Shared Practices and Corporate Rhythms
Abbey Way's model of faith community centers in shared spiritual practices and corporate rhythms versus programs or events. With less energy put into developing and maintaining a wide range of ministry opportunities, more time is freed up to be together as a community of faith, sharing common life through meals, prayer, study, and play, while releasing people in mission within the context of their neighborhoods and workplaces. We desire to create a way of living the Gospel life together that will sustain and nurture each person in and out of every season.
Some of the practices Abbey Way is choosing to incorporate into its rhythm of life together are:
- Daily: Morning and Evening Prayer and Meditation (Lectio Divina)
- Weekly: Gatherings for Worship, Communion, Meals, Study, Prayer and Building Relationships
- Monthly: Individual or Group Direction and Communal Discernment
- Yearly: Community and Personal Retreat and Mission/Service Projects
Placing a high value on each person's spiritual growth and ability to hear God, we endeavor to make space for wholistic interaction between both young and old, male and female, married and single as much as is appropriate and helpful for all.
