"Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering."
- Romans 12:1
April 26, 2025
Dear Eastern Avenue,
What an incredible season this is at our church. If you’ve been with us on Sunday mornings, serving on a team, or even watching the joyful chaos in the fellowship hall between services, you’ve likely felt it too. Something is happening. The Spirit is moving in our midst, and there’s a palpable energy in the air that’s hard to ignore.
This isn’t just momentum—it’s mission. It’s witness. It’s renewal.
As Council Chair, I’ve had the joy of seeing the stories, the laughter, the hard questions, and the new faces finding their way into our lives. We are a community that is striving to be bolder in our hospitality, deeper in our worship, and more intentional in how we love and serve—with our neighbors.
That’s why this pledge drive matters so much. It’s not about numbers on a spreadsheet—it’s about equipping our church to faithfully respond to where God is leading us next. Whether it’s renewing worship, nurturing faith, doing justice, caring for creation, or walking alongside our neighbors, every gift is a signal:
I’m in. I believe in what’s happening here.
So this spring, I want to personally invite you to join us in this messy and holy work. Let’s meet this moment with joy, with courage, and with generosity.
Because if this is what the beginning feels like… just imagine what comes next.
With deep gratitude and hope,
David Bolt
Chair of Council,
Eastern Avenue Church
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ordinary, everyday life
renewing worship
After prayerfully considering what God is calling you to give financially to Eastern for our fiscal year July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026, we ask you to pledge your support for Eastern's ministries and programs as you are able through this online pledge form or by using a paper form which you can request from the church office.
Pledging is one way we offer our whole life—our ordinary, everyday life—as worship. It's a tangible act of trust, a way of saying: "Even this—my budget, my bills, my regular Tuesday—are a part of my offering to God."
ordinary, everyday life
nurturing faith
On the pledge form, you can specify how you’d like your pledge shared between our General Fund, our Building Renovation and Expansion Fund, and our Christian Education Fund. We’re suggesting
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80% of your pledge is for the General Fund
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10% of your pledge is for the Building Renovation and Expansion Fund
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10% of your pledge is for the Christian Education Fund
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ordinary, everyday life
doing justice
Our General Fund supports the majority of Eastern’s programs and ministries, everything from our worship services to youth programs to tutoring to the food program to lawn mowing to choirs and musical groups to simply keeping the building warm and the lights on. Our draft General Fund budget details our hopes and dreams for the coming year.
ordinary, everyday life
making all things new
Our Building Renovation and Expansion Fund was used to pay down our mortgage for the building addition for more than 20 years. Now that we’ve paid off our loan, we’ve set a giving goal for this fund of $75,000 for our next year. This will go towards repaving our parking lot and replacing our roof over the next 1-2 years.
Our Christian Education Fund supports Christian day school education for our children. Our goal for that fund in the next year is $150,000.
(Learn more about Eastern's different funds here.)
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So whether you're tying a shoelace, preparing a meal, heading into a long day of work, or filling out a pledge card, know this: God is with you in the ordinary and calls it sacred. So let's offer our everyday lives to the one who makes all things holy.
ordinary, everyday spirit-led
messy and holy work
