Tag: Christmas

• Jan. 4 Gathering: Old Christmas

  

  Can the traditions of “Old Christmas” still hold meaning for us today?

  Joe

  January 2, 2026

  Gatherings

  Christmas, community, contemplation, conversation, darkness, epiphany, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, seasons, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins, winter

• Dec. 14 Gathering: Embracing the Dark (Advent 2025)

  

  Embracing the darkness of the Advent season

  Joe

  December 9, 2025

  Gatherings

  advent, Christmas, community, contemplation, conversation, darkness, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, seasons, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins, winter

• Christmas:Reimagined

  

  Is our celebration of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth just a religious observation? Or is it the beginning of a story about overturning the powers and principalities of empire?

  Joe

  December 24, 2022

  Gatherings

  Christmas, christmas eve, community, conversation, Faith, incarnation, Jesus, liberation, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, story, wineskins

• Dec. 4 Gathering: RENEW

  

  Can we have peace without first having renewal? And can renewal come without repentance?

  Joe

  November 30, 2022

  Gatherings

  advent, Christmas, community, conversation, Faith, Jesus, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, renew, repent, story, wineskins

• Christmas for Spiritual Exiles

  This Christmas, we invite you to join not just in the celebration of Christmas, but the challenge.

  Joe

  December 24, 2021

  Gatherings

  Christ, Christmas, christmas eve, community, conversation, Cosmic Christ, Faith, Jesus, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, story, video, wineskins

• (r)Advent Week 2: Peace

  If peace is possible, how are we ever supposed to get there? Are we too far gone to really bring about the Beloved Community?

  Joe

  December 1, 2021

  Gatherings

  (r)Advent, advent, beloved community, Christmas, community, conversation, Faith, Jesus, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, story, wineskins

• Immanuel

  This Christmas Eve, we invite you to join us in a special visual liturgy and community love feast in the progressive Wesleyan tradition as we gather virtually to reflect on the incarnation and the holy revelation of the divine within the material.

  Joe

  December 23, 2020

  Faith, Gatherings, Gospel

  Christmas, christmas eve, community, exile, hope, incarnation, liturgy, livelovemov, love feast, means of grace, movwineskins, pub church, pub theology, sacrament, spiritual exiles, virtual community, virtual liturgy, virtual pub, virtual pub church

• New Wineskins Advent 2020

  Advent is a story. Not just a story that happened but one that still happens. It’s a story of the divine breaking into humanity. It’s a story of how things are and the possibilities of what things can become.

  Joe

  November 24, 2020

  Gatherings

  advent, advent 2020, Christmas, incarnation, Jesus, liturgy, livelovemov, love, movwineskins, narrative, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, spiritual exiles, story, virtual liturgy, virtual pub, virtual pub church

• Dec. 22 Gathering: BEER & CAROLS!

  We love Christmas carols! We love beer! We love caring for our community! It’s a match made in yuletide heaven!

  Joe

  December 16, 2019

  Faith

  advent, beer & hymns, Christmas, family, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology

• Dec. 8 Gathering: Advent as a time of welcoming darkness

  We often talk about Advent as a season of waiting for the light.But what if, while we were waiting, we learned to welcome the darkness?

  Joe

  December 5, 2019

  Faith, Gospel

  advent, Christmas, darkness, light, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology