Presbyterian Mission Agency wild goose festival Archives

‘Songs in the Key of Resistance’

Posted July 26th, 2024

“Kairos is an ancient Greek word, describing a time of great change when the old ways of the world are dying and new ones are struggling to be born,” said Pauline Pisano, organizer for the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice.

Appalachia’s song is a hymn, not an elegy

Posted July 19th, 2024

Appalachia has long captured the imaginations of missionaries and politicians in the history of the United States.

Gathering new communities of faith from the online to the wild

Posted July 17th, 2024

1001 New Worshiping Communities hosted a conversation for online and hybrid church leaders at the Wild Goose Festival in mid-July. Started in 2011, the four-day spirit, justice, music and arts festival took place at VanHoy Farms Family Campground in Union Grove, North Carolina.

Presbyterians and their friends gather under the Tent of Make Believe

Posted September 27th, 2023

Record high temperatures in July didn’t deter thousands of spiritual pilgrims from gathering in the western North Carolina mountains for four days of inspiring worship, book talks, panels, music and dancing — lots of dancing.

Presbyterians and their friends gather under the Tent of Make Believe

Posted August 11th, 2023

Record high temperatures in July didn’t deter thousands of spiritual pilgrims from gathering in the western North Carolina mountains for four days of inspiring worship, book talks, panels, music and dancing — lots of dancing.