Source/Author: By Roy Lee

Recently a Praise and Worship Seminar was organized for the orang asli. The theme of the seminar was “Penyembah Yang Benar (A true worshipper)” It was held at the Kampar Wesley Methodist Church and was attended by about 120 orang asli members from 26 OA churches in Perak and Pahang.

The purpose of the seminar was to teach the true meaning of worship and impart practical steps to worship the Lord with or without the aid of musical instruments and to bridge the gap between the liturgical and the more contemporary style of worship.

A team from the SSMC Kebaktian Bahasa Malaysia (KBM) was sent to conduct the seminar led by Ps Peter Ukong and coordinated by Roy Lee. There were 12 of us.

After a brief introduction by Rev. Yong Wai Yin, we went straight into action. Ps Peter Ukong taught them in a simple and easy to understand way of what it meant to be a true worshipper based on John 4:23.

He emphasised that the Lord must be the object and focus of one’s praise and worship and it was the matter of the heart. He also mentioned that though musical instruments were used in helping us to worship the Lord, it was not a “must have” as true worship is a love relationship between us and God.

Later Roy Lee suggested some practical ways on how to prepare oneself to worship the Lord in spirit and in truth; to give our best for His glory (Ps 150:3-6). This involved the worship leaders, the musicians, technical crew and the worshipers.

After lunch, we conducted a workshop to demonstrate the different ways that we can worship the Lord. Time was also allocated for participants to share their testimonies of the lessons learned.

Ultimately the objective was to bring every worshipper to encounter God personally with or without musical accompaniment that in essence is a true worshipper.