As we approach the end of 2017, Restoration Immigration Legal Aid (RILA) looks back with thanksgiving for Restoration’s support: You helped us achieve a matching grant of $25,000 from the Matthew 25 Initiative. You turned out in large numbers (and brought friends and coworkers) to staff monthly legal aid clinics. You provided meals and hospitality […]
Playlist: Songs of Praise: Holy Holy Holy For All the Saints Response: Awake My Soul Offertory: Great is Thy Faithfulness (Oh Tu Fidelidad) Sanctus: Holy Holy Holy Lord (use C to D) Eucharist: All the Glory How Great is Your Faithfulness
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. At our 24 October Vestry meeting, we enjoyed dinner together and prayer before starting the meeting. This month Susie Wallin led us through our prayer time which included […]
Playlist: Songs of Praise: Praise is Rising What a Beautiful Name Nothing But the Blood of Jesus Response: Before the Throne of God Above Offertory: Todos Los Sedientos Sanctus: Holy Holy Holy Lord (use C to D) Eucharist: We Need You God of Grace and God of Glory
Hey Restoration, I loved being with so many of you at the fall retreat last weekend. Our planning team did a superb job, the weather was perfect, and the content was challenging. As you may know, a couple days after the retreat, Jeff Walton and I went to Singapore for their diocese’s triennial Mission Roundtable. […]
I woke up at 5am on Nov. 23, 2006 to the sounds of my dad’s footsteps and something being dragged into the kitchen. Rising from my bed, I opened my door, peered out, and saw the small television under his arm. It occurred to me that it was Thanksgiving! This day each year my dad […]
Sunday morning will be led by Andrew Intagliata Playlist: Songs of Praise: This is My Father’s World Revelation Song Response: God of Grace and God of Glory Offertory: Great Are You Lord Sanctus: Holy Holy Holy Lord (use C to D) Eucharist: By Thy Mercy You Alone Can Rescue _____________________________________________ Sunday evening will be led by Beth DeRiggi […]
RestoWomen! Do you plan to eat dinner Tuesday, November 7? If your answer is YES, wonderful… you should dine with some new friends in one of the small RestoWomen Gatherings taking place that night. What’s in it for you? A small, comfortable gathering, in the home of another RestoWoman, where you’ll come around the table to […]
“The very purpose [of the church] was to be a light in the darkness– to be a presence in all the absences of the world.“ Greg Thompson, from his talk at Q When we started preaching through the book of Jeremiah this fall, I knew at some point we would have to talk about lament. […]
The College of Bishops for the Anglican Church in North America met in conclave from September 5-7 in British Columbia, Canada. Here is the statement that they made at the conclusion of their time. They met to discuss the report of the Theological Task Force on Holy Orders. The report itself is over 300 pages […]