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25.01.2022 || THE GOSPEL IS THE GLUE || Thanks for joining us at our online gathering over the weekend! What a joy to know that because the Gospel is both God's work and God's wisdom, it has the power to unite us as followers of Jesus! +... Here's a quote from Matt Papa as we head into the week... "Our souls attention is like one thousand labourers that need a task, and the task we were made for is to mine the infinite depths of God, to scale the mountain of His holiness and sing for joy upon every peak." + See our online gathering from Sunday here: eastside.org.au/onlinegatherings/

24.01.2022 || LEGENDS BEHIND THE CAMERA || We're super thankful for the work of these legends each week. They tirelessly and faithfully work so that we can keep gathering around the word in our homes! The sermon for the weekend has now dropped...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1BQB7SHNm4 See more

24.01.2022 || HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY || Mums, we love you and we hope you have a special day today!! We are so thankful for your love and patience that points to our Heavenly Father! + We also want to honour all the spiritual mums out there who have played significant roles in nurturing the faith of many for years and years! We are so thankful to you!... + Tag your mum, or a woman who has been an important spiritual mum for you over the years as a way of thanking them today!! See more

24.01.2022 || FLASHBACK FRIDAY || Here's a few snapshots of last years Re-Thinking God event...back in the good ol' days when we could gather together! + Don't forget our online Re-Thinking God event for 2020 is coming up on Sunday 7th June. Check out all the details on our website: https://eastside.org.au/whatshappening/

23.01.2022 We can’t wait to see you across one of the services today!!! Don’t forget your ticket!

23.01.2022 || RE-THINKING GOD || We believe that trusting the God of the Bible makes perfect sense. But we get that many others are skeptical - and maybe that is you. To help wrestle with big questions about life and faith, each year we have a Re-Thinking God Sunday. This year it is on Sunday 7 June.... But because of the #covid19 things are bit different. There will be an online talk that you can watch in the comfort of your home + a live Facebook Q&A. If you'd like to be part of this, please leave your details here: https://forms.gle/6D5Mey7RuKSuKDM68

23.01.2022 || REGISTER TO JOIN US ON SUNDAY || Each Sunday we have a service at 8am, 10am, and 5pm, and everyone is welcome! +... Don't forget that you must register to attend a service, which you can do by clicking the link below! This is one way we continue to obey the government's requirements for contact tracing & capacity limits. Registering before the service is also a huge help to those who faithfully check us in before each service. + Register for a service this Sunday here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/eastside-community-church-3

23.01.2022 || WHO HAVE YOU INVITED? || We love doing Re-Thinking God because we love creating spaces for people to explore the big questions of life and faith! Which means this is a wonderful opportunity to invite along a friend or family member to have some of their questions answered.... This years's Re-Thinking God is this Sunday 7 June. There will be an online talk on 'Where is God in a time of crisis?' as well as a facebook live Q&A at 11am. Use this invitation to invite someone along, or if you are keen to get further info about how to be part of this, click here: https://forms.gle/6D5Mey7RuKSuKDM68

22.01.2022 || BEHOLD HIM || Praise God for His mercy to give us life when we were dead in our sins. We are saved not by our behaving, but by our beholding and responding to the person and work of Jesus! + "But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions - it is by grace you have been saved." - Ephesians 2:4-5

22.01.2022 || EASTSIDE UNCUT - PART 2 || Apparently we've made enough mistakes over the last couple of months to produce another bloopers reel...and probably many, many more! Enjoy!

