Advent, Announcements & News 0
Dear Restoration, ‘The thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.’ Thank you for joining us for worship on Christmas Eve. It was good to sing these words with you. As we move through the season of Christmastide and embrace a new year, I would like to invite […]
Advent, Announcements & News, APEX Youth Ministry, Loving Arlington, Outreach 0
1) Next Grocery Delivery for Afghan Neighbors – September 17 and October 15 The next opportunity to sign up for grocery delivery is Saturday, September 20! Please sign up to join us on Saturday, September 17 or Saturday, October 15 as we partner with Comunidad to deliver groceries to recently arrived Afghan refugees. We have slots […]
Advent, Announcements & News, Vestry 0
Restoration,Have you read through the book of Revelation? If you picked up our Daily Prayer Guide (there are still some in the narthex), you started Revelation 1 today. This book is a wonderful accompaniment for our Advent waiting:”The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave… to show to his servants the things that must soon take place… […]
Announcements & News, Rector 1
Dear Restoration,My dog ran away. Can you believe the irony of it? After preaching in my sermon on Sunday that we have a fenced yard because if he ever got out, he would be gone forever… and then the very next day. He ran. Fast. I saw him go and within seconds, he had turned a corner and was […]
Announcements & News, Outreach 0
Good morning, Resto!Our staff team is often asked how the church can support people in our community. We are so grateful for Restoration’s willingness to love our neighbors. Thank you! You are a generous church and we have two practical ways you can jump in to help.Furniture Drive for an Arlington FamilyChristine Katcher, a new […]
Announcements & News, Rector fall retreat 0
Dear Restoration,The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want. (Psalm 23:1)These words have been running around in my brain and in my heart since Sunday morning. Our fall retreat speaker, David Taylor, suggested that these 9 words, this single verse, represents the whole gospel in the book of Psalms and even the whole Gospel […]
Announcements & News, Rector 0
Hi Restoration,We had a great parish meeting on Sunday. You can hear the audio and watch the slides on our YouTube Channel. Thanks to everyone who attended and thanks be to God for His faithful provision and guidance. Truly, there are many good things that are growing here.During the parish meeting, our senior warden, Brad Jones, […]
Announcements & News, Rector 0
Good morning Restoration,As September draws to a close, my heart is full of thanksgiving for all that the Lord has done in our community this month. For example- the return of Kids’ Small Groups; the explosion of Apex attendance and excitement; the start of Alpha; the start of the Restoration Clergy Development Program and our […]
Announcements & News, Rector 0
Dear Restoration, Be WillingI continue to pray for our willingness– both as individuals who are following Jesus and as a church that is wanting to be salt and light in the community around us. Our willingness precedes our discernment. May God give us willing hearts that bear the fruit that comes from faithful courage. Praying for the hard placesOur staff […]
Announcements & News, Rector 0
Dear Restoration,I have been thinking so much this week about that question from my sermon last Sunday: ‘What would it be like to live as a led person?’ In our readings this week for the Daily Office, we read Psalm 37. There were 4 verbs that jumped off the page to me as I imagined living as a led person: delight, […]
