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Fall Equals New Life

Fall is not necessarily a season we associate with new life, but it definitely is a time of new life in the Southeast Portland Parish. This is the season when all of our programs start back up and we launch new things. We are lucky to have Jayde Dunkerley as the half...

Another Spin On The Coaster

A year ago I was posting about how excited I was to be starting a new phase of the SFC adventure with the development of the Southeast Portland Parish, a creative collaboration between the Sellwood Faith Community and Trinity United Methodist Church.   I was delighted...

Finding Rest

After almost 9 weeks off I am on day two of being back at work. It was so nice to be away during a much needed period of doing not much else other than being myself.  This was especially true during our three weeks in Scotland with one of the people I love best in the...

Hand-Me-Downs

  8/8/18   Last Sunday evening at the Sellwood Faith Community our table included two huge, half-eaten cartons of potato salad and macaroni salad. They were leftovers from the group of 50 youth Jeff Lowery was working with last week in his role as director...

Connections

8/1/18 As I write this, I’m sitting at Wallowa Lake United Methodist Camp, surrounded by the amazing Wallowa Mountains. The shouts of young people are ringing out, as the camp hosts a group of about 60 teenagers from Lapwai, Idaho (seat of tribal government for the...