Hi Restoration,Alleluia! Christ is risen!The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!I am so thankful for a wonderful Holy Week with you. What a beautiful and profound journey from Hosanna! To Crucify! To Alleluia!In Case You Missed It…You can see all of our services from last week on our YouTube Live channel. Make sure you don’t miss the Easter […]
Dear Restoration,‘… He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.’ Hebrews 9:26bWe are grateful to God for the death and resurrection of His Son, for the putting away of sin in forgiveness, for new life in the Spirit. We are grateful for all […]
The vestry held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 24 virtually. Fun fact: vestry generally hold our meetings on the fourth Tuesday of each month. After being led in prayer by Mary Breed and an approval of her carefully curated meeting minutes from February, we transitioned to items on the agenda.Rector David Hanke provided an […]
Dear Restoration, We begin by taking a moment to pray for the people of Boulder, CO and for our nation that has been unsettled by another story of tragic gun violence and the murder of 10 people who bear the image of God. “Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you […]
Preamble The Phase Gamma plan builds on the foundation that was established in Phase Alpha and Phase Beta. Phase Alpha was designed to be deliberately small and conservative so that we could test and pilot having a congregation in our sanctuary. We wanted to give Restoration people an opportunity to demonstrate their desire to worship […]
Dear Restoration, “Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts. On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother’s womb you have been my God. Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.” Psalm 22:9-11 Here we are, […]
Our 2021 vestry gathered virtually for our second meeting of the year, and immediately took care of the most serious business of the night first: singing happy birthday to our Sr. Warden. You might recall one of the reasons we moved our Sunday services from Zoom to YouTube Live was because of the former’s inability […]
The 2021 vestry met for the first time on January 26 as so many of us have done for more than nine months: virtually over Zoom. Despite the sadness and challenges associated with not being able to gather in-person for the usual vestry retreat earlier in the month or on Quincy Street, there was a […]
Dear Restoration, As we come to the end of 2020, I am grateful for our church’s faithfulness to God and to each other. We have been challenged in so many ways, yet we have sought the Kingdom and seen moments of redemption. We have built new platforms for worship like our Restoration YouTube Channel and our Zoom room for daily […]