God's vision for our new faith community...
Gather
We celebrate new life in Christ by gathering for Spirit-filled worship and giving our hearts to God as a faithful response to God’s gift of eternal life in Jesus Christ. 
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Grow
We strive for authentic community by sharing our lives in small groups and growing together in the grace and knowledge of God. 
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Go
We restore hope to a broken world by going into our local community and beyond and loving our neighbors through missional service. 
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For more information about the vision for our new faith community, click here!
We gather for worship
on Sunday mornings at 10:30 AM!
We are the result of our decisions.
While we agonize over little things like what to wear and what to eat,
are we glossing over the big choices?
There might be more on the line than you thought
when you say, "I choose."
Join us on Sundays @10:30 AM this September and October
as we begin a new series about making good choices.
As a new faith community in the Charlottesville area,
we love meeting new friends and seeing new faces.
So consider yourself invited! All are welcome.
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Meet our Pastor, Marc Rickabaugh
Our church planter, Marc Rickabaugh, is a native of Vinton, Virginia, a small town on the eastern side of Roanoke. He graduated from The University (of Virginia) in 1993 and worked as a Certified Public Accountant in Richmond, VA for eleven years.
Following God's call into pastoral ministry in 2004, Marc left his business career behind and moved to central North Carolina with his family There he served as the pastor of Saxapahaw UMC while attending Duke Divinity School. After graduating from Duke, the Rickabaughs moved back to Virginia where Marc served as the associate minister at Williamsburg UMC and later as the lead pastor of Grace Harbor Church in Chesapeake, VA.
Marc is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church with a special desire to start new churches. His passion is to share the good news of God's love in Jesus Christ with everyone! He loves meeting new people and walking with them on their faith journeys as they learn to love God and others more and more each day.
Second only to Marc's love for God is his love for his wife, Nancy, and their three teenagers, son, Layne, and daughters, Sydney and Molly. Along with serving God as Marc's partner in ministry, Nancy works as an elementary school teacher for Charlottesville City Public Schools. The Rickabaughs live in Forest Lakes and love living in the heart of Virginia. Marc's interests include running and eating Jelly Belly brand jelly beans!
Following God's call into pastoral ministry in 2004, Marc left his business career behind and moved to central North Carolina with his family There he served as the pastor of Saxapahaw UMC while attending Duke Divinity School. After graduating from Duke, the Rickabaughs moved back to Virginia where Marc served as the associate minister at Williamsburg UMC and later as the lead pastor of Grace Harbor Church in Chesapeake, VA.
Marc is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church with a special desire to start new churches. His passion is to share the good news of God's love in Jesus Christ with everyone! He loves meeting new people and walking with them on their faith journeys as they learn to love God and others more and more each day.
Second only to Marc's love for God is his love for his wife, Nancy, and their three teenagers, son, Layne, and daughters, Sydney and Molly. Along with serving God as Marc's partner in ministry, Nancy works as an elementary school teacher for Charlottesville City Public Schools. The Rickabaughs live in Forest Lakes and love living in the heart of Virginia. Marc's interests include running and eating Jelly Belly brand jelly beans!
Some answers to Frequently Asked Questions...
Q: Do you have a regular worship service?
A: YES! We're the newest Christian faith community in the Charlottesville area, and we'd love to have you come join us as our guest on Sunday mornings at 10:30 AM. We sing modern, upbeat Christian music, offer practical, biblical teaching, and share prayer and Holy Communion.
Q: What should I wear if I come to your Sunday morning gatherings?
A: Please wear whatever you'd normally wear on a daily basis, and feel free to leave your suits, ties, dresses, and high heels at home. Even our pastor wears jeans! In other words, we're an informal faith community.
Q: How long do your Sunday worship services last?
A: Normally about an hour and 15 minutes. Most Sundays we're done by 11:45 AM.
Q: Do you offer any programs for children?
A: Yes! We love children. We currently offer a children's message and a children's teaching time during our worship services. Pastor Marc teaches the children a short, interactive lesson, and then they move to another room for an age-appropriate children's lesson. Of course, if you prefer, your children are always welcome to remain with you.
Q: Do you have a nursery?
A: Yes! We offer a safe, clean, professionally staffed nursery during our Sunday worship services at 10:30 AM. Our nursery staff have all passed a background check and also serve as teachers at our affiliated preschool, Paran Preschool.
Q: Do you have any programs for youth?
A: Yes, we do! We RCYouth group is currently led by our pastor. This small group is committed to gathering our youth together for fun, engaging activities, helping them grow on their Christian faith journeys, and going in our community to share God's love through missional service. Our youth group typically meets 1-2 times a month for gatherings and other activities.
