To be honest, we’d been talking about the capital campaign for some time before it really dawned on me: ‘Oh, right… This includes me, too.’ (Sometimes I’m not the quickest one in the room.) And then I started to get a little bit nervous. It wasn’t the idea of giving money that made me hesitant. […]
A group of us gathered on Wednesday night to talk about what God has to say about immigration. Unlike the debates we are hearing on TV and the Radio in the build up to the election, this was not a moment to talk about our different political views, but to have a discussion about what […]
AFAC Farmers’ Market Runs are a great way to serve our community! Sunday, July 1, Restoration volunteers collected $3,680 worth of fresh produce. Sunday, July 8, Restoration volunteers collected $3,200 worth of fresh produce. Sunday, July 15, Restoration volunteers collected $4,320 worth of fresh produce. In three weeks of serving, we moved a total of 7,000 pounds […]
Have you ever: served greeted, served communion, ushed, read scripture, or run the sound board at a Sunday worship service? volunteered at AFAC, A-SPAN, Casa Chirilagua, or the Sunrise assisted living center? led a small group? been part of the worship team at Sunday worship? worked in the nursery? gone to West Virginia or Moldova? […]
It’s June … thunderstorms and showers and the temperature is ramping up. So much is happening it can be a bit overwhelming: help here, do this, write that, serve them, watch those…. What do we choose when there are so many voices? So many needs? How do we listen to the one voice we need […]
The little girl standing next to Fiona in this picture was fascinated by her skin – she stood and stroked it for ages – eventually saying “your skin is so lovely, it is white like the mug” – Fiona had been hoping to acquire a tan whilst abroad so this didn’t come across as the […]
If we did a word association test on Arlington County, ‘poverty’ and ‘need’ probably wouldn’t rank very high. Consistently ranked by Forbes magazine (alongside neighboring Fairfax, Loudon and Montgomery Counties) as among the nation’s most affluent places, it’s possible to live in Arlington and forget that there are still a large number of needy residents […]
Can a gift change a life? I recently watched several of the videos on the Operation Christmas Child website showing joyful children all over the world receiving Christmas gifts in shoeboxes. They are amazing!! In one of these videos titled “Blessing Children and Churches in Sudan” something said by James Abdella in Lainya, Southern Sudan caught […]
Over the summer, Restoration member Kevan Hayes spent 7 weeks traveling in Moldova, looking at ways to help the country’s many orphans. You can read Kevan’s report below. And come to church on Sunday, when we’ll hear more from Kevan about his trip and about how Restoration is making a difference in the lives of […]
Happy Labor Day! I hope you are enjoying a day of rest and refreshment as the summer draws to a close. Often, holidays feel like moments of grace in our very busy lives– special visits, sleeping in, special food. Elizabeth Boesen reflected on a moment of grace from this summer. I found it to be […]