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| This is our daughter when she was two. This blog is not nearly as cute. |
2 years ago we started documenting our journey with this blog. In that time we’ve had 83 posts and just under 12,600 page views. That means on average 150 people read each blog. Not a very big number compared to some blogs, but enough to show that the work we are doing has a wider impact beyond Sellwood.
We write to inspire others, to share our story, to offer hope about faith, and to be held accountable. We try to write a weekly post, usually on Mondays that captures our latest learning or newest information about the work of the new start we call the Sellwood Faith Community. I have had lots of people talk to me about the ideas, failures, challenges, hopes, and successes we have shared here. I’m glad that we are helping add to the conversation about the church and faith these days.
We also write as a way of saying thank you to everyone who helped us get this far. This new church start may be the vision that God has given to Jeff and I, but it was formed and made possible by countless others. I think often of the many faithful that built the Sellwood United Methodist Church and the parsonage where we now live. Without their past efforts we would not be here. The people who have donated to the new start fund for our regional body have also made our new start possible. As have all the people who have encouraged us, trained us, challenged us, and inspired us over the years.
I called the blog lab notes from an experiment in church, because I truly feel like we are sharing the research we are doing in this community. Writing keeps we accountable to where we have been and where we are going and helps me to document all the changes and lessons along the way.
Thank you for being part of this experiment.
-Eilidh
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