Category: Worship

  • Do you feel accused and opressed?

    June 10, 2010 | Kirk Ward | New City Fellowship, University City

    It happens to every worship leader or pastor probably every Sunday. You are preparing to lead or preach and thoughts or emotions begin to race into your heart. " “Why are you pretending to be such  a ‘good Christian’? Don’t you know that you are a total hypocrite?" 

  • Accessable vs. Authentic

    June 3, 2010 | Kirk Ward | New City Fellowship, University City

    Multicultural worship is always striving to find the balance between worship that is accessible to whole group and worship that is authentic to the particular cultural styles represented.

  • The Gospel – the foundation of worship

    May 6, 2010 | Kirk Ward | New City Fellowship, University City

    It’s easy to list all the things that a “worship leader” needs to have: a heart for Jesus, Spirit-led voice, a pastor’s heart, the passion of a warrior, wisdom and theological training, the hands of a cheetah, guitar tone like a hot-buttered chainsaw, the list goes on and on. Those are all good things to pursue, but the foundation on which all our worship is the cross of Jesus Christ.

  • Praise Is What I Do

    April 27, 2010 | Kirk Ward | New City Fellowship, University City

    We are designed for praise the way that a bird’s wing is designed for flight. We are designed for discipleship the way an eye is designed to see. Praise is the thing that we are designed to do forever. This realization opened up my mind and my heart to believe that the gospel, the church, and the path of following Jesus was not ultimately about self-preservation, but it was about being restored to the function that we were designed to complete. Like a bird being released from a cage and given the freedom to fly.

  • Intentionality in Multicultural Ministry

    December 1, 2009 | Kirk Ward | New City Fellowship, University City

     I can say that we care about breaking down walls, stereotypes, and institutional racism, but if I fail to demonstrate it, then it’s all just talk. Intentionality plays a big part in my job.