by Eilidh Lowery | Apr 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
This season we are focusing on practices of healing. We are exploring and creating ways to tend our souls after 2 years of pandemic, wrestling with the fall out of climate change, navigating our deeply divided political life, grieving the rise of gun violence in our...
by Eilidh Lowery | Apr 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
This week one of the things I get to work on is dissolving the Sellwood Faith Community Corporation. This is simply a financial hoop we have to jump through The Parish is not going anywhere, and both Trinity and SFC are strong components of this new expression. Back...
by Eilidh Lowery | Apr 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
This week we get to sing some of my favorite hymns. I can remember singing these songs surrounded by people at the church where I grew up. I can picture the Garners sitting in front of us, Randy’s lovely voice ringing out. I remember Easter in Spain, the same...
by Eilidh Lowery | Apr 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last week as I looked out at the gathering on Sunday morning I felt sad. There were 15 of us in the Sanctuary and it just felt like not enough. A visitor had made some cutting remarks about there being “no one” at worship. And suddenly our gathering seemed...
by Eilidh Lowery | Mar 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
For Lent this year I have been wearing the same bracelet every day. It’s basically like a purple shoelace with a silver tree charm in the middle. Someone gave it to me a while back and I decided to save it for the season of Lent. It’s a great reminder for...
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