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Community Convos: Earthing
* Wear flip flops or slip ons to this conversation*
*Bring a journal*
Part 1: Questions to Ponder
When was the last time your bare feet touched the ground outside?
Throughout your life what has this been like for you to connect with the earth?
Part 2: Earthing 101 Activity
Part 3: Journal 10-15 minutes
Part 4: Discussion
The Gathering
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Want to join us on Zoom? Sign up for our email list! The link is emailed one hour before The Gathering!
The Gathering
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Want to join us on Zoom? Sign up for our email list! The link is emailed one hour before The Gathering!
Queer Book Club: Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • STONEWALL HONOR BOOK • LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST
"You have to read this.” —Rainbow Rowell, bestselling author of Eleanor & Park and Carry On
From the New York Times bestselling author of Every Day, this love story of shared humanity and history Hypable calls "an interconnecting web that will leave you emotionally exhausted and absolutely thrilled to have read something so beautiful and unique."
Based on true events—and narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS—Two Boys Kissing follows Harry and Craig, two seventeen-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record. While the two increasingly dehydrated and sleep-deprived boys are locking lips, they become a focal point in the lives of other teens dealing with universal questions of love, identity, and belonging.
Dinner Gathering
Our Dinner Gatherings are held at 5:00pm in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church on the First Sunday of each month. All are welcome at the table!
The Gathering
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Want to join us on Zoom? Sign up for our email list! The link is emailed one hour before The Gathering!
Community Convos: Water
Part 1: Questions to Ponder
Why is water important to you?
Do you have any life changing events water was a symbol in your life?
Do you think water is important?
Part 2: The Spring: Charity Water's Story
Part 3: Discussion after The Spring
The Gathering
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Want to join us on Zoom? Sign up for our email list! The link is emailed one hour before The Gathering!
The Gathering
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Want to join us on Zoom? Sign up for our email list! The link is emailed one hour before The Gathering!
Queer Book Club: Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • “A glorious sweep of a novel” (Ann Patchett) that weaves the intimate lives of two midwestern families across generations, from World War II to the late twentieth century.
“Mesmerizing.”—People
“Captivating.”—The New York Times Book Review
“A once-in-a-decade novel . . . I fell in love with these characters.”—Jenna Bush Hager
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, NPR, People, Minnesota Star Tribune, New York Post, Chicago Public Library
LONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE
That, as he saw it now, was his life’s work: trying to make right what he’d gotten wrong. Wasn’t that a fair measure of a person, what they did with their mistakes?
In the jubilant aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe, Cal Jenkins, a man wounded not in war but by his inability to serve in it, shares a single, life-altering moment with Margaret Salt, a woman determined to outrun her past. Cal is married to Becky, whose spiritual gifts help the living speak to the dead, while Margaret’s husband, Felix, is serving at sea, believed to be safe—until a telegram suggests otherwise.
What begins as a fleeting transgression becomes a complex secret that irrevocably binds all four of them in unexpected ways. As their small Ohio town remakes itself in the postwar boom, the Salt and Jenkins families remain in each other’s orbit, and the consequences of choices made long ago begin to emerge, reshaping their lives in ways that will forever impact the next generation.
Sweeping yet intimate, resplendent with moments of deep emotion and unforgettable characters, Buckeye is a transportive story of love, loyalty, sacrifice, and forgiveness.
The Gathering
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Want to join us on Zoom? Sign up for our email list! The link is emailed one hour before The Gathering!
The Gathering
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Want to join us on Zoom? Sign up for our email list! The link is emailed one hour before The Gathering!
Queer Book Club: The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
After a storm has killed off all the island's men, two women in a 1600s Norwegian coastal village struggle to survive against both natural forces and the men who have been sent to rid the community of alleged witchcraft.
Finnmark, Norway, 1617. Twenty-year-old Maren Magnusdatter stands on the craggy coast, watching the sea break into a sudden and reckless storm. Forty fishermen, including her brother and father, are drowned and left broken on the rocks below. With the menfolk wiped out, the women of the tiny Northern town of Vardø must fend for themselves.
Three years later, a sinister figure arrives. Absalom Cornet comes from Scotland, where he burned witches in the northern isles. He brings with him his young Norwegian wife, Ursa, who is both heady with her husband's authority and terrified by it. In Vardø, and in Maren, Ursa sees something she has never seen before: independent women. But Absalom sees only a place untouched by God and flooded with a mighty evil.
As Maren and Ursa are pushed together and are drawn to one another in ways that surprise them both, the island begins to close in on them with Absalom's iron rule threatening Vardø's very existence.
Inspired by the real events of the Vardø storm and the 1620 witch trials, The Mercies is a feminist story of love, evil, and obsession, set at the edge of civilization.
Dinner Gathering with Cornelius Presbyterian Church
Our Dinner Gatherings are held at 5:00pm in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church on the First Sunday of each month. All are welcome at the table!
The Gathering
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Want to join us on Zoom? Sign up for our email list! The link is emailed one hour before The Gathering!
'Tawba Walk Arts & Music Festival
Twice per year, the streets of Old Town Cornelius transform into a high-energy, open-air festival bursting with local flavor. From 100+ artists and makers to food trucks, live music on multiple stages, and family-friendly fun—Tawba Walk is Cornelius' flagship community celebration.
More information here: https://www.tawbawalk.com/
Stop by and see us at the Inclusion Community table!
Community Convos: Show and Tell
Bring 3 items that bring value to your life and share their story.
This group meets on the third Tuesday evening of the month at 7:00 PM at The Hut. We will live and discuss difficult topics together. Please bring a snack to share along with your own beverage.
The Gathering
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Want to join us on Zoom? Sign up for our email list! The link is emailed one hour before The Gathering!
