As a broad explanation, the plan is start with organisational simplicity, but with more profundity of depth.
This will begin with a purposeful, process-based, intentionally sustainable flow in each week, whereby what counts in life is ultimately encouraged.
In terms of a philosophy, the week will work forward from the first day in corporate worship each Sunday. This will set the stage for the flow into the remaining six days, which will look to flesh-this-out; integrating various platforms and small groups to deepen the transformative connection in life’s elaboration; into growing Christlikeness, and missional living.
In the busyness of life, this means further maximising already established potential, which can mean periods surrounding already-established-events; such as together on a Sunday; over lunch or dinner, in fellowship, and to encourage true community. There is a personal missional element to this idea. It is easy to suggest great and elaborate plans or ideas, but when adding elements to an already hectic weekly schedule is not easy. This angle amounts to asking how already-moving-routines-or-plans can be best rejigged for mission.
As all-of-life is missional, we want those committed at RELOVUTIONARY to be involved in other activities and places through broader community, where they can connect; build relationships, and live out the lines of the Gospel. This is about the right balance, which all seeking-to-be-engaged Christians, should be pursuing.
The hope is for greater personal integration and missional application, reflecting two main motivations, which is (1) to present everyone mature in Christ (Colossians 1:28), as we go about (2) making disciples (Matthew 28:18-20).
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In terms of each Sunday, there are three important elements:
• Singing Worship
• Word Worship
• Lord’s Supper Worship
There should be a whole lot of worship. In the words of Timothy Keller, ”Only through worship are we restored to vigo[u]r from the exhaustion and burnout of seeking our own glory.” This is an ever-increasing truth.
Our broad Sunday plan is for corporate worship to consist of 90 minutes total, or thereabouts.
We will likely have simplicity in terms of musical accompaniment, as the goal is not to put on a concert, but to provide the right background for every person to air-out their lungs in singing worship, to the Trinitarian God. In this way, we encouragingly live the future into the now; like in that Day where true believers will freely-like-they-could-not-conceive-of-anything-grander, worship the Son like they don’t have anywhere else better to be. In our day of too often weak excuses, this motivating engagement will actually communicate more than we may initially perceive. You can expect anywhere from 20-30 minutes on a given Sunday; intersected with an engaging context of prayer, throughout.
We want the attendee to be positively monstered with the sermonicly-delivered Word. You can expect the Preacher to have 40-50 minutes to fill your boots. In a cultural day where people have been anti-nurtured by an eight-minute segment between television commercials, and now “matured” because of an internet mindset, this amount of time may be viewed as seriously disturbing for a snowflake. It should be combustible with RELOVUTIONARY life.
The goal is a good expositional feed from God’s Word, practically contextualised through an engaging post-Christian cultural context, which will set the coordinates for the hearer to chew this, from the Monday-to-Saturday; toward that Colossians 1:28 end-game, and real-time missional action.
We intend to have the Lord’s Supper each and every week. The exact flow in this remembrance may differ, but the occasion will be one for the Christian to positively intersect through the Gospel; reflective of this shared priority from the Son of God into corporate life, and the practical orbit for breathing His clean fresh pure air.
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I do not know of any more satisfying pursuit than to seek to put God on display.
Son-up, Sun-down.
That is what we each need each and every week.
For the Fame of His Name