Category: Faith
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Aug. 23 Gathering: Prayers for Spiritual Exiles
This week at New Wineskins, we’ll talk about prayer—what it is, what it isn’t, and how we might reimagine the purpose and practice of prayer, both privately and corporately.
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There’s something happening here… Aug. 9 Gathering: Protest Art
This week at New Wineskins we’ll view, listen to, and discuss various forms of protest art—music, poetry, and visual art forms—from the perspective of how they impact us both individually and as a faith community.
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July 26 Gathering: Opening ourselves to Love
This Sunday at New Wineskins we’ll engage with Thomas Merton and Howard Thurmond to discuss what we mean when we say God is Love.
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July 19 Gathering: Is unknowing the path to knowing?
What if the path to real enlightenment is not in knowing, but in unknowing? Not in certainty, but in doubt?
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July 12 Gathering: Can we still be Christians?
As New Wineskins returns to Sundays this week, we’ll have a conversation about what it means to be a Christian in the world today, in America in particular, and in our own local contexts.
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June 22 Gathering: Pride Month Celebration with Jeanne Peters of OutMOV
June 22 marks our community’s celebration of Pride Month as we welcome OutMOV president Jeanne Peters as our guest speaker!
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June 15 Gathering: Storytelling with Drew Willard
Biblical storytelling is a unique way to encounter and humanize the scriptures. This week, Rev. Drew Willard, a semi-retired pastor in the United Church of Christ, will walk us through a fun and fascinating look into the story of Jonah.
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Why are you cast down, O my soul?
In this time of tension between continued social distancing and economic & community restarting, many of us may feel the strain for which the psalms of lament give voice.