Our Style

Several attributes characterise the experience you have when you visit DaySpring:

1. The Church Layout
   The church is located in an industrial styled building and is set up like a restaurant with tables. There are no pews! The best way we relate with each other is informally and usually over a coffee. We felt that church should be like that too. Yes, we do serve coffee and tea during our regular break in the service.
   
   
2. Music
   Contemporary, aimed at "rock generation"; personal, joyful, worshipful, reflective, and sometime celebrative and boistrous. We like the style to be tight with few gaps in between songs. We anticipate a general pattern of moving from praise into worship with an overriding sensitivity to what the Holy Spirit seems to be doing among us.
   
   
3. Response In Worship
   As God has moved upon His people from the Old Testament times to the present, there have been a variety of observable responses, including: kneeling, standing, dancing, raising hands, falling prostrate, clapping, etc. We affirm the appropriateness of these responses as each person responds to God's presence in worship. We encourage a freedom in worship for each person. That freedom should be characterised by a sensitivity to others and by actions that do not call attention to themselves but focus on our worship of God. Also, we do not want those who are unable or unwilling to express themselves to feel condemned in any way. We value individual differences of expression in worship more than corporate sameness.
   
   
4. Dress
   Casual, neat and relaxed. You don't need to come in a tie and suit. However, you can dress up if you want to.
   
   
5. Preaching / Teaching Style
   Pastoral/Prophetic, aimed at what God is saying to the church today; can be topical or expository. Mostly directed to being practical and experiential in nature. Teaching is about 30-45 minutes in length. Ministry and/or invitation may or may not happen depending on how God moves.
   
   
6. Facilities
   Basic and functional. We want to remain flexible and be able to go where the people are. We want to avoid a "churchy" feel because of the type of people we want to reach.
   
   
7. Punctuality
   While we enjoy a relaxed atmosphere, we also want to be punctual for Sunday meetings as well as for LifeGroups. We also desire to conclude our meetings on time, but without imposing on what we may feel is a move of the Holy Spirit extending the time together. The ministry time, however, generally extends beyond our formal conclusion on Sunday mornings and evenings, and in the small groups.