Dear Restoration, I love this little phrase in Psalm 119:94 “I am yours, save me.” It has become a prayer that I reach for when I don’t know what to do, when I don’t know what to say, when I am insecure, when I am over-confident, when I am desperately hoping and when I am terrified of the […]
Hi Restoration,Alleluia! Christ is risen!The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!I am so thankful for a wonderful Holy Week with you. What a beautiful and profound journey from Hosanna! To Crucify! To Alleluia!In Case You Missed It…You can see all of our services from last week on our YouTube Live channel. Make sure you don’t miss the Easter […]
Dear Restoration,‘… He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.’ Hebrews 9:26bWe are grateful to God for the death and resurrection of His Son, for the putting away of sin in forgiveness, for new life in the Spirit. We are grateful for all […]
Dear Restoration, We begin by taking a moment to pray for the people of Boulder, CO and for our nation that has been unsettled by another story of tragic gun violence and the murder of 10 people who bear the image of God. “Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you […]
Dear Restoration, “Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts. On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother’s womb you have been my God. Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.” Psalm 22:9-11 Here we are, […]
Dear Restoration, As we come to the end of 2020, I am grateful for our church’s faithfulness to God and to each other. We have been challenged in so many ways, yet we have sought the Kingdom and seen moments of redemption. We have built new platforms for worship like our Restoration YouTube Channel and our Zoom room for daily […]
Dear Restoration,“Therefore stay awake- for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning- lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.” (Mark 13:35-36) I have loved the special ‘Opening Sentences of Scripture’ that have welcomed us into morning […]
Dear Restoration, Last Friday, Governor Northam issued a “Phase Three Tightening” of his Executive Order 67 imposing restrictions to address Covid-19, responding to the rise in cases and hospitalizations. We have studied amended EO67 and received input from Bishop Guernsey. Restoration’s “Phase Beta” protocols, which the Vestry established in September, comply with it (apart from one minor change […]
Restoration, I am grateful to God for our week of unceasing intercession. Thank you for participating with such great anticipation. I am writing with 2 quick updates and a longer reflection. Ordination on Sunday at 3pm We are grateful for the privilege of having shepherded 2 curates through the ordination process to priesthood: Isaiah Brooms and […]
Good morning Restoration, It has brought me great joy this week to both offer prayer and receive prayer as we join together in Good Things Grow Through Prayer. Multiple times throughout the day I have realized (remembered!) ‘someone is praying for me right now!’ I open the sign-up. I smile. I say, ‘thanks God that they are […]