Who We Are
We are just a group of average folks, who have found everything we will ever need in the Lord Jesus Christ. Have you been searching for something? Well, let us introduce you to the One you have been searching for.
It would be our privilege to share this good news with you and to introduce you to our church family. This is a place where you can find strength and experience hope. This is a place you can finally call home.
Sean and Gwen Jacobs
Sean is our lead pastor. He is married to Gwen, and they have a full family of 7. (Sean, Gwen, Isabella, Annaleise, Madelyn, Lilianna, and...
Bill and Lisa Warren
Bill is our Outreach Pastor. He is married to Lisa, and they have 5 children (Zach, Alyssa, Brandon, Ansley, and Alayna). As of 2023, they have 3...
Pamela and Marcus Miller
Pamela is our bus ministry director, and has now become the new administrative assistant to our Pastor's here at East Side. Marc and Pamela has a...
Joe and Debbie Meng
Joe is married to Debbie and they have 3 grown children (Alicia-married, Kara-married, and Paul) who all live throughout the United States. Joe is...
Mark and Meg Herring
Mark is married to Meg, and he is one of our six Deacons with a focused role of benevolence to those in need, and caring for our widows. They have...
Sam and Debbie Crump
Sam is married to Debbie and they have 2 grown children. Sam is one of our 6 Deacons. He role is focused on the maintenance of the buildings and...
Cooper and Heather Lee
Cooper is married to Heather and they have a full family of 7 (Cooper, Heather, Creighton, Sara-Cooper, Oliver, Eloise, and Hazel). Cooper is one...
Travis and Amy Gibbs
Travis is married to Amy and they have 1 married daughter (Amber and Josh Niswonger), and 3 grandchildren (Ellison, Canaan, and Nora). He serves as...
Chad and Krystal May
Chad is one of our faithful deacons, and Krystal is training to take the lead in our Women's Ministry! They are married and have 4 children, Mason,...
Clark and Jenny Connell
Jenny is married to Clark and they have 4 children (Gray, Jack, Ruby Cate, and JR). They also have 3 pets running around the property (Gomer and...
Parker and Madelyn Depaola
Parker is married to Madelyn, and he serves as our youth director in a team of 4 families who help lead our youth department. Maddy manages our...
James and Myrtie Hucks
Myrtie is married to James, and they have a black furry family member named Charlie (a dog, in case you were wondering). Myrtie directs our Ladies...
Jeff and Brenda Vickers
Jeff is married to Brenda and they lead our Guest Services ministry at East Side! These tireless servants rally the teams every week to greet our...
Jeff and Carla Crosby
Carla is married to Jeff, and she is our Nursery Director. Together they have 2 boys, and both Thomas and Jacob are married to wonderful women. ...
Kenneth and Annette Kelly
Annette has recently retired from the East Side staff after 51 years of faithful service, and Kenneth leads our security team. They have one...
We believe that the Bible
is the written word of God and is without error.
We believe that God
created the universe in 6 days.
We believe that man-kind
was made in the image of God the Father and God the Son, Jesus.
We believe that Mary
was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus.
We believe that Jesus
during His time on earth, was fully man and fully God.
We believe that Jesus Was
is, and always will be without sin.
We believe that Jesus Died
on the cross to atone for our sin.
We believe that 3 days
after Jesus was killed on the cross, He came back to life.
We believe that Jesus is the Only Path
to salvation and forgiveness of sin; through grace, not works.
We believe that God sent His Spirit
to dwell within us to help us understand and ultimately live out the Word of God (the Bible).
We believe that our primary function
on Earth is to make much of Christ (make him famous), because He's awesome and everyone should know it.