22.01.2022 || 1 DAY BEFORE THE CROSS || The day before His crucifixion, Jesus prays for His friends and washes His disciples' feet. He also shares a final meal with them, one of great significance... "...Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many... for the forgiveness of sins. - Matthew 26:26-28 + "During this last supper, Jesus sets apart the Passover bread and cup and reassignsor better, perfectstheir meaning. The bread is his body. The cup, his blood. This meal will no longer remind them of God’s deliverance primarily from the external tyranny of Pharaoh, but from the internal tyranny of their own guilt and sin against God." // Prepare for Easter with us by reading The Gospel Coalition's article "Easter Week in Real Time': http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/.../easter-week-in.../ //

21.01.2022 || HAPPY FATHER'S DAY || To the dads who have raised us and those who serve as spiritual fathers to so many within the church body, we are thankful to God for you! + "As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him" - Psalm 103:13

20.01.2022 || YOU'RE INVITED || Whether you're a skeptic, a doubter, a christian, or someone with lots of questions - Re-Thinking God is for you! We believe that trusting the God of the Bible makes perfect sense. But we get that many others are skeptical - and maybe that is you.... To help wrestle with big questions about life and faith, we will be hosting Re-Thinking God on Sunday 7 June. There will be an online talk that you can watch in the comfort of your home + a live Facebook Q&A. If you'd like to be part of this, please leave your details here: https://forms.gle/6D5Mey7RuKSuKDM68

20.01.2022 || SINGLENESS...BETTER THAN MARRIAGE || The sermon has dropped. This week we're back taking another look at the gift of singleness as we move through 1 Corinthians... "...every time we uphold marriage to the detriment of the gift of singleness, we are diminishing the beauty, the wonder and the sufficiency of the GOSPEL. In fact, what we are doing is preaching a counter gospel that says that you need something more. You need Jesus plus a husband or a wife."... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phhZPlVUHqA

20.01.2022 || SATURDAY: THE FORGOTTEN DAY || The day after the cross, Jesus' lifeless body rests in a tomb. The chief priests, who had plotted His crucifixion, should have been pleased. Instead, today the words of Jesus are at the forefront of their minds. +... "The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. Sir, they said, we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead." - Matthew 27:62-64 + "On the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, Jesus’s prediction preoccupies their thoughts such that they simply can’t leave it alone. Matthew 27:6266 tells the strange story of how they can’t dismiss out of hand the possibility that Jesus might know something they don’t." + As we reflect on the true meaning of Easter this weekend, we encourage you to read through The Gospel Coalition's article "Easter Week in Real Time': http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/.../easter-week-in.../.

19.01.2022 We cant wait to see you across one of the services today!!! Dont forget your ticket!

19.01.2022 || GATHER WITH US || Our sermon for this Sunday is now live on our youtube page! "God could have sent a Jesus that looked like superman or Albert Einstein, but he sent a Jesus who was born in a stable and died on a cross. And his purpose was to confound the wisdom of the world, so that together we would be humbled at the foot of the cross."... We'd love to have you gather around the Word with us this weekend! Check it out below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v0Lx-yI7Gg&t=1s

19.01.2022 || MAKING SENSE OF LIFE || 2020 has been crazy - it began with the bushfires, then came COVID, and now there has been social unrest across the globe. This has left many of us asking big questions...what is life all about? is anyone in control? where can we find peace in the midst of the chaos?... It is our belief that answers to these big questions are found in the person of Jesus. This is why we run Explaining Christianity Online. We'd love you to join us. Sign yourself and a friend up here: https://bit.ly/2YI7lsi

15.01.2022 Welcome to our Re-Thinking God Live Stream Q&A. Leave your questions in the comments below.

15.01.2022 || THIS WEEK'S SERMON || Click the link below to watch this Sunday's online gathering! For this week's message - 'The Gospel is the Glue' - we are unpacking 1 Corinthians 1:26-2:16. ... ONLINE GATHERING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Cory6smag&t=2s KIDS: https://eastside.org.au/kidsonline/

14.01.2022 || GRACE IN THE MESS || As we dove into 1 Corinthians over the weekend, we were confronted with a messy church filled with problems and divisions. Wasn't it wonderful to see that Paul, to begin His letter to the Corinthians, focused not on the weaknesses within the church, but on the faithfulness of God to His church! ... God is the one who calls, resources, and keeps His church >>> and this gives us purpose, responsibility, and security in Him! + Watch the sermon here if you haven't already! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU2-xRkCSNw

14.01.2022 || REGISTER FOR OUR PHYSICAL GATHERING || We are SO thankful for the opportunity to physically gather again this Sunday! +... As you can see, COVID19 restrictions mean our services look a little different. But despite this, how good to be able to gather again to sing, pray and sit under the preaching of the Bible! + To come along on Sunday, you will need to register by visiting www.eastside.org.au. We can't wait to see you there!

