Worship

Worship at Messiah

At Messiah University we understand Christian worship as encountering and responding to the revelation of the Triune God. Worship can characterize all we are and do as Christians and, as such, it cannot be restricted to a church service or a specified time or location.

Campus Ministries views worship as a vital element of students' spiritual formation. Worship has a profoundly transformative effect on our community, for our gathering together represents Christ's larger redemptive work: bringing us together with God and with one another as we corporately sing, listen, and act in response to God's work and faithful presence in and among us.

We affirm the use of music and the creative arts to express and enhance our worship of God and see their use as gifts that edify and transform the body of Christ. All expressions of worship ought to continually challenge us to appreciate how global Christians have expressed their faith in worship and how this reality assists us in our understanding of the grand and majestic Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer of the universe.

Chapel is the Messiah campus community's primary expression of corporate worship every week during the semester and is an educational requirement for all full-time students. Other regular opportunities for Christian worship on campus are provided through The Worship Community, Powerhouse, Seven, Student Ministries, Acclamation Dance Ministry, and other student groups.