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September 20, 2010 in Missions with 0 Comments

Dear Friends,

Missions…Going….Proclaiming/Declaring God’s Glory is at the heart of everything we do here at Eastside. I would like to remind you of several opportunities that are coming up quickly:

1. Mission Luncheon – this Sunday at 12:15 pm at Eastside. Menu: Beef Brisket, hot dogs, corn, green beans, salad, biscuits, dessert, and drinks. 100% of the proceeds will go to the Madison County Backpack Program which feeds children over the weekend. If you are going to attend please email Sherrie Green and let her know you are coming (if you haven’t already signed up) at church@eastside-baptist.com

2. Noah’s Ark Consignment Sale

Volunteers are needed for the upcoming Noah’s Ark Consignment Sale. Many new faces will visit our church over this week, providing an awesome opportunity for small group leaders/elders/church staff/members to minister to those who will be coming into our church building!

We are in need of volunteers on the following days:

Sept 27: 12-3; 3-6; 6-8
Sept 28: 12-3; 3-6

We will need many floor workers on the 29th and 30th to help watch all the exits.

Sept 29: 6-9
Sept 30: 5:30-9:00
Oct 1: 10-2; 2-5; 5-8
Oct 2: 9-1

A sign-up sheet will be posted this Sunday in main hallway on the bulletin board. Please contact Chastity Ray at chastityray@hotmail.com if you have any questions or want to sign up!

3. Feed My Starving Children - our goal is to pack 200,000 meals with 1,000 volunteers

Packing Times:

Sat Oct 16th: 12-2 pm; 3-5 pm; 6-8 pm
Sun Oct 17th: 2-4 pm (session is full) ; 5-7 pm; 8-10 pm
Mon Oct 18th: 9-11 am; 11am-1 pm (clean-up)

For more information please contact Vivian Wallace at vivwallace@gmail.com or at 582-5600.

4. Sponsors needed for Prince of Peace Girls in Guatemala

Eastside is teaming up with First Baptist and Vineyard in Richmond to sponsors Christmas for the 52 girls in Guatemala. At Eastside we need a total of 52 sponsors at $25.00 each. Once the money is collected then some ladies from these 3 churches will fly to Guatemala and go Christmas shopping for these girls with the money we donated. We need your help. To sponsor a girl please contact Amy Collins at amycollinss@aol.com or at 979-1962.

5. Madison County Backpack Ministry

Eastside has been asked to bring in can goods of Ravioli and Chicken Noodle Soup.

Keep influencing the world through your good deeds. You ROCK Eastside!

Love and Prayers,

Pastor VG

Feed My Starving Children Update

July 20, 2010 in Missions with 0 Comments

Dear Friends,

Eastside is excited to announce the dates and times for the Feed My Starving Children packing event. The dates are Oct. 15th -18th. The location will be the same as last year at The Home Store & More on Berea Road in Richmond. For your convenience, you can now register by visiting our website at eastside-baptist.com. Our goal this year is to pack 200,000 meals. This is a great team building experience. It is also a lot of fun. Please visit our website and choose the time that works best for your group. The sessions will fill quickly. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Here are the shift times:
Sat Oct 16th: 12-2 pm; 3-5 pm; 6-8 pm
Sun Oct 17th: 2-4 pm; 5-7 pm; 8-10 pm
Mon Oct 18th: 9-11 am; 11am-1 pm (clean-up)

Have a great day.
Thanks,

Vivian Wallace
Volunteer Central Coordinator, Eastside Baptist Church
vivwallace@gmail.com or 859.582.5600 

“As we have opportunity, let us do good to all people…” Galatians 6:10

Tithes & Offerings Report (Jan – June)

July 8, 2010 in Missions, Thoughts with 0 Comments

Dear Eastside Family,

I would like to give you a quick update on your FAITHFULNESS in the arena of financial giving.  Your faithfulness in this arena has allowed us to continue to shine as a bright light in a dark and gloomy world. Thank you for your on-going giving to the ministries of Eastside.

