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A Selah service calls out for my own participation.  This is not a service for those desiring to be passively entertained. One must either choose to enter in or be terribly bored.  
Silence is an important element in the service, as important as the readings or the songs.  
The rhythm of it allows me and encourages me to reflect on all that is swimming inside of my head, heart, and body, and to slowly let it be part of my worship experience.


-- Beth Slevcove

Welcome to Selahservice.com - an offering of resources for contemplative worship in the Christian church. We seek to join the conversation about this subject with ideas, music and art that have been forged from our own experience of developing and leading the Selah service - a worship model begun in a small Protestant church in 2000 combining silent prayer, simple choruses and hymns with readings from Scripture and prayers in the Christian Celtic tradition. The word “selah” is likely a musical term found in the Psalms meaning “to pause or rest.” We hope you find something here that will encourage you to pause and kindle a greater trust, hope and peace that comes from being still before the Lord and waiting on Him. 

– Jeff Johnson