The Promotion of Social Righteousness

Rev. Nick Cheek Amos 5:11-15, 21-24 and Numbers 27:1-11 “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood… a beautiful day for a neighbor… would you be mine, could you be mine… won’t you be my neighbor.”  In 1969, Mister Rogers televised a famous episode to help teach...

The Preservation of the Truth

Rev. Nick Cheek John 1:1-14 and John 14:1-12 Today, we continue our sermon series on what our Presbyterian tradition calls the Great Ends of the Church. These six statements help us understand what the Church is called to be and do in the world. They remind us why the...

The Maintenance of Divine Worship

Rev. Nick Cheek Psalm 95:1-7 and Psalm 84 Since I can remember, I’ve lived a life with worship at its center. I’ve been blessed. As a child, I served as an altar boy in the Greek Orthodox Church, surrounded by beautiful icons, gold and silver crosses, burning red...

The Proclamation of the Gospel for the Salvation of Humanity

Rev. Nick Cheek Isaiah 61:1-3, 7-11 and Mark 1:14-20 “Why does the church exist?” This question has been asked by the church over and over again throughout the generations. It’s an important question and one that we should regularly return to. Back in the early 20th...

We Are Family

Rev. Nick Cheek Acts 2: 42-47 and Mark 3: 20-35 In our passage this morning, Jesus is teaching in a neighborhood house…. And the house is so packed with folks that people have begun spilling out into the streets. Suddenly, someone in the crowd interrupts Jesus and...