Life Together, Outreach, Sunday Corporate Worship 3
Well, yesterday was an adventure, wasn’t it? A suddenly and inexplicably malfunctioning projector meant that we were without song lyrics, sermon slides, or the congregation’s part of the liturgy. But a heroic effort by Matt Hoppe and the worship team (Bethany Hoang and Ian Hassell), and a lightning-fast trip to Kinko’s by Samantha Burg, kept […]
That’s our Retreat speaker riding a ‘fixie’ around his neighborhood in Austin. Gideon is a good friend from my days in Austin, TX. He and I were both leading ministries that focused on students at the University of Texas. We also cared about the local body of Christ, multi-ethnicity, and partnership in God’s Kingdom. He […]
Last week, I had the privilege of attending the annual CANA Council with Restoration’s other representatives–David Hanke, Richard Hines, and Ramsey Wilson. One of the highlights was Bishop Martyn Minns’s annual Pastoral Call to all the CANA churches. Restoration got a special shout-out, and Bishop Minns put forward a bold vision for what it means […]
Many of you know my dear friend, Patrick Ware. We both attended Gordon-Conwell and then he and I were the first “Timothy’s” at The Falls Church from 2006-2009. Patrick and Jordan (his wife) planted Winchester Anglican Church this past year. The church is having a big impact on that community. I’m really proud of him. […]
“May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 15: 5-6 This is what I have been praying for myself this week as […]
Community, Life Together, Outreach 1
The West Virginia team returned on Sunday evening after an amazing five days working and living and having fun together in the town of Philippi. Here’s a report from Liz Gray, Restoration’s outreach coordinator and — as it turns out — Bananagrams player extraordinaire. Come to our outreach fun night tomorrow (Wednesday) at 6:30 to […]
You can read all about our mission trip to West Virginia, here. We are so proud of these folks who are intentionally giving their time and treasure to serve a community that has experienced great need. This is our second year to send a team and we are quickly seeing friendships and ‘visit’ anticipation build. […]
Stop Injustice: 5 Weeks For Freedom from International Justice Mission on Vimeo. 5 Weeks for Freedom is a major awareness and advocacy campaign to support International Justice Mission’s work and give a voice to victims of modern-day slavery and other forms of injustice. A team of ordinary people is giving up 5 weeks to cycle […]
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been talking a lot about the gifts of the Spirit. David helpfully defined a spiritual gift as a specific manifestation of the Holy Spirit that is given to an individual for the common good. As I’ve talked this over with people — in my small group, in staff meeting, […]
From Connally Gilliam, a member of Restoration’s local outreach team: It happened. The Outreach Cookout. And it was good, honestly good. Good food; good moon bounce and face paint; good words from good people about good organizations; good attendance (150-175); good conversations; good water balloons; and good (enough) weather. It made me think of one […]
