Restoration Journal
News, Updates, and Resources
Our church is in an exciting transitional season right now. We are shifting from a small, new church plant pastored by just me and Molly towards a slightly more established church with a more full pastoral team. In light of this, I am making changes to staff titles in order to bring clarity and to encourage you in your own spiritual walk.
All Saints is the high holy day in which we thank God for our spiritual mothers and fathers who have gone before us, faithfully stewarding the Good News of Jesus Christ. We ask God to give us the strength and courage to continue to proclaim his grace to a new generation.
Restoration will be holding several events before and after All Saints in order to celebrate the family of God that we have been adopted into through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Enjoy these parties, baptisms, reaffirmations of faith, and times of feasting.
In March 2020, the world was turned upside down by the Covid Pandemic. Restoration was only two and a half years old when it struck, and because of our nimble, scrappy nature, we were able to quickly deploy creative solutions for connecting our church, which included an excellent Livestream of Sunday Worship. I’m quite proud of our team and what they’ve been able to accomplish these past few years, but it’s now time to phase out the Livestream and to reinforce better ways of fostering sacramental fellowship.
I’m so happy to share that we are offering membership at Restoration. Why now? Well as some of you know, we actually began designing a membership process a long time ago, but with all that’s happened these past couple years, we were never quite able to finish it. Now, with the tremendous help of the Parish Council and other leaders, we’re finally ready.
New Life Family Services (www.nlfs.org) honors the sanctity of human life by assisting clients in life-affirming decisions with the love and compassion of Christ. I joined the board several years ago because I resonated with New Life’s vision to “one day reach all abortion-minded and abortion-vulnerable individuals throughout Minnesota with comprehensive pregnancy-related services and the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
