East End Fellowship

Elder Paul Granger brings a timely and challenging word from the book of Philippians. He unpacks the invitation to Kingdom Commitment, exploring why it often makes no sense, presents significant unknowns, and requires us to step beyond our human limitations.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook 

Pastor Nathan continues our Kingdom Come series with the parable of the Mustard seed, found in Matthew 17. He couples this with the story of Peter walking on water, each account giving a unique angle on how Jesus views faith.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook 

The Gospel has always been counter cultural, transformative and threatening to the status quo. Pastor Nathan encourages us to submit to God's Kingdom  during this Easter season and not the empires of our time.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook 

Co-Lead Pastor Don Coleman walks us through a simple yet profound look at the Lord's Prayer and it's connection to God's Kingdom. He shows us how God has remained the same throughout history and it is our job as the "Ekklesia" is to get to know the Jesus of the Bible.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook 

Elder Sherika Chew, walks with us through the parable of the Sower. A powerful message about the soil of the heart and the realization that the message of the gospel will not be received by everyone who hears. Sherika brings an honest and unique perspective to this familiar passage, where the listener can see that she has wrestled deeply with the words of Jesus.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook 

Derrick Collins preaches on the parable of the weeds from Matthew 13. The parable illustrates how a farmer sows good seed, but an enemy introduces weeds among the wheat. Derreck reflects on the nature of God's Kingdom, contrasting it with worldly power and emphasizing spiritual transformation. The message encourages believers to recognize the enemy's schemes without fear, highlighting that the world has already been changed through Christ's sacrifice.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow...

Abigail George continues our series Kingdom Come with the parable of the Vineyard. She shows us the uniqueness of Christian citizenship and pushes us to really grapple with the words of Jesus. 

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook 

Pastor Nathan reflects on the passages from Matthew 18 and 19 where Jesus emphasizes the importance of humility and childlike faith in the kingdom of heaven. He teaches that greatness in the kingdom comes from taking a lowly position, as exemplified by children. The message highlights the need to welcome children and the marginalized, reflecting God's love and acceptance.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

Pastor Nathan reflects on the mustard seed and yeast parables found in the book of Matthew. These stories beautifully illustrate how small beginnings can yield great results, highlighting the importance of patience and active waiting needed for God's kingdom. Nathan encourages us to seek God's direction communally and prayerfully, recognizing that the kingdom's manifestation requires time and sensitivity to the Spirit's work.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

Rob Surratt walks us through the parable of the hidden treasures, found in Matthew 13. He contrasts the biblical definitions of God's kingdom in the Old and New Testaments, highlighting the need for a deeper understanding of God's nature .  Rob discusses parables used by Jesus to convey deeper truths, suggesting that true treasures are often found in ordinary places. He reflects on the transformative power of Jesus' love, urging us to recognize their worth and the call to serve others.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for o...

Pastor Nathan addresses the metaphors of salt and light found in the gospel of Matthew. He takes time to highlight the fundamental properties of both elements, and how we might apply this to our modern spiritual context. He also opens up the mic for the congregation to share examples they have seen in their own life.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

Pastor Nathan continues our sermon series by showing us what a citizen of God's kingdom looks like, according to the Beatitudes. He shines a spotlight on how the world views a "hashtag-blessed" life  and contrasts that with the teachings of Jesus. Unsurprisingly, the values are drastically different.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

Pastor Nathan discusses the early ministry of Jesus as depicted in Matthew chapters 9 &10. Nathan shows us the importance of living in light of the new reality of God's kingdom, highlighting Jesus' compassion for the crowds and his commissioning of the twelve disciples to spread the good news and heal the sick.

The prerequisite of being used by God is not our holiness, but our willingness.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook<...

Pastor Nathan kicks off our new sermon series, Kingdom Come, with the story of Jesus calling the first disciples. In this sermon, Nathan sketches out the new reality that God's Kingdom ushers in. A Kingdom that causes people to drop everything to follow its King. Join us as we seek to understand the type of kingdom that God called the first disciples into and how that applies to us in our modern context.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on...

