A creative collaboration between Trinity United Methodist Church and Sellwood Faith Community
Our community exists to embody the love of God in the world because we believe everyone needs a safe space to be loved for who they are already.
$10,000
This month I am freaking out just a little bit because we need to raise $10,000 for Sellwood Faith Community in the coming year. We haven't been in this position since our first year. We have a generous grant from the annual conference and our people give faithfully,...
Night Strike
For the past 8 years, I have participated in a volunteer opportunity called Nightstrike. Nightstrike is a ministry on Thursday nights under the Burnside Bridge in Portland. It happens nearly every Thursday of the year. Volunteers gather for an orientation and then...
A Day Late But Not a Dollar Short
I have been writing this blog for 6 years. Since we came to Portland in July of 2013 I have rarely missed a post. This week it was a close thing! The end of the month is always a busy time, especially since we decided to not have a church secretary at Trintiy for a...
The Stories We Tell
I serve in volunteer parent leadership at my daughter's middle school. We've been struggling to get volunteers to help with our events. One of the things we realized is that for years the recruitment strategy in middle school has been to tell parents we don't really...
Affordable Childcare
Throughout the history of SFC including children in our ministry has been really important. When we made the move to Portland we saved lots of our daughter's old toys so that we'd have options for wee ones at the house. Over the year we've done Godly Play each week...
Taize
A year ago I signed up to visit Taize, France with my daughter. It was something I had been hoping to do for years. When we arrived on July 22nd, my 41st birthday, we had ridden in a bus all night from London. We were tired, but it was exciting to arrive and head to...
Happy New Year
A new year is a traditional time to make resolutions and plan for the year ahead. Here are my hopes and some of the plans our clergy and lay leadership are working on for the Parish in the year ahead. Keep reading this blog for details on our progress as we follow...
Merry Christmas
This is our last post of 2018! So many things are going well as we celebrate 18 months of the Southeast Portland Parish and 5 and a half years of SFC. Jayde has been an incredible addition to the Parish. She brings such warmth, deep intelligence, a willingness to...
When the Dream Works
This week we unveiled the newly updated Memorial Room at the Trinity UMC building. This room had been very dark and a bit cluttered. After several months of cleaning and planning we began work on Friday evening. We painted the walls a warm butter yellow, replaced the...
Advent Weavings
Once again December is here and it is the church season of Advent. This is a special time as we get ready for Christmas. It’s a time of waiting, a time of remembering, and a time of preparation. To help us to do this work at SFC, Rev. Laura Jaquith Bartlett who is on...