by Eilidh Lowery | Nov 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
As many of us head to see family over the next week and month it can be a time of revisiting conflicts and old wounds. Many people talk about churches as family. And while most folks use that language to express how people in churches care for each other, spend years...
by Eilidh Lowery | Nov 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
At our annual gathering of church leadership last week one of our members who has been around this specific church a long time said that this was one of the most wonderful, dynamic times in the life of the faith community. As we talked about the future of our divided...
by Eilidh Lowery | Nov 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Here at the SE Portland Parish we understand that our worshipping communities are in ministry with our neighborhoods. One of our most beautiful assets in Portland is the engagement level of citizens in their neighborhood. With Eilidh and Jeff attending the...
by Eilidh Lowery | Oct 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Eilidh Lowery | Oct 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
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