The rhythms of community life

This is one community's attempt at being faithfully Christian:

PRESENCE
We commit to journeying together with God and each other, by meeting together as a community in prayer, in worship, friendship, grief, and happiness. Being a hopeful sign of an open community in the city rather than just a group of individuals or anonymous people.

ACCEPTANCE
We desire to accept both ourselves and other people as they are, and to allow people to say what they believe without fear of judgment. We want to create a safe space where people feel at home and welcomed. We hope to learn from all those inside and outside the community.

CREATIVITY
We want to have an open approach to how we learn, live and encounter God in the plurality of our city and the world. We wish to be creative in our worship, in prayer, in our lives, in learning, and with the christian tradition, in our theology and with the arts.

BALANCE
We aspire to live with integrity in the city, striving as a community for balance between work, rest and play. We wish to develop healthy spiritual disciplines, such as daily prayer, meditation and contemplation, drawing on the ancient Christian paths. We want to live within our means, living sustainable lives. We desire to not simply be consumers, but people committed to giving and receiving in all of life.

ACCOUNTABILITY
Within the Rhythm of Life, we desire to be accountable to one another, to grow and journey together, listening to each other and the wider Christian community for wisdom, rather than trusting only ourselves. We want to have a willingness to share life, rather than to privatise it, and we seek to walk together in a deep way rather than as strangers who only know the surface of each other.

HOSPITALITY
We wish to welcome all whom we encounter, when we are gathered and when we are dispersed, extending Christ's gracious invitation to relationship, meaning and life in all its fullness.

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