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Eastbrook Church

Bearing Fruit
Lent 2024

Bearing Fruit

Read John 12:20-25 I am a gardener; or at least I like to think that I am. Truth be told, I still have a lot to learn about planting and...

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February 23, 2024
Construction

February 22 Update

Not much progress happened this past week. The site is ready for the modular contractors to move the modular building into place, and we are waiting for an install date. Please...

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February 22, 2024
Lessons from a Cottonwood
Lent 2024

Lessons from a Cottonwood

Read Jeremiah 17:5-8 This past December my wife, Lisa, and I traveled to Southern Utah to visit several national parks. We marveled at vistas in Zion, Bryce, Canyonlands, and Arches;...

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February 22, 2024
False Gods
Lent 2024

False Gods

Read Joshua 24:14-15 As we explore the image and idea of being planted this week, my mind is drawn to the parable of the sower. I think especially of the...

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February 21, 2024
The Road Less Traveled
Lent 2024

The Road Less Traveled

Read Matthew 7:13-14 Chances are you’ve heard Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken”—perhaps most famously, the last three lines:  Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took...

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February 20, 2024
An Important Choice
Lent 2024

An Important Choice

Read Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Today’s passage from Deuteronomy is part of Moses’ address to the people of Israel before his death and their entry into the Promised Land. After 40 years...

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February 19, 2024
The Planted Life
Lent 2024

The Planted Life

Read Psalm 1:1-3 “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose...

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February 18, 2024
Practice: Sabbath
Lent 2024

Practice: Sabbath

Each Saturday during Lent, we will take some time as a church family to practice a different spiritual discipline or spiritual practice together. Today, we are practicing Sabbath with Senior...

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February 17, 2024
Kingdom Calculator
Lent 2024

Kingdom Calculator

Read Philippians 3:8-11 Have you ever thrown away something valuable? When I first decided to move to the Middle East in 2018, I found myself in a predicament: could I...

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February 16, 2024
Construction

February 15 Update

Work continues on the construction of the West Building and the renovation of the Food Pantry garage bays. Here is what we saw happen this week: The underground utility work...

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February 15, 2024