Imperial Beach Church

Have you ever felt lonely? Have you ever wanted true connection, authentic community, but didn’t know where to start? Have you ever run from connection because of fear, or because of old wounds? What makes community so hard? For Week 2 of our series, Living Lightly, we are unpacking 4 things that make meaningful connection [Read more...]

Have you ever felt weighed down, weary or held back? Life can be heavy. No one knew this better than Jesus. How can we draw closer to Him, and learn from Him how to live lightly? How does Jesus help us trade our wounds for healing, our shame for grace, and our overwhelm for peace? [Read more...]

What is our next right step… right now? Pastor Luke Crosby shares an encouraging “Halftime Report” about all the amazing things God is doing in and through EastLake Church and our Community Church Movement! He encourages us in how we can continue to follow God’s lead, live as we’ve been called to live, and be [Read more...]

Why do we sometimes long for what we don’t have? What does it reveal about ourselves when we never feel like we have enough, or nothing ever seems good enough? In a culture where it has become easy and “normalized” to covet, what does God say about the bondage that puts us in, and how [Read more...]

Why are we sometimes tempted to lie or to steal? What does that show us about ourselves? What might God want to heal within us? In today’s message, we unpack the 8th and 9th commandments– Do not steal, and do not lie. It turns out, at the core of these temptations are questions of security [Read more...]

Why does God call us to be faithful in our marriage? Is it because of something he doesn’t want for us? Or is this because of something greater that he does want for us? In today’s message we unpack the 7th commandment– Do not commit adultery. It turns out it’s about so much more than [Read more...]

How Free People Live – Week 6 – What value does God place on human life? In today’s message, we unpack the 6th commandment in the 10 Commandments– do not murder. We may ask ourselves, what about war? What about self-defense? Is this about our heart or our hands? Together we will unpack God’s Word [Read more...]

How Free People Live – Week 5 – We’ve all heard the commandment to honor our parents. Did you know that it applies to children of all ages? In today’s message, we unpack the 5th commandment in the 10 Commandments and what it actually means to respect and honor our relationships with our parents. While [Read more...]

How Free People Live – Week 4 – How should Christ-followers live in a fast-paced world? What about when we’re tired, exhausted, fatigued, or weary? In today’s message we ask the question: What is making your load feel heavy right now? And we unpack in God’s Word the 4th Commandment about keeping the Sabbath holy, [Read more...]

How Free People Live – Week 1 – How can we actually live as the free people God’s called us to be? In today’s message, we kick off a new summer series, “How Free People Live.” Through it, we’ll unpack the 10 Commandments found in the Book of Exodus and how an ancient list of [Read more...]

Follow us as we close the book of Acts in our series, First Church. Pastor Luke Crosby will discuss five simple steps for us, when reaching out to people using the B.L.E.S.S. Method – Begin with prayer Listen to them Eat with them Serve them Share your story Let’s practice these five simple steps as [Read more...]

First Church | Week 5 | Have you ever wondered what God wants your prayer life to look like? The first church wondered the same thing. In today’s message, we unpack the truth about prayer and living a life of faith. Together we will discover: – The power of prayer is based on who we [Read more...]

First Church | Week 4 | Does it ever feel like there’s so many barriers in our world? Jesus agreed. In today’s message, we unpack how the gospel of Jesus is the ultimate barrier breaker. In the book of Acts we will discover how the gospel breaks: ● Race and ethnic barriers. (Acts 15, James [Read more...]

First Church | Week 3 | How should Christ-followers respond when there’s opposition to our faith? Join us as we unpack stories of the early church facing both push-back and persecution, and what that looks like in our world today. Together we will discover: – Your mission doesn’t change with your circumstances. – Your calling [Read more...]

First Church | Week 2 | How can we practically be the church God calls us to be? Join us as we unpack the rhythms of the church, the regular patterns we engage in– things that we do repeatedly that define not just who we are, but what we value. In this important and practical [Read more...]

First Church | Week 1 | What did the first Christians do after the resurrection of Jesus? What should we still be doing as the church today? In our new series, First Church, we are going through the book of Acts and unpacking the kind of church and the kind of people that God calls [Read more...]

Easter Sunday — Jesus’ Resurrection — Have you ever had a setback? A great comeback is possible for you through Jesus’ death and his resurrection from the grave. No matter your sins, setbacks, or failures, be encouraged by this message of hope: Your failure is not final. Because of the resurrection, there is redemption, there [Read more...]

Week 6 of Everyday Miracles – Join us with the new Associate Pastor Grant Hedges! He talks about what we do when we don’t know what God is doing. Through the story of Jesus healing a blind man, we will learn that a move of God might not be exactly what we expect, but when [Read more...]

Week 5 of Everyday Miracles – Have you ever felt like you’re in the middle of a storm? Stuck in a trial? Caught up in chaos? Pastor Luke unpacks a powerful story of Jesus walking on water and calming a storm, and how Jesus can also calm our fears, bring peace to our circumstances, and [Read more...]

Week 4 of Everyday Miracles – Join Luke Crosby on week 4 as he talks about the miracle of Jesus feeding 5,000 people, we will discover: Jesus sees beyond our limitations. Jesus multiplies what we surrender to Him. Jesus involves us in his plans and purpose. When we add Jesus into the equation in our [Read more...]

Week 3 of Everyday Miracles – Is there something you’ve struggled with for a long time? In today’s message, we unpack a story of Jesus healing a man lying down sick for thirty-eight years. Through this story, we will discover how Jesus sees us, knows us, and can restore our lives… even in areas that [Read more...]

Week 2 of Everyday Miracles –What happens when you need a miracle, but the thing you’re asking God for… you’ve never seen before? Hosanna Wong unpacks a miracle in John 4 where a father has faith for Jesus to heal his son, even though it was different from the miracles Jesus had done in the [Read more...]

Everyday Miracles – Week 1 | Jesus still does miracles today– through ordinary things, in our everyday lives. For this series, we’re unpacking seven miracles of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of John—each one a sign revealing God’s power, purpose, and presence in our lives. In today’s message, we explore Jesus’ first miracle: turning water [Read more...]

Week 4 of Love Is — Rejoice in Truth & Forever Pastor Grant Hedges closes out our series Love Is! as he teaches us that God sent his one and only son, Jesus, so that he could love us unconditionally! Also, we should not keep tabs on the wrongs that others do to us but [Read more...]

In this message from our “Love Is” series, Pastor Luke Crosby, dives into Why love is a choice, not just a feeling (sorry, Hollywood rom-coms). Keeping a “record of wrongs” fuels resentment and hurts relationships practical ways to release anger instead of feeding it. Why forgiveness doesn’t mean forgetting—but it does mean letting go. If [Read more...]