Prayer Requests
Receive Prayer Requests
An email is sent whenever prayer needs for the church are updated. Email Ginger to begin receiving the prayer email.
Hospital & Home Visits
Hospital Visits
Hospital visits provide care and connection in a confidential manner for our church family. Our team of ministers and trained lay volunteers make daily visits to the hospitals. If you anticipate a hospital stay or day surgery, notify us in advance so we can pray for you and plan our visits. Just click the button below.
Home Visits
This ministry serves our attenders who are unable to physically participate in Eastminster church life. This is a ministry of encouragement, and our visitation teams ensure that all home-bound members, as well as those who are recuperating from illness and/or hospitalization, are visited regularly. Our pastors and elders can administer Communion to our home-bound members. To request someone be added to our Homebound Visitation List, fill out the form below.
Funerals
Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25-26)
At Eastminster, we believe that a Christian funeral, burial or memorial service is a service of worship “in which glory is given to God for his care of the bereaved, for his trustworthy providence, and for the hope God’s people have in Jesus Christ. The focus of the burial service is God who has raised Jesus Christ from the dead and given believers an earnest appreciation of their own resurrection. It is a time for the reaffirmation of the Church’s faith and a time for expressing joy in the assurance of eternal life.” (EPC Book of Worship, §6-1).
If a member of your family or the Eastminster Presbyterian Church family is near death or has passed away, please let us know. One of the pastors would like to visit with you and your family to offer pastoral care and guidance and to begin the process of planning the funeral service with you.
Please contact or have the mortuary you’ve selected contact Ginger Cox in the church office at 634.0337, ext. 2011, or gcox@eastminster.org.
Weddings
You don’t need to be a member of the church to hold your wedding here. We have two spaces available for weddings: the Chapel, which seats 100-125, and the Sanctuary, which seats 625 people on the main floor, with an additional 125-150 seats in the balcony.
Steps to Scheduling Your Wedding
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GriefShare
GriefShare is a safe, welcoming support group where people understand the difficult
emotions of grief. Through this 13-week group, you’ll discover what to expect in the days
ahead and what’s “normal” in grief. Since there are no neat, orderly stages of grief, you’ll
learn helpful ways of coping with grief, in all its unpredictability—and gain solid support each
step of the way. Group runs every Thursday from January 15th through April 16th at 1pm in the Parlor.
Register online here
Questions? Contact Kathy Klunder at klunderkathy30@gmail.com.
Baptisms
We believe baptism is a sacrament of the church, ordained by Jesus Christ. By the act of baptism, a person becomes a part of the Church, for it is a sign and a seal of the Covenant of Grace for believers and their children. As a sign it proclaims God’s forgiveness and our redemption in Jesus Christ. As a seal, God marks us as adopted children of our heavenly Father. Eastminster baptizes the infants and children of believers, as well as adult believers who have not previously been baptized.
Addiction Counseling
Sometimes we fall under the grip of addiction, whether they be substances or behavior. We can’t break out of this cycle of addiction alone. We need someone who can guide us out of it and hold us accountable. All our addiction counseling and help is absolutely confidential.
Addiction Counseling Contacts
Eastminster Pastors
Pastor Mike Goolsby email >>
We don’t escape from addiction alone. We need others in the body of Christ with the skills to help us. Part of living a full life in Christ is to be free of the things that hold us in bondage. We want to help you find freedom.
Prayer Opportunities
Prayer Fellowship
Wednesdays, 6:45 – 8 a.m. | Chapel
Come pray with the faithful every Wednesday morning. If you are ill or need prayer and would like to be prayed over, please come to this group to receive prayer ministry. Questions? Contact Jim Fritzemeier at jimf@kamenwipers.com.
Connect Card Prayer Group
Wednesdays, 4 p.m. | Parlor
This group meets to pray over special requests from our congregation. If you’d like to join in praying for those in our church family, this is the perfect place to start. Contact Patty Oberg at poberg15@gmail.com or 619.5892.
