Celebrating Summer of Serve
18,555 Acts of Compassion
This summer, something incredible happened at Eastside. Whether you’re considering visiting or have been part of our church family for years, you’re invited to celebrate what God did through an initiative we called Summer of Serving.
Together, our church set out with one bold goal: to unleash 15,000 acts of compassion across our neighborhoods and around the world. And wow, did you show up!
The goal was simple but powerful: for each of us to step outside our comfort zones and impact the lives around us. As we look back, there’s so much to celebrate.
Local Outreach
We launched the summer with nearly 2,000 kits picked up at our Compassion Pop-Up—filled with school supplies, hygiene products, and household essentials. From backpacks filled with pencils and notebooks to laundry baskets filled with detergent and shelf-stable food, Eastsiders stepped in to provide hope for families in need.
Global Outreach
Hundreds of you boarded planes and traveled around the world to serve in places like South America, Kenya, Thailand, Mexico, and the Philippines.
- In Ecuador, teams built brand-new homes and partnered with local churches and schools.
- In Peru, medical teams treated hundreds with life-giving care.
- In Kenya, Eastsiders delivered food door to door, brought school supplies, built homes from mud and sticks, hosted a massive boys’ conference, and provided new beds for families living in tin shanties.
- We even sent a Special Needs Team to Kenya for the first time—bringing love and support to children in overlooked communities.
- In Thailand, we hosted children’s camps, helped build a new church, and laid miles of waterlines to bring clean water to rural areas.
- In the Philippines, we planted mango trees to help create sustainable food sources and led a revival week, where 112 people were baptized and hundreds of street children were fed and cared for.
- In Baja, Mexico, more than 300 of you traveled south of the border to build homes, pray with families, and even open a brand-new playground, already impacting hundreds of children. And in a powerful moment, seven people were baptized in the ocean, moved by what God was doing on that trip.
And back at home, we finished the summer strong by providing 5,000 pairs of new shoes to kids locally and globally helping meet practical needs while restoring dignity, confidence, and joy as students head back to school.
As a church, we set out to unleash 15,000 acts of compassion—and you didn’t just meet the goal, you crushed it.
Eastside unleashed 18,555 acts of compassion this summer, and the impact has been felt across the street and around the world.
Whether you’re already part of our community or just getting to know us, we want you to know: this is what we’re about—unleashing compassion every day, everywhere, for everyone.
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creative ways people unleashed
compassion during Summer of Serving!
Zoom in and click on gold pins to learn about each Global Team. Use two fingers to move the map around. To pin your acts of compassion fill out the form or click on the button below.
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