Community, Generosity, Getting Involved, Loving Arlington, Outreach 2
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 […]
Anglican, Christian Calendar, Community, Getting Involved, Spiritual Disciplines 2
RSVP to the Invitation to a Holy Lent We’re two weeks into the Lenten season, a third of the way through to the “Allelulia” shouts of Easter morning. On Ash Wednesday our priests invited us to a Holy Lent. Did you RSVP? Are you finding a rhythm in your sacrifice? Have you forgotten or slipped […]
Getting Involved, Justice, Thoughts 0
Making choices… how do I spend my time? My money? My energy? Where do I go in my thought life? What do I worry about? What and whom do I love? What gets me excited? Hopeful? What makes me laugh, or cry? Who am I – and who do I want to be? There are […]
Generosity, Getting Involved, Kids, Outreach 0
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 […]
Community, Getting Involved, Outreach 3
A post from Christine Jones, a member at Restoration: Teaching English is a great way to meet your immigrant neighbors! Sarita is living the American dream. Maybe not the way one might imagine, but Sarita and her husband came to the USA ten years ago from Nepal in search of a better life. In the […]
Community, Getting Involved, Outreach 0
Hey! Do you have an idea for reaching out to your friends and neighbors in Arlington? We want to help! You know better than anyone how to reach the people in your spheres of influence: your neighbors, your colleagues, the parents or nannies you see at the park… What are their needs that you could […]
Getting Involved, Life Together, restoration 2
My Dear Restoration, Back in 2008, early in our life together, we gathered once a month to pray and ask what sort of church God might be calling us to plant in Arlington. Over an 8 month period, Restoration was born with a mission to connect people to God, to others, and to the needs […]
Community, Getting Involved, Membership 3
Was Sunday your first visit to Restoration? Have you been coming for a few months and gotten interested in learning more and getting more involved? Have you been here for two years but have never been able to make it to one of those “newcomer dinners”? Have you ever even thought about setting foot in […]
A post from Outreach Team member Mary Ann Calhoun: The recent violence against Christians overseas is a vivid reminder that our lives are quite set apart from the risks that some believers face today! What does it mean to help bear this burden of our fellow members of the Body of Christ? Friday night we […]
Getting Involved, Loving Arlington, Outreach 0
A post from Outreach Coordinator Liz Gray: Today is Epiphany – the day we celebrate the Word made flesh, the manifestation of God’s love in the person of Jesus Christ. On this day we think of the Wise Men, the Gentiles who recognized the child Jesus as the King of the Jews. We think too […]
