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 met remotely on June 30. Brad Jones opened us in prayer, and we received a report from Isaiah Brooms, our Director of Youth Ministries. We are grateful for his flexibility […]
Preamble Our last corporate worship service in our facility on N. Quincy Street was March 8, 2020. Since that time we have gathered almost daily by Zoom and YouTube Live. The Holy Spirit has been with us. He has not been restricted in His work of redemption, conviction, and hope. We have missed each other […]
“But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house.” (Ps. 5:7) Dear Restoration, We are delighted to announce that the Restoration Vestry has adopted, and our staff now is beginning to implement, a plan to bring us back together to worship, this summer. Our Reopening Team has been toiling since May, and the Vestry on Tuesday, after a […]
Dear Restoration, This week we finished our series on 1 John. We have been preaching through it since Easter and it has provided deep theology and rich vocabulary for what it means to know that we know the living God. The final verse in the letter is “Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” (1 John […]
Dear Restoration, It has been a full week. I am grateful for the words we prayed in morning prayer today from Psalm 100: ‘Know that the Lord, he is God! It is He who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.’ I am so grateful to be […]
God formed all of us in His image: male and female. He said that we are good. He delighted in what He had made.But each of us, in our own way, chose something besides God to trust and worship. We ended up far from Him- alone, burdened by guilt.God did not forget us. He came […]
Hi Restoration, So much is happening. So many voices. So many words. Thanks for taking the time to engage with what we are saying at Restoration. Cling to the truth that our Lord reigns. He is a very present help right now. TONIGHT: a prayer meeting If you’re like me, current events have left me […]