We've launched! Check out all the exciting things the Lord is doing at Eastside right now and in the near future.
IN THIS UPDATE:
A Letter from your Pastor
A Launch Update
Family Worship Weekend
Eastside is Hiring
Upcoming Events
A Griffin Family Update
A Letter from your Pastor:
Eastside launched! We are a brand new church in East Dallas.
I was just thinking about that and how astoundingly quick something in this life can go from "new" to "normal."
It can happen over night.
When we first moved into our house in Lake Highlands and got to know our refugee neighbors, it was all very new and fun. When we first had a neighbor refugee family over for dinner or went to visit a refugee family for coffee and dessert in their home it was likewise very new and very fun.
I was thinking tonight, as my boys watched cartoons on our couch with a couple boys from Nigeria, how "normal" it has now become to be international neighbors. I thought about the girls from Rwanda, Cameroon, Eritrea, and Sudan that come over to play. I thought about the boys from Afghanistan who love to play with us in the park. How all these things that have become so normal used to be, literally, so foreign to me. And in its normalcy our "neighboring" has gotten sweeter.
Everything with Eastside is brand new.
I am sure that things with Eastside will quickly go from "new" to "normal" quickly and my hope is that as our relationships, our ministry in Dallas, our routines, and our worship all become more "normal" we will see our church family get sweeter and sweeter.
Like a good home or neighborhood, like a growing family, Lord, let the longer we live and love together lead to a sweeter and sweeter church even when things are far from new!
For the coming kingdom,
Adam Griffin Lead Pastor
On October 7th, 2018 Eastside Community Church of Dallas was born. There is so much to celebrate and so much that God did that I am so grateful for. The joy in these pictures will help tell the story as well as provide next steps for you to get plugged in, known, and serving if you aren't already.
Jasmine and Liz kindly welcomed all the new faces to Eastside.
Our connections volunteers have been incredible!
If you are ready to join the team, sign up here.
What joy! I love this picture.
Beth Lyons greeting the Montgomery family to Eastside Kids.
If you are ready to join the Eastside Kids Volunteer Team, sign up here.
Morgan Young and Rebekah Nicewander (Children's Ministry Coordinator) led Eastside Kids in reciting their memory verse.
Nearly 750 people gathered to celebrate the birth of a new Christian Church in East Dallas. What an incredible blessing!
Lord, have mercy and find us faithful with all you've entrusted to us.
Ketrina Lemley helped lead the gathered congregation in worship.
If you'd like to serve in worship or production at Eastside, sign up here.
Board Members, Nick Elizondo and Ron Trevino, helped serve communion.
Hundreds of Eastsiders stuck around to celebrate and feast together at our picnic orchestrated by Hannah Fierce, Cassie Rawson, and Adrienne Stamp.
It takes a whole lot of people and work to setup and clean up Eastside Worship and Kids at Conrad each week. Please consider joining a team of Connections volunteers in making all of this possible. Sign up here.
FAMILY WORSHIP IS THIS WEEKEND, 10.28!
The last Sunday of every month we shut down our Eastside Kids programming and have everyone in the auditorium for worship together. We value having age appropriate gospel programming, AND we value worshipping together as a whole faith family. We want to do both very well.
This weekend we will also collect a special offering for a local ministry. If you have kids, this is a great time to talk to them about sacrificial giving and have them participate in financial offering as worship. If you are new to Eastside and you'd like to setup regular giving towards the ministries of the church, you can do that here.
Eastside is hiring!
The Eastside board is looking to fill a full time position for a Women's Discipleship and Groups Minister. You can find the job description and application here.
If you or someone you know would be a great fit for this role, we would love to talk about it!
Singles Lunch: Sunday 11.4.2018 at 12:00pm at Alamo Drafthouse/Vetted Well Lake Highlands
Muffins with Mom: Sunday 12.2.2018 8:45-9:30am in Conrad Cafe
Donuts with Dad: Sunday 12.16.2018 8:45am-9:30am in Conrad Cafe
BIG EVENTS TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR
Prayer Nights are the first Wednesday of every month at Winfrey Point
Next Prayer Night: Wednesday 11.7.2018 at 6:30pm
Prayer Night and Baby Dedication: Wednesday 12.5.2018 at 6:30pm
Eastside Groups Launch: For those looking to be placed into an Eastside Group.
Sunday 1.6.2019 at after worship in Conrad Cafe
Eastside Membership Class:(registration to come, attend one) For those looking to join Eastside.
Saturday 1.19.2019 9am-12pm location TBD
Saturday 2.2.2019 9am-12pm location TBD
Baptism Class: (attend one) For those curious about baptism or desiring to be baptized by Eastside.
Sunday 1.20.2019 8am-9am in Conrad Cafe
Sunday 2.3.2019 8am-9am in Conrad Cafe
OTHER EVENTS ON THE HORIZON
Cross Cultural Training for ministry with refugees
Men's Retreat, Women's Retreat, and a Family Discipleship Retreat
Short-term Mission Trips
Servant Events
Spring Men's and Women's Bible Studies
Conrad Christmas
Brothers and Sisters,
Thank you for always keeping us in your prayers. We desperately need them.
Please pray for me to have wisdom and skill as we lead our family and Eastside past launch and into our new normal.
Here are a couple of highlights from our month.
Fall is a great time to be a Griffin. These boys bring Chelsea and I so much joy.
Despite the rain, we got outside a lot in October – to the park, to the zoo, to the arboretum, and to the track.
We had some beautiful days this month.
Oscar tried his hand at cricket this month.
It's just like baseball, except totally different.
Gus told me that he had learned how to Hula-Hoop without a hoop.
Nailed it.
Theodore tried his hand at professional medicine.
This is him "taking Oscar's blood pressure."
He is "taking it" alright.
He also brought a stethoscope over, put it on my forehead, and told me he was, "looking for my heart beep."
You can learn more about the church and keep up with what is going on by checking out our new website.
