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Work of the People

Liturgy is the stuff of our gatherings as a church. It’s the pattern of how we respond to the divine. In most traditional churches liturgy refers to the prayers and words of worship, the order and form of the gathering. The word comes from two greek words which...

I Don’t Want To

We are in a season of systems shift here at the Parish.  We’re hammering out the business plan for Steele Street School. We have a team in place to engage in pieces of the work, but at the and of the day it falls to me to complete and finalize the plan and I don’t...

Spiritual Engagement

For a long time we’ve been thinking about how to engage the hundreds of people who walk by the Sellwood Faith Community House each week. We’ve tried a few short term, interactive projects which were successful, but our front yard now has a new permanent...

Making it Work

The church has long been built on a system of tithing. People in the congregations give to the institution.  These gifts pay for the lights and heat, for the pastor’s salary, for the curriculum for Sunday School, for programs with our neighbors, and more.  This...

The Holiness of Listening

Listening to the tradition behind the things that make a community of faith unique is one of the best gifts of ministry. This past week I was fortunate to attend a meeting about Trinity’s annual Christmas Bazaar. Over the meeting we talked about venders, soup,...