Restoration Journal
News, Updates, and Resources
Good morning! As many of you are well aware, today is an important election day. I’m sharing with you three prayers to guide you as you pray for our city. The first is written by Laura C., our Prayer Team leader, and the the other two are collects from our Book of Common Prayer. May these be an aid for your personal, Spirit-led prayers throughout the day.
I have a grab bag of important topics to cover before we enter into the excitement of this weekend's Building Consecration and First Sunday in the space.
Two years ago, a ragtag group of Restorationites signed up for Saint Paul’s House of Formation, a two year course on liturgy, theology, scripture, and the Anglican tradition taught by Canon Theologian Stephen Gauthier.
Due to rain throughout Saturday and into Sunday morning, we are moving our Sunday Worship on August 8th back to the Parkway Theater. We’re so grateful for the Parkway’s openness for us to return on such short notice! There are a few other events and details that are impacted by this, though. Read on for more information.
This is an excerpt of this past Sunday’s sermon (re-formatted for the journal) that discusses how the liturgy of the Eucharist transforms our imagination for the Church to embody a “culture of peace” by the practice of “eating” a shared meal.
The lectionary passages from Sunday, July 18th, 2021 (Year B) were Ephesians 2:11-22 and Mark 6:30-44. From these readings, the sermon sought to explore how the themes of “peace” and “eating” are brought together in the Eucharist.
