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Have you ever felt lonely? Have you ever wanted true connection, authentic community, but didn’t know where to start? Have you ever run from connection because of fear, or because of old wounds? What makes community so hard? For Week 2 of our series, Living Lightly, we are unpacking 4 things that make meaningful connection [Read more...]

Have you ever felt weighed down, weary or held back? Life can be heavy. No one knew this better than Jesus. How can we draw closer to Him, and learn from Him how to live lightly? How does Jesus help us trade our wounds for healing, our shame for grace, and our overwhelm for peace? [Read more...]

What is our next right step… right now? Pastor Luke Crosby shares an encouraging “Halftime Report” about all the amazing things God is doing in and through EastLake Church and our Community Church Movement! He encourages us in how we can continue to follow God’s lead, live as we’ve been called to live, and be [Read more...]

Why do we sometimes long for what we don’t have? What does it reveal about ourselves when we never feel like we have enough, or nothing ever seems good enough? In a culture where it has become easy and “normalized” to covet, what does God say about the bondage that puts us in, and how [Read more...]

Why are we sometimes tempted to lie or to steal? What does that show us about ourselves? What might God want to heal within us? In today’s message, we unpack the 8th and 9th commandments– Do not steal, and do not lie. It turns out, at the core of these temptations are questions of security [Read more...]

Why does God call us to be faithful in our marriage? Is it because of something he doesn’t want for us? Or is this because of something greater that he does want for us? In today’s message we unpack the 7th commandment– Do not commit adultery. It turns out it’s about so much more than [Read more...]

How Free People Live – Week 6 – What value does God place on human life? In today’s message, we unpack the 6th commandment in the 10 Commandments– do not murder. We may ask ourselves, what about war? What about self-defense? Is this about our heart or our hands? Together we will unpack God’s Word [Read more...]

How Free People Live – Week 5 – We’ve all heard the commandment to honor our parents. Did you know that it applies to children of all ages? In today’s message, we unpack the 5th commandment in the 10 Commandments and what it actually means to respect and honor our relationships with our parents. While [Read more...]

How Free People Live – Week 4 – How should Christ-followers live in a fast-paced world? What about when we’re tired, exhausted, fatigued, or weary? In today’s message we ask the question: What is making your load feel heavy right now? And we unpack in God’s Word the 4th Commandment about keeping the Sabbath holy, [Read more...]

How Free People Live – Week 1 – How can we actually live as the free people God’s called us to be? In today’s message, we kick off a new summer series, “How Free People Live.” Through it, we’ll unpack the 10 Commandments found in the Book of Exodus and how an ancient list of [Read more...]

Follow us as we close the book of Acts in our series, First Church. Pastor Luke Crosby will discuss five simple steps for us, when reaching out to people using the B.L.E.S.S. Method – Begin with prayer Listen to them Eat with them Serve them Share your story Let’s practice these five simple steps as [Read more...]

First Church | Week 5 | Have you ever wondered what God wants your prayer life to look like? The first church wondered the same thing. In today’s message, we unpack the truth about prayer and living a life of faith. Together we will discover: – The power of prayer is based on who we [Read more...]

First Church | Week 4 | Does it ever feel like there’s so many barriers in our world? Jesus agreed. In today’s message, we unpack how the gospel of Jesus is the ultimate barrier breaker. In the book of Acts we will discover how the gospel breaks: ● Race and ethnic barriers. (Acts 15, James [Read more...]

First Church | Week 3 | How should Christ-followers respond when there’s opposition to our faith? Join us as we unpack stories of the early church facing both push-back and persecution, and what that looks like in our world today. Together we will discover: – Your mission doesn’t change with your circumstances. – Your calling [Read more...]

First Church | Week 2 | How can we practically be the church God calls us to be? Join us as we unpack the rhythms of the church, the regular patterns we engage in– things that we do repeatedly that define not just who we are, but what we value. In this important and practical [Read more...]