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I’ve enjoyed posting poetry series themed around the Christian year recently (see “Poetry for Lent,” “Poetry for Easter,“ and "Poetry for Ordinary Time"). As a follow-up to the "Poetry for Advent" and "Poetry for Christmas" series, I am continuing that theme with a series called “Poetry for Epiphany.” The season of Epiphany, runs from the …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series entitled "The Discipleship Journey: Four Examples of Growing with Jesus." I preached this third message of the series entitled "Beginnings of Transformation." In this message I walked through the story of Pentecost in Acts 2, including Peter's message and the ensuing life of the early church …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series entitled "The Discipleship Journey: Four Examples of Growing with Jesus." I preached this second message of the series entitled "Seeking Understanding," which explored Philip's encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch as recorded in Acts 8:26-39. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access …
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This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new four-week preaching series entitled "The Discipleship Journey: Four Examples of Growing with Jesus." This series explores four stories from the book of Acts about discipleship. Each person we will study exemplifies different stages of our journey of faith. We will explore what we can learn …
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we celebrated Eastbrook Outdoors and at that service I preached a stand-alone message that carried forward some themes of our recent series on Nehemiah, entitled "Jesus Rebuilds and Repairs." You can find the message outline and video below. Join us for weekend worship in-person or remotely via Eastbrook at Home. …
Matthew Erickson 