13.01.2022 || YOUR WILL BE DONE || Heres a fitting prayer for us to be praying (and singing) in response to this mornings sermon. Your will be done, my God and Father ... As in heaven, so on earth My heart is drawn to self-exalting Help me seek Your kingdom first As Jesus walked, so I shall walk Held by Your same unchanging love Be still my soul, O lift your voice and pray: Father, not my will but Yours be done. https://youtu.be/8nLXXephYRI

13.01.2022 || JOIN US ONLINE || Our online gathering for this Sunday is now live on our youtube page! Join us online as we continue in our series Messy Church. This week: 'Careful How You Build'. ... youtube.com/watch?v=SnRy9sLw9d

13.01.2022 || PHYSICAL SERVICES ARE BACK THIS SUNDAY || We are SO excited to be able to gather physically again this Sunday! Due to COVID19 restrictions, attending services will look a little different and might require your patience, but it will be so good to be able to gather again to sing, pray and sit under the preaching of the Bible! + You will need to register to attend a service. You can find service times and the link to register on the front page of our website at www.eastside....org.au! We can't wait to see you all on Sunday! Photo is pre-covid

12.01.2022 || GROWTH NIGHT >> DON'T MISS OUT || Prayer is one of the highest privileges that we have as Christians. But the truth is that for many of us, a vibrant prayer life, is a distant goal. We know we should do it, but we never quite get around to it. Or when we do, it feels like our prayers are bouncing off the ceiling. The purpose of this prayer night is to help us think through what it looks like to enjoy praying like it really matters - because it really does!... We'll be doing this night on zoom. Check your emails for the link or get in touch with the office ([email protected])

12.01.2022 || MAKING JESUS KNOWN || We'd like to give a BIG shout-out to our Eastside Kids team! Each week they work hard to help keep the hearts and minds of our young Eastsiders fixed on Jesus. We're so thankful for their creativity and love for the Bible! +... "He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me." - Colossians 1:28-29 + Check out our latest kids talk here: https://eastside.org.au/kidsonline/

12.01.2022 || THIS MONDAY || Explaining Christianity Online is kicking off this this coming Monday 11 May! If you'd like to sign up to explore the solid hope and lasting peace of Jesus, or you'd like to invite someone to join, we'd encourage you to do so over the next couple days! We'd love to have you join us!... Four talks released over four weeks for you to watch in the comfort of your home. You'll also have the opportunity each week to join a zoom meeting where you can ask any questions. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/LgBZXG3pdMCerftx5

11.01.2022 || BE OUR GUEST || We believe that Jesus = good news! Explaining Christianity is an invitation to discover more about Jesus over the course of four Monday nights. The talks are simple, there is no pressure and there is great food. We'd love to have you join us.... Our next course begins 22 February 2021. Find out more and sign up on our website: eastside.org.au

10.01.2022 || GOOD FRIDAY || On the day of the cross, an innocent Jesus died the death of a criminal. He was stripped, beaten, mocked, spat on, and pierced with nails through His wrists and feet. He endured suffering and separation from His Father, and He did it all out of love for us. "But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed." - Isaiah 53:5... + "After a severe beating, Jesus is nailed to a cross where he remains for six hours until dead. Never before or since has more been lost and gained at the same time. The world gained the atoning sacrifice of Christ..." // Remember the message of Easter with us by reading The Gospel Coalition's article "Easter Week in Real Time': http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/.../easter-week-in.../ //

09.01.2022 || DISCOVER HOPE || There are only 6 days left until Explaining Christianity Online begins, and we cannot wait to share with you the HOPE and PEACE that Jesus offers each one of us! Four talks released over four weeks for you to watch in the comfort of your home. You'll also have the opportunity each week to join a zoom meeting where you can ask any questions you have!... We'd love to you sign up here: https://docs.google.com//1IzK9ZTD1KE6EDvbJBl51OP/viewform

