by Tim Stockton | Jul 6, 2017 | Becca's Message
“Yes, but what can I do to change the world?” I am asked this question a lot, and I’ll be honest—recently, it has been a difficult question to answer. In the midst of overwhelming oppression and injustice such as we have witnessed in our country in recent months, it...
by Tim Stockton | Jun 1, 2017 | Becca's Message
Community Organizing It is June! Wow! This means we are nearing the end of our first year together as pastor and congregation. When I first met with the leaders of St. Paul’s February of 2016, your hopes were loud and clear: we want to grow; we want to learn how to...
by Tim Stockton | May 4, 2017 | Becca's Message
Stronger Together—United Methodist Connectional Giving One of the first things my family did when we were preparing to move to Oregon last year was reevaluate our budget to make sure that we were living within in our means. We budgeted basic living expenses first...
by Tim Stockton | Apr 17, 2017 | Becca's Message
Spring is in the air Wow, it has been a long winter, hasn’t it? It seems that we have had endless days of snow, ice, wind and rain, and even now that it is officially spring, the rainy days continue. Even in the midst of the rain, however, we are beginning to see...
by Tim Stockton | Mar 8, 2017 | Becca's Message
Even as the snow flurries outside my picture window, I look at the calendar and the upcoming “Spring Forward” time change and realize that spring is coming soon! I like spring and the opportunity for renewal, restoration and restarting that it offers each year. In my...
by Tim Stockton | Feb 3, 2017 | Becca's Message
It has been a busy new year already, hasn’t it? It seems we have more to do than we have the hours or energy to get done, and we are always finding more things that need our attention. We’ve also experienced unusual weather that has complicated our ability to get our...
