Southeast Portland Parish

Last week as I looked out at the gathering on Sunday morning I felt sad. There were 15 of us…

For Lent this year I have been wearing the same bracelet every day. It’s basically like a purple shoelace with…

This month we began singing again. It has been so lovely. At Dessert Church our littlest member never really got…

This week, with the removal of the state mask mandate, we let our building users know they can choose to…

Last week it was announced that a new denomination, the Global Methodist Church or GM Church, would be launching on…

Things are hard. The world is at war. The pandemic is still impacting us all. Our country is so divided.…

My dreams lately have all been about not measuring up, of being lost, or of having to pack and move.…

This fall our Parish began work with the Southeast Organizing Cohort. Our leadership has been through trainings like this several…

Every year I like to write about how things are going with the Parish.  Right now, nearly 2 years in…

On Thursday I was working with Bill, our parish volunteer secretary/project manager/pastoral idea coordinator, to break into a locked cabinet.…