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

When I was in college I worked for the city of Albany Parks Department. My partner that first summer was another college student. She and I were responsible for all of the flowers in all of the parks and for various other jobs such as watering the grass and cutting...

Not only have things changed structurally at SFC with adding brunch and welcoming a number of the Capitol Hill folks into our community, but things have changed administratively as well.  We have a new staff person at the conference handling our income, a new...

Last week I spent a few days camping at Timothy Lake near Mt. Hood.  I was there with our daughter and my dear friend Amanda who is also the leader of the SFC laundromat team.  We spent time swimming, boating, reading, hiking, and dreaming about the...

One of the things we are really good at in the Sellwood Faith Community is talking about our faith. Every week we sit around the table and have a discussion. Sometimes the catalyst is Scripture, sometimes it's a video, or sometimes it's just an engaging question that...

This next Sunday is the last worship service at the traditional church I have been serving for the past 3 years. The congregation is 106 years old and they are a lovely group of deeply caring people.  I am so sad that this church is closing and yet I know it is...

This past year I have been training as a docent at the Portland Art Museum.  Every Monday I got to attend the amazing docent lectures featuring artists, curators, and other experts connected to the museum like the conservator and various professors.  After...

It's no secret to regular readers of this blog that I have anxiety disorder. I've written before about the stress of losing our cat (who was later found) and my general anxiety related to doing new start work. This past month I experienced a kind of anxiety I've never...

We've been doing mediation hikes for a year now.  They were the idea of one of our leaders.  She and I started out leading all the hikes together, but last fall she took over doing them herself.  I fill in from time to time on months when she doesn't...

For many United Methodists, this past weekend has been spent processing the aftermath of our General Conference meetings held here in Portland.  From all of the decisions made, or not made, to our denomination’s inability to move forward and the pure exhaustion...