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

The preschool that has shared space with us for decades now is not opening this fall.  After long time teacher and more recent owner Jennie moved on last year a couple of neighborhood moms decided to take over.  They struggled all last year to get a cohort of...

Last week when I was officiating a wedding I was rocking my cool new clergy collar dress. I have to admit my hair has become grayer and grayer over the last few years. So I definitely look like I'm in my 40's. As I was meeting with the dj to get my mic set up he asked...

Today is the first day of school in our city. My Facebook feed is full of pictures of kids ready for a new year. It is a time of starting new rhythms for families. Traffic flow in the city changes as buses navigate the streets and parents add in a stop for drop off in...

It is one of the great gifts of stewarding the Trinity Building that we can share it with our wider community. This place is home to the office of an aging in place nonprofit and they regularly host activities for seniors in our memorial room. We also host a Christian...

Our Bishop Cedrick Bridgeforth has set a direction for all the churches, clergy, & ministries in our area.  He is calling it MILE. Ministry that matters Itinerancy and location Lay Ministry Enhancement Eliminating Racism Every fall we hold the annual business...

When I was on the school board, I was on the policy committee. When we were creating a new policy or majorly overhauling a policy that had big student or family impact we had a couple of different ways we would receive community input. Sometimes we would go out to the...

Today I returned to work after a month of renewal leave. I am happy, energized, and grounded. It was lovely to have a whole month to rest. I enjoyed the freedom of doing what I felt like doing in the moment. Some days that means mostly resting, reading, and watching...

I have been struggling. My energy has been low, my creativity almost nil, and for a few days there in February my brain was like hey here is how you could kill yourself if you wanted to. Dear reader, don't fret. I most certainly did NOT want to, but suicidal ideation...

10 years ago Jeff and I were sent to Portland to plant a new church. We had a vision, based in Acts 2, of a community of believers who would eat together, learn together, serve our neighborhood together, and share life. We hoped to start with dinner and spawn a series...

We want to be the earthquake when actually we are the slow drip. We want to know the next steps all the way to the finish line. Our faith isn't like that. It is a slow grind, a foggy path where just the next step is visible. We have to trust that the step after that...