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Spaces are going quickly for the Financial Peace University course offered beginning June 10. Thanks to the generosity of two donors, your cost is half what it would otherwise be…

Prayer of the Week | April 16, 2018

O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his…

Who are you? | Sermon from 4/15/18

Who are you? Seems like a simple enough question. Until you get asked it. Consider the last time you interviewed. Almost certainly, the opening question was, “tell us a little…

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Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University coming to Eastman First!

12 Apr 201812 Apr 2018

Coming June 10, we'll be offering Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University here at the church! This course teaches families both practical and theological ways to be good stewards of the…

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Offering Options

4 Apr 20183 Apr 2018

Making your contribution to the church, whether or not you visit us in person, is easy, convenient, and super helpful for us. We rely on consistent offerings to make decisions…

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Podcast Now Available!

3 Apr 20184 Apr 2018

Have you wanted to listen, rather than read, sermons? Perhaps while exercising, or while driving, or while completing household chores? Our new podcast offers just such an opportunity! We're test-piloting…

Prayer of the Week | April 2, 2018

God of power and majesty: with the rising of the sun, you have raised Jesus Christ and delivered him and us from death’s destruction. We praise you on this bright…

Mary and the quiet Sunday morning | Easter sermon | 4/1/18

Scripture: John 20:1-18 Mary Magdalene was something of a celebrity among Christians in the first years after the resurrection. As the first person to have encountered the risen Christ, everyone…

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Tenebrae | Celebrate Holy Week with us | Thursday at 7:00 p.m. or Friday at 12:30 p.m.

The word "tenebrae" comes from the Latin meaning "darkness." The Tenebrae is an ancient Christian Good Friday service that makes use of gradually diminishing light through the extinguishing of candles…

Beginning Holy Week | Reflection from the Cross

As we begin Holy Week, I offer this reflection, based on John 19:25-27. May we all be "dear women" to Christ. Dear woman, I have chosen the weak to shame…

Join the Revolution | Sermon from 3/25/17

25 Mar 20183 Apr 2018

Based on Mark 11:1-11 Quite often, I can tell what time it is by visiting Wal-Mart. Currently, the time is Easter. You can tell by all the bunnies and eggs…

Easter Egg Hunt

EASTMAN FIRST 2018 ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT Join us on Saturday, March 31st at 11:00AM our Annual Easter Egg Hunt. at the Harrell’s Farm – Trinity Oaks – 88 Haley…

Prayer of the week | March 19, 2018

Holy God, Today, we remember that you are marching, inevitably, toward your death and resurrection. In this last week before your triumphal entry into Jerusalem, you’re moving, with great courage,…

Come Home | Sermon from March 18, 2018

Have you ever had the experience that you think the preacher, somehow, wrote his or her sermon that week just for you? That the preacher, somehow, is preaching to you…

Prayer of the week | March 12, 2018

12 Mar 201811 Mar 2018

Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may…

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Reasons to be Thankful for Eastman First Methodist

From the benediction at both services on Sunday, March 11, 2018 * For a spiritual renewal that has caused some of us to rededicate our lives to Christ, others to…

Dealing with our complaints

Based on Numbers 21:4-9 On twitter not too long ago, a customer wrote to Dominos complaining. His complaint: “Yoooo I ordered a pizza and came with no toppings on it…

Prayer from Blessing of the Crops

8 Mar 20188 Mar 2018

God of the Universe, You made the heavens and the earth, So we do not call our home merely “planet earth.” We call it your creation, a divine mystery, A…