Welcome Home!
Welcome Home! That’s the focus today and for the next three weeks here at Eastside. The idea is that we would all come to understand that the church is our home…
Entries by Amanda Petersen
What Will Jesus See in Your Offering?
How would you feel if someone sat down next to you here at church specifically to find out how much you put in the offering plate? What if that person was your Savior, Jesus Christ?
10 for 10: What Really Matters is Knowing the Master
In his inaugural speech in 1961, President John F. Kennedy famously stated, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” Is it possible that we could take that statement and apply it to our congregation? “Ask not what Eastside can do for you, but what you can do for Eastside?”
Giving to God Doesn’t Make a Bit of Sense!
“It just doesn’t make sense…” We know 1+1=2. But there are plenty of times when the numbers just don’t seem to add up.
The Path to Heaven: Reconciliation Road
Today, we get to explore one of the best pictures of lived faith in perhaps the entire Bible. In Philemon, our reconciliation in Christ is applied concretely to a human relationship.
The Path to Heaven: Our “I” Problem
It’s amazing how a single word in English can mean so many different things! Take the word “football” for example. In one context it can refer to an oblong ball with helmets and touchdowns and in another, a round ball with goals.
The Path to Heaven: The Narrow Door
It’s said that a pastor’s job in preaching is both to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Where are you this morning? Do you need to be afflicted or comforted?
The Path to Heaven: Division, Not Peace
It seems everyone today has been impacted by cancer. Now that may seem like an exaggeration, but maybe only slightly.
Welcome Home Sunday
You are invited to our Welcome Home Sunday on October 27th, at 10:00am.
There’s something about home. Home is where you relax after a long day of work. Home is where you can let your hair down, because you know the people there will love you, even with your quirks and flaws. Home is where you feel most safe, in a world which is anything but.
Jesus intended for his church to be more than a school where we learn about God’s Word. He intended it to be more than a cathedral where we praise our Creator. Jesus intended for church to be a home, a place where we gather with Christian family and enjoy all the blessings of home.
On October 27th, we are celebrating Welcome Home Sunday. We will talk about the importance of having the support of a Christian community. One major goal for this Sunday? We want to have 100% of our members in attendance. Let’s pack the house! Let’s see what that looks like, when every member comes together. Please do everything possible to set that date aside so you can join your brothers and sisters in Christ. We will have just one service at 10:00am which will followed by food and a band outside on our church parking lot and lawn.
