Bridge City Church
CORPORATE RHYTHMS
Following Jesus is a way of life that is developed through intentional habits called rhythms.
Individual rhythms strengthen our personal relationship with God, while corporate rhythms help us grow alongside other believers.
Here we present the Bridge City Church corporate rhythms to help you take your next steps as a disciple. We encourage you to start with one or two rhythms and practice them consistently before adding more.
Remember: it is not about completing a to-do list, but about being transformed by Jesus as we walk with Him and His church.
By Calendar
JANUARY
Daily
- 21 Days of Fasting and Prayer
- “Kingdom Come” devotional (Scripture)
Weekly
- Attend church service for adults, youth, and children (corporate worship)
- Dream Team participation (service)
Monthly
- Attend church service for adults, youth, and children (corporate worship)
- Dream Team participation (service)
FEBRUARY
Weekly
- Attend church service for adults, youth, and children (corporate worship)
- Dream Team participation (service)
- Connection Groups (community)
Monthly
- Tithe (generosity)
- First Wednesday meeting (corporate worship and prayer)
- Couples event (community)
MARCH
Weekly
- Attend church service for adults, youth, and children (corporate worship)
- Dream Team participation (service)
- Connection Groups (community)
Monthly
- Tithe (generosity)
- First Wednesday meeting (corporate worship and prayer)
APRIL
Weekly
- Attend church service for adults, youth, and children (corporate worship)
- Dream Team participation (service)
- Connection Groups (community)
Monthly
- Tithe (generosity)
- First Wednesday meeting (corporate worship and prayer)
- Baptism
- Bridge City serving team for Easter (service)
- Invite someone to Easter (testimony)
MAY
Weekly
- Attend church service for adults, youth, and children (corporate worship)
- Dream Team participation (service)
Monthly
- Tithe (generosity)
- First Wednesday meeting (corporate worship and prayer)
- Women’s event (community)
JUNE
Weekly
- Attend church service for adults, youth, and children (corporate worship)
- Dream Team participation (service)
- Connection Groups (community)
Monthly
- Tithe (generosity)
- First Wednesday meeting (corporate worship and prayer)
- Men’s event (community)
JULY
Daily
- Summer Bible reading plan (Scripture)
Weekly
- Attend church service for adults, youth, and children (corporate worship)
- Dream Team participation (service)
- Connection Groups (community)
- “Summer at Bridge City” events
Monthly
- Tithe (generosity)
- First Wednesday meeting (corporate worship and prayer)
AUGUST
Daily
- 21 Days of Prayer
- “Because You Prayed” devotional (Scripture)
Weekly
- Attend church service for adults, youth, and children (corporate worship)
- Dream Team participation (service)
Monthly
- Tithe (generosity)
- First Wednesday meeting (corporate worship and prayer)
SEPTEMBER
Weekly
- Attend church service for adults, youth, and children (corporate worship)
- Dream Team participation (service)
- Connection Groups (community)
Monthly
- Tithe (generosity)
- First Wednesday meeting (corporate worship and prayer)
- Baptism
- Invite someone to Welcome Home Sunday (testimonio)
OCTOBER
Weekly
- Attend church service for adults, youth, and children (corporate worship)
- Dream Team participation (service)
- Connection Groups (community)
Monthly
- Tithe (generosity)
- First Wednesday meeting (corporate worship and prayer)
- Invite someone to Family Fun Fest (testimony)
NOVEMBER
Weekly
- Attend church service for adults, youth, and children (corporate worship)
- Dream Team participation (service)
- Connection Groups (community)
Monthly
- Tithe (generosity)
- Vision Sunday (corporate worship and prayer)
- First Wednesday meeting (corporate worship and prayer)
- Women’s event (community)
- Men’s event (community)
- Invite someone to “At The Movies” (testimony)
DECEMBER
Weekly
- Attend church service for adults, youth, and children (corporate worship)
- Dream Team participation (service)
Monthly
- Tithe (generosity)
- Kingdom Builders offering (generosity)
- First Wednesday meeting (corporate worship and prayer)
- Operation Christmas Child (service)
- Bridge City serving team for Christmas (service)
- Invite someone to Christmas (testimony)
By Topic
Community
- Connection Groups
- Couples events
- Men´s events
- Women’s events
- Summer at Bridge City
Generosity
- Tithe
- Kingdom Builders offering
Prayer
- 21 Days of Fasting and Prayer
- 21 Days of Prayer
- First Wednesday meeting
Service
- Participation in the Dream Team
- Serve Day
- Operation Christmas Child
Corporate Worship
- Church services for adults, youth, and children
- First Wednesday meeting
- Vision Sunday
Fasting
- 21 Days of Fasting and Prayer
Scripture
- “Kingdom Come” devotional
- Summer Bible reading plan
- “Because You Prayed” devotional
Testimony
- Invite friends/family to church, events, Easter and Christmas services.
While the ideal is to integrate the 10 personal and corporate rhythms into your life, start with the 8 corporate rhythms we already practice at Bridge City Church.
- Prayer
- Scripture
- Service
- Testimony
- Community
- Corporate Worship
- Fasting
- Generosity
In scripture, Jesus tells us what it means to become a disciple:
“If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.”
— Matthew 16:24 (NLT)
Your path with Jesus is yours. No one can walk it for you, but you don’t have to do it alone either. By following the Bridge City Discipleship Process (BC-DP), we provide you with tools for your own journey.
A disciple is someone who spends time with Jesus, becomes more like Him, and lives as He lived.
Corporate rhythms are the first step: simple spiritual habits we practice together as a church to stay close to Jesus — and to each other.
The most powerful step you can take is to surround yourself with other Christians who also want to grow in their faith.
We meet on Sundays, in connection groups during the week, praying and serving together. Everyone contributes, and we all grow.
It’s like going to the gym: you take the first step, you advance at your own pace, and little by little, you see results. The best part is that three times a year, you can take an assessment to see your progress.
Further down you will find additional resources to support you on the way.
“Transformation is possible if we are willing to arrange our lives around the practices, rhythms, and truths that Jesus himself did, which will open our lives to God’s power to change. Said another way, we can be transformed if we are willing to be discipled by Jesus. Then and only then can we become the people we ache to be and live the lives we were destined for.”
Additional Resources
Reading the Bible
Worship Music
Fasting & Prayer
Baptism
Join the Dream Team
Connection Groups
Giving
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