A guest post from Elizabeth and Paul Boesen: When I was growing up, the Easter Vigil service (much longer that Restoration’s will be!) would only be endurable because I knew there would be SUGAR afterwards! A festive, joyous party followed the vigil and there was a real sensory experience that He is Risen! So, in […]
Church Planting, Life Together, Sunday Corporate Worship 5
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 […]
Church Planting, Life Together 0
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 […]
Community, Life Together, Small Groups, Sunday Corporate Worship 3
Laughter, relaxation, balance, empathy, community, day-to-day, deep, challenging, fun, refreshing, necessary…those are a few of the adjectives I would use when describing my small group experience at Restoration. With second small group semester just around the corner, we thought we’d ask you to share a few adjectives of your own. Check out our newest video! […]
Community, Culture, Life Together 9
Friends: If you were at one of our first prayer gatherings, you may have seen me give a quick recap of the purpose of the web-site, and an even quicker recap of flickr. I’ve been promising to tell you more about flickr, the photos on the site, and how you can be a part. What […]
Life Together, Sunday Corporate Worship 8
Since we are new, lots of people have lots of questions. What happens during kids church? What should we wear? Why do you celebrate communion each week? What exactly is confirmation? What’s a bishop? Does that collar itch? How do I get involved in a small group? I play a mean harmonica, can I play […]
Getting Involved, Life Together 2
Community Care Connection Restoration wants to meet the needs of those in our community through the gifts and services of those in our community. We have so many folks who want to help! I love that attitude and I am thankful to be in a church where people regularly say, ‘what can I do?’ Often […]
Christian Calendar, Life Together, restoration 5
Lent starts with our Ash Wednesday service on Feb 25th: 7:30pm at the church. From Feb 26 until April 3, we will have opportunities for corporate prayer each day of the week, Monday-Friday. The times will vary by day, but will be the same every week (for example: every Monday at 8:30pm, every Tuesday at […]
Christian Calendar, Life Together 20
Lent is one of those beautiful, funky, makes you go hmmm, reflective times of the year. Next Wednesday, millions of people will go to work and school with ash crosses on their head. They will have the words– for you are dust and to dust you shall return– echoing in their ears. People outside the […]
We are coming to the end of our 5 weeks series on how The Gospel Changes Everything. We have been talking and wrestling through how our core values are shaped by the reality that Jesus lived the life we could not live and died the death that should have been ours. How then do we […]
