Parish Values: Family
This is a guest post by Beth Nelson. Beth and her husband, Mike, are part of our Leadership Team and an important part of the Parish family. "I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes…
Foundation Series: What is a “Collect?”
Let’s be honest: praying out loud with a group of people can sometimes be an awkward experience. I’ve been in circles where we all prayed out loud at once, where nobody prayed out loud and we all held our breath…
Daily Office | 2.9.14
We are in week five of Epiphany, the season in the church calendar that celebrates the revealing of Christ’s true identity as the Messiah and Son of God. Join with us this week as we study the scripture and meditate on this…
Foundation Series: Prayers of the People
If you’ve attended a Parish Gathering, you’ll probably notice that our typical worship experience may look a little different than you’re used to. We read a few passages of scripture, read some phrases out loud together, the message is pretty…
Parish 101
From the earliest days of praying and planning for the birth of The Parish, we’ve known that Spiritual Formation would be a cornerstone of this church. We didn’t know much about what our worship services would look like, or where…
Foundation Series: The Book of Common Prayer
Words are powerful things. Have you ever found yourself singing along with a song on the radio, and suddenly you stopped to think about the words you were singing and thought, “This is terrible!” I do it all the time,…
Foundation Series: The Daily Office
It’s mid-January, which means we’re in the thick of New-Year’s-Resolution season. Or, I should probably say, the breaking-my-New-Year’s-Resolution season. I can’t even count how many things I made up my mind to do every day, only to fall off the…
Foundation Series: The Church Calendar
How long has it been since you’ve looked at a calendar? Chances are, you probably haven’t waited more than a week, and many of us have already looked at a calendar today to see what’s coming up next on the…
It Keeps Getting Better…
A few nights ago, as we wrapped up our first ever Parish Table Group, I joined Danielle in our living room and crashed on the floor. We were both tired, but really happy about what had happened over the last…
Table Groups & Answered Prayer
First, to everyone who came to our second Parish Gathering last Saturday, we can't thank you enough! It was so great to see so many people worshipping together, connecting with one another, and signing up for our Parish Table Groups.…
