Exalt the Lord
“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28-29
Welcome to Trinity’s Worship Ministry!
The Worship Ministry at Trinity Baptist Church exists to facilitate biblical corporate worship as well as to resource individuals and
families in the area of personal, daily worship in all of life.
Anyone interested in serving in one of these volunteer roles is required to fill out a volunteer form and meet with our Music Minister, Chris.
Worship Choir
This group meets weekly on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. in our worship center choir loft. We sing periodically and seasonally and take a month off each summer. This group is open to all church members (or those considering moving toward church membership) ages 17 and older. No audition required.
Exaltation Ensemble
Occasionally, our mixed vocal ensemble prepares music for worship and special services. This group prepares typically more challenging music, sometimes a capella, and rehearses for a few weeks at a time. Like the worship team, this group is led by our music minister.
Trinity Ringers
Our growing handbell group meets on Sunday evenings following regularly scheduled activities and presents music in worship seasonally and for special services. This group is led by retired music minister and Trinity member, David Clark.
Worship Band/
Vocal Leadership Team
Our worship team is made up of our vocal leadership team, which rotates each week, and our band, including but not limited to our pianist, drummer, bass guitarist, electric guitarist, keyboardist, violinist, flutist, and worship leader, who plays acoustic guitar on most songs. The Worship Band leads weekly in worship for both services. The Worship Team rehearses once during the week. Audition to display capability is required for placement in the Worship Band and/or Vocal Team.
Audio/Visual/
Lighting Team
Our AVL team includes our sound mixing team, media projection/lighting crew, and our livestream and camera operators. These individuals possess skills that are gained mostly during training, which is required. The team rotates weekly, and no person serves in one of these roles more than twice a month in order to prioritize worship with family on the other Sundays.
Youth Band
Led by our student minister, Michael, this group meets seasonally to prepare music for the youth group’s annual Panama Bible Camp in June as well as in worship periodically throughout the year. Audition is required for admittance to this group of vocalists and instrumentalists. See Michael!
Truth Singers
Our children’s premier music group, for children Kindergarten through 5th grade, this group meets during fall and spring Equip and presents a Christmas musical annually for our church-wide banquet on a Sunday night in December, and learns music theory, songs, and chimes in the spring. For more information on this group just visit our children’s page!
Special Worship Services
Evening seasonal services like Christmas Eve, Good Friday Service of Darkness, Maundy-Thursday service, and more
The Lord’s Supper
We celebrate this ordinance once every other month in both services and invite all Christ-followers to participate.
What We Believe About Worship
Our Theology (God the Son)
Worship originates in the triune God of the Bible, is for God, and is made possible by God. Psalm 34:3 says, “Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together! We believe exaltation of God in corporate worship is accomplished in three key ways: gathering with the body to serve and encourage one another in love, unifying under the Word of God in our singing, praying, preaching, and responding, and magnifying our Savior by His Spirit within us as we glory in the gospel of Jesus!
Our Philosophy (God the Spirit)
The corporate gathering of believers each week ought to be God-honoring, Scripture-fueled, Christ-centered, Spirit-enabled, and Gospel-driven. (credit: Bob Kauflin) This means all music, events, and elements of our gathering need to be filtered through these lenses. The outworking of our theology then is best seen through the fruit of the Spirit in our lives and gatherings each week as we seek to exhibit love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control in all we do.
Our Methodology (God the Father)
If you can’t tell already, we are unashamedly trinitarian, for we believe this is the heart of our God’s character and how He has chosen to manifest Himself to us through His Word. This means that our worship gatherings each week are, ultimately, an offering of worship in love for God and one another. As a result, each week there will be a mixture of styles that fit the appropriateness of what text we are singing and will also be music that is accessible to a wide range of ages and abilities, all within the musical confines of appropriate ranges and instrumentation, and within the theological guardrails of God’s Word.