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The Practice is a community that gathers for worship, prayer, teaching, and communion. The Scripture, prayers, and songs of our opening liturgy help us to set aside all that distracts us from the Lord’s loving presence. We slow down to learn and engage the spiritual practices that help us to walk with Jesus. Every gathering, we center around the communion table to meet with Christ in a tangible way. Through all of this, we are seeking to create a sacred space, both in our gatherings and in our everyday lives, so we can be formed by Jesus to be like Jesus for the sake of the world.
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Now displaying: 2021

The Practice is a community that gathers for worship, prayer, teaching, and communion. The Scripture, prayers, and songs of our opening liturgy help us to set aside all that distracts us from the Lord’s loving presence. We slow down to learn and engage the spiritual practices that help us to walk with Jesus. Every gathering, we center around the communion table to meet with Christ in a tangible way.

Through all of this, we are seeking to create a sacred space, both in our gatherings and in our everyday lives, so we can practice the way of Jesus together for the sake of the world.

Dec 20, 2021

This week, we begin our Advent series, Hesed with Us. Hesed is the Hebrew word which can be translated as the tangible intersection of love, commitment, and generosity. In this season of Advent, we explore God's hesed as it is expressed in the coming of Christ. 

This week, we considered God's undaunted commitment to His promises with Nicole Howe. Will you also join us as we walk through the Advent season with this gratitude practice

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Dec 13, 2021

This week, we begin our Advent series, Hesed with Us. Hesed is the Hebrew word which can be translated as the tangible intersection of love, commitment, and generosity. In this season of Advent, we explore God's hesed as it is expressed in the coming of Christ. 

This week, Nick Benoit invites us to recognize, enjoy, and practice the generosity of God. Will you join us as we walk through this Advent season with this gratitude practice

A tax-deductible gift can be given to The Practice Church here

If you are committed to being a part of the local community that is The Practice Church, would you take a moment to join the Plant Team?

Dec 6, 2021

This guided practice of gratitude has us look back on the last 24 hours so we might notice the loyal love of God in our everyday life.

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Dec 6, 2021

This week, we begin our Advent series, Hesed with Us. Hesed is the Hebrew word which can be translated as the tangible intersection of love, commitment, and generosity. In this season of Advent, we explore God's hesed as it is expressed in the coming of Christ.

A tax-deductible gift can be given to The Practice Church here

If you are committed to being a part of the local community that is The Practice Church, would you take a moment to join the Plant Team?

Nov 26, 2021

This guided practice is a reflection on our previous series, Hesed in Community. If God is inviting us to cultivate a hesed-shaped community, we can't leave this series behind. We want to take it deeper. How is God inviting each of us to respond to what we have heard?

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Nov 22, 2021

This week, we concluded our series, Hesed in Community. Hesed is the Hebrew word which can be translated as the tangible intersection of love, commitment, and generosity. Kellye Fabian-Story helped us consider how we might show hesed to those we find difficult.

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If you are committed to being a part of the local community that is The Practice Church, would you take a moment to join the Plant Team?

Nominations for our next council are open until November 21.

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Nov 15, 2021

This guided practice was a part of our gathering in which we examined the spiritual practice of listening. In order to make room to listen, we need to make space in our own lives. We can do that by slowing down to listen to ourselves and allowing God to listen to us. This practice, helps us to make the necessary space for us to listen to those in our lives when opportunities arise.

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Nov 15, 2021

This week, we continued our series, Hesed in Community. Hesed is the Hebrew word which can be translated as the tangible intersection of love, commitment, and generosity. Deirdré JVR guided our exploration of the spiritual practice of listening.

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If you are committed to being a part of the local community that is The Practice Church, would you take a moment to join the Plant Team?

Nominations for our next council are open until November 21.

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Nov 8, 2021

This guided practice was a part of our gathering in which we examined life in community. This practice is directed toward The Practice Church community, but you can easily substitute your local church community in its place.