We wrap up our Repairers of the Breach sermon series with a panel discussion with 3 members of our congregation. Diamond Walton, Elena Aronson and Denzel Mitchell share their experiences and insights, stressing the necessity of humility in conversations about race and the value of diverse perspectives. The panel was hosted by Abigail George, one of the elders of our congregation. It was originally recorded on Sunday, December 15th, 2024. 

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on F...

Our current sermon series continues into the first week of Advent. Pastor Nathan reflects on Jesus' ministry as described in Luke 4:14-22, where Jesus claims to fulfill Isaiah's prophecy by preaching good news to the poor, freeing prisoners, and healing the blind. This holistic approach combines spiritual and tangible freedom, urging the church to engage in justice and repair work. Pastor Nathan shows us the importance of discernment in joining Jesus' work and the transformative power of recognizing divine opportunities in everyday interactions.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website<...

Elena Aronson, one of EEF's elders, reflects on the importance of community and the challenges of identity, particularly in the context of racial and social issues. Drawing from the biblical story of Nehemiah, she emphasizes the need for both physical and spiritual repair within communities. Nehemiah's response to the brokenness of Jerusalem serves as a model for acknowledging personal and collective sin, leading to confession and repentance. Elena pushes us to grieve the brokenness, recognize our relationship to it, and actively participate in the work of repair alongside God and each other.

Watch full video of this...

Continuing in our sermon series Elder Abigail reflects on the theme of repair  within the church and society, particularly focusing on issues of racial division and white supremacy. Drawing from the book of Ezra, Abigail emphasizes the importance of worship as central to the identity of God's people. The historical context of the Israelites' return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple serves as a metaphor for the need to restore authentic worship in the modern church. Too often the American church has prioritized economic pursuits and theological rhetoric over genuine worship and community engagement.

Watch full video o...

In this sermon Rob Surratt, reflects on racial healing, humility, and the importance of collective identity versus individualism, using the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector from Luke 18:9-14. Rob, encourages self-examination among white individuals regarding their privilege and the tendency to distance themselves from others, particularly in the context of systemic racism.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

East End Fellowship Elder, Sherika Chew, brings a passionate word from the book of Ephesians. This is a heartfelt and challenging plea for us as believers to cling to Christ and his supremacy above everything else.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

This sermon focuses on the account in Acts 6 of a dispute between Hellenistic and Hebraic Jewish widows.  The apostles respond to inequity by empowered leaders who are members of the marginalized group to develop a plan to address the injustice in the community.  This sermon focuses on the importance of surrendering power in order to ensure that those who have the least power are able to experience equity within Christian community.  It challenges all of us to consider the cost of the type of community we believe God wants us to embody.

Watch full video of this ser...

In the second week of our new sermon series, Pastor Nathan draws from the traumatic story found in Numbers chapter 21. God punishes Israel for their disobedience by sending venomous snakes among them and instructs Moses to lift up a bronze serpent as their path towards healing. 

The sermon connects Israel’s trauma with the reality of racial trauma today, emphasizing that the path to racial healing today involves facing the very realities that have harmed us.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our New...

The first installment in a new series, this sermon focuses on the story of Jesus healing the paralytic by the pool of Bethesda and Jesus’ initial question to him: “Do you want to be well?”  Pastor Nathan invites us to acknowledge that the spiritual sickness of white supremacy has affected and infected all of us, yet the good news is that Jesus has come to make us well.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Faceboo...

Derrick Collins wraps up our Divine Interruptions sermon series, by sharing with us a story from the early church. A powerful message that challenges us to put to death whatever belongs to our earthly nature, to live as those made alive in Christ, and to grab a hold of our true identity.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

Pastor Nathan examines Noah's experience of a divine interruption that led him to build something that could interrupt the trajectory of brokenness in his society.  God’s call on his life required time, resources, and energy, but enabled him to play a role in the type of world that God sought to build. 

What type of community does God desire to build in our church? How can we provide a safe haven for our surrounding community? How is God positioning us to interrupt brokenness in our city?

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouT...