Spruce the Hut
This week, we will take some time to clean up inside and outside our Gathering space, Th Hut. Bring your gloves and energy for some spring cleaning!
Our Sunday gatherings are usually held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Want to join us on Zoom? Sign up for our email list! The link is emailed one hour before The Gathering!
Queer Book Club: Martyr by Kaveh Akbar
Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father’s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past—toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and toward his mother, through a painting discovered in a Brooklyn art gallery that suggests she may not have been who or what she seemed.
Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others.
Reviews
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • ATIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR • A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.
“Kaveh Akbar is one of my favorite writers. Ever.” —Tommy Orange, Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of There There
“The best novel you'll ever read about the joy of language, addiction, displacement, martyrdom, belonging, homesickness.” —Lauren Groff, best-selling author of Matrix and Fates and Furies
Dinner Gathering: Easter Sunday
Our Dinner Gatherings are held at 5:00pm in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church on the First Sunday of each month. All are welcome at the table!
The Gathering: Interfaith Series-Buddhism with Special Guest
This Sunday we will be welcoming, Davidson College Buddhist Chaplain, Ivan Mayerhofer! He’ll be joining us to lead a conversation about Buddhism and the Buddhist monk’s walk for peace that was such an inspiration.
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Want to join us on Zoom? Sign up for our email list! The link is emailed one hour before The Gathering!
The Gathering: Interfaith Series-Islam
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Want to join us on Zoom? Sign up for our email list! The link is emailed one hour before The Gathering!
Community Convos: March Music Madness
Come with two of your favorite songs in mind and a journal to take notes. We will listen and view music videos or lyrics together, then take a few minutes to journal between each song and then have a discussion at the end.
This group will meet on the third Tuesday evening of the month at 7:00 PM at The Hut. We will live and discuss difficult topics together. Please bring a snack to share along with your own beverage.
The Gathering: Interfaith Series-Judaism
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Want to join us on Zoom? Sign up for our email list! The link is emailed one hour before The Gathering!
The Gathering: Interfaith Series-Hinduism
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Want to join us on Zoom? Sign up for our email list! The link is emailed one hour before The Gathering!
Queer Book Club: Melissa by Alex Gino
When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.
Melissa thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. Melissa really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part... because she's a boy.
With the help of her best friend, Kelly, Melissa comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte -- but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all.
Reviews
Praise for Melissa:
Winner of the Stonewall Award
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award
A Children's Choice Book Award
"Profound, moving, and -- as Charlotte would say -- radiant, this book will stay with anyone lucky enough to find it." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Warm, funny, and inspiring." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
First Tuesday of Every Month
Meets at The Hut (located behind Cornelius Presbyterian Church)
Age group: 18+
Read the book and come join the discussion.
Dinner Gathering
Our Dinner Gatherings are held at 5:00pm in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church on the First Sunday of each month. All are welcome at the table!
The Gathering
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Community Convos: Maya Angelou
Tonight we will watch a few clips from Maya Angelou’s life and discuss some of her great works as a poet, writer, and Civil Rights Activist.
This group will meet on the third Tuesday evening of the month at 7:00 PM at The Hut. We will live and discuss difficult topics together. Please bring a snack to share along with your own beverage.
The Gathering
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
The Gathering
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.
Queer Book Club: Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In an age of miracles where our greatest heroes from history have magically, unexplainably returned to shake us out of our confusion and hate, Harriet Tubman is back, and she has a lot to say.
Harriet Tubman and four of the enslaved persons she led to freedom want to tell their story in a unique way. Harriet wants to create a hip-hop album and live show about her life, and she needs a songwriter to help her.
She calls upon Darnell, a once successful hip-hop producer who was topping the charts before being outed on a BET talk show. Darnell has no idea what to expect when he steps into the studio with Harriet, only that they have a short period of time to write a legendary album she can take on the road. Over the course of their time together, they not only create music that will take the country by storm, but confront the horrors of both their pasts, and learn to find a way to a better future.
Original, evocative, and historic, Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert is a landmark achievement that will burrow deep into our hearts (and ears).
Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books of 2025 by Pride • Best New Books of Spring 2025 by Bustle • Most Anticipated Books of 2025 by LitHub • Biggest Books of March by Book Riot • Most Anticipated Books of March by Goodreads
Featuring two new songs written for the audiobook and performed by Bob the Drag Queen!
“Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert is magnificent! I want to send to the folks who do the Nobel Prize for Literature. I don’t know them, but I want them to read this!” —Whoopi Goldberg
“It’s a knockout.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“An emotional exploration of religion, external and internalized homophobia, the pressure of progressing Black liberation, and the importance of revisiting the past.” —New York magazine
From RuPaul’s Drag Race winner, Traitors contestant, and host of HBO’s We’re Here comes an inventive, wondrous novel about American hero Harriet Tubman that remixes history into a fresh, dynamic novel about love, freedom, salvation, and hip-hop.
First Tuesday of Every Month
Meets at The Hut (located behind Cornelius Presbyterian Church)
Age group: 18+
Read the book and come join the discussion.
The Gathering Online
Inclement Weather Notice
We will not have our monthly Dinner Gathering on Feb 1. Join us on Zoom for The Gathering at 9:00 am.
We will not meet in person.
We hope to see you online Sunday! Stay safe, stay warm.
The Gathering Online
Inclement Weather Notice
The Gathering will be online only this Sunday. We will not meet in person.
We hope to see you online Sunday! Stay safe, stay warm.
Our Sunday gatherings are held at 9:00am on Zoom and in person at The Hut/Cornelius Presbyterian Church except for the First Sunday of each month when we have Dinner Gathering at 5:00pm.