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This coming weekend, we will begin a three-week session (June 3, 10, and 17) during second hour (9:30-10:45am) in the gymnasium with special guest Mel Lawrenz entitled "Deepening Your Spiritual Influence." Mel is a published author, former Senior Pastor at Elmbrook Church and current director of the Brook Network. All of our normal classes for the …
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We are in the midst of a three-week series here at Eastbrook Church called "Three Disciples." It brings focus to those three apostles who were closest to Jesus: Peter, John and James. The goal of the series is to take a biographical look at these disciples in order to see what it looks like for …
Yesterday at Eastbrook Church, I concluded our series "Risky Faith." There was so much profound conversation happening around the church about what God is speaking to us as individuals and as a church, that I was truly moved. I told the story yesterday of Philippe Petit, a French acrobat and high-wire artist. In the early …
This weekend at Eastbrook, I finished up our series "Risky Faith" with a message entitled "Walk on the Waves" from Matthew 14:22-33. The main point of the message is that Jesus is the Lord over all and we grow to know Him more as we take steps of risky faith like Peter. You can listen …
The following discussion questions accompany my message this past weekend at Eastbrook Church entitled "Ordinary Offerings" on the faith of Hannah from 1 Samuel 1. Discussion Questions: What is the most important gift that you’ve ever given to someone else in your life? Why was it so important? We continue our series, “Risky Faith,” this …
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Matthew Erickson 