Dear Restoration,It was so fun to celebrate our 14th birthday last Sunday. The cake was delicious! (And a big thank you to those who sliced hundreds of pieces and those who cleaned up. Thank you for making the party happen!) We gave thanks for all that God has done this fall and I shared about […]
There are several opportunities to enter into the spirit of the season this year at Restoration! We hope you’ll join us for one or all of them. Decorating Restoration: The RestoArts team will be decorating the church on Sunday, November 26 and Saturday, December 2. Interested in helping out? Let Isaac know. Advent Quiet Morning: […]
There are several opportunities to enter into the spirit of the season this year at Restoration! On December 18, we’ll host a Christmas Carol Sing at 4:30 pm. It will last about an hour, at which point we’ll linger over some cider and cookies. You can find more details here. On Christmas Eve, there will […]
Dear Restoration, ‘The thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.’ Thank you for joining us for worship on Christmas Eve. It was good to sing these words with you. As we move through the season of Christmastide and embrace a new year, I would like to invite […]
1) Next Grocery Delivery for Afghan Neighbors – September 17 and October 15 The next opportunity to sign up for grocery delivery is Saturday, September 20! Please sign up to join us on Saturday, September 17 or Saturday, October 15 as we partner with Comunidad to deliver groceries to recently arrived Afghan refugees. We have slots […]
Restoration,Have you read through the book of Revelation? If you picked up our Daily Prayer Guide (there are still some in the narthex), you started Revelation 1 today. This book is a wonderful accompaniment for our Advent waiting:”The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave… to show to his servants the things that must soon take place… […]
RestoArts Advent Display Advent Week 1Artist: Carolyn WrightHope.Promises kept.Such vast, intangible concepts. How can they be conveyed through a physical painting?My initial expectation was that my painting would be abstract, to convey abstract ideas. Yet as I began to dig into the scriptures we are using this Advent, meditating on them in preparation for beginning the […]
Hi Restoration,The words of our Collect for Advent 1 have been guiding my morning prayers and ringing through my days: “…give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light…” Yes, Lord. May your light break into the dark places of our heart, our households, and this world. Yes. Amen.One of the […]
We are looking forward to waiting for Christmas and walking towards Jesus during Advent with you. Here are some ways you can join the Restoration community during this season. All of these things are ‘friend-friendly’. Feel free to invite others to come along! Advent Community Prep – We would like a half dozen people to help us prepare the […]
Restoration is again partnering with Glebe Elementary School to make sure kids have gifts to open this Christmas. This year, we are adopting 63 families for whom we will purchase gifts for children who attend our neighborhood elementary school. There are so many different ways you can participate: Grab a tag and buy a gift. […]