East Church | Local Church Grand Rapids MI

About Us

We celebrate the diversity of God’s creation and affirm that each person has special worth as a unique creation in God’s image. All are welcome to worship here and to come into relationship with the church’s life and work. We thank God for the blessing, the challenge, and the joy that we experience in both our unity and our diversity.

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We're celebrating the beautiful weather!

There will be an outdoor service on Sunday, November 8, 2020, in addition to the broadcast service on YouTube. If you can join us in person in front of the church at 10:30 am, we’d love to see you! Masks and social distancing will be required. Please bring your own chairs. If you can’t make it to the outdoor service, you can access the broadcast service on our website and directly from our East Church UCC YouTube channel.

Thank you IHN Volunteers!

In light of the recent COVID-19 events, we have created a YouTube channel for our church services. Click the link below to check it out.

WE Believe

We seek to find shared beliefs that unite us in covenant and celebrate a wide variety of faith traditions.

Every Sunday

10:30am

Interim Pastor

Rev. Dr. David Wheeler

1005 Giddings Ave SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49506

A place to belong

At East Church we’re life-long friends, new friends, family, neighborhood-close, suburb-far, young, old, single, married, kids, retired, Open and Affirming, traditional, open-minded… well, you get the idea.

Our Mission

“Empowering God’s community to grow in faith through worship, service, and learning at every age.”

EAST CHURCH IS COMMUNITY-MINDED

East Church provides shelter for homeless families, staffs a neighborhood food pantry, and runs a community resale shop. More on community service at East Church.

We are located in the Ottawa Hills neighborhood and participate in many nearby community events like the annual Fourth of July Hollyhock Parade and Garden Tour.

Join us for yoga

Class takes place every Monday from 7:00 – 8:15pm and costs $10. Tori Dean teaches the class and her email is torileedean@gmail.com. Please feel free to contact her directly if you have any questions.