Worship Team

A worship band leads the congregation in four or five songs every Sunday. There will be, typically, two singers, plus people playing guitars, drums, keyboard, tamborine, and shakers. Occasionally, we'll have a violin or accordion.

Most of the current Anchor team members have been together since 1999. In addition to playing in both services on Sunday morning, they have played at the Cupbearer coffeehouse in Auburn and at the former Seekers coffeehouse in Fort Wayne. They also spend several hours practicing every Thursday night.

Get Acquainted with the Band Members

Here are some of our favorite songs:

A lot of great worship music is being written today. We've used a lot of the music coming out of England, often attached to the labels "passion movement" or "revival generation." We've also used a lot of songs from the groups Third Day and Delirious. We're constantly keeping our ears open for new songs.

Chris Tomlin and Matt Redman are favorites, of course. And more recently, we've enjoyed doing some of the songs of Aaron Shust.

We also respect the great heritage we have in hymns. Sometimes we do hymns in the traditional way. Other times, we give them a fresh sound.

We've also had fun with some secular songs, finding ways to tie them into the sermon theme. Sometimes we use the song straight, other times we add our own lyrics to the well-known tune. For instance, we've done:

We don't use songbooks or hymnals. Instead, words are projected onto a big screen via Powerpoint and an electronic projector.