The Christmas Story According to Joseph

Rev. Nick Cheek Jeremiah 31: 31-34 and Matthew 1: 18-25 This morning, we are focusing on Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus. Joseph’s presence in the Gospels is fairly limited. After Jesus’ birth, he doesn’t show up very often. Joseph is not present with Mary at the...

Metanoia

Rev. Nick Cheek Isaiah 40: 1-8 and Mark 1: 1-8 It’s Christmas card season! I hope you have your cards finished by now. If you haven’t, it’s okay, God will forgive you, but your mom might not. For our family, it has become a tradition to hang the cards we receive on a...

The Hope of Advent

Rev. Nick Cheek Isaiah 2: 1-5 and Matthew 24: 36-44 I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving with friends and family. The Cheek house loves Thanksgiving for many reasons… the food, the football, the uninterrupted time I have with my kids, but we especially love...

Blessed are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

Rev. Nick Cheek Amos 5:14-24 and Matthew 5: 1-12 As a student at Queens, I had the opportunity to travel abroad the summer of my Junior year. I chose the Alpine Europe trip, and one of our stops was a little Austrian town nestled in a beautiful valley –...

For Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven

Matthew 5:1-10, Micah 6:6-8 Rev. Rebecca M Heilman-Campbell Let me brag on our “In the Middle” Sunday School Class, our 4th – 8th graders. For the last three weeks, like you, they have been learning about the Beatitudes. We read through each Beatitude and arrived to...

Blessed are the Pure in Heart

Rev. Nick Cheek Matthew 5: 1-10 When the children were younger, every summer after the last week of school we would pack our minivan to the brim and depart for a 12-hour drive to the shores of Fort Myers Beach. My parents have a cozy condo just across from the shore...