Here is what Robert had to say about his decision to be baptized: I have been been coming with my family to Eastside since Easter in 2018. My wife’s friend from work invited us to Eastside Redlands since it had just opened. I always thought there must be a God, and I kind of thought […]
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MEDICAL DEBT FORGIVENESS Medical debt can hit any family. My name is Lilia and I’ve been with Titus for twenty years and we have four daughters. A few years ago, I had gone in for a simple corrective surgery that was supposed to be outpatient, real quick and fast, and a short recovery. Unfortunately,
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How can Shoes Show God’s Love? Here is a story from Ray who was an Eastsider working with the Orange County Department of Education Access Program. “ACCESS is proud to collaborate with various local and national organizations and businesses to equip our students as they build a pathway to college and career readiness. We have
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I’ve always had an identity problem, but there was one place that I was always accepted and that was with drug users, and that type of people. So I got in with the wrong crowd early on. One thing led to another, and before I knew it, I had an addiction problem. I drifted further
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Why an invitation matters Rina decides to get baptized Sometimes it takes more than one invitation “I’ve been blessed with Lilia’s friendship since kindergarten – over 40 years of sharing life together. Throughout those years, she extended countless invitations to church, but I always declined.” Here is what Rina had to say about his decision
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As a second generation military man, I know the sacrifice our service men, women, and their families make to secure the freedom we enjoy. The long hours, the stress and strain of military maneuvers, the constant moving around from duty station to duty station, and the deployments that last months or years at a time
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Jazmin and Zeke had been dating for about a year and a half when they knew that marriage was in their future. Zeke didn’t have kids, so he knew that Jazmin’s two daughters, Ana (10) and Kalila (7), would be a HUGE responsibility but was he ready for fatherhood and an instant family? He felt
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CHANGE MAKER // Meet Katie. She is a Change Maker serving in Eastside’s High School Ministry, HSM, at the La Habra campus. She is the definition of a true Change Maker, as she arrived in the midst of student ministry launching at Eastside La Habra. She has demonstrated her passion and belief in the next
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Let’s talk about poverty. Poverty. Poor. Living under the Poverty Line. These terms and phrases we hear on a daily basis to describe a person in need–but what do they necessitate exactly? Food? Shelter? Different clothing? Perhaps, but when we lean in to take a closer look we find that lacking physical objects is hardly
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