Community Rhythms
Join us in weekly, monthly and seasonal rhythms where we practice doing theology from below, remember our shared vocation and induct each other into our collective humanity.
We follow the three-year Revised Common Lectionary cycle. We are currently in Easter Season, Year C:
Daily Prayer
We invite you to give yourself the gift of 10 minutes each day to ground yourself in prayer. Each week, we will highlight an excerpt of a written prayer along with an audio version of the prayer that includes a story from our global community that helps us remember the everyday reality of those we serve.
God of all creation, in you, all things are one. There is nothing that is outside your love, nothing that is not related. In the words of Martin Luther King Jr., "We are tied together in the single garment of destiny, caught in an inescapable network of mutuality…" And so Holy Spirit, we yield to the One that is one-ing all of creation, in Christ.
We pray this in the name of the Father who is for us, the Son who is with us, and the Spirit who unites us all in the never-ending dance of Love.
Amen.
Listen to the complete call to prayer below:
Weekly Gospel Lectionary Resources
Our lectionary resources are rooted in perspectives “from below” that embrace abundance and peacemaking. Each week, we offer the gospel text, context, question, community reflections, homily from James Alison, a Girardian reflection, poetry, prayer, and devotionals.
This Week's Lectionary:
Seventh Sunday of Easter – Year C
Welcome to the seventh and final Sunday of Easter. Jesus has been preparing his disciples for a certain kind of Presence — one that is available to all people, everywhere, all at once. The historical Jesus occupied one body in one place at one time. But the Spirit of the risen Christ is poured out on all flesh. This means that we (all of creation) become “the Body of Christ,” in whom and through whom God is present to us…
Weekly Preaching Peace Table
The Preaching Peace Initiative is designed for leaders who are exploring together what it means to teach and preach a liberating Gospel of peace in their city. We currently have two models of Preaching Peace Tables that are open source and available to anyone who wants to develop their own expression: Citywide Table and Church/Ministry Table. Learn more about hosting your own table here.
Street Psalms hosts a weekly table for leaders who facilitate Preaching Peace Tables (or are interested in starting a Table). We gather around the gospel lectionary text to practice doing theology from below. All are welcome to join.
June 4 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT
CANCELLED: Street Psalms Preaching Peace Table
June 11 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT
Street Psalms Preaching Peace Table
June 18 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT
Street Psalms Preaching Peace Table
Monthly Commons Gathering
A monthly service hosted by and for the ordained community, dedicated to remembering our common call to develop incarnational leaders for the sake of the city and the most vulnerable. This service seeks to cultivate community and pathways to formational opportunities, and is open to anyone who wishes to attend. The Commons is on the 4th Wednesday of each month.
June 25 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT
The Commons
July 23 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT
The Commons
August 27 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT