Parish Collective

Parish Collective Connecting People to be the Church in the Neighborhood

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When we organize the Church around God’s dreams for our neighborhoods there is nothing in the world that cannot be healed, transformed, and liberated. The problem is that we aren't connected, that's why we exist, to connect people to be the church in the neighborhood

Just a friendly reminder → most meaningful community moments aren’t (and honestly can’t be) perfectly planned, organized...
05/22/2026

Just a friendly reminder → most meaningful community moments aren’t (and honestly can’t be) perfectly planned, organized, or scripted.

They happen because we stay present to the people and place right in front of us.
While grabbing the mail.

Laughing together at the bus stop.
Trying again after awkward moments.
Showing up tired but still showing up.

You don’t need everything figured out to connect with someone. And you definitely don’t need everything figured out to notice where God is already present.

Happy Friday.

“Somewhere” matters. In fact, YOUR “somewhere” really matters. We can easily forget that our specific neighborhood is th...
05/21/2026

“Somewhere” matters. In fact, YOUR “somewhere” really matters. We can easily forget that our specific neighborhood is the very ground where we discover what it looks like to follow Jesus.

In June, we’re diving into The New Parish by Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens, and Dwight J. Friesen. It’s a journey toward rediscovering “faithful presence”, learning to see our neighbors not as projects, but as part of a shared story where God is already at work.

If you’ve been looking for a more connected, tangible way to live out your faith right where you are, we’d love for you to join us!

📖 June Book Club: The New Parish
🔗 Link in bio to join and for more info.

Most of us spend far more time in our neighborhoods than we do inside church buildings.We wake up there.Walk the dog the...
05/20/2026

Most of us spend far more time in our neighborhoods than we do inside church buildings.

We wake up there.
Walk the dog there.
Borrow tools there.
Hear sirens there.
Run into neighbors there.
Celebrate birthdays, carry grief, build friendships, and live ordinary life there.

But often our street is seen as the backdrop to our spiritual lives. We want to challenge you to see it as part of the main invitation where God meets us.

The Spirit is already moving in your neighborhood, at the laundromat, the library, and the park. Our job isn't to bring ...
05/18/2026

The Spirit is already moving in your neighborhood, at the laundromat, the library, and the park. Our job isn't to bring God there; it's to notice where God already is.

And once you see it, everything changes.

This June, we’re reading The New Parish by Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens, and Dwight J. Friesen.The book invites us to redisc...
05/15/2026

This June, we’re reading The New Parish by Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens, and Dwight J. Friesen.

The book invites us to rediscover the importance of place in the life of the church, encouraging communities to become more rooted, present, and connected within the neighborhoods they inhabit.

Join us as we read, reflect, and explore together what it means to follow Jesus more deeply in the context of our local neighborhoods and communities.

📖 Thursdays in June
🕒 3:00–4:00 PM PT / 6:00–7:00 PM ET

💻 Zoom Online

Link in bio.

Many of us feel the disconnect. “Church” is a place we go on Sundays, but it’s not always clear what it looks like the r...
05/14/2026

Many of us feel the disconnect. “Church” is a place we go on Sundays, but it’s not always clear what it looks like the rest of the week. That can leave faith feeling disconnected from the actual needs, relationships, and places that make up our everyday lives.

It’s not that Sunday gatherings don’t matter. They do. Gathering, worship, communion, teaching, prayer, and community are deeply important. But as Parish Collective, we’re trying to recover a fuller imagination for what Church can be.

We think Church isn’t the building down the street or even an event you attend, but a way of being rooted in a place and connected to the people in that place.

It’s following Jesus in a way that knows your neighbors’ names, pays attention to your block, shares meals and cups of sugar. It’s grieving losses together, celebrating what’s good, and joining in the renewing work already happening around you.

We don't think the neighborhood is just where ministry happens. We think it's actually one of the primary places God is forming us.

How are you seeing God forming you in your neighbor and with your neighbors?

In Oceanside, California, being the Church looks like a shower ministry at St. Brigid’s Episcopal Church. But if you loo...
05/13/2026

In Oceanside, California, being the Church looks like a shower ministry at St. Brigid’s Episcopal Church. But if you look closer, you’ll find a table tucked in the corner laden with crayons and paper. 🖍️

They call it "The Art Table," of course.

It wasn't a "strategic outreach tool" or a "membership funnel." It was just a space for neighbors (some housed, some not) to create. This small seed grew into "Resonance," an open mic that Joey Aszterbaum calls "Oceanside’s most open, Open Mic." 🎤

It’s not polished, and there are no themes. It’s just neighbors asking: "Do you mind if we play along?"

This is what it looks like to "work with what God gives you." It’s messy, it’s improvised, and it’s beautiful.

📖 Read the full story of Resonance and St. Brigid’s at the link in our bio.

In our final common session, we explored what it looks like to set tables in our communities, and had a chance to taste ...
05/08/2026

In our final common session, we explored what it looks like to set tables in our communities, and had a chance to taste what that looks like — together. Stay tuned for more stories and photos from our time together!

Maybe the Church isn’t disappearing… it’s just relocating.It’s moving into ordinary life.Unplanned meals. Front steps. S...
05/07/2026

Maybe the Church isn’t disappearing… it’s just relocating.
It’s moving into ordinary life.

Unplanned meals. Front steps. Shard grief. Sidewalk chats. Small kindnesses no one tracks.
Not organized around a building. Centered in and around your neighborhood.

The Church doesn’t need to be built… it’s already happening.
Maybe some of us have just been looking in the wrong places.

Stop trying to build it. Start to notice it.

The work isn’t to scale anything.
It’s to slow down enough to see that
God is already here.

Already with us.
Already in us.
Already around us.

Already working, healing, moving, making things new…

Can you see it?

Our May Book Club begins this Thursday!This month we’ll explore The Connected Community, a book that reminds us that the...
05/05/2026

Our May Book Club begins this Thursday!

This month we’ll explore The Connected Community, a book that reminds us that the most powerful resources in any neighborhood are often the people already there.

When: Thursdays in May at 5:00PT / 7:00CT / 8:00ET on zoom
Through conversation, reflection, and simple practices, we’ll consider how neighbors can discover their shared strengths and bring them to life together.

✨ Your neighborhood holds more possibility than you might think, and this is an invitation to notice, nurture, and participate in that story.

Join the conversation this May, details are in the link in bio.

In our third common session, we spent the morning reflecting on summer, and what it means to pay close attention to our ...
05/04/2026

In our third common session, we spent the morning reflecting on summer, and what it means to pay close attention to our places.

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