Please join us this Saturday morning (6/23) from 8 am – 12 pm at Restoration as we weed, trim, mulch, and have fun making the church look beautiful!! We’ll provide the tunes, the snacks and refreshments (including Duck Donuts… yum!), the mulch, and all the weeds you could want! All you need to bring is […]
On Saturday, September 20, we consecrated our new building. We welcomed Bishop John Guernsey, The Reverend John Yates who preached, clergy from our diocese who came to offer their support, Kenny Sieber who was our job superintendent, Charles Sinclair who was the former pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, and David Hunter who works for Arlington […]
Hey folks, I know that we are all eagerly awaiting news about the building and our first Sunday back on Quincy Street. So here is what we know as of Thursday morning, Sept 4. Certificate of Occupancy– not yet We are waiting for 4 final inspections. They could all happen in the next 24 […]
On Sundays at Restoration, parking is provided in the lot over I-66 that is located at the corner of Quincy and 15th Street. Restoration provides a shuttle from the lot to the front door of our church from 8:15am until 1:15pm and then again from 4:15-7:15pm (when we have a 5pm service). Alternatively, lots of […]
Guess what? Our building is not quite ready for us to use. At our parish meeting in June, I suggested that our last service at Little Falls might be on July 13 and our first service on Quincy Street would be July 20. Almost immediately after I said that, the project was delayed and that […]
Restoration, we need your feedback! We have chosen a GREAT vendor for our pews, New Holland Church Furniture. Our next step is to decide if we want straight or radial pews. There are good things about both. What do you think? We would love to hear your comments in the space below. This is an […]
We tore down the old building. They have been working all week to get ready for this. The windows came out yesterday. The backhoe started promptly at 7:00am. They had the top floor demolished by 9:00. It felt so permanent! And also so hopeful. Jesus often talks about the things that must die […]
Today I went by the old building to work on saying good-bye. Today was cool and the building smelled like I remember. I walked through the downstairs and looked at each of the classrooms, the kitchen, the old office. I walked upstairs and looked closely at each of the six ‘Allelulias’. I stood on the […]
Sure. No problem. Is He crazy? Liz fed us this question on Sunday, ‘Don’t I deserve to be anxious? Have you seen my life?’ And yet. Jesus says, ‘do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.’ Food and clothing, combined with shelter, are […]
There are 40 chapters in the book of Exodus. The first 34 are full of God’s deliverance, frogs, gnats, bloody door posts, parted seas, stone tablets, lightning, manna, quail, and a golden calf. It’s got to be the best read in the whole Bible. I love it. In chapter 35, the action comes to a […]