“If the Church is about God, then it will be about worship. If it is not about God, then it will be about something else.”

How does the Church host the presence of God through worship? In the past year or so where everyone was quarantined at home, was the Church's worship expression alive and intact?

In the first part of this two-episode conversation, we are joined by our first guest, Pastor Ian Wong from Kum Yan Methodist Church. Together with Calvin and Alarice, we discuss the centrality of worship in the life of the Church, and how the global pandemic exposed our heart relationship with worship. Ps Ian Wong recalls how God steadily returned the altar of worship back to every home during this strange but necessary season - join us in this honest exploration of heartfelt worship beyond the four walls of the Church."

“Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favour with God and man.” (Luke 2:52)

What does it mean to walk in favour with both God and Man? How do we love fully and give generously, not just toward God, but others as well?

In this devotional-based episode, Alarice leads us in the worship song 'Breathe' and Calvin shares about how favour is founded in the 3Gs - grace, generosity, and gratitude (2 Cor 9:6-15). Join us in a special time of reflection as we turn our attention and affection to God, and tune into what He is saying.

“Without love, worship is simply obligation. You can sacrifice without love, but it will soon turn into resentment.”

What are the first instances of 'worship' in the bible? Do you know that the origin of the word ‘worship’ comes from the Greek word “proskuneo”, which means to kiss the hand of a superior? And finally, what is the connection between worship and missions?

In this week’s episode, Awaken Generation Senior Leaders Calvin and Alarice discuss the controversial Abraham and Isaac bible story, the process of decreasing so that God can increase (John 3:30), and the centrality of worship in the Christian life. Listen to their life testimonies - Calvin encountering God powerfully as a youth back in New Zealand and Alarice's journey as a CCM singer-songwriter to full-time music missionary - and more on this episode of 'Worship Conversations'".

Who is Awaken Generation and what do they do? Why even start a podcast about worship? In this episode we talk to AG's senior leaders Calvin and Alarice - the husband and wife team behind the ministry - about their journey thus far and the heart behind the podcast.