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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Friends, It was great to be with y’all on Sunday. I know I was only gone for one Sunday (july 3) but it felt like it had been a long time. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. And that picnic… wow! We had such a great trip to West Virginia. Thank you to the Hassells […]
Shoes can be supernatural. This weekend we’re going to infuse as many shoes as we can with near-mythological powers. Ok, they probably won’t levitate or become faster than a speeding bullet, but the old pair of Reebok’s in your closet can be transformed into an otherworldly boon for an Ethiopian, perhaps, who might others contract […]
Recently, we received word that the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) has chosen Restoration as its 2011 Volunteer Group of the Year for 2011. What an honor! Serving AFAC has been one of the primary ways that we’ve been connecting people to the needs around us over the last two years. So many of you […]
Did you know that you help minister to, build relationships with, and care for the immigrant community in Arlandria? (That’s the Arlington/Alexandria border area.) You do, because through your giving to Restoration, you help support Casa Chirilagua, an organization working in Arlandria and dedicated to “learning together to love our neighbors as ourselves.” That’s not […]
In addition to trying to wrap my head around the fact that we’re supposed to get multiple inches of snow tonight, today I’ve been thinking about some of the key moments of yesterday’s worship: Being back! I’d been gone the previous two Sundays, and I missed you all. It felt good to be home. Are […]
[a post from Connally Gilliam] What if… right where you are, God is moving to draw you, your family, co-workers, neighbors and others into the depth, risk, and reality of knowing Jesus? What if… our role is not to “prove” Christianity but help guide our friends to a place where they and God can meet? […]
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 […]