This past Sunday at Eastbrook Church we began a new preaching series entitled "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." Whether it’s that flat tire while driving, a broken-down roof, or larger aspects of our families, cities, or world, many things wear down or break. How do we engage our lives or world when …
“Encountering a Broken World” – a message from Nehemiah 1:1-4
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new series from the book of Nehemiah entitled "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." I preached the opening message of this series entitled, "Encountering a Broken World," which was based on Nehemiah 1:1-4. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access …
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Eastbrook at Home – June 4, 2023
Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we celebrate Trinity Sunday. We also begin a new series based in the Old Testament book of Nehemiah entitled: "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." This is also a communion weekend at Eastbrook, as …
Malcolm Guite, “Our Mother-tongue Is Love” – A Sonnet for Pentecost
Here is Malcolm Guite's poem for Pentecost Sunday, "Our Mother-tongue is Love." This sonnet is taken from Guite's book Sounding the Seasons: Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year. Malcolm Guite is an Anglican priest, poet, and songwriter, who served as a Life Fellow and chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge. Today we feel the wind beneath …
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The Holy Spirit is Like…: Three Images of the Holy Spirit in Scripture
In Scripture there are three commonly used images for the Holy Spirit. These symbols of the Holy Spirit's presence help us understand who the Holy Spirit is and what the Holy Spirit does. The Holy Spirit is Like WindThe first of these images is wind. We read about this on the day of Pentecost in …
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