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Simply Happy | Thanksgiving Sermon | November 18, 2018

I love Thanksgiving. It’s my favorite holiday. The mixture of the season of the year, the cold air, the family warmth, the food, the nostalgia, all of it combines in…

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Family Chrismon Tree Event | Nov. 27 at 6:30

15 Nov 201815 Nov 2018

Mark your calendars for the Family Chrismon Tree Decorating Event on Tuesday, November 27, at 6:30 p.m. We'll kick off the Advent season by decorating the tree together, learning as…

Fearless Decisions | Sermon from 11/11/18

I have made some really dumb decisions in my lifetime. But the good thing about those: they make the best stories. One day, we took our dog Lily for a…

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Food Box Donations

6 Nov 20186 Nov 2018

This year, we have again set a goal of donating 100 food boxes at Thanksgiving for the hungry among us. Each dollar of the $40 you donate goes directly to…

Dum Spiro Spero: While I Breathe, I Hope | Sermon for All Saints’ Sunday, 2018

What if the Axis powers had won World War II? That’s the question asked, and answered, by a TV drama I’m currently watching on Amazon. It’s called the Man in…

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NEW DATE | November Outdoor Movie

1 Nov 20181 Nov 2018

Congratulations to the Dodge County Football team on reaching the playoffs! Their first playoff game is at home on Friday, November 9! I hope you'll make plans to come out…

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Tomorrow! Trunk or Treat | 7:00 p.m. | Church Parking Lot

Join us for Trunk or Treating in the church parking lot at 7:00 p.m. on Halloween! We'll have lots of trunks open, friendly folks, candy, and great fellowship. This event…

Green Eggs and Happiness | Sermon from 10/28/18

I love technology, especially apple products. In our household, we have multiple iPhones, iPads, apple tvs, AirPods, a MacBook and an iMac. And I’m probably leaving something out. When Apple…

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It’s beginning to look a lot like….Christmas?

It may not yet be Halloween, but we're getting ready for Advent here at Eastman First. Join us for as many events as you can, all of which are listed…

The Fertile Soil of Doubt| Sermon from 10/21/18

21 Oct 201822 Oct 2018

It’s the question all teenagers dread as they come home. I certainly heard my fair share of it, especially before the advent of cell phones. If the bus got in…

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Don’t miss these great events this weekend, October 19-21!

We have several great things happening here at the church and in the community this weekend! I hope you'll be able to attend one or several of them! Check out…

Immediate need for volunteers | Armory building

There's an immediate need to have help distributing water and ready to eat meals at the Armory building to those in the county still without power. If you can help,…

On Being a Victim | Sermon from 10/14/18

Scripture: Job 23:1-17 The darkness settled in. All around, snow fell, in an increasingly heavy way. I had never experienced anything quite like this. The darkness was total. Ahead, only…

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Trunk or Treat | October 31, 7:00 p.m.

3 Oct 20182 Oct 2018

Join us for Trunk or Treating in the church parking lot at 7:00 p.m. on Halloween! We'll have lots of trunks open, friendly folks, candy, and great fellowship. This event…

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Eastman First in Conference Newsletter

Our Annual Conference, South Georgia, covered our recent baptism of Glen Sergei Thompson in the conference newsletter! What a beautiful Sunday it was that September 16! Check out the coverage…

The Power of Empathy | Sermon from 9/30/18

I love James Madison University. For some of you, this will come as no shock at all. They’re my football team, they’re located in the beautiful Shenandoah valley, they’re absolutely…

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Food Boxes for the Holidays

25 Sep 201824 Sep 2018

Last year, we quadrupled our efforts to address the food insecurity needs in Dodge County, moving from fifty boxes at the holidays to two hundred boxes! We met our goal…

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Become a Reading Buddy!

Dodge County Schools are looking for adults to come to North or South Dodge Elementary to read to a child once a week for a half hour. This huge blessing…