Practices
The church is a community of practices that joins people together under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Practices are embodied exercises people do together that work in some way to achieve a common purpose. When Christians join together in practices centered on Jesus Christ, the result is a shared way of life made possible through Jesus’ life, death, resurrection, and ascension. To help stir the imagination and shape the formation of our Table Communities, we offer Seven Practices of the church in our context. Incorporating these practices in our lives within the Three Circles, helps to put Jesus at the center of our shared lives.
While the Seven Practices desire much more description and story telling to adequately explain, I will only briefly describe each practice and how it helps us to live into the Lordship of Jesus. The Seven Practices are: story, ordinary life, prayer, the table, patience, celebration, and shalom.
While the Seven Practices desire much more description and story telling to adequately explain, I will only briefly describe each practice and how it helps us to live into the Lordship of Jesus. The Seven Practices are: story, ordinary life, prayer, the table, patience, celebration, and shalom.