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Because Jesus called us to be disciples every day of the week, this summer we are providing tangible ways to prayerfully integrate our core RRCC values into your home, neighborhood, and workplace.

This week, we want to focus on what it looks like when we are Christ Centred.

Focus: To arrange your life (heart, mind, soul, and strength) to prayerfully depend on God and His Word, obediently submit to His Spirit, and sacrificially follow Jesus' example.

  • Home and Family Life
    • Do an Examen prayer where, at the end of your day, you review your day with God. Note the times he was close to you and asking for forgiveness for the times you sinned. Express your grief, joy, or other emotions to him. 
    • Intentionally practice the sabbath. This means take a day (or a chunk of time) to stop doing chores or work, and turn your attention to celebrating God and your life in God’s kingdom. You could eat delicious food, do something you enjoy with friends, or spend some time in solitude with God. 
    • Do a technology fast one weeknight, afternoon, or for an entire day. This could be part of your sabbath ritual. 
    • Practice solitude in nature. This could be either walking or sitting and enjoying God’s presence.
    • Memorize a Scripture passage for summer, like Psalm 23, Romans 8:28-39, or whatever verse is important in your life. 
    • Do a family devotional where you pick a passage or book of the Bible, read it either as a family together or individually and come together and talk about what stood out to you? Maybe have a set of questions that you each answer for every devotional time
  • Neighborhood
    • Walk around your neighbourhood and pray for your neighbours as you see them or their houses. 
    • Ask neighbours how you can pray for them. 
    • When dealing with minor neighbour conflicts (noise, property lines, etc.), consciously choose to respond with a fruit of the Spirit, such as patience or peace, as a living testimony to Jesus’ way.
    • Perform anonymous acts of service. Look for opportunities to serve a neighbour without seeking recognition (e.g., bringing in their bins, mowing a lawn, or sharing an excess harvest) as an offering to God, modelling sacrificial love.
  • Workplace
    • Starting your day at work with a quick prayer, surrendering your day to God and asking Him to lead you. 
    • Share what you have learned in the Bible or Church with someone in the workplace. Even if it is a small comment about a way you have noticed God help you, or have seen his goodness. 
    • Pray for your coworkers and your workplace, even those who are difficult. 
    • Practice gratitude for your job. 
    • Work as an offering to God. Frame difficult or tedious tasks as worship by serving others.
    • Commit to integrity in the details. Whether it is in timekeeping, expenses, honesty, or something else

A reminder: you don’t need to do all of these. Prayerfully consider which one or two areas God is inviting you into this season. If an idea feels intimidating, look for a 'low-stakes' way to dip your toe in the water. 

As we live out these values—Christ-Centeredness, Welcome, and Community—we extend the church beyond these four walls and into our neighbourhoods, workplaces, and the world.