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Field Guide For Troubled Times | Gardens And Groceries
This Week: Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 | Give Online | Online Connect Card Weekly Drop (Newsletter) Sign Up | Kids Resources Reflection Questions God is always present and at work in our lives - even in the ordinary, mundane places where we least...

Field Guide For Troubled Times | They’ll Remember Our Love
Through this season of dealing with the coronavirus crisis in our country, we’ll be posting resources every Sunday online for you, your family, and friends to stay connected in worship in our community. Read This Week’s Scripture: 1 John 4:7-12 How Can We Pray...

10 Books That Shaped Me
by Justin Rhorer | Pastor, Restoration Church Ever since we’ve began worshiping from our homes, my bookshelf in my office has become the default backdrop of my sermon delivery. Beyond the subtle suggestions on how I need to straighten up my books (a wonderful source...

5.3.20 | Field Guide For Troubled Times: How To Grow Hope
Through this season of dealing with the coronavirus crisis in our country, we’ll be posting resources every Sunday online for you, your family, and friends to stay connected in worship in our community. Read This Week’s Scripture: Romans 5:1-4, 1 Peter 5:6-10 ...

4.26.20 | Field Guide For Troubled Times: Rest For Our Souls
Through this season of dealing with the coronavirus crisis in our country, we’ll be posting resources every Sunday online for you, your family, and friends to stay connected in worship in our community. Read This Week’s Scripture: Psalm 131 How Can We Pray For...

4.19.20 | Field Guide For Troubled Times: God In The Chaos
Through this season of dealing with the coronavirus crisis in our country, we’ll be posting resources every Sunday online for you, your family, and friends to stay connected in worship in our community. Read This Week’s Scripture: Luke 8:22-25 How Can We Pray...

Easter When No One Is Watching
There’s a bittersweet mood taking hold this Holy Saturday morning. Outside, the streets are almost bare, the shelfs are almost empty, and the news has us in a flurry of wondering what might happen next. Inside, we’re tired of the same walls staring back at us, our...

Darkness + Dawn | Good Friday And Easter
Through this season of dealing with the coronavirus crisis in our country, we’ll be posting resources every Sunday online for you, your family, and friends to stay connected in worship in our community. Read This Week’s Scripture: John 11:1-44 How Can We Pray...

This Present Darkness
“What if this darkness is not the darkness of the tomb, but the darkness of the womb?” — Civil rights advocate Valarie Kuar, Metropolitan AME Church, 12/31/2016By Hannah Strang These words of the compassionate Sikh activist Valarie Kuar come to my mind often....

Sunday Online, 4.5.20 | When Words Fail Week 4: The King We Long For (Psalm 24)
Through this season of dealing with the coronavirus crisis in our country, we’ll be posting resources every Sunday online for you, your family, and friends to stay connected in worship in our community. This Week’s Scripture: Psalm 24 The earth is the Lord’s, and...