A Look Into Solidarity's Spiritual Formation Nights
The first Wednesday night of every month Solidarity invites everyone to something we call Spiritual Formation. There is time and space set aside to simply be with God, to get to know Him better, and to listen for His voice. When Solidarity was first founded, we were a bunch of college students who just wanted to love others in ways that drew them closer to Christ. So we created a bunch of different programs in order to foster relationships of love with people in our neighborhoods. The organization got good at loving others but there was so much more missing. We were a group of people who were “do-ers.”
The original need of Spiritual Formation nights when it started a few years ago, was to help the Solidarity staff learn how to rest and abide with God. The staff, at that time, was about doing the things of Jesus, but we needed to work at learning to be with God. We discovered that the crucial aspects of following Jesus were to love God, love others, be loved by God, and to allow ourselves to be loved by others. These four values are the basis of our Spiritual Formation nights. We hope that these four values start to become a natural rhythm in the lives of everyone who participates with Solidarity.
Every first Wednesday night of the month we invite you to journey with us as we attempt to love God, love others, be loved by God, and allow ourselves to be loved by others within every aspect of our lives. We want to love God within our jobs, be loved by God when we are dropping the kids off at day care, take time to accept love when we’re out to lunch with friends, and love others as we stroll down the aisle at the supermarket. During Spiritual Formation we seek to make these four values to be a lifestyle as a community.
Kevin Mo-Wong, Church Development Director