Mark Your Calendar
- Teen Serve Camp – July 13-16
- Lunch and a Movie for all Women – July 18
- Kids Water Day – July 19
- Next Steps Class – July 26
- Marriage Retreat – Sep 25-26
📢 Announcements
🚧 Education Building Bathroom Remodel
Renovations are underway! The project is moving forward, and we’re excited to see it completed soon.
📖 Summer Mini Series
Deep questions and answers about our purpose and the meaning of life, special speakers, and hot topics! Plan to come! Sunday mornings at 11:00. For additional information, see the “Identity: Who Am I” page.
📖 Summer Bible Study
Youth and young adults welcome!
💬 Table Talk
📢 The July Youth Newsletter is out! ➡️ https://eastsidebaptistmooresville.com/youth/
💁♀️ Teen Serve Camp! – July 13-16
Four days to serve others, grow spiritually, build friendships, and make a lasting impact through Christ-centered service.
**Mandatory Information Meeting July 12th @ 12:15 at Eastside Baptist Church
🤽🏼 Kids Water Day – July 19
Games and snacks!
📖 Next Steps Class – Starting July 26th @ 10am
This is a welcoming 4-week class designed to help you discover who we are, what we believe, and how to take your next step together in following Jesus. You’ll hear the story and mission of Eastside, explore the foundations of our faith, and learn how community, discipleship, and serving fit into life together as a church. Whether you’re brand new or ready to get more connected, this class is your pathway into community, growth, and service.
Discussion Questions for Your Greatest Role
📖 Biblical Insight Questions
1. Identity Beyond What We Do (2 Corinthians 5:17-20)
- What does it mean to be a “new creation” in Christ?
- What does it mean that God has reconciled believers to Himself?
- Why does God entrust ordinary people with the ministry of reconciliation?
- How does the title “ambassador for Christ” reshape the way we think about work and life?
2. Purpose and Good Works (Ephesians 2:10)
- How does God’s workmanship connect identity and purpose?
- Why is it important to understand that God prepared meaningful work “beforehand” for us?
3. Significance vs. Success (Colossians 3:23–24)
- Why does Scripture place greater value on faithfulness than visibility or achievement?
- How can someone’s work matter deeply even if others never notice it?
- What does it mean to work ultimately for the Lord rather than human approval?
🔨 Practical Application Questions
1. Career and Identity
- Why do people so naturally answer the question “Who am I?” with “What do I do?”
- What roles or accomplishments are most tempting to build identity around?
- What happens emotionally and spiritually when those things are threatened or lost?
- How can believers enjoy their work without making it their identity?
2. Seeing Work as Mission
- How would your workplace, home, classroom, or retirement years change if you saw yourself first as Christ’s ambassador?
- What opportunities already exist around you to represent Jesus well?
- How can ordinary work become meaningful kingdom work?
- What practical habits help keep eternal priorities in front of us?
🪞 Personal Reflection Questions
1. What Defines You?
- If someone asked who you are, what would you instinctively say first?
- How much of your identity is connected to what you accomplish?
- Are you viewing your current role as a platform for serving God or the source of your worth?
- What would change if your deepest identity was rooted in Christ?
3. Your Mission
- Who has God already placed in your life to influence, encourage, or point toward Christ?
- Are you embracing that opportunity or overlooking it?
- What is one practical way you can live intentionally as an ambassador for Christ this week?
Nursery Schedule
7/5 – Jim & Janet Saunders
7/12 – Sarah Wiggs, Tara Solomon