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Eastside: Story - part 9 of 11

This Sunday we turn from looking back on the story of our church to looking forward to the story that will be told. The last three weeks of the Eastside Story series together we will consider Eastside's core practices; Worship, Grow, Serve. This week our Worship Pastor Troi speaks on true essential worship.

Eastside: Story - part 8 of 11 

What do we do with The Bible? How does Eastside Church approach scripture when it’s so often been used to exclude and harm children of God? Can we learn a new way to interact with the text through the lens of Jesus?

Eastside: Story - part 7 of 11

Justice matters to God. It is not a new value of the church but rather a core value of Christianity, intrinsically linked with our faith and how we ought to follow the Christ.

Eastside: Story - part 6 of 11

Where did the UMC come from and what is a "Wesleyan"? Why is Eastside UMC and what does Love have to do with it all?

Eastside: Story - part 5 of 11

Eastside’s inclusive posture is not a modern invention but is deeply rooted in the practice of spiritual discernment revealed by the early church in Acts chapter 15. This first leadership council puts on display for us a model of how we can work through challenging, confusing and complex theological problems as the Church and come to ecclesial practices we believe to be in sync with God’s will for us today.

Eastside: Story - part 4 of 11

The world is thirsty for communities who embody their deep value of their historic by actively working to foster  deep rootedness in their own tradition of knowing God. Simultaneously, the world is seeking communities of great depth who in knowing their tradition's teachings, liturgies, and history - don't attempt to white-wash or blindly sacralize it - but through understanding are empowered to contextually embrace that which still speaks and is life-giving - while also growing out of those parts of their tradition that were clearly the byproducts of ancient, human societal norms - not God's divine revelation.

Eastside: Story - part 3 of 11

Through Christ we all have the gift of God, grace. Grace allows us to join our creative God in creating new things for the world.

Eastside: Story - part 2 of 11

A brief recounting of the Eastside story. How did this church come to be?

Eastside: Story - part 1 of 11

The church is the new humanity brought about through Christ reconciling us one to another and to God. As such we are the new organic temple - the dwelling place of God - heaven on earth.

September 5, 2021