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

This year the members of annual conference joined together in Tigard.  The parish has Joy and Megan serving as our lay members. Jeff, Todd, Laura, and myself were there as clergy. I still count Jeff even though he is officially part of the Tigard community! During the...

During this past year clergy in our area read the book See No Stranger. One of the topics author Valerie Kaur addresses in the book is rage and how to express rage in community. During our reflection session after this chapter my colleagues wondered about how we might...

Last week we had another great leadership team meeting. So many things are moving together on the 5 year plan. We are planning to complete Phase 1 by September 1st and will start on Phase 2 this fall.  If you are part of the parish be dreaming about how our common...

As we prepare our newly refreshed spaces we are looking at marketing the spaces in the community and have decided to come up with a new name for these rooms. The idea is folks can rent out the space for community meetings, gatherings, and events. We've brainstormed:...

I totally wrote a blog post last week. I know because I wrote it late Tuesday after struggling all day with a migraine, but today poof it wasn't on the website. So all that work and straining to see so I could honor my commitment to writing every  week about our...

Last week I double booked myself. At 10am on Tuesday I had meetings with both a realtor and a solar panel analyst. The realtor is working with the group Sacred Space PDX, helping congregations find places to worship. I gave him a tour and he is hoping to connect us...

This past April major changes took place in the rules and structure of the United Methodist Church. Language banning the ordination. or wedding of gay folx was removed. Churches around the world were given more authority to adapt to their communities. And all ordained...

We are now 4 months into the earnest work on our 5 year plan. Just walking around the Trinity building you can see and feel a difference. The memorial room, the fellowship area in the back of the sanctuary, and the rest stop have all been rearranged with more updates...

I have been thinking a lot about anger lately.  We recently had someone leave the church partially because they did not agree with my theology around being angry with God. I think that it's okay to take all of our emotions to God. To express anger and lament and joy...

I love shoes. And cute jewelry. And the way I feel when my clothes look good and my hair falls just so and I am projecting the image of a sassy, cute, competent gal! This to me is an integrated sense of self where the outside matches who I know God made me to be on...