Q:Are you affiliated with a Christian denomination?
A: Yes, we're a brand new church started by United Methodist Church in Virginia. We are proud of our denominational connection, but we do things a bit differently than more traditional environments might. That is by design and with a purpose. We aim to be a safe and welcoming place for people who may feel disconnected from God, and to be relevant to the newer generations who are drifting away from the church. There’s nothing wrong with the traditional ways of doing things, but there’s room for differences too!
That’s why we don’t make a big deal about our United Methodist affiliation. We want everyone to feel welcomed and encouraged to attend, whatever their denominational background or lack thereof. We seek to be a friendly, receptive, life-giving place while still holding loyally to our sound Wesleyan/Methodist Christian theology, affiliation, structure, and leadership. While we're striving to be a bit unconventional, we hope our efforts produce "good fruit" for us and for God's Kingdom. We also hope to be an encouragement towards spiritual renewal, growth, and vitality everywhere!
A: YES! We're the newest Christian faith community in the Charlottesville area, and we'd love to have you come join us as our guest on Sunday mornings at 10:30 AM. We sing modern, upbeat Christian music, offer practical, biblical teaching, and share prayer and Holy Communion.
Q: What should I wear if I come to your Sunday morning gatherings?
A: Please wear whatever you'd normally wear on a daily basis, and feel free to leave your suits, ties, dresses, and high heels at home. Even our pastor wears jeans! In other words, we're an informal faith community.
Q: How long do your Sunday worship services last?
A: Normally about an hour and 15 minutes. Most Sundays we're done by 11:45 AM.
Q: Do you offer any programs for children?
A: Yes! We love children. We currently offer a children's message and a children's teaching time during our worship services. Pastor Marc teaches the children a short, interactive lesson, and then they move to another room for an age-appropriate children's lesson. Of course, if you prefer, your children are always welcome to remain with you.
Q: Do you have a nursery?
A: Yes! We offer a safe, clean, professionally staffed nursery during our Sunday worship services at 10:30 AM. Our nursery staff have all passed a background check and also serve as teachers at our affiliated preschool, Paran Preschool.
Q: Do you have any programs for youth?
A: Yes, we do! We RCYouth group is currently led by our pastor. This small group is committed to gathering our youth together for fun, engaging activities, helping them grow on their Christian faith journeys, and going in our community to share God's love through missional service. Our youth group typically meets 1-2 times a month for gatherings and other activities.
Q:Are you affiliated with a Christian denomination?
A: Yes, we're a brand new church started by United Methodist Church in Virginia. We are proud of our denominational connection, but we do things a bit differently than more traditional environments might. That is by design and with a purpose. We aim to be a safe and welcoming place for people who may feel disconnected from God, and to be relevant to the newer generations who are drifting away from the church. There’s nothing wrong with the traditional ways of doing things, but there’s room for differences too!
That’s why we don’t make a big deal about our United Methodist affiliation. We want everyone to feel welcomed and encouraged to attend, whatever their denominational background or lack thereof. We seek to be a friendly, receptive, life-giving place while still holding loyally to our sound Wesleyan/Methodist Christian theology, affiliation, structure, and leadership. While we're striving to be a bit unconventional, we hope our efforts produce "good fruit" for us and for God's Kingdom. We also hope to be an encouragement towards spiritual renewal, growth, and vitality everywhere!
If we didn't answer your question here,
please contact us, and we'll be happy to help!
See below right for our contact information.
Photos from our November 2015 Stop Hunger Now
Meal Packaging event at Fashion Square Mall!
On Saturday, November 14, 2015, Restoration Church
hosted a Stop Hunger Now Meal Packaging Event
at Fashion Square Mall in Charlottesville, VA.
During this event, we packed over 10,000 meals in just 1 hour!
Want to learn more about Stop Hunger Now? Check out the videos below...
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Is faith in God a destination to be reached,
a lifelong journey of grace, or a little of both?
Join us this Fall at Restoration Church as we study a classic book
that was once the second most widely read book in the English language -
John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.
This new "Growth Group" will meet August through November
on Wednesday nights at 7 pm. We'll be gathering at
Michael's Restaurant near the Forest Lakes North entrance.
(3450 Seminole Trail, Charlottesville, VA 22911)
If you'd like to be part of this new small group opportunity,
please email Pastor Marc. All are welcome!
Our new faith community offers
a wonderful, loving half-day preschool to our community
at Paran Preschool.
Since 1992 Paran has been on a mission
to provide a nurturing, developmentally appropriate,
Christian environment for children
as they begin their journey to become lifelong learners.
For more information, check out Paran's website!
paranpreschool.com
