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Feb. 8 Gathering: Enslaved by Freedom?
pond5.com As Americans, we enjoy the idea that we have broad guarantees to wide-ranging personal freedoms. In fact, there’s little we can imagine doing that we can’t do. Our individual rights are...
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March 8 Gathering: Open Forum
It’s Open Forum week at New Wineskins! Our March 8 gathering will be open to whatever topics you’d like to discuss. So what’s on your mind? What questions are you struggling to answer? What issues need...
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June 14 Gathering: “Way, Truth, Life”
This Week we visit The Greenhouse of St. Marys, WV!* “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” — John 14:6 (NIV) Are these words from Jesus, as many...
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July 26 Gathering: What are we afraid of?
pond5.com “Do not be afraid.” “Fear not.” It’s one of the most common phrases in scripture (although, despite popular internet memes, it doesn’t show up anywhere near 365 times–once for each day of the...
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Dec. 6 Gathering: Reading the Bible through the lens of oppression
It’s a familiar story. A beaten man writhes alongside a well-traveled road. Robbed. Naked. Unclean. The first two passersby choose religious piousness over service. Their law demands purity. The...
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March 13 Gathering: Open Forum / Q&A
Lots of people have lots of questions about the Bible. It’s only natural. Despite the claims of some fundamentalists, the Bible is anything but clear in regard to any number of issues. Not only do we...
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May 15 Gathering: Pentecost
We talk a lot in Christianity about the Trinity, the three-in-one nature of God that includes Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in some sort of mysterious dynamic interplay. Each is believed to be unique,...
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Oct. 16 Gathering: “The Dreams You Encourage Them to Have”
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Marry and...
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Dec. 11 Gathering: Have Yourself A Subversive Little Christmas
Mary and Joseph with the child Jesus in the Manger of the crib at Christmas Ah, Christmas. Hymns and caroling, cocoa and candlelight. Baby Jesus lying in a manger. Angels singing. It’s the most...
View ArticleAug. 7 Gathering: Fragility at the Center
Is it possible to build community that centers the marginalized without colonizing their spaces? It’s a difficult question, especially for those of us who have historically found ourselves in...
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