Over the last few weeks, we have begun to share a lot about our vision to plant new churches here in the DC area. You may also be aware that the vestry has commissioned the Church Plant Steering Team (CPST) to help guide us in this process. Here is a little bit of information about the […]
Comfort comes with responsibility. …the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, SO THAT we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 2 Corinthians 1:4 Comfort is the experience of future hope in the present. At […]
Save the date! When? 7.30pm THURSDAY Oct 22, 2015 Why? Jesse Blaine’s Ordination to the Transitional Diaconate Where? Restoration Anglican Church After party? Sure… come along and we’ll tell you where! So who is Jesse Blaine? Jesse and Sarah Blaine have been members of Restoration since the beginning of time… well, at least as long […]
The leadership of Restoration has been working hard to listen to God and articulate to each other the direction and plans that our church should pursue over the next five years. It has been a deeply satisfying process. On Pentecost Sunday, June 8, we will present these plans to the congregation and invite us […]
This week I was in Miami for a few days to attend a meeting of folks who are considering creating a North American Urban Church Planting Network. Here are my highlights from the conversation: The attendance was deliberately small. This allowed great interaction with presenters and other participants. The content worked because we were able […]
The hierarchy of success. This morning our long range facility team gathered over early pancakes. Our conversation was focused on big picture hopes and dreams for the building from which we might someday minister. What do we think is most important– location, available time, space, catalyst for community? Obviously we value all of them, but […]
Click Here to take survey Deliberate, specific, and timely feedback is invaluable to a new church. We are about 6 months in to this adventure and now is a perfect time to ask for your thoughts about how things are going. We have developed a survey that will take you about 10 minutes to complete. […]
Practice is almost over… ‘because there are still people in Arlington who are curious…” As we prayed and gathered our launch team at the end of 2008, there was a united, concerted vision that we were being sent out from The Falls Church to be a missional community in Arlington. We had asked each other […]
I was excited to be back at Restoration yesterday. I said this to several people and they said, “Really? You’ve been in Hawaii. Really?” After thinking about it… REALLY. Hawaii was a much needed ‘reset’. Laurel and I were grateful for the chance to be away, to talk for uninterrupted portions of time(!), to open-water […]