Eastside Church

It’s #TransVisibilityDay and we at Eastside Church fully and joyfully affirm the lives of every beloved, transgender child of God. For you are fearfully and wonderfully made. We rejoice in you!

Join Eastside's Justice Team on April 20 to discuss health disparities in our community. We'll spend time from 7:00 - 7:30 PM screening vignettes from the series from the Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership and the Maine Department of Health: In All Fairness: Putting a Face on Health Disparities. At 7:30 we'll begin a panel discussion around health disparities in the populations of people experiencing homelessness, the transgender community, and the new immigrant community

It's officially Holy Week which means Stations of the Cross is this Thursday-Saturday! You can register at the link in the event description for a private, 30-minute walk-through of the Stations in our sanctuary. This is available to you and those in your household. Please come masked.

We have two work days coming up and we’d love for you to participate! Help us get our building & grounds ready for spring. This is open to all folks & their families. If you have any questions feel free to comment them down below!

We wanted to take a moment and celebrate our friend and Pastor today on his birthday! We are so grateful for Tim’s leadership and the ways he continues to walk alongside and push Eastside forward. Happy birthday Tim!

The building yesterday morning was filled with the beautiful music that our worship team brought to us as well as a thoughtful message from Pastor Tim. This wouldn’t have been possible without our sound and tech team. Thank you to all who had a hand in creating a special Palm Sunday with us digitally. - It’s officially Holy Week and we have a few opportunities for you to connect with us this week. Check out our events tab for the Stations of the Cross events & the In-person Easter service!

Looking for a church to celebrate Palm Sunday with this morning? Join us at 10 am for a special service! Digital Communion immediately following service via: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88008548367... Drive-thru communion from 12-1pm at the front of our building 468 Moreland Ave SE. Come masked!

Unfortunately due to predicted weather we are cancelling our in-person liturgical service tomorrow but our 10 am digital worship is still on as well as digital communion AND drive-thru communion on the steps from 12-1pm! We are looking forward to the ways we can still be together tomorrow.

Joyful morning indeed. It has been over a year since we’ve met in person for a Sunday morning worship experience and we are fully living into the joy that was yesterday morning. Whether you worshiped with us online or this afternoon in our parking lot, we are so grateful to celebrate our risen Savior together. Happy Easter, church!

Happy Easter, Church! Our digital service begins at 10 am. We would love for you to join us. We have a special service prepared to celebrate today. Immediately following service we will hold a digital communion for any who would like to participate via zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88979108765... At 12:30pm we will have a 30-minute liturgical service including music and communion in our parking lot. Masks are required! If you would like to come we ask that you please RSVP before 12pm! https://eastsideumc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms//responses/new

Tomorrow is Easter and we are looking forward to getting to be together digitally and in-person. Our 10 am service will be on Youtube followed by a digital communion if you are unable to come in person tomorrow. Then at 12:30pm in our parking lot we will have a 30 min liturgical service including music and communion. Come masked if you are coming! RSVP required. https://eastsideumc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms//responses/new

We have weekly slots available for a virtual check in with Pastor Tim! If you would like to sign up for a slot please email [email protected] and she can set you up for an appointment.

Yesterday morning, Pastor Tim’s preached a timely message on forgiveness and touched on working through conflict together as a community. As we enter this week with the news that brings many joy and hope, how can we begin to reconstruct and rebuild through our communities? You can watch yesterday’s sermon on our YouTube page or listen to it as a podcast on Spotify or Apple.

This morning our worship director, Troi shared some words in reflection of the news from the election. We hope these words sit with you and instill action in us all. The Kingdom is incredibly political. The Gospel is political. Jesus is political. -Troi

Good morning and happy Sunday, Eastside! We will be worshipping together virtually via our Youtube this morning. Countdown begins at 9:55 am and worship will begin right at 10 am. See you all soon!

Looking for a church to worship with? We’d love for you to join us at 10 am on Sundays via our YouTube page. All are welcome!

Charlie, one of our Eastside Makers, will be selling his one-of-a-kind laminated alcohol ink painted bookmarks for this years Makers Mart! He is just one of our incredible vendors for this years Makers Mart. We can’t wait for you all to see what everyone will be selling this year! - Makers Mart is happening 11/15-21 virtually! Stay tuned for more information as we get closer.

Our drive for Wellroot Family Services is still happening! We have a signup genius going and an Amazon list. Links are down below! We are in need of the following items: Mac and cheese Green beans... Fried onions Sliced carrots Sugar Rolls Mixed veggies Salsa $20 gift cards (these gift cards will be used to buy turkeys and hams!) signup genius: https://m.signupgenius.com/ Amazon list: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1SB9LW6409POG

Were you not apart of a Core Group this semester and wishing that you were? We are opening up some Core Groups during this season as we recognize that being socially connected during a global pandemic can be difficult. If this is you and you would like to sign up please visit the link below! (Photos were all taken pre-COVID) https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSfcl4qDn_4X0aCoTa/viewform

It’s November and we’ve got a fun month planned with EY! We are kicking the month off with an in-person gathering tonight. 6-12th grade is invited to join us for a night of pizza, games and fellowship! We will see you tonight at 6pm at the Farmer residence. For the address please text Karina at (404) 721-3186.

In times of waiting, we as Christians, will meditate and pray. May this prayer be that offering for you. A moment to close your eyes and reflect on the words being read. - If you are in need of anything or someone to talk to please reach out to [email protected]

In the words of Howard Thurman, the Earth is automatic. The wind will still blow, the plants will still bloom and the sun will still shine. But we know the anxiety is still prevalent and tomorrow’s unknown awaits. We hope this prayer can be a source of comfort to you all as we enter into tomorrow.

During the month of November, our Racial Justice Fund will be going towards the work that is happening at Southern Center for Human Rights. We as a church believe that criminal justice IS racial justice. To give directly towards SCHR visit Eastsideatl.org/support and give under the Racial Justice tab. - On the face of it, the criminal law is color-blind and class-blind. But in a sense, this only makes the problem worse. The rhetoric of the criminal justice system sends the ...message that our society carefully protects everyone’s constitutional rights, but in practice the rules assure that law enforcement prerogatives will generally prevail over the rights of minorities and the poor. By affording criminal suspects substantial constitutional rights in theory, the Supreme Court validates the results of the criminal justice system as fair. That formal fairness obscures the systemic concerns that ought to be raised by the fact that the prison population is overwhelmingly poor and disproportionately black.- David Cole See more

We are sitting with the words Pastor Tim spoke on making amends during his sermon yesterday morning. We are grateful for this visual reminder to reflect on and pray with. - If you missed yesterday’s sermon please know it’s saved on our YouTube page. You can watch it whenever you’d like!

It was a beautiful Sunday morning together. Thank you to @jenny_and_the_giant_peach for being our artist for this mornings live art! This mornings communion service was special- we are grateful to be able to hold this space together virtually.