SUNDAY RHYTHMS - SONGS & STORIES
Listen to the Podcast episode “Songs & Stories” for a brief invite and explanation of Sunday.
It is deeply important to the life of River & Way that we take time to sit around the table and participate in community life together. In our practice of Sunday rhythms, on the last Sunday of every other month, we come together at The Tower to share a meal and bring the things God has placed inside of us to the community. We create time to share, edify, and encourage one another through songs and stories.
Our first Songs and Stories will be a fun learning experience for us as a new community. Please plan on coming together on Sunday as usual at 9:30 AM. Shortly after, we’ll eat a breakfast/brunch together (Quiche, fruit, waffle bar, muffins, etc). All kids will join us for the meal, and then infants-kinder will have the option to to go Kid Church with our Kids Church Workers, while 1st grade and up will be part of the gathering after the meal.
After the meal together, bring whatever the Lord has placed inside of you to bring to our community gathering. If you are a musician, feel free to bring a song, or if you bake, bring something you made, or if you are an artist, bring a drawing or painting to share with the community, or you can also bring something that God showed you from the Scriptures this week or even a broken prayer or an answered prayer request.
After the meal, we will spend time together singing songs and telling stories. This time is meant to edify and build up the church body; but please don’t over-spiritualize this idea. This can be sharing what you read in the scriptures this week, sharing what God has been doing in your life, or share a word that builds up the church. Think of this like a new home church community sharing their lives together after a meal.
We recognize this is a space that we will learn to grow into. Each member of the body has been given gifts for the body to function well and we want to create time and space for us to grow into that reality. As you consider what you are bringing to the community, do not place undue pressure on yourself. Some people have yet to discover what God has placed inside of them to bring, some people have gifts that may not be for the community gathering, and others don't feel safe or comfortable enough to bring their gift. These are all okay, and as we lean into this space, we will learn how to do this together.
We want to gather Jesus' body together with each person bringing the gifts that Jesus has put inside of them to actively contribute to the River & Way family.
April 25 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Pre-Gathering Prayer 8:45 AM
1200 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA