May 2, 2025
Parents Night Out Volunteers Needed
Friday, May 9
Volunteers are invited to join us in supporting our parents by caring for their kids as they have a night out. Choice of serving times: 5-7pm, 7-9pm or 5-9pm. Contact Melissa King, Bev Heindl or register here.
Conversation with Elders
Monday, May 12, 6-7pm in the Gathering Area
The Elders will bring a quarterly update on two items during this meeting.
- Financial update: January – April
- Potential Building Expansion
- Time for questions
Quarterly Financial Update
Below is a Rolling 12-Month Trend Report which uses the running total of the giving and expenses for the last 12 months plus a graph. This Trend Report and graph is presented to the congregation quarterly. Paper copies are available at the Welcome Center.
April 25, 2025
Prayer Moves
Sunday, April 27, 5-7pm in Rm 101
We invite you to join us on the last Sunday of each month. We will begin with a very short devotion and the rest of the time will be devoted to quiet prayer either alone or with someone. You’re welcome to come and go during this time. Check out this Lifeshare from Pastor Josh detailing the heart behind and the purpose for this time.
DIG – Defined In God
Three nights of intentional discipleship with our kids. We will have food and fun while building relationships and learning about who God says we are.
For the Kids:
We will enjoy a multi-generational meal, lesson time, games, and music. All kids 6 years (by August 1st) through 6th grade are welcome to be a participant.
Areas to Serve:
- Table Leader – assist kids at the tables with different activities, preparation will be attending a training meeting and praying God will work in the kid’s lives.
- Hospitality – assist with checking kids in and out for the night
- Music/Tech – assist with leading songs and/or tech support for the night
- Meal Service – prepare, serve, and clean up after the meal
- Setup/cleanup – help set up tables and chairs before/after event
- Games – guide kids in games
- Prayer Team – spend the evening praying for the event
- Assistant/runner – help pass out materials or assist kids to restrooms
- Safety Team – help keep our kids safe during the event
- Childcare – care for the younger kids of other volunteers during the event
Childcare available for kids birth-5 years for those volunteering during the event.
Each night starts with a Huddle time for volunteers at 5:45pm
Registration is currently open for volunteers and kids ages 6-12.
Please register by May 7th.
April 18, 2025
Holy Week Services
Good Friday, April 18 at 6:30pm – We will commemorate the Crucifixion of Jesus as we reflect on His sacrifice on the cross.
Easter Sunday, April 20 at 10am – The pinnacle of the Lenten season, when we celebrate Christ’s victory over sin and death! Invite someone to come with you to be a part of this celebration.
Check out the newsletter here.
Prayer Moves
Sunday, April 27, 5-7pm in Rm 101
We invite you to join us on the last Sunday of each month for a time of prayer. We will begin with a very short devotion and the rest of the time will be devoted to quiet prayer either alone or with someone. You’re welcome to come and go during this time.
Holy Week
This Sunday marks the beginning of our commemoration of ‘Holy Week’, also known as ‘Passion Week’. This is a week filled with a series of significant events initiated by Jesus’ entry into the city of Jerusalem. Throughout the week the intensity builds toward the cross as Jesus is captured, tormented, put on trial, beaten and finally crucified on a cross outside the city.
It’s a week full of emotions and heartache as we consider all that Jesus endured for us. As we look toward this week I encourage us to remember the importance of that week long journey. Perhaps one way to remember this important time leading to his resurrection is to open the Bible and read through all that took place in these final events of Jesus’ life on this earth. As you do so consider:
- The sacrifice of Christ before and through his crucifixion.
- The faithfulness of Christ to carry out the mission entrusted to him by God.
- The love of Christ demonstrated in each act and word during the final week of his life.
We can’t fully celebrate the joy of the resurrection without remembering and reflecting on the payment required by Christ for us. I pray that this coming ‘Holy Week’ would be a time of thoughtful reflection for you. I pray that you might walk with humility and gratitude for all that Christ has done.
Another way to reflect and remember Christ’s person and work is to come together on Maundy Thursday for a meal, foot washing and communion. We will be gathering at 6:30 on April 17 for this meaningful time of worship. Our Good Friday Service on April 18 at 6:30pm is to remember the crucifixion of Jesus, the servant. We encourage you to be a part.
Praying with you and for you,
Pastor Dan
April 11, 2025
Check out the newsletter here.
Holy Week Services
Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday), April 17 at 6:30pm – This time of worship observes the acts of Jesus and the disciples in the Upper Room. We worship through a meal commemorating the Last Supper, follow the example of Jesus through foot washing, and remember Jesus’ sacrifice by taking communion.
Good Friday, April 18 at 6:30pm – We will commemorate the Crucifixion of Jesus as we reflect on His sacrifice on the cross.
