A creative collaboration between Trinity United Methodist Church and Sellwood Faith Community

Last week both the water station and the blessing box were removed from the front yard of the Sellwood Faith House overnight.  Whoever took the blessing box ripped the newly refurbished box right off the base.  This would have taken quite a bit of effort.  The water...

A couple of great events ahead for our community to care for the resource of the Trinity Building and to celebrate the best parts of virtual worship!

This week it is set to be 100 degrees a couple of days.  Last year during the tragic heat wave we started putting out water for our neighbors. We decided as a parish to put out the water station any time the forecast was for 100 or hotter.  So many people from the...

This past Sunday our parish leadership team gathered to connect, dream, pray, play, and imagine.  From this work we are inviting the whole parish into a discernment process around what is God calling us to in this moment.  Part of this discernment will involve using...

This week after morning worship we had a BBQ and party in celebration of our newest community member, who is just 3 months old! It was so good to eat together, visit with one another, make art for her room together, and try to guess who's baby picture was who!  It has...

July 1st is New Year in the United Methodist Church. It's common for pastors to post about the new church they are beginning or to remark on the years served in the current place. July 1, 2022 marks the beginning of year 10 on Portland! We moved to the house on Tacoma...

This week our Oregon-Idaho area United Methodist leaders from all churches and ministries met together. Each year we work through the business of the church, including things like approving minimum salary for pastors, voting to close churches, approving ministry...

I was struggling on Saturday. Suddenly I found myself with no tech people and no musician for morning worship. I was trying to call through the lists of folks in our parish who could play for morning worship and getting lots of nos. It was Father's Day, Pride, and...

This week I went Strawberry picking, which is one of may favorite Oregony things to do. I haven't gone in years!  And as I was driving home with my couple pounds of strawberries what I realized is I haven't gone strawberry picking for 2 reasons. One is that growing up...

I sometimes still cannot believe that I serve a reconciling congregation. 22 years ago, when I was in seminary, I was part of a group called Sacred Worth that was about claiming the sacred worth of LGBTQ+ persons in the church. It seemed like we would never live in a...