Here is a re-cap of year-to-date giving (January to June 2010):

Regular tithes and offerings: $197,039.10
Designated money for building payment: $29,270.00
Other designated money received: $ 801.91
Faith Promise Giving: $36,992.54

TOTAL GIVING: $264,103.55

RE-cap of mission donations for year-to-date:

International mission trip to Guatemala: $11,030.57
Noah’s Ark Spring Consignment Sale donations: $5,750.00
Local mission (5% of total regular offering): $9,777.69
Cooperative Program (5% of total regular offering) $9,777.69
Campus Outreach: $2,200.00
Haiti Relief Efforts: $3,810.54
God’s Outreach Food Pantry: $1,390.00
Designated Mission Funds for families in Richmond: $2,537.00
Youth Mission Trip: $8,961.90
Feed My Starving Children: $8,070.49

TOTAL MISSION EXPENSES: $63,305.88

Please note the above mission giving does not include any funds from Faith Promise Giving. All of our FPG Funds are still in designated account.

Way to go, Eastsiders. You are the BEST!!!!!!!

I love being your pastor,

Pastor VG

P.S. Today is my wonderful wife’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Rose.

Whazzup???

June 28, 2010 in Missions, Prayers with 0 Comments

Here are a few need to know items:

1. Please be in prayer for the following:

  • Upward Basketball & Cheerleading Camps going on this week. We have a total of 50 children involved in this wonderful ministry. We will be sharing the gospel with them on Wednesday. Please be in prayer for this tender moment.
  • Pray for Toni Burberry who will have surgery on Wednesday.
  • Pray for the Ralph Walton Family as they mourn the passing of Ralph.
  • Pray for Lisa Pinson Sizemore’s dad, Larry. Larry is at Central Baptist
  • Pray for all the Neighborhood Impact Projects going on
  • Pray for the WildWorks Experience which will take place July 9th and 10th.
  • Pray for new small group leaders to step up. Our goal is to start/launch 20 new small groups this fall.

2. July 4th – the back parking lot will be roped off for families, small groups to come and to fellowship. There are no plan agenda or activities for the evening. The church will be unlocked for bathroom purposes only. Please bring your lawn chairs and blankets. There is no cost associated with this event.

3. Faith Promise Giving Report:

Church Wide Goal: $100,000.00 in six months
Families Involved: 68
Amount Pledged: $79,744.62
Amount Received: $31,782.54

4. Thank You Note from the Gilmin Group:

The Gilmin Group would like to thank Eastside for their participation in the block party on Saturday, June 26. There were 19 people from Eastside that volunteered. Great connections were made in the Foxhaven Drive Neighborhood. This event would not have been possible without Eastside’s support. Thanks again.

5. Got Volunteer?

Interested in getting plugged in at Eastside thru serving? Then the place to start is to contact our Volunteer Central Coordinator, Vivian Wallace at vivwallace@gmail.com or at 582-5600.

Mission $$$ Updates

June 21, 2010 in Missions with 0 Comments

Dear Friends,

I have only one word for the last several weeks, “WOW! UNBELIEVABLE! AWSOME!” Okay, I used more than one word to describe the last several weeks. As great as the last several weeks has been the next several weeks are going to be even better.

Here is a highlight of the last several weeks:

Eastside’s 12th Annual Golf Scramble:

Total Funds Received: $5,876.76
Funds for Youth Mission Trip: $1,142.00
Funds for Feed My Starving Children: $2,192.38
Funds for Guatemala Trip: $2,542.38

Neighborhood Impact Projects have started around our community. Eastside’s Youth Group this past Saturday picked up 12 miles of trash in Irvine. The county government then donated $600.00 ($50.00 per mile) to a non-profit organization in Irvine called WestCare. Way to go!

If you are interesting in helping out with a Neighborhood Impact Project then click here to learn more.


Faith Promise Giving Update (AKA $100,000.00 in 6 months)

Families Committed: 67
Amount Pledged: $78,634.62
Amount Given: $30,004.54
Amount Needed: $21,365.38

Feed My Starving Children Update

We have the funds ($34,000) in the bank to purchase the 200,000 meals for our upcoming packing event which is scheduled for October 16-18, 2010. If you are interesting in helping with packing the meals then please contact Vivian Wallace at viviwallace@gmail.com

Thanks to everyone who has helped/assisted/given/prayed or whatever to help us to be a blessing to others. I love this CHURCH! Don’t forget to be in prayer for our youth mission trip to North Carolina and our international mission trip to Guatemala.

