by Eilidh Lowery | Apr 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
This week I find myself surrounded by flowers. Some I bought for myself, some from friends, and some from parishioners. I love flowers, and at one point in my life I bought myself flowers every week for the dining room table. Cats who ate flowers and knocked over...
by Eilidh Lowery | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sellwood Faith Community has always been about experimenting and adapting as we try to follow God’s call in our neighborhood. We’ve always had gatherings for meals as the heart of our community, but over the 7 years we have been doing this work in this place we’ve...
by Eilidh Lowery | Apr 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
I keep saying that I’m fine. My family is healthy. We are all still employed. We have a lovely home to stay in and a nice neighborhood for walks. And yet last week when I went up to church on my day to check the mail and messages I found myself standing at the doors...
by Eilidh Lowery | Apr 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Recently I saw a news story about people in Ohio still gathering for church. Those interviewed in their cars leaving the service all proclaimed the same sentiment, that because they were washed in the blood of Jesus they were protected from the coronavirus. This is...
by Eilidh Lowery | Apr 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
I have a church member who is on hospice and I can’t sit with her. My daughter is not going to experience her high school’s traditional versus assembly where the classes compete against each other. I don’t get to chat with my fellow school board members over dinner...
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