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 […]
The vestry met on July 27 for our second in-person monthly meeting of the year. Due to summer travel schedules two members still joined virtually and we remain thankful for the technology we’ve semi-mastered over the past 16 months that makes remote participation possible in a variety of ways.Dan Vogel led the vestry in prayer […]
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 […]
On June 22, this year’s vestry gathered for our monthly meeting for the very first time IN PERSON.
Wardens’ ReportMay 25, 2021 Our vestry met on May 25th for what we hope will be the final time virtually. With all members scheduled to be fully vaccinated by our June meeting we look forward to gathering next in person. Indeed, gathering in person at Restoration was the main topic of discussion for the vestry. We started […]
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 […]
Our 2021 vestry gathered virtually for our second meeting of the year, and immediately took care of the most serious business of the night first: singing happy birthday to our Sr. Warden. You might recall one of the reasons we moved our Sunday services from Zoom to YouTube Live was because of the former’s inability […]
The 2021 vestry met for the first time on January 26 as so many of us have done for more than nine months: virtually over Zoom. Despite the sadness and challenges associated with not being able to gather in-person for the usual vestry retreat earlier in the month or on Quincy Street, there was a […]
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” […]