Love and Prayers,

Pastor VG



Mission Giving Update

May 3, 2010 in Missions with 0 Comments

Dear Eastside Family,

I would like to give you a quick update on your FAITHFULNESS in the arena of financial giving.  Your faithfulness in this arena has allowed us to continue to shine as a bright light in a dark and gloomy world. Thank you for your on-going giving to the ministries of Eastside.

Here is a re-cap of year-to-date giving:

Regular tithes and offerings: $132,308.52
Designated money for building payment: $17,615.00
Other designated money received: $5,135.00

Total Giving: $155,058.52

RE-cap of mission donations for year-to-date: 

International mission trip to Guatemala: $3,780.00
Noah’s Ark Spring Consignment Sale donations: $5,750.00
Local mission (5% of total regular offering): $6,558.95
Cooperative Program (5% of total regular offering) $6,558.95
Campus Outreach: $1,450.00
Haiti Relief Efforts: $3,810.54
God’s Outreach Food Pantry: $950.00
Designated Mission Funds for families in Richmond: $1,150.00

Total Mission Expenses: $31,010.10

Way to go, Eastsiders. You are the best.

I love being your pastor,

Pastor VG

 

 

Priorities

February 22, 2010 in Featured, Missions with 0 Comments

Over the last few months the elders at Eastside has been requesting your prayers as it relates to the future direction of the church. At this time, the elders are ready to announce our 3 main emphasizes for 2010. I will share these priorities one at a time. Today is  our first priority. Later this week I will share priorities 2 and 3. All 3 of these prioritie are vital to Eastside’s future. These are in no particular order. There had to be a first, second, and third.  

Priority #1: Be a blessing to each other, to our community, and to the world through our generosity/giving of our time, talent, and treasure:

How will this priority be accomplished in 2010? Here are some of our major initiatives. There may be other outreach events added as the year unfolds.

  • Shoes for Haiti – collection is going on now through the end of March
  • Madison County Back Pack Program – a year around effort to provide food for school children on the weekends. Presently serving over 200 children in Madison County.
  • God’s Outreach Food Pantry of Madison County – a local ministry which Eastside supports year around. Construction will start in 2010 for their new distribution center which will be located on East Main Street.  Eastside will provide most of the labor for this endeavor.
  • Madison County Empty Bowls Project – March 26th at First Baptist Church – provide soup for the participants and encourage others to attend either lunch from 11:00 to 1:00pm or dinner from 4:30pm to 6:30pm. Donations benefits God’s Outreach, Salvation Army, Home Meals, & Food Bank of KY River Foothills.
  • Working with other churches in Madison County to launch a deaf mission church – ongoing effort
  • Easter Extravaganza on April 3, 2010 – Networking with the City of Richmond to provide safe alternatives for children of Madison County
  • Neighborhood Impact – June 26-July 2 – Week of Missions in Richmond, Berea, & Irvine. More details forthcoming.
  • Upward Basketball & Cheerleading Camp – week long camp for boys and girls ages 1st grade thru 6th grade. Dates to be determined.
  • International Mission Trip to Guatemala – July 31-August 7 – 8 day mission trip to serve at Prince of Peace Orphanage.
  • Upward Basketball & Cheerleading Regular Season – Sharing the gospel to over 400 students.
  • Feed My Starving Children Meal Packing Event – October 16-22 at The Home Store and More. This year’s goal is 200,000 meals.
  • Thanksgiving Food Basket Giveaway – to local families through the school system
  • Adopt-A-Family for Christmas – each small group associated with Eastside is encouraged to adopt a family for Christmas.

International Mission Trip to Guatemala

February 1, 2010 in Missions with 0 Comments

International Mission Trip to Guatemala

An 8 day mission trip is scheduled for July 31st – August 7th to Prince of Peace Home for Girls in Guatemala. This trip is available for men, women, and children 8 years of age and older.  There is a need for men and women with a background in construction to assist with a building project, and there is a need for people with a medical background to assist in the medical clinic. Whatever your background may be, there will be plenty of opportunities to learn, to grow, and serve.

