Our purpose, why we do what we do, at Restoration comes from the belief that knowing Yeshua changes everything. We believe that a personal relationship with the God who created you is not only possible but its what you were built for. Knowing Yeshua changes how we make decisions, it changes how we look at marriage and family, it changes how we look at work, it changes our world view, it changes how we treat relationships in our lives. The bottom line is knowing Yeshua changes everything. It's a foundation to who we are as people and who we are as a synagogue in Seattle.
Purpose: Knowing Yeshua Changes Everything
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January 7, 2017 • Matt Rosenberg
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Six Core Values
January 28, 2017 • Matt Rosenberg
You have heard it said, “If everything is important, nothing is important. If we value everything, we don't value anything.” At Restoration we have six core values, and in fact, those six values make up our synagogue’s logo: six arrows forming a Jewish Star that point inward to symbolize the restoration God wants to do in everyone. We believe that real restoration begins inside of you and works its way to the people you do life with. In fact, that is the very reason we named our synagogue Restoration, because we believe God’s desire is to bring all of His creation - Jew and Gentile, male and female - back to Himself, all in order to restore the relationship between creation and its Creator. These six core values are issues our community cares most about, and everything we do as a synagogue comes back to these six core values.
Vision: To Move From Where You Are To Where God Wants You To Be
January 21, 2017 • Matt Rosenberg
At Restoration our vision — what we hope people will do — is that people will move from where they are to where God wants them to be. This is the process of discipleship. Following Yeshua means things are going to change and that with change comes fruit that glorifies God. This is not just change that happens at the moment of salvation but an ongoing change that happens in the life of a follower of Yeshua. To abide, to stay, to remain in relationship with Yeshua so that we can bring glory to God in everything we do! This is what glorifies the Father—a changed heart and a changed life.
Mission: To Lead People To Become Fully Devoted Followers of Yeshua
January 14, 2017 • Matt Rosenberg
At Restoration we are on a mission to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Yeshua. The most important word in our mission is “become,” because the truth is, no one is devoted to Yeshua enough. This is meant to be an encouragement because there is always more to know about God and who you are in God. There are areas in every one of our lives that need to be given fully to God. We want to help people who are far from God to find a relationship with Him because, honestly, if you want to follow someone it should probably be the one person who rose from the dead and never died again. God is not in a search for perfect people. He wants a relationship with people who know they need Him. It’s the very reason His offer to be His follower is so simple. He is saying to you, today, “follow me.”