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

Today launched our first Tuesday class of our lent series. We are using the Faith & Facts Cards from the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society. Today we focused on clean water. The first section of class we read bible passages related to water. We...

This week we begin the season of Lent.  This is a time of reflection and austerity. We purposely take on self-denial as a spiritual practice in this season. This strengthens our spirits and souls for the hard times of life and helps us to focus in on love and healing....

Yesterday I was super sad and I could not figure out why. This was a different kind of sad than just grief and gray skies. Then I realized I hadn't eaten lunch. As soon as I ate lunch I felt so much better. This made me think about the basics of self-care. Sometimes...

Our Why We believe everyone needs a safe space to be loved for who we are already. Our What At this time, God is calling us to relationships and connection, to be a safe place and people, and to prioritize belonging and hospitality in our neighborhood and beyond. Our...

Portland just came through a week of bitter cold and ice!  We were basically stuck at home from Saturday morning until Saturday morning. During that week of winter weather our new neighbors texted and asked if we had a snow shovel they could borrow.  Jeff dutifully...

Today at zoom with the pastor, a gathering online every Tuesday morning to visit and connect, Miss Barbara shared that she had no water and needed someone to check the space where the pipes were. I texted two folks who live near her and before long there was a knock...

This past Sunday we had an amazing meeting to talk about the realities of our parish. We have amazing people, a sizable chunk of land, 2 buildings, and money in the bank. We also have a deficit budget for the second year in a row and some big expenses for the Trinity...

It is a new year.  Maybe this year you'll decide that while reading along in our bible in a year program hasn't been for you, reading the scripture for one day a week works.  Maybe this year you'll find out that you don't have time to call a friend every week, once a...

As we enter the last week of the year it is a time for reflection. Our Parish has had an amazing year, with our incredible musical, creation of our 5 year plan, and the continued growth both numerical and spiritual of our congregation. We've also known sadness and...

This last week we celebrated our Christmas Musical and it was magnificent and holy Chaos.  So many people or all different backgrounds and ages led in worship through this program. We had little ones yelling about signs, a rather motley crew of shepherds pointing at...