Local Outreach
Get Involved
- Tell us what you’re up to – already actively participating in a local outreach project that you think other Restoration folks may want to join? Great! Tell us about it by filling out this form.
- Prayer gatherings for both local and global outreach - this will be a time to both intercede on behalf of this community as well as trade ideas, insights, questions, and dreams as we establish our next, concrete steps.
- Saturday, Feburary 20 – 10:30am-12:oopm at Restoration
- Saturday, March 27 – 10:30am-12:oopm at Restoration
- Saturday, April 24 – 10:30am-12:oopm at Restoration
- Saturday, May 22 – 10:30am-12:oopm at Restoration
- Arlington Food Assistance Center - starting in the late spring, we’ll continue our support of the Sunday Farmer’s Market runs.
- ART MUSIC JUSTICE: You’re invited to a weekend of art, music, and conversation. April 16-18, 2010. The Falls Church
Exploring together how to use what we’ve been given by God — or gifts and our passions — to seek justice through our life and work. http://www.artmusicjustice.com/
A few outreach books worth the read, from Connally’s view at least…
- The Challenge of Jesus, by NT Wright. The last chapter, “Walking to Emmaus in a Postmodern World” is pheonomenal.
- The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, by Lesslie Newbigin. The first 3 chapters were particularly helpful.
- The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21 Century Church, by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch. These guys push limits.
- The Insider: Bringing the Kingdom of God into Your Everyday World, by Jim Peterson and Mike Shamy. Incredibly helpful.
- Urban Ministry: The Kingdom, The City & The People of God, by Harvie Conn and Manuel Ortiz. Love Harvie Conn’s thought (and life) though he’s now left this planet.
- Let Justice Roll Down, by John Perkins. This is the story of (and a call to) justice wrought through the transforming power of the gospel.
- OTHER IDEAS? Contact Connally Gilliam with your book suggestions.
Local Outreach Foci (best, word, ever)
We’re a young church and we’re still figuring this out. While we wrestle together with the bigger picture of where we’ll put our time and resources, we know that local outreach will focus on these two areas:
- Arlington’s most vulnerable, with an emphasis on the immigrant community
- Those in our natural spheres of influence (family members, friends, colleagues, neighbors, etc.)
Our basic approach to this is simple (and probably a bit messy): we want to be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ while also using our mouths to articulate the good news that the king, Jesus, has come and that his kingdom is breaking out all over the place. Our hope and trust is that as we join a wide variety of others in caring for our local community, God will reveal his good news to all kinds of people (including us) in all kinds of ways, be it through the work we do, the conversations we have, or the relationships that are built.
More soon!
For more info on any of the above (or any local outreach related questions), please contact Connally Gilliam.
