Outreach
Meet the RILA Team!
We all know that our church is full of some amazing people offering their time, treasure and talent many times over. But do you know who is behind the launch of our very own Restoration Immigration Legal Aid Clinic (RILA)? Check these folks out – and come on Tuesday February 16th at 7:30pm to learn […]
Why Immigration Legal Aid?
So, maybe you have heard that Restoration is starting a Legal Aid Ministry this Spring. Why legal aid when there are so many other issues out there? We are choosing to serve in this way because God invites us, throughout Scripture, to love, show compassion and mercy, and to do justice. Why are there dozens […]
RILA? Soooo – what exactly is that?
Question: What is RILA?? Answer: Restoration Immigration Legal Aid, a ministry being launched by Restoration in March 2016. RILA’s mission is to holistically support the immigrant community in our neighborhood through providing low-cost immigration legal assistance, advocacy, and community building events. RILA’s objectives include: Creating a hospitable, comfortable and safe environment. Providing immigration […]
Heading to Bolivia this summer…wanna join?
Have you ever been to Bolivia? Scratch that. Have you ever heard of Bolivia?! Well, it’s a special place, and this summer, if you’re up for an adventure, you can experience it firsthand. But first, some context… Why Bolivia? Did you know that more Bolivians live in the Metro DC area than anywhere else in the world […]
New Wineskins 2016 – coming soon!
Every three years Anglicans in North America gather for an amazing conference: … and it’s coming up soon: April 7-10, 2016. We would love to see a small team of people attending from Restoration. The Blaines will be there as well as many other folk we are encountering and working with globally. On the last day […]
Walls
I remember waking up the first morning in Lakeside, and gathering as a group for Prayer. We had arrived after midnight the night before, and we were bleary-eyed, seeing our surroundings in the light of day for the first time. From where I sat during our reflections, I could see the startling image of a […]
Christmas giving….
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I […]
Stories from Team Lakeside #1
Over the next couple of weeks our two teams to West Asia will be sharing some reflections on their time on the ground. Simon Gray from Team Lakeside starts the series…. [17] Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no […]
çay ve kahve
In contemplating my hopes for the Outreach Prayer for WestAsia over this year, I’ve been thinking about what image I might hold when we meet. We have many images from tradition, scripture, and the church to hold in our praying hearts. We can probably agree on the most prevalent ones: a cross, a last supper, a […]