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“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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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
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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
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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.)
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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.”