Welcome to the third week of Advent at Restore! If you aren’t familiar with Advent, it is simply a spiritual season of preparation entered into in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about what it looks like to choose joy!

Welcome to the second week of Advent at Restore! If you aren’t familiar with Advent, it is simply a spiritual season of preparation entered into in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about what it looks like to pursue Christlike peace in our lives and the world!

If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

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Welcome to the first week of Advent at Restore! If you aren’t familiar with Advent, it is simply a spiritual season of preparation entered into in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Over our next four Gatherings, we will look at the four themes of Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about what it looks like to find true and lasting hope during the holiday season!

If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

When we read the verse, “we love because God first loved us,” many of us struggle to take “us” out of the abstract and think about what it means for us as individuals. God first loved me. God first loved you. Join us as Lindsay Contreras talks about how we can receive and embrace God’s love for each of us, and how that changes everything.

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More than any other group, faith communities have the ability to both inflict tremendous harm and provide life-changing healing, but we believe deeply in the potential of healthy faith communities to make the world a better place. Join us as Zach W. Lambert talks why cultivating a loving church matters so much.

We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

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We must not be people who throw in the towel or bury our heads in the sand. We must be people who step up and work for justice, because that’s what it means to be a follower of Jesus. Join us as Zach W. Lambert talks about how we love the vulnerable as Jesus commanded.

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Today, we are talking about loving our enemies. The level of polarization in our country is the highest it’s been in the most of our lifetimes and, according to experts, we are at risk for significant civil unrest a political violence during this election season. Join us as Zach W. Lambert talks about how we love our enemies, as Jesus commanded, in the midst of so much division.

If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

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Today we are starting a new series called Kingdom Politics which is all about how we follow Jesus in the area of political engagement. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about the politics of Jesus and how we can follow him in this area of our lives.

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What happens when we divide the world into “us” vs. “them”? And what might happen if we chose to resist polarization and have our minds transformed by the Way of Jesus? Join us today as Jonathan Merritt teaches through the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus.

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Sometimes God’s Kingdom work looks like challenging corrupt rulers or speaking truth to power, but Ruth shows us that God’s Kingdom work most often looks like small acts of sacrificial love. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert dives into Ruth’s story and looks at how she models a Christlike way of doing justice work!

If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.