The projected cost for each team member to participate in this trip is estimated to be $1000; $200 for food and lodging and approx $750 for airfare .  This cost may vary according to the price of airfare; the current rate for a flight to Guatemala is $750. To participate in this mission trip you need:

1. To fill out a team member application (contact Amy for an application),
2. aAply for a US passport if you do not have a current passport (contact your local post office to schedule a time to apply for a passport), and
3. Pay a $250 non refundable deposit by March 31st, 2010. 

For applications and further information please contact Amy Collins at (859)979-1962 or amycollinss@aol.com

Feed My Starving Children GOAL: $5,000.00

November 6, 2009 in Featured, Missions with 0 Comments

Mini MMs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eastside has over 300 of these Mini M& M’s Containers out.

Each container holds $14.00 of quarters.

Eastside is asking for everyone to bring their Mini M&M containers back to church filled with quarters on Sunday, December 13th.

Eastside’s Goal: 30,000 meals or $5,000.00

All the proceeds will go toward our fund to pack meals in 2010 for Feed My Starving Children Organization.

Simplified Missional Living

October 15, 2009 in Missions with 0 Comments

vigan I have been encouraging people at Eastside for the last several years to living missional, to live on mission with God, to be obedient to whatever it is that God is telling you to do. I found this article and I thought it summarized what I have been saying in simple terms. The article is Simplified Missional Living by Jonathan Dodson.

Eat with Non-Christians

We all eat three meals a day. Why not make a habit of sharing one of those meals with a non-Christian or with a family of non-Christians? Go to lunch with a co-worker, not by yourself. Invite the neighbors over for family dinner. If it’s too much work to cook a big dinner, just order pizza and put the focus on conversation. When you go out for a meal, invite a non-Christian friend. Or take your family to family-style restaurants where you can sit at the table with strangers and strike up conversations. Have cookouts and invite Christians and non-Christians. Flee the Christian subculture.

Walk, Don’t Drive

If you live in a walkable area, make a practice of getting out and walking around your neighborhood, apartment complex, or campus. Instead of driving to the mailbox or convenience store, walk to get mail or groceries. Be deliberate in your walk. Say hello to people you don’t know. Strike up conversations. Attract attention by walking the dog, carrying along a 6-pack to share, bringing the kids. Make friends. Get out of your house! Last night I spent an hour outside gardening with my family. We had good conversations with about four of our neighbors. Take interest in your neighbors. Ask questions. Engage. Pray as you go. Save some gas, the planet, and some people.

Be a Regular

Instead of hopping all over the city for gas, groceries, haircuts, eating out, and coffee, go to the same places at the same times. Get to know the staff. Smile. Ask questions. Be a regular. I have friends at coffee shops all over the city. My friends at Starbucks donate a ton of leftover pastries to our church 2-3 times a week. We use them for church gatherings and occasionally give them to the homeless. Build relationships. Be a regular.

Hobby with Non-Christians

Pick a hobby that you can share. Get out and do something you enjoy with others. Try city league sports or local rowing and cycling teams. Share your hobby by teaching lessons, such as sewing, piano, knitting, or tennis lessons. Be prayerful. Be intentional. Be winsome. Have fun. Be yourself.

Talk to Your Co-workers

How hard is that? Take your breaks with intentionality. Go out with your team or task force after work. Show interest in your co-workers. Pick four and pray for them. Form moms’ groups in your neighborhood and don’t make them exclusively non-Christian. Schedule play dates with the neighbors’ kids. Work on mission.

Volunteer with Non-Profits

Find a non-profit in your part of the city and take a Saturday a month to serve your city. Bring your neighbors, your friends, or your small group. Spend time with your church serving your city. Once a month. You can do it!

Participate in City Events

Instead of playing XBox, watching TV, or surfing the net, participate in city events. Go to fundraisers, festivals, cleanups, summer shows, and concerts. Participate missionally. Strike up conversation. Study the culture. Reflect on what you see and hear. Pray for the city. Love the city. Participate with the city.

Serve Your Neighbors

Help a neighbor by weeding, mowing, building a cabinet, or fixing a car. Stop by the neighborhood association or apartment office and ask if there is anything you can do to help improve things. Ask your local Police and Fire Stations if there is anything you can do to help them. Get creative. Just serve!

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