Desireé Lucas, our Duke Divinity Intern for the summer, brings us Yuletide greetings in the dead of summer. Her sermon highlights the story of Mary and the virgin birth of Jesus, found in Luke chapter 1. Get ready to experience this narrative in a new and personal way.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

Elder Elena Aronson walks us through what kept the prophet Jonah from being able to respond obediently to God’s call. The narrative of Jonah and his resistance to what God was saying to him holds a particular relevance to us as a Church today

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

Elder Abigail George continues our summer series with the story of Isaiah and his encounter with the living God. She walks us through what divine interruptions reveal to us about God, our sin and the role of the Church. A challenging message asking the questions what has to die in order for us to see God.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

Oldson Duclos walks us through the two greatest interruptions in human history, the resurrection of Christ and the reception of the Holy Spirit.  He shows us how engaging with these events will dramatically reorient our lives. This was originally recorded on June, 16th 2024.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

Rob Surratt leads us through the story of Micaiah, a prophet of God that speaks a uncomfortable truth to those in positions of power. Rob challenges us by exploring the character of this old testament figure and shows us how he is a foretaste of the ultimate interrupter, Jesus Christ. This was recorded on Sunday, June 9th 2024.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

Pastor Nathan digs into the Apostle Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus.  Jesus confronts Paul and transforms him from being a persecutor of the church to a proclaimer of the Gospel.  This whole story highlights God’s ability to change the unlikeliest people, to never lose hope in God’s ability to bring transformation, and invites us to ground that hope in God’s unwavering love for his people.


Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow...

Pastor Nathan walks us through the story of how God called Abraham to uproot his family and move to a new land in response to God’s promise to bless him and bless the world through him.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

To kick off our new sermon series, Pastor Nathan focuses on the account of the hemorrhaging woman in Luke chapter 8. In this powerful story we see that God is never too busy for us, that God’s desire for us is to be open to divine interruptions, and that responding to God’s call on our lives to become agents of divine interruption is a daily invitation.  This was recorded on Sunday, May 12th 2024.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on In...

Elder Abigail George walks with us through Jesus's controversial and power statement about how he is the "true branch" (John 15).  She shares insights into the pruning process and how they apply to God as the master gardener. God prunes us so that be more fruitful. This was originally recorded on April, 14 2024.



Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

Pastor Nathan zeroes in on Jesus’ identity as the "Light of the World" which we find in John chapter 8. Together we look at the context in which Jesus makes this claim, his role in giving light to the world and his role in helping us to find direction in our lives.  Jesus’ statement about his identity is also an invitation to follow him and live in the light of his presence and Lordship. Originally recorded on April 7, 2024.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
F...

On Easter Sunday pastor Nathan discusses how Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead and reveals himself as the embodiment of resurrection life.  Dietrich Bonhoeffer reminds us that “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die,” and as we allow the things that are not of God to die within us and around us, we make room for God to breathe newness into us and our world.  Just as Jesus allowed Lazarus to die because he knew that death would not have the last word, this sermon encourages us to believe that death does not have the last w...

On Palm Sunday this year Pastor Nathan continues our sermon series I AM. This week we look at the statement that Christ makes;  "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life."

Pastor Nathan draws our attention to what it means for Jesus to be the way to encountering God, and the exemplar for how we should live as disciples.  He highlights what it means to embody a cruciform lifestyle characterized by Christ’s example of taking up his cross for others.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our webs...

Elder Sherika asks "If Jesus Christ is God, what then does this say of you?" We must honor the Father and because of that there will be some who dishonor us. We don't seek our own glory but God does and it is our job to bring it to Him.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook

What does it means to be aware of the spiritual battles we face? What does it mean to trust that God is active? How do we join in what God is doing to overcome evil in our world?  Drawing from the story of David and Goliath, Pastor Nathan addresses these questions and highlights God’s ability to fight on behalf of his people. This was recorded on March, 3rd 2024.

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on...

Pastor Nathan draws us into a look at God’s identity as an invitational Father who not only sees us, but adopts us into his spiritual family.  A timely message derived from the life of David, that challenges us see others - especially the suffering and marginalized - and invite them into God’s family as well. This was recorded on February 25, 2024 

Watch full video of this sermon on our YouTube channel
Visit our website
Sign Up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Facebook