Got toys? Here are some thoughts from Kristi Mouttet about Operation Christmas Child Lately, I’ve been nudged to consider more deeply what it means to live in this part of the country. Sermons at Restoration, the blog writings, and the approaching holidays got me thinking about why it’s so difficult for us to part with […]
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 […]
Life Together, Outreach, Sunday Corporate Worship 3
Well, yesterday was an adventure, wasn’t it? A suddenly and inexplicably malfunctioning projector meant that we were without song lyrics, sermon slides, or the congregation’s part of the liturgy. But a heroic effort by Matt Hoppe and the worship team (Bethany Hoang and Ian Hassell), and a lightning-fast trip to Kinko’s by Samantha Burg, kept […]
Community, Life Together, Outreach 1
The West Virginia team returned on Sunday evening after an amazing five days working and living and having fun together in the town of Philippi. Here’s a report from Liz Gray, Restoration’s outreach coordinator and — as it turns out — Bananagrams player extraordinaire. Come to our outreach fun night tomorrow (Wednesday) at 6:30 to […]
You can read all about our mission trip to West Virginia, here. We are so proud of these folks who are intentionally giving their time and treasure to serve a community that has experienced great need. This is our second year to send a team and we are quickly seeing friendships and ‘visit’ anticipation build. […]
Stop Injustice: 5 Weeks For Freedom from International Justice Mission on Vimeo. 5 Weeks for Freedom is a major awareness and advocacy campaign to support International Justice Mission’s work and give a voice to victims of modern-day slavery and other forms of injustice. A team of ordinary people is giving up 5 weeks to cycle […]
From Connally Gilliam, a member of Restoration’s local outreach team: It happened. The Outreach Cookout. And it was good, honestly good. Good food; good moon bounce and face paint; good words from good people about good organizations; good attendance (150-175); good conversations; good water balloons; and good (enough) weather. It made me think of one […]
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 […]
A post from Restoration member and Global Outreach Committee member Jesse Blaine: Moldova is a small country, unheard of by most people, that is located between Romania and Ukraine. It comes complete with Europe’s only remaining communist government (although that is supposedly changing), lives in a GDP neighborhood with Haiti, Laos, and Niger, and has […]
