Category: Faith
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Nov. 15 Gathering: Revolutionary Gratitude
What if we began to see gratitude not just as a private emotion, but as a revolutionary force that could change the world for the better?
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Nov. 8 Gathering: The Road to Emmaus Revisited
This week at New Wineskins, we’ll take a fresh look at the story of the Emmaus Road from Luke 24:13-35 and see how it might reframe our cultural narrative in this time of tension and divisiveness.
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Nov. 1 Gathering: An All Saints Day Virtual Litany of Hope
Join us this Sunday, Nov. 1, for an All Saints Day Litany of Hope in the New Wineskins Virtual Pub. Through visual liturgy and personal storytelling, we’ll talk about where we, as individuals and a community, experience hope despite being surrounded by hopelessness.
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Spiritual Practices Survey
We want to learn more about the spiritual practices that define the New Wineskins faith community and how we engage intentionally in public theology in the various spaces we inhabit. Whether you attend our online gatherings regularly, periodically, or have just joined us once or twice, we’d like to hear about the spiritual practices with…
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Oct. 18 Gathering: Faith or Superstition?
This week at New Wineskins, we’ll dive into the question of authentic faith and superstition, asking where we draw those lines and how we might transcend belief systems that can, at worst, become antithetical to the Way of the Christ.
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Oct. 11 Gathering: Colonizing Appalachia and the “Holler Gospel” with Brad Davis
This week at New Wineskins, we’ll welcome our friend Rev. Brad Davis, a United Methodist pastor serving a congregation deep in the coalfields of West Virginia, for a conversation about coalfield justice and a movement he is birthing called “The Holler Gospel.”
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Oct. 4 Gathering: World Communion, St. Francis, and the Universal Christ
If you’re looking to discover or re-discover something holy, but traditional “church” isn’t for you, we might be just the community you’ve been hoping for.
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Sept. 13 Gathering: Wilderness
What if we thought of “wilderness” not so much as a suffering to be discharged, but as a necessary challenge without which no growth can come?
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Sept. 6 Gathering: The holiness of work
As we gather together this Labor Day weekend, we at New Wineskins want to celebrate the holiness of work and the various labor movements that have and continue to fight for the rights of working class people around the world.
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Aug. 30 Gathering: Staying Courageous
This week at New Wineskins, we’ll have some open dialogue about how we can remain courageous in the midst of our shared struggles. We’ll talk about how we can look beyond the simplistic platitudes of religion to find the strength we need to carry on and move forward despite feeling overwhelmed.