09.01.2022 || COME ALONG AND JOIN US || Only 4 sleeps till Christmas! We would love to celebrate with you at our Christmas Eve services // 5PM & 7PM.... Between these two services (from 6PM) join us for coffee & live music, as well as a jumping castle & snow cones for kids! Register by clicking below:

09.01.2022 || EASTER SERVICE TIME CHANGE || Due to a lack of demand, we have decided to cancel our 5PM service this Sunday. There are still seats available at both our 8AM & 10AM services, and you can register by clicking below!... + If you plan to come to the 10AM service, don't forget to arrive at 9:15AM for free coffee & hot cross buns between the services!! We hope to see you there!

08.01.2022 || RE-THINKING GOD || There is a lot going on in our world that is causing us to ask big questions. And it is our belief that the Bible has answers to these big questions. If you are asking some of these big questions, then Re-Thinking God is for you! Our Re-Thinking God talk - 'where is God in a time of crisis?' - is now live on our youtube page!... After you've watched the talk, we'd love you to join us for a fb live Q&A at 11am on Sunday. Bring along your questions as we further explore this topic together! Watch the Re-Thinking God talk here: https://youtu.be/eJKp_gq25_k

08.01.2022 || THE FINAL BLOOPERS || Now that we are back to weekly physical gatherings, Caleb has kindly put together a final bloopers reel as a memoir of all our countless mistakes! Enjoy!

07.01.2022 || SUNDAY SERVICES || It has been a great joy for us to be able to gather weekly again! Tickets are now available for our services this Sunday // 8AM, 10AM, 5PM //... We would love to see you there! Register by clicking below.

07.01.2022 || EASTSIDE UNCUT || Sunday's online services might make it look like we get it right every time, but that's only because Caleb and Peter do such a great job at cutting and editing out all of our mistakes! So, to keep us humble and honest while having a laugh, here's just a few of the many bloopers caught on camera over the past few months as we've all had to adapt quickly to speaking to a camera! ... Let us know which one is your favourite in the comments below!

07.01.2022 || SERMON DROP || The sermon for Sunday has now dropped. Check out why your body is more glorious than you've ever thought! ... Also, don't miss out on the chance to get a free book. https://bit.ly/3gp214l

06.01.2022 || JOIN US AT EASTER || "For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day..." +... We'd love to welcome you to our Easter services to consider how Jesus' death and resurrection is central to the Christian hope and faith - and good news for all people! + SERVICE TIMES: Good Friday // 8am & 10am Resurrection Sunday // 8am & 10am & 5pm You must register to attend a service, and tickets will be released in the next few days. + We'll be having FREE hot cross buns and coffee across the weekend too!

06.01.2022 || KEEP EXPLORING || We are so thankful for Dan Paterson who joined us for our Re-Thinking God Sunday to unpack our questions around "Where is God in a time of crisis?" If you missed out on Sunday, you can now watch the live Q&A on our youtube page here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nuh24dOVo5c... To hear Dan explore some more big topics, such as 'The Gospel & Sexuality' or 'How can a good God allow suffering?' check out the podcasts on our website: eastside.org.au/media/

06.01.2022 || THREE DAYS BEFORE THE CROSS || As we prepare our hearts for Easter, we encourage you to read through The Gospel Coalition's article "Easter Week in Real Time': https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/.../easter-week-in.../ On the Tuesday before His death, Jesus returns to the temple, teaching God's Word to the people...... "And Jesus cried out and said, Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. - John 12:44-46 + "...Tuesday afternoon is the last time Jesus publicly teaches in the temple as a free man. His words on this day are his closing argument, his manifesto..."

