Thank you for your interest in the Worship & Music Ministry of Calvary Bible Church. We define worship as “ascribing worth to God for who He is and what He has done, and responding to Him in praise, thanksgiving, adoration, reverence, and obedience.” It is our goal to worship God and give Him the glory in all we do, not just on Sunday mornings but every day of our lives.

Our corporate worship times on Sundays are one of the best ways we can express our praise to God publicly, and music is an important part of that. The style of our music is contemporary, with a full band including guitars, drums, keyboards, and voices. Though our style is contemporary, we treasure both the “ancient hymns of our faith” and new songs of worship written by men and women of God today. Much more important than the style or time frame of the songs is the content of the songs, and we always seek to sing songs that are biblically based, doctrinally solid, and lead us to a place of seeing God for who He really is and responding to Him accordingly.

If you have a love for music and heart to worship God through the gift of song,  please see below to consider how you can be involved, and then contact the Interim Worship Pastor, Graham Buck at graham.buck@gmail.com .

Worship Team

Our worship team consists of both instrumentalists and vocalists. Vocalists are put on a rotation and usually sing about twice a month. Instrumentalists generally play each week. All kinds of instruments are welcome from guitars and keyboards to percussion to strings, woodwinds, and brass. Prerequisites for involvement are: salvation and an ever-growing walk with God, membership at Calvary Bible Church, age 16 or older, ability to play or sing adequately as determined by the worship pastor, and above all a heart for worship. If you’re considering being a part of this ministry, it’s important to remember that the worship team is not a performance group, but is a group of “lead worshipers” who are there to serve the body of Christ by leading them to a place of fellowship with and worship of God.

Choir

Our adult choir is currently made up of approximately 25 men and women and performs approximately twice a month (except in the summer). Additionally, the choir performs an annual Christmas Concert. All music is performed from memory. Although the word “perform” is used, the choir is really about helping to create an atmosphere of worship and pointing the congregation to God rather than performing simply to be heard and receive applause from men. God is always our ultimate audience. Prerequisites for involvement in the choir are similar to those for the worship team: salvation and an ever-growing walk with God, membership at Calvary Bible Church, 10th grade or higher, ability to sing adequately as determined by the choir director, and a heart for worship.