NU Worship’s mission is to help cultivate the spiritual vitality of the community at Northwest University and to help foster the spiritual formation of each member primarily through the use of music in corporate worship services, which we believe is a means to the greater end of living lives of worship to God. 

2023-2024 NU WORSHIP AUDITIONS

NU Worship auditions will be held on September 12-13 for both band and vocals. Bring your audition application to your selected audition time or submit it to worship@northwestu.edu. Please click, download, and read the following for information on the 2023-2024 NU Worship audition process. Additional vocal auditions will take place on Tuesday, September 19th. Use the link below to sign up now!

VOCAL AUDITION SIGN-UP LINK (Tuesday, September 19th)

  • NU Worship Application,

    click here (everyone will need to complete this)

  • VOCALIST audition information, click here

  • BAND audition information, click here

  • NU Worship Philosophy, Structure, and Expectations, click here

  • All audition materials (practice and audition tracks, chord charts, and more), click here

IF YOU WANT TO AUDITION FOR MULTIPLE POSITIONS— YOU MAY DO SO— BUT YOU ARE LIMITED TO TWO TIME SLOTS.

This is just to ensure that everyone has a chance to be heard. Since there will not be space for each student to play every instrument they are proficient at on a chapel team, please choose your best/favorite position to lead in. You can always let us know if you are able to serve in other ways once you are on the team!

One final note, due to the size and caliber of NU Worship as a whole, we have a limited number of band and vocalist positions available on our teams. We would love to have everyone who is interested to audition, and whether or not you are chosen is not an indication of your abilities and value as a worship leader. If you aren’t selected this year, please audition again next year!

If you have any questions, feel free to send an email to worship@northwestu.edu.

NU WORSHIP GENERAL INFORMATION

NU Worship is led by a student coordinator, and is facilitated by a team of student worship team leaders.

NU Worship utilizes music to corporately sing for the following reasons:

  • Ephesians 5.18-19, Colossians 3.16, Psalm 5.11, Psalm 59.16, Psalm 105.1-5

  • Singing glorifies God.

  • Singing is a way to respond to and be reminded of:

    • who God is,

    • what He has said,

    • what He has done,

    • what He is doing.

  • Singing is a command in Scripture.

  • Singing roots us in and teaches us Scripture and Biblical truth.

  • Singing calls us to root our identity, hope, and joy in God.

  • Singing calls us to live our hardships, trials, problems, and pain with God.

  • Singing calls us to action such as obedience, repentance, and mission.

  • Singing allows us to reflect on and respond to our relationship with God.

  • Singing builds up others.

  • Singing unifies God’s people.

  • Singing is a way to remember and express love, devotion, commitment, desire, and need for God.