New City Resources

An Essay on Knoxville Culture
By Kenny Woodhull
Occasioned by a Request to Contribute to Knoxville Salt & Light Guidebook (2009)
Describing the culture of Knoxville is akin to asking the proverbial blind men to describe an elephant. One man, grasping the trunk, says an elephant is like a large hose. Another, holding the tail, declares an elephant resembles a [...]

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New City Friends,
After ten years of fruitful ministry in Knoxville’s Old City, New City has entered anew season.
Since 1998, by God’s grace and with the help of an amazing army of artists, musicians, and volunteers we were able to cultivate a sense of Christian community in the heart of a struggling section of downtown among a diverse group of [...]

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Dear Friends,
After nearly ten years of work in Knoxville’s Old City District, New City is pleased to announce a merging of interests in the form of a new partnership in historic downtown Knoxville’s Market Square, opening Fall 2007.
Since 1997, and in two different locations, New City has cultivated a sense of community among faith-based artists [...]

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Typically, around Christmas, I spend way too much time complaining about how materialism in America subverts the truth of God’s incarnation and diminishes our capacity to appreciate the depths of His relentless love for us.
In fact, the bewildering beauty of the Kingdom crashing into our world is rarely glimpsed by dwelling on the counterfeit. This I am learning, and [...]

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Thanks for visiting New City. There is a lot going on this Fall-in what is our ninth year in Knoxville’s Old City.  As usual, we have a good mix of local, regional, and national musical artists coming through the Café. Sandra McCracken, Andrew Peterson (with special guest, Jill Phillips), Jonah Werner, Shaun Groves, Derek Webb, Ryan [...]

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