We are going to do baby dedications when we come together for First Sunday October 7th.
Jake and Sarah Howard from Guinea, West Africa are going to be visiting Restoration as our missions emphasis speakers on August 13-14. Jake and Sara will join us for Church on Saturday night the 13th (Lord willing) and Sunday morning the 14th. We will also be talking about missions as it relates to praying, serving, and giving. See you then! In the meantime, be in prayer.
This month, Todd Sovine, Director of Church Planting for the Central District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance will join us to speak on investing your life in the Kingdom of God. Todd is our church planting coach and is a key part of scores of church planters throughout the midwest and the rest of the world! It will be a good Sunday!
On the First Sunday of every month, all of our house churches come together at Nordson Depot (671 Franklin Ave in Amherst) for a combined worship service at 10am. It's not a typical worship service. We drink coffee and fellowship for a while before we get started. We sit at round tables together to make sure that everyone gets to connect. We usually sing a few songs (lyrics projected on a screen). Then pastor Dan shares a short message (15-20 minutes). After that, we discuss the sermon at our tables. We usually take communion after discussion and then sing another song. We don't normally pass an offering plate, but we have a box in the back in case people want to give. You can also give online. After the last song, most people hang out for a while as we slowly make our way out.
Baptism is an outward proclamation of an inward decision to follow Jesus. If you have trusted Jesus, you are in. Baptism is simply an outward proclamation of an inward decision to follow Jesus. It doesn't save you; Jesus does. However, it is really important. Don't wait around to get baptized. Have the person who led you to Christ dunk you in some water in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19-20) or contact us (dan@restorationamherst.org) to set up a time to get baptized. You don't have to have everything together to get baptized. In fact, you shouldn't wait until your life is together. The only requirement is that you trust Jesus. Are you in?
We are going to meet at Lakeview Park to baptize anyone who wants to publicly proclaim their commitment to follow Jesus. Invite your friends. Tell the world. The Kingdom of God has come near.
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