If you ask me: “Who are the 2 pastors that have most influenced your theology and understanding of the pastoral vocation?” That’s easy. From the sheer volume of real estate that they occupy on my bookshelves: John R. W. Stott and Eugene Peterson. (Thousands of other people who have answered the call to serve the […]
Congratulations to our new vestry members!! Mitch Wallin Jan Ryerson Ray Blunt Krista Obitts Thank you for stepping up to serve and lead our community. I am thankful for you. And as a reminder, here are the 5 members who will continue in the year to come… Logan Breed Tom Downie Anthony Swisher Mary Vinson […]
Hey y’all, We had a great vestry meeting on Tuesday. I wanted to share with you the highlights: I reported some Fun Numbers: 47 people came to our New Member Dinner last month, 5 babies were baptized, and our average Sunday attendance since the fall retreat has shot up to 343 (adults and kids). We […]
Howdy! The Vestry met on Tuesday night and I wanted to let you know some of the decisions we made: We talked about the Constitutional Convention for our new diocese in the Anglican Church of North America which will take place on May 21-22, 2011. Our vestry will have the opportunity to participate in the […]
At our parish meeting on Tuesday, I announced that nominations for vestry were open until October 17. Men and women who are members of Restoration and confirmed in the Anglican Communion can serve on our vestry. Nominations should be kept confidential because we will have more nominees than our slate can hold. The outgoing vestry […]
Last week, I had the privilege of attending the annual CANA Council with Restoration’s other representatives–David Hanke, Richard Hines, and Ramsey Wilson. One of the highlights was Bishop Martyn Minns’s annual Pastoral Call to all the CANA churches. Restoration got a special shout-out, and Bishop Minns put forward a bold vision for what it means […]
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What do you do? I love this question. Especially when it is followed by– I see you on Sundays, but… what do you do? How do you spend your time? I really do love this question– and I love hearing about how you all spend your time. I’m always curious about what lawyers and bankers […]
What a great meeting we had last night. Church, you did good in the election last November. We have a gifted, God-dependent, faithful group of elders who will serve and lead us in the year to come. We did 2 important administrative things that I wanted to tell you about: 1. We chose term limits. […]
I am so grateful to each person who stood in the vestry election. It is a laudable act to ‘put oneself out there’ and say ‘I am willing to serve.’ Thank you for praying over the names, praying for our church, and voting according to your conviction. Here is our vestry. Please join me in […]
One of the leadership structures for Restoration is an elected team of 9 men and women who serve as elders for our church. We call them, ‘the vestry’ (ancient Anglican term– they used to meet in the vestry, the room where they store the vestments– the fancy clothes for the priest and altar). The vestry […]
