brianzblawg

I was thinking about the early church worship practices yesterday and got a seed of an idea that I think is kinda cool.

The early church would meet every day early in the morning in secret locations. They’d pray for each other, take communion, and commit to each other to live out the Christian ideals in their work that day. Their meetings were short, private affairs that they did not advertise or invite unbelievers to attend (they weren’t exactly seeker sensitive).

I think it’d be kind of cool to have small groups that are geographically organized around neighborhoods, areas of town, parking lots located near major intersections, commute hubs like train stations, etc… These group would meet during the work week early in the morning as people are heading to work. These meetings would last for approximately 10-15 minutes. In these meetings there could be a short Scripture reading, prayer for immediate needs of the attenders for that day, communion, and a prayer of commitment to Christ at the end.

These groups could connect via Twitter, texting, and Facebook during the day as ways to continually encourage each other, follow up on the prayer requests (“Hey, how’d the presentation go?”), etc…

A church could organize this and communicate to the groups electronically, suggesting the daily liturgy. A smart pastor would align the readings and prayers with the current direction of the Sunday preaching.

Obviously not everyone could participate in this sort of group. But many could and I think it’d be a real benefit to them, a good spiritual discipline to connect with on a daily basis.