06.01.2022 || WHERE IS GOD IN A TIME OF CRISIS? || Don't miss out on hearing Dan Paterson unpack this big question with us in our Re-Thinking God talk for this year! And make sure to join us at 11am today for our facebook live Q&A as we dig deeper into this topic and answer your questions. Everyone is welcome!... + Watch the Re-Thinking God talk here: https://youtu.be/eJKp_gq25_k

05.01.2022 || YES TO JESUS || It has been a crazy few months. But our mission remains the same. We want to know Jesus and make him known. And we are super excited, because over the past couple of months we've had a number of people put their trust in Jesus.... But we wanna see more and more people coming to know the great love that God has for them. This is why we are running a new EC Online course starting in July. Sign yourself and a friend up here: https://bit.ly/2YI7lsi

05.01.2022 || GET ON BOARD || Our next Explaining Christianity Online course starts tomorrow. Four talks for you to watch in the comfort of your home, and the opportunity to join some online discussions. We'd love you to join us. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2YI7lsi

04.01.2022 || EXPLAINING CHRISTIANITY || If you're confused about what is going on in our world...if you are trying to make sense of life...if you are looking for a SOLID HOPE, then we'd love to introduce you to JESUS. He gives us peace in the storm, joy in the trials and a SOLID HOPE for the future.... Explaining Christianity Online is starting on the 6th of July. Four talks released over four weeks for you to watch in the comfort of your home. You will also have the opportunity each week to join a zoom meeting where you can ask any questions. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2YI7lsi

04.01.2022 || NEW SERIES THIS WEEK || "To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ..." - 1 Corinthians 1:2 +... This Sunday we'll be kicking off our new sermon series in the book 1 Corinthians >>> "Messy Church: called to be God's holy people". + The church in Corinth was a church that had many issues. In his letter to them in 1 Corinthians, Paul sought to bring this messy church back to the transforming power of the Gospel, and to the difference that this good news should make in our calling to be God's holy people! + Check out BibleProject's overview of the the book here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiHf8klCCc4&feature=emb_titl

04.01.2022 || 4 DAYS BEFORE THE CROSS || As we prepare our hearts for Easter, we encourage you to read through The Gospel Coalition's article "Easter Week in Real Time': https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/.../easter-week-in.../ Luke 19:45-48 recounts Jesus' actions on the Monday before His death...... 'And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, saying to them, It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers." And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him, but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.' + 'Much of what the Gospels tell us about Monday centres on the theme of Jesus’s authorityboth over the created world and his right to judge it. Everything Jesus did, he did with authority. Everyone sensed something stirring, as if Jesus had rounded a corner and his end was coming fast...'

02.01.2022 || JOIN US ONLINE || "You stir man to take pleasure in praising you because you have made us for yourself and our heart is restless until it rests in you." - Augustine +... Our online service for this week is on our youtube page now! Check it out below youtube.com/watch?v=j4ksm7KLflA

02.01.2022 || PALM SUNDAY || As we prepare our hearts for Easter, we encourage you to read through The Gospel Coalition's article "Easter Week in Real Time': https://www.thegospelcoalition.org//easter-week-in-real-t/ On Palm Sunday, 5 days before the cross, Jesus rode into Jerusalem perched on a donkey...... "And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest! + "The story of Lazarus’s resurrection had circulated so that many regarded Jesus as a celebrity. As he rode into Jerusalem, the people cried, Your King is coming! They praised his victory over Lazarus’s death. But the irony was that he wasn’t coming to claim his crown on account of Lazarus’s death and resurrection, but on account of his own."

02.01.2022 || THIS WEEK'S SERMON || Check out the first message from our new series in 1 Corinthians, "Messy Church", on our youtube page now! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU2-xRkCSNw&t=387s

02.01.2022 || BLOOPERS REEL || Happy Friday! Here is another round of bloopers to make your Friday that little bit better...and maybe even prompt you to stop and pray as the team film again this afternoon #keepingushumble

01.01.2022 || NEW SONG || This Sunday as we gather again physically, we will be introducing a new song, 'Jesus Strong and Kind' by CityAlight and Colin Buchanan. Have a listen to the relevant and biblically rich lyrics below and come ready to sing alongside one another this coming Sunday! + "For the Lord is good and faithful... He will keep us day and night We can always run to Jesus Jesus, strong and kind" Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Y8s-Sz_ac