by Eilidh Lowery | May 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
This past week I got to attend the Habitat for Humanity HopeBuilders lunch with a crew of folks from the closed Capitol Hill United Methodist Church. CHUMC chose to close in 2016. We were able to use our endowment and work with the conference trustees to sell the...
by Eilidh Lowery | Apr 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Starting this May we will be reading the entire bible over the course of a year! We are starting with the story of Pentecost from Acts and will continue on through the story of the early church and the letters to the faithful written by the apostles and their...
by Eilidh Lowery | Apr 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Before the pandemic we had bible study every Tuesday morning. It was a pretty good crowd of folks for the size of our church. And then once we resumed in person there were just 3 of us, which ended up being just 2 of us when the third came out of retirement! So for...
by Eilidh Lowery | Apr 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
This season at the parish we are working together to discern our what. What is it that God is calling us to in this moment in our community? Are we to be about caring for children? Serving the houseless? Welcoming our community? Or something else entirely? Our...
by Eilidh Lowery | Apr 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
This week we celebrate the heart of the story of Christianity. We see Jesus fight against injustice, teach his disciples, rest and pray, live out his faith, serve others, do miracles, embrace suffering and death, and in the end remind us the God is bigger than...
by Eilidh Lowery | Mar 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
This week is Spring Break in Oregon and it is an important moment of rest. It’s been hard getting ready for it as the week after is holy week and there is so much to be done as a pastor in preparation. But rest is so important. In fact it’s biblical! Yet...
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