by Eilidh Lowery | Jan 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
A lot of my world is PTA meetings, hanging out with moms, and volunteering in the local schools. This means that a high percentage of my social media circle is made up of parents, from this current context and from the places where we have lived before. Lately there...
by Eilidh Lowery | Jan 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
I just published the calendar for SFC for January. It is the first time since we started our main gatherings that they are the only thing on the docket for January. No hikes, book clubs, small groups, or service projects. We are taking a handful of middle girls on...
by Eilidh Lowery | Dec 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Thank you so very much for all of your support. 2016 has been an amazing year at Sellwood. It has been beautiful to see the connections forming between those who were already here and the new folks who joined us from Capitol Hill. We have played with structure and...
by Eilidh Lowery | Dec 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
This week as we talked about love we featured a poem suggested by one of our community members. This captures the thing I love best about SFC, that it is a space of collaboration, where we all bring our spirits and our knowledge to help one another experience God in...
by Eilidh Lowery | Dec 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
The scripture we discussed this week is one that is used in songs and prayers throughout the Christian tradition. It comes from the first chapter of the book of Luke and tells the story of Mary visiting her cousin who is also pregnant. It is full of the joy...
by Eilidh Lowery | Dec 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
This week at SFC we explored the theme of peace. As we journey through the church season of advent, looking for Christ breaking in to the world we talked about what peace is and how we find it. This poem is about a peacemaker and the way that people are drawn to...
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