A Quick Video for Easter Hey Restoration, As we finalize our preparations for remote Easter, our staff would like to invite your participation. Would you create a quick video (20-30 seconds) that answers this question: ‘Why is the resurrection important to me?’ Our staff are going to stitch these video snippets together into a corporate […]
I helped with music in a fabulous little church in Northern Michigan during my first five years after college, and one Sunday we sang Martin Luther’s “A Mighty Fortress is Our God.” We actually sang it frequently, but this particular day, one of our lovely and enthusiastic older women named Sue came up to me wide-eyed after […]
On February 24 I would love for you to come and experience what many others in the congregation have! I asked some folks who attended the first Restoration Songs and Prayer what they valued about their time. Here are a few of the responses I received: “I loved that it created a calm and peaceful space […]
Pull me a little closer Take me a little deeper I want to know Your heart I want to know Your heart This is a note of reflection I read from this past Sunday: “God met me during the sermon last Sunday, highlighting things that he is doing and wants to do in my heart […]
Matthew Smith retunes hymns to help churches guide their people into emotionally honest worship, so they can become fully alive, wholehearted worshipers of the living God. Join us the Saturday after the Fall Retreat for a great time of music with Matthew Smith and the Indelible Grace band!! Saturday, October 21, 2017, 7pm Restoration Anglican Church […]
Last weekend, APEX Middle and High School reviewed the concept of “incurvatus in se,” from the book “The Good of Giving Up,” by Aaron Damiani. They were asked to embrace Lent as a time to cease focusing on our dependence on earthly desires and drives and instead to focus on the provisions and Grace […]
I thank God for Pandora radio. He has used these random mixes of songs to edify my soul so many times. A number of the songs that we sing on Sunday have shuffled into my radar at just the right time. Some notable songs that we sing from Pandora stations are Psalm 46 and Esther. After my […]
Beyond Glitter and Glue Sticks: Creating a Family Art Culture On Saturday, May 14, I’ll be holding a RestoArts workshop on “Creating a Family Art Culture,” and I’d love you to be there. Why? Because I believe we all need art in our lives to enrich our understanding of ourselves, the world, and God. This […]
Lent starts today! Each week we’re inviting you to focus on a specific vice and a corresponding virtue rooted in the beatitudes. Through Lent we will meditate on the beatitude that draws us away from the vice as Peter Kreeft masterfully explains in his book Back to Virtue. Each day, look for things in the world […]
We are excited about the worship setting that you will get to experience each Sunday as we anticipate the coming of Jesus. Here are some of the extra bits this Advent: The Processional: Each week the flame entering our sanctuary during the processional helps us to anticipate Jesus’ incarnation (God made flesh). We will hear […]