He [God] gives you the gift of time, so you have to be still and wait.” Anne Voskamp on Advent in The Greatest Gift. At this month’s Women Unscripted: Busyness, we unpacked a lot about how hard and yet how important it is to realize a balance in our busyness. The questions that were asked […]
Saying “Yes!” makes such a difference. That day in May — before our building was finished — when I asked Jesus how He wanted us to use our building, was the day I got the phone call from Operation Christmas Child: “Operation Christmas Child has been praying for a church in Arlington to be a […]
Looking for a way to give this Advent? The Anglican Relief and Development Fund (ARDF) is working to provide clean water to rural communities in Burundi and you can get alongside them. What is the Anglican Relief and Development Fund? ARDF partners with the global church to meet the needs of the poor. The […]
So what are you doing Friday night? Yup – that’s right – this Friday – as in two days time … come to 1815 N Quincy St …. come and eat Lemongrass… and listen to this …. and so much more! What: Daniel Hudspeth and Ben Hofer in concert Where: Restoration Anglican Church – 1815 […]
When Carolyn and I first came to Restoration, we heard the pitch to join a small group. Despite being active in church, we hadn’t ever been in a small group together during our 15 years of marriage. Eager to build community, we landed in Jesse and Sarah Blaine‘s small group. Crammed into their tiny one […]
It was back in October 2008. Our marriage was coming out of one of the rough spots you are pretty much guaranteed to hit if you are married for long enough. We had heard about Dan Allender many times prior, but he happened to be visiting Vienna Presbyterian for his well known “To Be Told: […]
So how do I connect with God, others and the needs of the world? I go to church I attend a small group And..what – is there more? Over the last five years at Restoration we have sought to listen very deliberately to God’s voice and to be careful about the choices we make about investing […]
(This is the testimony David gave in church on May 18) First of all, I wanted to say thank you all for your thoughts and prayers for our team while we were abroad. We all felt blessed to know we had such amazing support during our trip to West Asia. Secondly, I wanted to tell […]
Two Restoration teams will head to Asia Minor, first in early May and then in early June, to pray, listen, share, and encourage. David Ryan is going with Team A in May. Here are his thoughts about the trip: As a child, my mom had Isaiah 6:8 in a picture frame in our hallway: “Then I heard […]
