The word worship derives from 'worth-ship' literally meaning to give something or someone its due worth. For Christians, worship is at the heart of our life as a faith community. Through our worship we give honour and praise to God but we are also drawn into the mystery of God and into a deeper relationship with God. In the elements that make up worship - words and music, silence and symbols, movement, ritual, prayer, preaching, and the imaginative combination of these elements - we are called to engage with hearts, minds, senses and imagination in the love of God made visible in Jesus Christ and experienced in the life and power of the Holy Spirit. In the worship of God, the full meaning of our lives and of our humanity is made real through the transforming purposes of God.