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.
Holy Gatherings
Recently at our moms’ coffee gathering, we were talking about what church is and why people attend worship. You see for several of the ladies moms’ coffee is their church. For others, it is like a small group and they attend worship elsewhere. We got to talking...
The Church is Alright
I've been back from my 8 weeks of renewal leave for 4 weeks now and the thing I'm discovering is that everything was fine without me. Sure people missed me, because we are in relationship and we value one another, but they didn't really need me in the time I was...
Being Coachable
As part of the best practices of church planting I work with a coach, Nicole Reilley. It took a while to find the right person and I consider myself so fortunate to have such an amazing coach now. She lets me talk about everything and is the right mix of...
Fall Equals New Life
Fall is not necessarily a season we associate with new life, but it definitely is a time of new life in the Southeast Portland Parish. This is the season when all of our programs start back up and we launch new things. We are lucky to have Jayde Dunkerley as the half...
Another Spin On The Coaster
A year ago I was posting about how excited I was to be starting a new phase of the SFC adventure with the development of the Southeast Portland Parish, a creative collaboration between the Sellwood Faith Community and Trinity United Methodist Church. I was delighted...
Finding Rest
After almost 9 weeks off I am on day two of being back at work. It was so nice to be away during a much needed period of doing not much else other than being myself. This was especially true during our three weeks in Scotland with one of the people I love best in the...
Hand-Me-Downs
8/8/18 Last Sunday evening at the Sellwood Faith Community our table included two huge, half-eaten cartons of potato salad and macaroni salad. They were leftovers from the group of 50 youth Jeff Lowery was working with last week in his role as director...
Connections
8/1/18 As I write this, I’m sitting at Wallowa Lake United Methodist Camp, surrounded by the amazing Wallowa Mountains. The shouts of young people are ringing out, as the camp hosts a group of about 60 teenagers from Lapwai, Idaho (seat of tribal government for the...
Let’s Eat!
One of the best parts of the Sellwood Faith Community is that we eat together every week! And every week it’s a surprise to find out what dinner is going to be. Sometimes people stop at the grocery store or bakery to pick up something to share, although many times we...
Prayer
I have some pretty strong opinions about prayer. It has frustrated and saddened me that over the past few months, prayer has been seen in the media as somehow wimpy, or just a cop-out. My personal testimony is that I’ve seen and deeply felt the power of prayer too...