“He let you hunger” – Rector’s Update: 8 May 2020
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Rector’s Update on 8 May 2020
Wardens’ Report: May 2020
The Wardens’ Report: a brief summary of highlights from monthly Vestry meetings, designed to provide information about our growth, finances, priorities and progress towards our strategic plan. The vestry gathered for its third socially distanced meeting on May 26th. We opened this month in prayer for our congregation, our staff, and our vestry. We prayed […]
Letter to the Congregation from David (5/1/20)
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Dear Restoration, My favorite CoronaRhythm has been daily morning and evening prayer. I love the faces I see each day. I love reading methodically through the Scriptures together. I love hearing the prayers of our people as they give thanks to God and ask Him to move in power. Have you tried it? Logging in is easy. […]
Warden’s Report: April 2020
The Wardens’ Report: highlights from monthly Vestry meetings, designed to provide information about our growth, finances, priorities, and progress in our strategic plan. The Vestry on April 28th had its second socially distanced “meeting,” again via Zoom. We opened by sharing how we all were doing apart, as our rector, David Hanke, asked us to […]
Letter to the Congregation from David (4/24/20)
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Hi Restoration, Today we prayed this during Morning Prayer and my heart ached to be in our house of the Lord together on Quincy Street. I can only imagine how glad I will be when they say unto me… you can gather again with Restoration. I miss you. Just a few updates this week as […]
Letter to the Congregation from David (4/17/20)
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Hi Restoration! Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia! I hope you have had a great week. This morning we prayed from Psalm 111: “Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. Great are the works of […]
Letter to the Congregation from David (4/9/20)
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Good Morning Restoration! Blessed be our God. Now and for ever. Amen. Thus begins our liturgy each day during Holy Week. In this time of upheaval and loss, we declare in faith, the blessings of God: (right) now and (onward) for ever. I am writing to make sure you have everything you need for each of […]
A Quick Video for Easter
A Quick Video for Easter Hey Restoration, As we finalize our preparations for remote Easter, our staff would like to invite your participation. Would you create a quick video (20-30 seconds) that answers this question: ‘Why is the resurrection important to me?’ Our staff are going to stitch these video snippets together into a corporate […]
Good Lord Deliver Us
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Friends, I am reproducing the reflection I shared at the beginning of morning prayer last Sunday, March 29. Many of you have asked about the prayer of deprecation. Thank you for your interest! -David 29 March 2020 Good morning! This week, a friend sent me a reflection from a university president who, like all of […]