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SE Portland Parish Gear

Up until April 22nd, we are taking orders for SE Portland Parish swag.  We’ve got tanks, tees, and sweatshirts. This fundraiser serves multiple purposes.  The money we make from the orders will help us begin advertising Steele Street School’s summer day camp program. ...

Steele Street School

The plan for the SE Portland Parish has always been threefold, Sellwood Faith Community- a vibrant, growing, experimental community which brings imagination, creativity, and an embodied faith to the Parish. Trinity UMC- a traditional congregation with established ways...

Why Are You Running?

I have recently announced my candidacy for the school board in the Portland Public School district. As part of the whirlwind that has been these last few weeks, I have participated in several endorsement interviews with education stakeholder groups.  Every single...

What Is That?

“What is that?” Is the question I keep getting asked about Snack Church.  A few members of the Sellwood Faith Community (SFC) felt that we needed another meal to make space for more intentional relationship building and spiritual formation, but this group wanted to...

Northwest Leadership Institute

This week I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to the Northwest Leadership Institute in Boise, Idaho.  This annual event featured Michael Gungor & Science Mike from the Liturgists podcast.  Several other pastors and leaders spoke in our large group settings...

Making it Through

My Lent started out with an early morning airport drop off for the husband, a sick kid, and a packed to-do list.  I showed up at Ash Wednesday worship last night feeling like I was failing at both momming and pastoring.  I forgot the songbooks, had to call my...