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Nov 8, 2021

This week, we continued our series, Hesed in Community. Hesed is the Hebrew word which can be translated as the tangible intersection of love, commitment, and generosity. Father Michael Sparough guided us this week as we explored life in community.

A tax-deductible gift can be given to The Practice Church here

If you are committed to being a part of the local community that is The Practice Church, would you take a moment to join the Plant Team?

Nominations for our next council are open until November 21.

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Oct 25, 2021

This week, we continued our series, Hesed in Community. Hesed is the Hebrew word which can be translated as the tangible intersection of love, commitment, and generosity. This week, Susan Shadid guided us in an exploration of the practice of spiritual Friendships. 

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Oct 19, 2021

This week, we continued our series looking at how we might put into practice God's invitation to be a hesed-shaped community. Hesed is the Hebrew word which can be translated as the tangible intersection of love, commitment, and generosity. This week, Sharon Swing invited us to consider how God is inviting us to create space for our souls to show themselves to one another in community. These, Sharon said, are "holy ground moments."

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If you are committed to being a part of the local community that is The Practice Church, would you take a moment to join the Plant Team?

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Oct 11, 2021

This week, we begin a new series looking at how we might put into practice God's invitation to be a hesed-shaped community. Hesed is the Hebrew word which can be translated as the tangible intersection of love, commitment, and generosity. This week, we Jason Feffer shared how a hesed-shaped community is a way for the Church to be an alternative society in a culture of individualism and tribalism, and we considered the cost of cultuvating such a community in our practice.

A tax-deductible gift can be given to The Practice Church here

If you are committed to being a part of the local community that is The Practice Church, would you take a moment to join the Plant Team?

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Oct 5, 2021

This week, we begin a new series looking at how we might put into practice God's invitation to be a hesed-shaped community. Hesed is the Hebrew word which can be translated as the tangible intersection of love, commitment, and generosity. This week, we Bill Donahue guides us as we explore the Biblical basis for hesed in community. 

A tax-deductible gift can be given to The Practice Church here

If you are committed to being a part of the local community that is The Practice Church, would you take a moment to join the Plant Team?

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Sep 20, 2021

This guided practice was a part of our gathering in which we examined God's hesed.

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Sep 20, 2021

We continue our vision series looking at God's invitation for The Practice Church to be a heed-shaped community. 

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Sep 14, 2021

This guided practice was a part of our gathering in which we examined God's hesed.

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Sep 14, 2021

We begin a new series focused on God's invitation to The Practice Church in this season.

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Sep 7, 2021

Jason Feffer concludes our Summer Series, "Practices of the People," with an exploration of storytelling as a spiritual practice.

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Aug 16, 2021

Nicole Howe teaches on how to engage our imaginations in prayer, and we hear a story from a member of our community on how he has met God in scripture through imaginative prayer. 

We have a number of guided imaginative prayers that we have created as a community that we highly recommend. You can access them here.

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Aug 9, 2021

Jason Feffer continues our Practices of the People series with a teaching on Visio Divina. Then, we head outside to practice Visio divina with nature. 

You can find a guide to the practice here

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Jul 19, 2021

Kirsten Hitchcock introduces us to the practice of doodling prayer and we hear three different stories from the community. Then, we're given space to practice doodling prayer together. 

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Jul 12, 2021

Jason shares an introduction to the practice of silence and we hear a story from Mark Mixter about his experience with this practice. Then, we pray in silence together.

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Jun 14, 2021

Jason Feffer continues our series on the nature of the Church. With an examination of Acts 2, Jason considers the differences between a belief based and a practice based church. Find a guide to lectio divina and more here

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Jun 7, 2021

The first installment of a two part series called "What is Church," Bill Donahue invites us to look at five biblical metaphors for the Church: a Body, Bride, Building, Vineyard, and Family. Then, Bill leads us through a lectio divina style practice of reflecting on these images of the Church and listening for how may God be inviting us to embody the Church in this season.

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