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The Sandbox — Fabric On Sundays and in Groups!

We begin a new series today: “The Sandbox.”

What if we could recognize the walls we’ve inherited or built are actually just lines drawn in sand? And what if many of the things of life, relationships, or even “faith” were more like that too— sandboxes rather than fortresses?

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Get to know Peter Mayer, Mayyadda, Ellis Delaney, and Derek Webb before they play live for you on Sundays this March!

Here’s a primer playlist:

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Cannot wait.

This feels like a good moment to enjoy music, be with others, and get out of our own heads a bit, doesn’t it?

If you agree, and want to try something new out, come by Field Elementary in Mpls every Sunday this month at 10:30!

Free shows. Life woven deeply. Church for the rest of us.

YouTube video by Ian McConnell Fabric Present: DEEPER, a music series in March 2025 🎶✨ | #Minneapolis #LiveMusic #Community

Really excited to announce the lineup for the “DEEPER” series with @fabricmpls.bsky.social

✨ Peter Mayer
✨ Mayyadda
✨ Ellis Delaney
✨ Derek Webb

Sundays at 10:30 am (free!) at Field Elementary in MPLS.

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Fabric is church, for the rest of us.

Announcing: FabricTV+ series, and Fabric Film Festival! — Fabric What does it mean to live honestly? To take an honest look at ourselves, and our relationships with all others, and with God? Put together a team and make a film about it— this is all about creativity...

Read a bit more here (now with alllll the links embedded!) www.fabricmpls.com/blog/2025/2/...

"Fabric Film Fest" Team Registration! Use this form to register your team by February 20! What does it mean to be honest? Is honesty always about telling the truth, or is it sometimes about what we choose to reveal? Does honesty bring fr...

Register yourself or a team here by Feb 20 (film submissions aren't due until Feb 28):

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Announcing: 🎬 FABRIC FILM FESTIVAL 🍿

🎥 We'd love to see what you and some friends can do with 5-7 minutes of screening time... register yourself or a team for our March 2 event (link in the next post).

Change the conversation. Submit your film. It'll be worth it, honest.

We're eager to begin our next Sunday morning series this Sunday (February 2):

"FabricTV+" will explore the theme of HONESTY. What happens when we take an honest look at ourselves, and our relationships with all others and with God?

During week 1, we'll dive into "The Good Place." See you there!

Whether it's new-age "manifesting" or praying to a god of cash & prizes, there's an underlying assumption that we need to achieve divine approval to gain worthiness.

What would it be like to trust that what we need has already been given to us, and that we can rest into the seasonality of life?

What's your experience with "manifesting?" Our curiosity is piqued by this recent pop-spirituality phenomena... and how similar it can feel to prayer to a vending-machine god.

We're in our "wintering era" as Fabric... maybe it's worth wondering about what has already been made manifest?

Straddling the "Divide" between Sacred and Secular — Fabric It doesn’t take much scrolling through social media or flipping through headlines to notice a growing tension around religion and spirituality, On one hand, you’ve got rigid institutions digging their...

Is the so-called "sacred-secular divide" worth the power it's given by both religious communities and critics of religious organizations? It seems like a bit of a false choice... maybe everything is sacred, and nothing is all that "holy." Maybe God is in all of it. www.fabricmpls.com/blog/2025/1/...

🗓️ Jan 12: “Give Up Manifesting”

Much of the popular “manifesting” language lately sounds similar to televangelist prayers to a vending-machine god. How can we re-think this trend in both pop-christianity & pseudo-spiritual materialism w/ consideration for what has *already* been made manifest? 🤔

It’s a new year, but do you get the feeling you’re being encouraged to find something new by grinding away in the same old ruts? Rather than denying our own seasonality and working so hard in the winter, what would it be like to “Give Up” and be embraced by the gifts of cozy, slow, dark, stillness?

Who Gives a Fig — Fabric On Sundays and in Groups!

Let’s get into it.

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Does it feel to you that most calls for “peace” are actually a call for control, at great cost to others?

That’s a kind of peace I can’t buy into.

Who gives a fig for peace without space for conflict?

What are your favorite non-churchy churches or communities or projects? We’d like to learn alongside them!

We’re an 18-year-old experiment rooted in South Minneapolis and out of the #ELCA.

We value choosing connection, sharing warmth, thinking big, braving uncertainty, and whimsifying wherever we can!

Can’t wait to connect with you, if you’d like to.

Hi! Fabric here.

We’re church, for the rest of us. Church for people who don’t like church. A community for those giving up on God or the Church.

However you label us, we’re so glad to be in this space to tell a bit about our story. To learn about yours. To recognize divine love in all of it. 🫶♥️🏳️‍🌈