The vestry met in our fellowship hall on October 26. Due to various travels and illnesses, three members were unable to participate in-person. Karen McNeilly led the vestry in collects and prayer in the shadow of our beautiful new Lord’s Table as we prayed for our church and specifically the needs of our community and […]
On September 28, the vestry met with all members together participating in-person for the FIRST time in 18 months. Mary Jo Binker led the vestry in collects and prayer as we prayed for our church and many of the needs and transitions occurring. We then kicked off the fun with a beautiful rendition of Happy […]
With today marking our first Sunday since March 8, 2020 in which we are here at the 9 am without social distancing or masks required, I’m here on behalf of the vestry to publicly express our gratitude and appreciation for how you, the staff, have led and shepherded us individually and collectively during the last […]
Wardens’ Report April 2021 The Vestry held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 27 virtually. Erica Chapman led us in prayer to start the meeting. Rector David Hanke provided his monthly report, and we approved the meeting minutes from our March 23 meeting. We had a chance to express our appreciation for Isaiah Brooms and […]
The vestry held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 24 virtually. Fun fact: vestry generally hold our meetings on the fourth Tuesday of each month. After being led in prayer by Mary Breed and an approval of her carefully curated meeting minutes from February, we transitioned to items on the agenda.Rector David Hanke provided an […]
The Wardens’ Report: highlights from monthly Vestry meetings. The Vestry met over Zoom (as we have since March) on December 1, for about four hours, by far our longest meeting of the year. After Adam Guzzo opened us in prayer, the main (but hardly only) matter was to consider whether Restoration should revise its “Phase Beta” […]
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 […]
The Vestry met on September 22, again remotely. Lorene Eberhardt opened us in prayer, and we received our staff report from Kat Downs, director of operations, who continues to make lots of trains run on time. Please join us in praying for her as she gears up for two staff searches
PreambleThe Phase Beta plan builds on the foundation that was established in Phase Alpha. Phase Alpha was designed to be deliberately small and conservative so that we could test and pilot having a congregation in our sanctuary. We wanted to give Restoration people an opportunity to demonstrate their desire to worship in-person and we wanted to […]
The Wardens’ Report: a brief summary of highlights from monthly Vestry meetings, designed to provide information about our growth, finances, priorities and progress towards our strategic plan. The vestry gathered for another socially distanced meeting on Tuesday, July 28th. Mary Breed led us in prayer for our congregation, our community and our staff, particularly Kathy […]