as possible. I desperately want us to be a ‘body’; and to come together in unity. The more His Spirit weaves us together, the more we can express His ‘new creation’ to those in our community who don’t yet know Him.