Worship

Let the glory of the Lord rise among us!

Live in community with one another as we worship the Lord with gladness through music, prayer, fellowship, service, and through the preaching of the gospel.

Worship Times

What is Worship?

We at EverGreen do not see worship as something we do only on Sunday, we see it as a lifestyle. We believe that true worship must be a constant and consistent attitude or state of mind within the believer. Worship does not equal music and music does not equal worship. We recognize that God's highest desire is that every one of His children to so love and adore Him that we are continuously in His presence, in Spirit and in Truth. We express that in our services through dance, drama, music, and speaking and teaching the Word of God. We believe, just as A.W. Tozer writes in his book Whatever Happened To Worship?, "true worship is to be so personally and hopelessly in love with God that the idea of a transfer of affection never even remotely exists."

The Music Ministry

The music ministries at EverGreen are made up of a choir and a few bands and smaller vocal teams. We encourage men and women of all ages and ability levels to come and be a part of the choir. We all understand that music does not equal worship and that worship does not equal music. We also understand though that music can touch deep into the heart and enable worshipers to shed their burdens so they can fully offer themselves to God with radical obedience to His leading. We passionately seek after the leading of the Holy Spirit in the music that we sing and through it all we give God all the praise, honor, and glory.

If you are interested in being a part of the music ministries at EverGreen, be sure to contact our director of music Adam Locker. You can contact him by e-mail (adam@egm.org) or by phone (616-669-7700 ext. 104).

Drama Ministry

EGAD - EverGreen Actors and Dramatists - is a team of high-energy people who act. And direct. And write. And laugh. Actually, "laugh" should be the first on the list, if you cotton to the FDA guidelines.

egm's drama team plays an important part in our services - we use drama to raise questions about the topic in a service, relate scripture to our collective experience, and try to lower our natural defenses to change.

Beyond Sunday morning dramas, we also work with WAY (our elementary aged kids) to bring God's word to life, and we present at least one main-stage drama a year. For 2008-2009, we will be producing "South Pacific" by Rodgers and Hammerstein, showing on Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28, 2009.

We are able to do all these fun things by developing learning, practicing, and working together to build a real TEAM - not just a collection of individuals. Everyone High School age and above is welcome to join our merry band. Our team meetings take over Wednesday evenings in the auditorium from 6:30 - 8:30.