A post from Moldova team leader Jesse Blaine: Charged with seeking out “the broken people and places of the world to help with after-care initiative for marginalized communities”, Restoration’s outreach foci seem tailored for a struggling former Soviet Republic like Moldova. So, on September 24th, eight folks from Restoration decided to come alongside our World […]
Community, Getting Involved, Life Together, Retreats 2
A post from Connally Gilliam, an active member of Restoration: Last year was Restoration’s first church-wide retreat, and I – one who often speaks at retreats but secretly never really likes going to them – well…I liked it! It was, for lack of a more profound word: good. Seriously. Fun, solid, real, good – showing […]
A blog post from Restoration member and Global Outreach Committee member, Jesse Blaine: Moldova is located between Romania and Ukraine, and is the poorest and only communist country in Europe. With widespread corruption, growing poverty, and an outdated Soviet-era orphanage system, Moldova has become a key European hotbed for human trafficking activity. Some quick facts: […]
Getting Involved, Loving Arlington, Outreach 4
A post from Restoration member Connally Gilliam: Thinking about coming to the cookout on June 12th, 4:30-6:30, at the church (even if it’s after your World Cup party)? I hope so. Not just because there will be good food, awesome music by Matt and friends, a moonbounce for kids, and sign-ups for service opportunities… though […]
Generosity, Getting Involved, Kids, Outreach 1
UPDATE: Applications Due March 28th! Click here to download an application. The required deposit is $50 per person (not $300 as the application states). Last summer, a group of 45 people — adults and kids — from Restoration and The Falls Church spent 5 days in the town of Philippi, West Virginia. It was an […]
Community, Getting Involved, Life Together 0
Looking to get more involved? Here is another new way! The Facebook. The. Facebook. One of the things I hear most is, “How did you know that?” Almost 100% of the time my answer is the same: “It’s on the website.” (Yes, this is a gentle reminder to check the website often). But for that […]
Getting Involved, Sunday Corporate Worship 1
Dorky church trivia fact of the day: our word ‘liturgy’ comes from the Greek work ‘leitourgia,’ which means ‘the work of the people.’ And our Sunday morning worship is indeed the work of many people. Sure, there’s David up front and the musicians and all of us in the pews… But there are a lot […]
There are three ways to get involved with the musical worship life of Restoration. We are looking for people who would like to be trained to run our sound board, who would like to run our powerpoint slide shows, and who would like to use their musical gifts on our Sunday morning worship team. Here […]
Getting Involved, Sunday Corporate Worship 1
This is the third in a blog series on Getting Involved at Restoration.Check out part one and part two. Serving our church Think about the first time you came to Restoration.Hopefully, someone greeted you at the door with a smile and a handshake.Maybe an usher helped you find a seat.You heard the scriptures read aloud. […]
This is the second in a blog series on Getting Involved at Restoration. Check out part 1 Loving our kids Restoration has so many great kids. There is a significant exodus each week when they leave the service after our opening worship. I have loved watching our community (those with kids and those without) come […]
