On January 6-8, we gathered at Norwich Lake in Connecticut for a weekend focused on the theme “Grounded.” We played ice-breakers, we worshiped, we listened to teachings, we played ultimate frisbee in the snow, we attended workshops, and we renewed old friendships and made new friends. Below are the teachings from the weekend. (Thanks Matthew Read more about Revive 2023 Teachings[…]
On January 7-9, we gathered at Woodstock, Connecticut for a weekend focused on the theme “Community.” We played ice-breakers, we worshiped, we listened to teachings, we played floor hockey, we attended workshops, and we renewed old friendships and made new friends. Below are the teachings from the weekend. (Thanks Matthew Elton for recording these and Read more about Revive 2022 Teachings[…]
As our society increases in polarization and ideological tribalism, it’s easy to become thin-skinned, taking offense at the slightest remark. Even certain words can trigger us to explode in outrage and vitriol. What are we to do? Should we cloister ourselves in echo chambers, surrounded by those who already agree with us? Should we listen Read more about 374 I’m Offended (Sean Finnegan)[…]
On January 3-5, more than eighty young adults gathered in Woodstock, Connecticut for a weekend focused on the theme “Fight for Peace.” We played ice-breakers, we worshiped, we listened to teachings, we played floor hockey and dodge ball, we attended workshops, and we renewed old friendships and made new friends. Revive 2020 focused a great Read more about Revive 2020 Teachings[…]
Revive is a high energy weekend for young adults (20 and older) spent learning about God and praising him. It’s a time to meet new friends and reconnect with old ones. It’s a time to deepen your understanding as well as break through issues that are holding you back. It’s a time to get prayer Read more about Revive 2020[…]
Like Job, the book of Ecclesiastes wrestles with anomalies to the general principles of wisdom contained in much of the bible. Sometimes our world functions in chaotic and unpredictable ways. Sometimes the race is not won by the swift, nor the battle by the strong, nor bread harvested by the wise, nor riches acquired by Read more about 296 Ecclesiastes: Meaningful Life (Victor Gluckin)[…]
On January 4-6, eighty of us gathered in Woodstock, Connecticut for a weekend focused on the theme “Wisdom.” We sang, we cried, we laughed, we played floor hockey, we warmed ourselves by the fire, we renewed old friendships and made new friends, and we heard inspiring and practical bible teachings drawn from the bible’s wisdom Read more about Revive 2019 Teachings and Music[…]
Each year the first weekend of January we have a revival weekend at the YMCA in Woodstock, Connecticut for young adults (20 years old and over). Our theme this year (January 4-6, 2019) is “Wisdom” and we’ll be focusing on the wisdom literature in the bible, including Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes. Here is our theme Read more about Revive 2019[…]
How do you deal with difficult people? Jesus teaches us that there’s nothing noteworthy about showing love to those who love us. Rather, he says we are to be like God who sends rain on the just and the wicked. He calls us to love annoying people, boring people, monopolizing people, vengeful people, shallow people, Read more about 131 Love without Limits (Victor Gluckin)[…]
On January 5-7, seventy-five of us gathered to spend a weekend focused on the theme “Glorious Love.” We sang, we cried, we laughed, we played hungry hungry hippos, we played floor hockey, we had a panel discussion, we warmed ourselves by a fire, we renewed old friendships and made new friends, and we heard Read more about Revive 2018 Sermons[…]