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

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...

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...

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...

This week we held our first coffee with the pastor via the online portal Zoom.  It was so great to see everyone’s faces and to chat and connect with people from the Parish.  As I was looking at the screen I realized that all of us, including me, are at high risk for...

A week ago we had just gotten word that we would need to cancel all in-person gatherings for the Parish.  In that week a lot has happened. I rewrote Sunday morning worship for an online format and frantically tried to email and call everyone so folks would know of the...

My proudest moments in ministry are the Community Meal that several lay people started when I was serving Valley UM in Veneta, Oregon;  working with a team of folks from the church and conference to sell the Capitol Hill UMC land to Habitat for Humanity; and beginning...

This morning I am feeling a little overwhelmed.  There is a lot going on in the world, our community, the church, and my family. It is tempting for me to get in my head when things are like this. I become so distracted by my thought and worries. I spend so much time...

I grew up in Oregon and love this place. The shades of green in the Willamette Valley, the way the trees change as you drive over the Cascades, and the distinct pleasures of going to the beach in a parka are all a part of what home means to me. In school I learned...