East End Fellowship

In the next addition to our "Ears to Hear" sermon series, Pastor Nathan explores John 5, where Jesus shows us how to follow the Father's lead. This following can only happen when we are rooted in Phiilia—an everyday friendship with God characterized by intentionality rather than intensity. To follow the Father’s lead, we adopt Jesus' blueprint of Posture, Proximity, and Practices. Christ's example helps us learn to recognize the Father’s voice and become agents of life, freedom,...

Elder Emily Thrush continues our "Do the Bible" series, encouraging us to live our faith out loud, in public, on purpose. She walks us through deep Christian community as outlined in Romans 12. Love must be sincere which means that we don't just pretend to love others, but really love them. This is inevitably going to get messy, but we have the safety net of the Gospel to help us grow together. We belong to a body where each member belongs to all the other, we are not the sa...

Derrick Collins returns to the pulpit to share a message from the entire letter to Philemon. The epistle, though brief, carries an "explosive" historical and theological weight, as it addresses reconciliation across significant cultural and class barriers, specifically between a slave owner named Philemon and his runaway slave, Onesimus. The text highlights Paul's appeal to Philemon to welcome Onesimus back not as property but as a "dear brother," an act considered revolutionary in the ancien...

Abigail George continues our series, delivering a powerful message about worship, drawn from Jesus's words in John 4. True worship must be empowered by the Holy Spirit and grounded in Christ, the Truth. This message challenges us to examine ourselves, noting that many worship using their own spirit and truth, leading to idolatry of various forms. Abigail explores "unpopular elements" of true worship, including sacrifice, suffering, and obedience, urging us to worship through and...

Drawing insights from the story of Ruth and Naomi, Pastor Nathan continues our series "Do the Bible"; exploring the profound meaning of biblical fellowship. Nathan asks what it would look like to move beyond simply sharing space to being deeply knit together as spiritual family. This ancient narrative provides a powerful contrast to today's prevalent loneliness epidemic, where superficial connections often replace genuine, lasting relationships. Biblical fellowship is costly, demanding of ou...

In the next installment of our new series, Paul Granger unpacks Acts 2:42-47, challenging us to deeply consider the question: "Who is 'all' to us?". Paul highlights that while churches often say "all are welcome," human nature frequently makes it difficult to truly live this out, causing us to accommodate those most like us and overlook or neglect those who are different. Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel Visit our website Sign Up for our Newsletter Follow us on Instagram...

Pastor Nathan wraps up our current sermon series with a reflection on the Parable of the Wedding Feast found in Matthew 22. Jesus paints a picture of how inclusive his kingdom truly is as he invites everyone far and wide to the table. Nathan challenges us to see the dynamics of God's kingdom being starkly different than our modern notion of meritocracy. "The American myth of meritocracy is the exact opposite of God's economy of grace." Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTu...

Pastor Nathan continues our current sermon series, with the age old question of Kingship. In our modern era the term "King" may feel ancient and outdated, yet when we look around we can see that this is still relevant to us in the American context. Nathan walks us through the passage in 1 Samuel, where the people ask for a king and the Prophet warns them of what that will ultimately entail. God, in the story, allows the people to get what they want. This sermon searches the comp...