Scoping things out? Fantastic.
Last Sunday’s Conversation:
May 18, 2025 — Easter (5) — Acts 11:1-18
Over the next three Sundays (5/18, 5/25, and 6/1) our conversation will focus around “Acts of Advocacy.” Each week, we will look at advocacy of the early Church and advocacy here in Portland in 2025 before pondering together about Grant Park Church’s advocacy in 2025.
This week, our sermon centered around Peter’s advocacy for the full inclusion of the Gentiles into the folds of the early Church. When it comes to the work of advocacy, it is the actions of breaking down barriers between “us” and “them.” Truthfully, there is no “us” and “them,” there is no “stranger” but only “neighbor,” and that gives us plenty to ponder about.
Lydia by Maria Elkins
Coming up this Sunday:
May 25, 2025 — Easter (6) — Acts 16:9-15
Lydia and her household.
When it comes to advocacy, we often understand what that can mean for those we have distant relationships with — but what about those we are close with? What does it mean to advocate for those in our inner circles?
Lydia’s story offers us space for what I hope to be a great conversation about advocacy in tough places… Places close to home.