The Restoration Christmas Choir and Orchestra
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Friday, December 5, 2025
Ping Pong Anyone??
Ping Pong Anyone??🏓
Attn All Ping Pong Players:
Beginning January 8th, 2026 through February 5th, SCRB will be hosting its first ever Doubles Table Tennis Tournament, every Thursday night, 6:00-8:00 PM at the church.
Whether you're a novice or an accomplished competitor, we hope you'll join us for 5 weeks of indoor, winter fun, as we gather for some good competition and fellowship!❄️ This will be just like Pickle Ball, a Round Robin tournament with teams of two.🥒No weather issues to worry about...it's all indoors!⛄️
There will be a sign-up sheet in the foyer this Sunday at SCRB. If you attend another congregation, please pass the word and respond to this text with names and phone numbers, if you're interested. We will also be putting this out on Restoration News over the next couple of weeks. Any questions, contact either Jack or Pam Maybee, (816) 729-4732 or (816)228-1928. 👍
So get out of the house....and throw off those "winter blahs" for some indoor FUN!🏓
Jack & Pam😉
Healing Heart December 2025 Meeting
Healing Heart December 2025 Meeting
Healing Hearts is a Christ centered group open to all who are currently widowed (widows and widowers). We offer fellowship, friendship, fun, and worship. We support each other emotionally through our presence and our common grief. This group is open to all who are widowed, regardless of church affiliation.
We will meet at Colbern Road Restoration Branch on:
Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 2:30 - 4:00 PM
Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 2:30 - 4:00 PM
The Church of Jesus Christ
Colbern Road Restoration Branch
9525 Lake Lotawana Rd., Gate 2
Lee's Summit, MO 64086
Contact: Jeanie Marsh 816-678-7212
Restoration Bookstore Sale - 12/05/2025
Restoration Bookstore Sale
Restoration Bookstore is having their annual 25%-off sale on the books, eBooks, CDs, and Church History prints that are published by Price Publishing Company. Excluded from this sale are the Scriptures (the Inspired Version, the Book of Mormon, and the Doctrine and Covenants).
Included in this sale are many favorites:
Story of the Church, by Inez Smith Davis; Volumes 1-3 of Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy
Memoirs of Joseph Smith III, Into the Latter Day Light, Autobiography of Elder Charles Derry, and most of the other biographies and autobiographies
Many missionary books--The Old Jerusalem Gospel, A Marvelous Work and a Wonder, The Angel Message, Fundamental Differences between the LDS and RLDS Churches, and Apostasy, Reformation, and Restoration. (Note: Tracts and Charts are excluded from this sale.)
Favorite Classics: Call at Evening, In the Shelter of the Little Brown Cottage, The Vineyard Story, Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors, and others
Historical reprints: Times and Seasons, Messenger and Advocate, The Saints' Advocate
New Books: Who Can fin a Virtuous Woman, Quotations on Mormonism, The History of Polygamy
Most of the books in the Curriculum Section.
All eBooks, and many others.
Feel free to come in and browse these books, and others, during our regular business hours: 9:00 - 5:00 Monday through Thursday and 9:00 - Noon on Saturday. (We are closed on Friday.) We hope to see you soon!
The Staff
Price Publishing Company
Esther Hoover Obituary
Esther Hoover Obituary Esther Hoover, 86, passed away November 29, 2025, at her home in Independence. She was born November 16, 1939, at Butler, Missouri, and was the tenth and last child of Ted and Eleanore Elefson. Esther grew up on the family farm a few miles south of Butler. She graduated from Butler High School in 1956 and then began her college work at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa. After two years at Graceland she taught in a one-room school near Hays, Kansas. In 1958 she married Gary Hoover, her high school sweetheart. They lived in Butler for fifteen years while Esther taught in the Butler school system and completed her college degree at Central Missouri State University at Warrensburg. It was in Butler during this time that their three children were born. In 1973 the family moved to Raymore Missouri for Gary’s work, and Esther taught in the Raymore-Peculiar school system, and later worked for the Social Security Administration as a Claims Adjuster. After her retirement from her federal government position she again returned to teaching at Hope Day School. Esther’s solid faith and intelligent friendship will be deeply missed by her church family at South Crysler Restoration Branch. For many years, she and Gary gave their valuable support to the work of Christ’s gospel there. In 2006 she and Gary went to Australia and served as missionaries for six months to further the work of the church. Being the youngest in the large Elefson family, Esther was always a good and delightful aunt for many nieces and nephews and was the holder of a rich family inheritance. Esther is survived by her husband, Gary Hoover, their son Bret (Nancy) Hoover, and their two daughters, Lisa Hoover and Dana (Harold) Edwards. She is also survived by a sister, Kathryn (Gayle) Sacry, of Whitehall, Montana, nine grandchildren, Bradley (Nicole) Hoover, Andrew (Alana) Hoover, Scott (Mikayla) Hoover, Forrest (Amy) Hagen, Hannah (Garrett) Shelton, Stephen, David and Elizabeth Gulick and eight great-grandchildren. Memorial services will be held at Royer Funeral Home, 1823 N. Blue Mills Road, Independence, Missouri, on December 8th, 2025. Visitation is at 1:00 followed by a service at 2:00. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Center Place Restoration School, 819 W. Waldo Avenue, Independence, Missouri 64050. Royer’s New Salem Funeral Home ~ Independence, MO (816) 796-8600 |
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Thursday, December 4, 2025
LIVING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD DECEMBER 4, 2025
LIVING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD DECEMBER 4, 2025
Beloved Saints of the Most High God,
Greetings and “MERRY CHRISTMAS” all month long.
