The English Language Congregation’s has Worship Services on Sunday at 7 PM and Friday at 9:30 AM. For more than 100 years, the congregation has been gathering together on Sunday to corporately worship the Triune God. Especially in the last decade, it has undergone several changes – from a more traditional and liturgical service to a more contemporary one. In 2001, we began a service of worship to reach out to the youth and unchurched. It took on a more charismatic format and now has become the better attended service. The Sunday night has adopted a more ‘blended’ type of worship, including liturgical as well as contemporary elements.
The Music Ministries of both Worship Services blend with the character of the Service. The Sunday services include more of hymns, contemporary songs, piano and occasionally stringed instruments. The Friday music ministry renders contemporary worship songs, occasional hymns sung in the contemporary style, keyboard, stringed instruments, percussion instruments and piano. On special events like Good Friday, Easter and Christmas, the two congregations will worship together. Also, the leaders of the Friday music ministry will occasionally participate in the Sunday worship.
The members of our worship teams are dedicated and committed to leading the congregation into a spirit of worship, prayer, praise and healing. The Senior Pastor, Rev. Richard Westra does most of the preaching; Pastor Appu Varghese and Pastor Rajkumar will occasionally preach and will regularly give leadership during the worship. Other members of the congregation will lead in Scripture reading, prayers of intercession and thanksgiving, testimonies, words on instruction, exhortation and prophecy
The Worship teams for Sunday and Friday consist of:
| Sunday |
| Chaplain Appu Varghese |
Worship Leader |
| Dr. Kalyan Subrahmanyam |
Choir Leader, Pianist, Worship Leader |
| Gladstone Rao |
Worship Leader |
| Ricky Legaspi |
Worship Leader |
| Shoba Subrahmanyan |
Worship Leader |
| Linda Kaufmann |
Vocal |
| Mathew Abraham |
Vocal |
| Regina Keener |
Vocal |
| Hannah Richardson |
Vocal |
| Vishal Chandy |
Vocal |
|
| Friday |
|
Abie Varghese |
Worship
leader, Acoustic, Bass Guitar & Sound |
| Kristine Bantugan |
Worship
Leader & Vocals |
| Fred Edwin |
Worship
leader, Acoustic, Vocals & Vocal Arrangement |
| Jo John Abraham |
Worship
leader & Acoustic Guitar |
| Sandeep Rao |
Worship
leader & Acoustic Guitar |
| Kristin Nikkel |
Worship
Leader & Vocals |
| Bekah San Miguel |
Worship
leader, Acoustic Guitar & Drums |
| Reynold Phillips |
Drums / Percussion &
Sound |
| Robick Priyanand |
Bass
Guitar |
| Paaresh Swamy |
Electric/ Acoustic Guitars , Vocals & Sound |
| Steven Lewis |
Electric Guitar & Vocals |
| Ryan |
Electric Guitar |
| Sidharth Ramchander |
Keyboards
& Piano |
| Tamara Matthew |
Keyboards & Vocals |
| Ronald |
Keyboards |
| Sarah Paul |
Vocals |
| Yuliya S |
Vocals |
| Joselyn Abraham |
Vocals |
| Susan Swamy |
Vocals |
| Ruth Franscisco |
Vocals |
| Pamela Daniel |
Vocals |
| Aditi Chandy |
Vocalist &
Violin |
| Anna Schubert |
Piano
Vocalist |
| Alfred Samuel |
Violin |
| Chrislin |
Vocals |
| Christine Roy |
Vocals |
| Corrine Varghese |
Vocal & Violin |
| H.Swamy |
Vocals & Bass |
|
Jerry Mathew |
Audio
Visuals & Finance |
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