Sunday Gatherings
11:15AM @ THE REVERY
Even though Los Angeles doesn’t have “four” seasons, there are distinct rhythms living in this city. Our Sunday gatherings follow a 90-day cycle to help prepare us for each season we step into.
Our services are different in format week to week however there is flow we hope will help people experience and extend the love of Christ. Below you can find an overview of the different ways we worship along with a calendar of our current series.
Liturgical Services
During every 90 Day Series we will have three liturgical services that include music, readings, prayers, teaching, and communion. Click here for a sample of the worship bulletins we use on these Sundays.
Spiritual Practices
Every teaching series we come to passages that require reflection, dialogue, and different spiritual practices to help us live out the Gospel in our lives. On these Sundays we start with a time of teaching and then introduce a simple practice. Below are some examples of the practices we do together:
Group Discussions
Q&A
Creative Exercises (ie: writing, drawing, Kintsugi)
Prayer*
Labyrinth
* Our prayer gatherings are different. Sometimes we share our stories and people will light a candle on our behalf as a symbol that they are holding what you shared in their hearts and offered it to God in silence. Other times we give our community time to write down their wants and needs after which they light an incense stick as an “offering” to God.
Community Service
Once every 90 days we use our Sunday gathering to serve the city of Los Angeles as our act of worship to God. We have partnered with She is Hope LA, a non-profit that serves single mothers in our city and their children.
Current Series
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Format — Lecture
Content — Introduction to New Series
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Teaching
Discussion in Small Groups
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Title - Belonging to One Another
Text - Romans 12:1-8
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Liturgical Worship
Music, Readings, Prayers, Teaching, and Communion
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Devoted to One Another
Romans 12:10-15
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Teaching
Spiritual Practice
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Harmony with One Another
Romans 12:16-21
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Format
Teaching
Spiritual Practice
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Love One Another
Romans 12:8-24
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Format
Liturgical Worship
Music, Readings, Prayers, Teaching, and Communion
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Do Not Judge One Another
Romans 14
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Format
Teaching
Discussion in Small Groups
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Endure and Encourage One Another
Romans 15:1-5
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Spiritual Practice
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On October 11 and 18 we will be looking at Romans 15:7-13 where Paul says we are to accept one another just as Christ accepted us.
Before we can accept others we have to learn to accept ourselves as Christ accepts us so we will be doing Kintsugi together. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery. We will be naming our brokenness and putting the pieces together as a reminder that the work of Jesus is making us more beautiful not despite our imperfections but through them. .
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Format
Teaching
Discussion in Small Groups
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Accept One Another
Romans 15:7-13
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Format
Liturgical Worship
Music, Readings, Prayers, Teaching, and Communion
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Teach One Another
Romans 15:14-22
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Every 90-days we set aside one week to pray together. These times of prayer are not your traditional prayer gatherings. For example, for our last prayer gathering we broke up into small groups to share what was going on in our lives. After listening to each other’s stories someone in the group would light a candle as an offering for prayer.
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In Romans 13 Paul says “let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another.” In light of this passage we will participate in a community service project together as our act of worship to God.
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As a bonus series we will be looking at the teachings of Paul, Jesus, and the Old Testament to see what they taught regarding sexuality and what this means for us today.