Worship is coming together as a community of God to claim the presence of Christ. So we listen to the readings, we break the bread, we share the cup, we sing songs. They are all gestures in which we remind each other that no matter what we are experiencing – whether it is joy or pain or suffering – God is there. The world around us is trying to pull us away from that. It wants to say that nothing is happening here so why don’t you buy this or go here or find your happiness there? The worshipping community is saying God is right here with us….The worship life of the church over the year is bringing Christ back into the center of our lives and realizing that we as a body of people are representing the living Christ in our world.