As many will say, “This the best time of the year!” But
then, as long as we walk with Jesus, as my yard sign says, “JESUS IS THE REASON
FOR THE SEASON!” Of course, we all know that Jesus is the reason for every
season, because without Him, there is no need for any season.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone accepted Jesus as
their Savior instead of continual debates about when He was born? What a
fantastic world we would live in if everyone would love as Jesus loved, even
being willing to give our life for the cause of the Kingdom! Let each of us
live such a life every day so as to reflect that love that Jesus shared with
everyone. That is the only kind of love that will find place in Zion/Celestial
Glory, so it must find place in our lives now.
As we all know, Christmas is different in various parts
of the world, even in some parts of the same country. But the significance of
Christmas is, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only
Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.” John3 :16.
I’m sure everyone has their favorite Christmas scripture,
hymn, poem, story etc. I will share some of my favorites today, especially as
they apply to living in the Kingdom of God.
Scripture: Third Nephi 1:1-15, particularly verse
13, “And on the morrow come I into the world, to show unto the world
that I will fulfill all that which I have caused to be spoken by the mouth of
my holy prophets.” You can read and know what was happening, but WOW!
Jesus spoke to Nephi the night before he was born. A true miracle indeed. Jesus
wants to speak to us every day. Perhaps I, we, need to learn to cry mightily to
our God all day and night.
Hymn: I especially like “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
verse four. “O Holy Child of Bethlehem,
descend to us we pray; Cast out our sin and enter
in, Be born in us today. We hear the
Christmas angels, The great glad tidings tell; O come to
us, abide with us, OUR LORD, IMMANUEL! All through our daily
living in the Kingdom, if Jesus is not working within us, can we truthfully say
we are living in the Kingdom? Keep in mind that this coming Sunday is The
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.
Story: Many years ago I found a story called, “Trouble at
the Inn.” A church was doing the Christmas story and a young man about ten
years old, who was a little shy, but good size was chosen to be the Innkeeper.
You know, the one who had to tell Joseph there was NO room in the inn. When it
came to that point in the play, after he had softy told Joseph there was no
room and Joseph started to leave, he called out, in a strong voice, “Come back,
Joseph, YOU CAN HAVE MY ROOM!” Needless to say, the church and the
community were changed forever. So, in our daily walk, are we willing to share
everything we have with Jesus? He doesn’t want our room, but does ask us to
give Him our hearts.
The Inspired Version in Luke 2:7 uses the words “inns.”
All others say, “inn.” Does it matter?
Poem: As you know, most, if not all, hymns are poems.
Hymn 105 in “Hymns of the Restoration,” “When Jesus, Our Great Master Came,”
was used as we prepared for prayer service last night at Waldo Avenue RB. I
think it is appropriate for our living in the Kingdom.
When Jesus, our great Master, came to teach us in his
Father’s name,
In every act, in every thought, He lived the precepts
which he taught.
So let our lips and lives express The Holy Gospel we
profess;
So let our works and virtues shine To prove the doctrine
all divine.
A virtue is a very high level of morality. Doctrine and
Covenants 38:5c and 46:9b instruct us to practice virtue and holiness before
Him and continually.
God bless
Paul Gage
Monday, November 24, 2025
New Restoration News editor...
New Restoration News editor...
Restoration News |
Restoration News subscribers, Brian Stuck has agreed to take over the responsibility of Restoration News. He would first like to offer a special thank you to Emiley for taking the time out of her busy life to continue this ministry after Garland. She was able to migrate the almost 1,000 subscriber email list to a new platform and figure out the technical challenges of doing this. With many life changes, she has continued to keep the ministry going for many months, but decided it was best to hand it off to someone else. Brian Stuck is happy to take over this service to members of the Restoration. He is an Elder at South Crysler Restoration Branch and has lived in the Independence area for most of his life. If you would like to send an announcement, send it to the same email address as before - restorationews@gmail.com Emiley Coffman |
Thursday, November 20, 2025
LIVING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD NOVEMBER 20, 2025
LIVING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD NOVEMBER 20, 2025
Thank YOU, Heavenly father, for all the faithful Saints
all around the world. Though most of them we do not know, we know that YOU know
who each one is, where they are and what they go through every day in living in
the Kingdom. You, O Lord, know our every thought, our every word, our every
desire to be your people. You, O Lord, know every struggle we face every minute
of the day. There is nothing that escapes your all seeing eyes, nor any sound
that doesn’t enter your ear. There is not one thing we can hide from you, even
if we wanted to hide something.
Therefore, may we always remember to be a thankful
follower of Jesus Christ. Each of us could most likely take pen and paper and
fill every line with things for which we should be thankful. Sometimes, we take
things for granted, as if we deserved it or did it ourselves.
There is the story of a person who had a dream about
Heaven. He was escorted by an angel. They came to a room so big it could not be
measured. There were angels everywhere, each one very busy. The person asked
what was going on. The angel said, this is the place where all the requests
come in for God’s help and guidance.
They continued on and eventually came to a very small
room, maybe 4 ft by 4ft. There was one angel on duty who was reading the Bible.
The person asked the angel what was the purpose of this room The angel replied
that this was the room where THANK YOU’S came in.
Whether it is necessary or not, we all feel good and
smile when someone says Thank you for something we have done for them. So it is
with God. Don’t just make Thanksgiving a one day a year part of your life. Take
time and be sure to thank God for the multitude of blessings He bestows on us
24/7 365.
We can’t repeat often enough I Thessalonians 5:18
“In everything
give thanks;
for this is
the will of God
in Christ Jesus
concerning
you”.
Teach it and stress it to all you know or meet. By
this we realize that God’s Hand is in everything that happens in our lives.
GIVE THANKS WITH A GRATEFUL HEART.
God bless
Paul Gage
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
AI Toys For Christmas? You Might Want To Think Again
From: Paul Gage
AI Toys For Christmas? You Might Want To Think Again 💢
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