Greetings from Eastminster Presbyterian Church!
What we know is that right now the world needs more community, more compassion, more justice and more love — and that’s exactly what Eastminster sets out to provide each and every day.
We are a community on a mission! Following Jesus, we’re called to thrive and to help our neighbors thrive, creating a beautiful, delightful, abundant life for all. Over the coming weeks, we’ll explore what this “abundant life” looks like and celebrate some of the ways Eastminster participates in God’s graceful love for the world.
Let’s start with community. For 68 years, Eastminster has been a beacon of community in East Lansing — a gathering place, a refuge, a place of joy where all are welcome and shown God’s love.
Through our intergenerational worship and fellowship, we build community by gathering and connecting. Through contributions to UKirk, Advent House, Christian Services and collaborating with our local refugee organizations, we build community by serving. Through our commitment to using our building to serve our neighborhood, being a home for Lansing Matinee Musicale and Capital City Ringers, we build community through the arts. Our children’s ministries — like School Break Adventures and sending our youth to Massanetta Middle School Conference — and adult bible studies build community through learning (and after all, the root of the word “disciple” is the Latin word for “learner”!).
Moreover, the heart of Eastminster’s community is worship. Every time we gather, pray, listen to God’s good news, support, sing, and celebrate, we build up the Beloved Community with joy and beauty. And God knows the world needs more joy and beauty!
The world needs more community, more compassion, more justice, and more love – and with your help, Eastminster can continue to provide these vital treasures, these signs and sources of abundant life. As each one of us generously gives, we know and trust the God of abundance will make more out of our gifts than we can even imagine. More community. More compassion. More justice. More love.
Enclosed you’ll find a pledge card. Put it somewhere you’ll see it every day — and when you do, pray the prayer printed on it. Then bring it to worship on October 19th when we’ll joyfully and beautifully celebrate our mission of creating life-changing community in an often lonely, disheartened, fragmented world. You can also fill out your pledge card on our website: wwww.eastminsterchurch.org.
Thank you in advance for being a part of this important, delightful work!
With joy in abundance,
Rev. Kristin Stroble
