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.
Everything Must Go
Normally this blog is about new church start stuff with a little bit of personal growth thrown in. Today's blog is about the traditional church I serve. Capitol Hill United Methodist Church is over 105 years old. This church has a long history of resiliency and...
Coaching Cool
One of the best practices for new church planting is to have a coach. This is someone to talk to about your work, to help you see themes in your story you don't see yourself at first, and to hold you accountable to the things you need to work on. I have...
Change is Afoot at SFC
A couple of weeks ago it was announced that my role at Sellwood Faith Community would be shifting. Since July of 2013 I have been half time to SFC and half time to Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, just across the river in the Burlingame neighborhood of...
Confessions of a Female Church Planter
To kick off women's history month the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women asked me to write a blog about being a church planter. GCSRW, as we call it in Methodist lingo, challenges The United Methodist Church to commit to the full...
March Calendar
Weird Church
This week both Jeff and I got to do something new. We attended two book release parties and sat on a panel at the events. Jeff did the Thursday night honors, while I spoke on Saturday. Weird Church was written by one of our friends, Beth Estock who...
Black Bodies and the Justice of God
Last week the church season of Lent began. This is a time of purposeful growth, where Christians examine their lives and attempt to give something up or take something on that increases our ability to be more like who God would have us to be. Lent asks us...
Lucky Girl
I am fortunate to serve on the Host Team for General Conference 2016. For those of you not fluent in United-Methodist-ese General Conference is the United Methodist Church's global gathering. It is held every four years for us to revise our rule book...
The Toll It Is Taking
I am so incredibly lucky to be a church planter. This is what I was made to do. Connecting with new people, hosting dinners, dreaming about what communities of faith could look like, and creating space for people to grow are all the things that give me...