Villages

Instead of making our Sunday Gathering the focal point of what we do, the primary venue for life in The City Church is “Villages,” or intentional communities on mission, who meet in homes, coffee shops, and pubs in various parts of Fort Worth. Then we have multiple “focus areas” of Fort Worth, which each Village seeks to engage and restore. The basic idea is that everyone in The City Church will find a Village near your home, as it best fits your schedule. In these intergenerational Villages, we do what the church did in Acts 2: we share a meal together, talk about life, spend time in biblical encouragement, pray for each other, and meet each others’ needs as they arise. On a regular basis, each Village will vary from its usual structure and spend our weekly time serving our community and loving our neighbors together, carrying out local mission.

[*HAVE KIDS? Some Villages provide KidCity for children; those Villages will say “KidCity provided” when you click-through to the map]

> Find a Village near you

All-Church Gatherings

Realizing there is unity and beauty when the entire church body gathers, and knowing the biblical mandate for preaching, communion, etc, The City Church gathers together every other week, Sunday evenings at 6pm [see the schedule here]. All the Villages come together at Four Day Weekend Theater in the heart of downtown Fort Worth, for “family celebrations”: we celebrate God through song, prayer, and creed; we celebrate God’s word through preaching; we celebrate Christ’s finished work through communion; and we celebrate God’s work in our church family through sharing what he’s doing in our lives.

> Parking/Getting Around:

• The Four Day Weekend Theater is at 312 Houston St, between 2nd and 3rd St. The entrance is just north of The Reata.
• Park FOR FREE in the parking garage whose entrance is on 3rd St, between Taylor and Throckmorton.
• Depending on parking lot closures (which vary week to week), you might be able to park FOR FREE in the lot on between 4th & 5th St., between Houston & Main.
• OR, if you want to roll high-class, the Reata offers valet parking, curbside in front of Four Day Weekend! [*HAVE KIDS? Valet is free for families with children under the age of 5*]
• We recommend arriving no later than 15 minutes early in order to make sure you get parked and settled into Four Day Weekend on time

> Map & parking for All-Church Gatherings

SERVE Weeks

Since regular “church life” happens in your Village, once every 4-6 weeks we don’t hold an All-Church Gathering; instead, we worship in a way long-forgotten in the American church: instead of singing, preaching, and sharing together (“gathered worship,” or “worshipping in,” if you will), we instead worship “out,” or “scattered,” through loving our neighbors. In other words, we SERVE, seeking the welfare of our city, loving the proverbial widows and orphans in our midst, and showing glimpses of the gospel through beautifying run-down parts of our city. Practically, we throw block parties for our neighbors, invite co-workers and classmates over for dinner, clean up a park, mow elderly neighbors’ yard then eat dinner with them, serve at a homeless shelter, or any number of other opportunities. The point is not to “evangelize” folks, but to build relationships with them – seeing them as people, not projects – and letting God do what he will through us.

> See our calendar for upcoming SERVE Weeks

Other Events

In addition to our regular gatherings, The City Church hosts community events, classes/seminars, weekend events, student/college-specific events, men’s/women’s events, and more. Many events in The City Church happen at our Samuels Ave Building, at 715 Samuels Ave, 76102. Click below for map/directions.

> See our calendar for upcoming City Church events

> Click here for info/directions for our Samuels Ave Building