Sometime ago at St Pauls we decided to occassionally ‘experiment’ with new patterns of worship during our evening service. For want of a better name, these are called “Creative Worship” services.

We endeavour to let the word of God shape our preparation for these service and our purpose is to make the communion event as central and as meaningful as we can. To that end we try to incorporate a wide range of the creative arts and visual media in these services, as well as drawing on resources and patterns deep within the Christian tradition. Our hope is that this use of symbol will facilitate multi-layered engagement with God’s truth and, furthermore foster a deeper level of congregational and personal engagement. Each service examines an issue of particular relevance to city dwellers at the beginning of the 21st Century.

Our prayer is that by combining liturgy and imagery, and by recovering the skill of imagination, we will open up space for the true reality of God’s kingdom to be actualized and entered into by us as a church. We hope to do more than just offer information, but rather to invite people to interact with the truth, to bring their own stories to join with it, and to step into the ‘spacious place’ that is the Kingdom of God in our midst.