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Many of us make resolutions for growth and change in the New Year. Unfortunately, statistics show that most of these resolutions do not hold for long or really make much long-term change. I believe this is in large part because we do not include the Living God in this process of resolution, and also because …
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I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. (Psalm 9:1) Thanksgiving is a day for family to gather and give thanks for what God has done (and is doing). Join us today at 10 AM as the Eastbrook Church family gathers to praise and …
O God, we thank you for this earth, our home; For the wide sky and the blessed sun, For the salt sea and the running water, For the everlasting hills And the never-resting winds, For trees and the common grass underfoot. We thank you for our senses By which we hear the songs of birds, …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued our new series walking through the New Testament book of Ephesians, entitled "Ephesians: A Crash Course in Basic Christianity." This weekend, I continued with the second half of chapter 1, which offers us a "Crash Course in Knowing Christ." This is really a prayer of Paul that …
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Each year at Eastbrook Church, we designate the offering for our Thanksgiving Day service to help international partners who are in the midst of challenges or have a pressing need. This year’s offering focuses on two wonderful ministries in Africa. If you haven’t had the chance to contribute to this year’s Thanksgiving offering, you can …
Matthew Erickson 