“I cannot transform myself, or anyone else for that matter. What I can do is create the conditions in which spiritual transformation can take place, by developing and maintaining a rhythm of spiritual practices that keep me open and available to God.
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— Ruth Haley Barton

Resurrection fosters spiritual renewal and personal transformation through a practice-based approach to following Jesus in a life of Worship, Community, and Mission. We invite you to incorporate one or more practice from each category into the rhythms of your life.

Rhythms

  • Daily Rhythms

    • Morning & Evening Prayer - Adopt order of prayer and lectionary readings to frame the day.

    • Daily Scripture Reading (Lectio Divina) - A method of meditating on Scripture and hearing God's voice

    • Daily Examen - A daily examinations of our lives before God.

    • Contemplative Prayer - Silent prayer before God's presence.

    Weekly Rhythms

    • Sabbath - Ceasing work for a 24 hour period.

    • Tithing & Generous Giving

    • Fast from Something for 24 Hours

  • Weekly Rhythms

    • Participate in a Community Group (a group of 8-15 people who meet for fellowship, study, and prayer)

    • Form a Triad (a group of 3-4 people who meet for intentional spiritual friendship and prayer)

    Monthly Rhythms

    • Serve on a Volunteer Team one Sunday each month (Sunday Experience Team, Communion Team, Children’s Ministry Team, etc.)

  • Daily Rhythms

    • Bless a neighbor or co-worker daily

    • Commit to pray daily for your neighbors and/or co-workers

    Weekly Rhythms

    • Extend hospitality once a week to someone outside your faith tradition.

    • Adopt a place to be intentionally and relationally present at least once a week (coffee shop, library, playground, community garden, softball team, etc.).

    • Do a weekly prayer walk in your neighborhood.

    Monthly Rhythms

    • Volunteer to serve once a month with an organization outside the church (perhaps one of Resurrection’s partner organizations or one in your neighborhood).

Resources for Rhythms

Lectio Divina

A rhythm of worship

Daily examen

a rhythm of worship

serve your neighbors

a rhythm of mission

Morning & Evening Prayer

A Rhythm of Worship

join a

Community group

A Rhythm of community

serve the church

A rhythm of community

“We have a common problem. By ignoring the ways habits shape us, we’ve assimilated to a hidden rule of life: the American rule of life. This rigorous program of habits forms us in all the anxiety, depression, consumerism, injustice, and vanity that are so typical in the contemporary American life. It’s urgent, then, that we recover the wisdom of crafting a gospel-based rule of life as the new norm for living as a Christian in America today. We desperately need a set of counter-formative practices to become the lovers of God and neighbor we were created to be.”
— Justin Whitmel Early