Worship is where we slow down and become attentive to God. It is also where we express joy, longing, creativity, and praise that words alone cannot carry. But what is so special about singing? And how does our decision to shift our attention to worship change us? Join Sarah as she unpacks the power of our decision to give our attention to God.

Why do Christians sing, week after week? In this talk, we take a look “under the bonnet” of sung worship and explore what is happening beneath the surface. Drawing on Psalm 115, we consider the formative power of worship, becoming like what we trust and revere, and the cultural “stories” that quietly shape our hearts: consumerism, producerism, and individualism.From there, we turn to a simple framework for spiritual formation through worship: habits (repetition over time), body (embodied participation), and community (being formed with and for one another). The invitation is not towards performance, entertainment, or emotional hype, but towards opening the heart to the living presence of God, allowing the story of Scripture to be rehearsed, received, and slowly written into the deepest places of who we are.

Of all the emotions we struggle with, anxiety is perhaps the most tricky: a vital human emotion but so often overwhelming, even suffocating in its intensity and impact. How do we manage anxiety - particularly in seasons where there IS a lot to worry about, when it feels like we're at the end of ourselves and our comfort zone is a distant memory? And what can we learn from an episode in the life of Jesus and the disciples when he seems to lead them into chaos? Join Kate as she explores how we can find courage in chaos and learn to root our security in the one thing we can rely on when we feel pushed beyond our very human limits - God's limitless love, authority and power.