Easter Sunday, April 20 at 10am – The pinnacle of the Lenten season, when we celebrate Christ’s victory over sin and death! Invite someone to come with you to be a part of this celebration.
ECC Students – Work for Mission Trip
ECC Students are looking for opportunities to raise funds for their Summer Mission Trip. If you have work that you would like to have done, contact Becky, becky.duncan@eatoncommunitychurch.org or 937-456-5507.
April 4, 2025
Holy Week Services
Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday), April 17 at 6:30pm – This time of worship observes the acts of Jesus and the disciples in the Upper Room. We worship through a meal commemorating the Last Supper, follow the example of Jesus through foot washing, and remember Jesus’ sacrifice by taking communion.
Good Friday, April 18 at 6:30pm – We will commemorate the Crucifixion of Jesus as we reflect on His sacrifice on the cross.
Easter Sunday, April 20 at 10am – The pinnacle of the Lenten season, when we celebrate Christ’s victory over sin and death! Invite someone to come with you to be a part of this celebration.
March 28, 2025
Prayer Moves
Sunday, March 30, 2025
If you are wanting to learn how to pray, have many years of experience praying, or simply are in need of prayer, then please seek to make this Sunday’s Prayer Moves a priority for you. You will be able to join us anytime between 5PM and 7PM. You can arrive at 5:15 or 6:22, as long as you’re ready to pray. You can show up for 10 minutes, or stay for the whole time, again, as long as you’re ready to show up and pray. We are looking forward to praying with you this Sunday (March 30) between the hours of 5-7PM!
ETCH 1st Wednesday
April 2, 6-8pm
This is the last 1st Wednesday of the School Year. This night will include a meal, multi-generational family activities and age specific breakouts. Everyone is invited!
Prayer Moves
Did you know that Prayer Moves?
It’s been said that when God’s church prays, God moves. This is very true, however, God is always moving! What is also true is that prayer moves! It’s an action that puts us in direct, personal contact with Christ Jesus our Lord, anytime day or night. James 5:13-16 tells us to pray for one another’s needs. The importance of prayer is undeniable. Prayer can be done at any time or in many ways; in the car on your way home from work, at meal time or just before bed. When we pray we touch upon a place and space where our interactions help us become more connected to the movements of God. Our focuses change, and our hearts are shaped as we MOVE into a space where both heaven and earth collide.
“The primary purpose of prayer is to bring us into such a life of communion with the Father that, by the power of the Spirit, we are increasingly conformed to the image of the Son.”
Richard Foster, Prayer: Finding The Heart’s True Home
We would like to invite you to join us here at the church on the last Sunday of each month for prayer. You are welcome to join us from 5 to 7pm for Prayer Moves. We will begin with a very short devotion and the rest of the time will be devoted to quiet prayer either alone or with someone.
Our desire is for our church to embrace prayer. Our hope is that people will see Prayer Moves as an opportunity to learn how to pray. We also desire for it to be a place where experienced prayer warriors unite together in prayer. We also believe Prayer Moves is a setting for those who need prayer and can show up confident that they will be prayed over. Most importantly, though, is on the fourth Sunday of each month, we want Satan trembling in fear because God’s Church is gathering to draw nearer to each other and to our Creator.
So, if you are wanting to learn how to pray, have many years of experience praying, or simply are in need of prayer, then please seek to make this Sunday’s Prayer Moves a priority for you. You will be able to join us anytime between 5PM and 7PM. You can arrive at 5:15 or 6:22, as long as you’re ready to pray. You can show up for 10 minutes, or stay for the whole time, again, as long as you’re ready to show up and pray. We are looking forward to praying with you this Sunday (March 30) between the hours of 5-7PM!
March 21, 2025
Prayer Moves
Sunday, March 30, 5-7pm in Rm 101
Did you know that Prayer Moves?
It’s an action that puts us in direct, personal contact with Christ Jesus our Lord, anytime day or night. James 5:13-16 tells us to pray for one another’s needs. The importance of prayer is undeniable. Prayer can be done at any time or in many ways; in the car on your way home from work, at meal time or just before bed. It can also be done here at the church.
We invite you to join us here at the church on the last Sunday of each month for prayer. You are welcome to join us from 5 to 7pm for Prayer Moves. We will begin with a very short devotion and the rest of the time will be devoted to quiet prayer either alone or with someone. Feel free to come and go during this time frame.
Community Service Opportunity
Tuesday, March 25, 2-4pm
We had so much fun the first time, we’re doing it again! The Common Good is looking for volunteers to help clear out their new building, 114 N. Cherry St., Eaton. We will be sorting trash & recycling and then moving items outside. Men, women or youth are welcome to help. Contact Dick Mitchell, 937-620-7117.
Tornado Drill Survey
Here’s the link for those of you who did not receive it.
LifeShare 