Hope you are enjoying a different kind of weekend. As you watch and shovel snow, I invite you to take a few minutes to read some thoughts from Cindy D. Where is God bringing restoration for you? Cindy: I’ve been pondering what “restoration” means and I’m curious what it means to you. Right now I […]
Anglican, Confirmation, Spiritual Disciplines 2
Our bishop, David Bena, will be visiting Restoration in a couple of weeks, on February 28th. One of the things he’ll do while he’s here is confirmations. Basically, confirmation is a chance for you to publicly profess for your faith in Jesus Christ and to express your desire to live out that faith corporately in […]
Hi. I am really excited about 3 things 1. I have run into a bunch (15?) of people who are doing an intentional plan to read the Bible this year. They found iphone apps, Blackberry thingys, they printed out the Mc’Cheyne guide (on pretty paper), they bought a BCP. Way to go Restoration! God promises […]
Tweens & Teens at Restoration When asked what they like about our church, tweens in our congregation consistently said “it’s small…in a great way,” “it’s easy to get to know everyone,” “you get to know everyone because you are smushed up against them [in the pew].” These kids are longing for – and finding – […]
Generosity, Loving Arlington, Outreach 1
Many of you know that Restoration has partnered with the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) in various ways over the past year. Restoration volunteers have cleaned floors, carried crates, bagged food, and helped with other projects. Now AFAC has another way that we can help — and all that’s required are a couple of minutes […]
What a great meeting we had last night. Church, you did good in the election last November. We have a gifted, God-dependent, faithful group of elders who will serve and lead us in the year to come. We did 2 important administrative things that I wanted to tell you about: 1. We chose term limits. […]
Epiphany The season of Epiphany always begins on the 12th day of Christmas: January 6. It is difficult to capture all the nuance and meaning of the Greek root in Epiphany, but generally it means ‘revelation’ or ‘manifestation of that which has been hidden.’ Our Anglican morning prayer service, (p. 76, BCP) has three verses […]
