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The New Self

Aug 3, 2025 | Sermons

Ephesians 4:17-32 Rev. Nick Cheek The Summer after I graduated from college, three friends and I embarked on a backpacking trip throughout Europe. It was an adventure to say the least. To get around, we used Eurail train passes so we could travel wherever and whenever...

Christian Maturity

Jul 27, 2025 | Sermons

Ephesians 4: 1-16 Rev. Nick Cheek Intro: This morning we are moving into the second half of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Each half has a particular focus. Our previous chapters, 1-3, focused primarily on God’s redemptive and reconciling work in us and in the world....

Abundant Love

Jul 20, 2025 | Sermons

Ephesians 3: 14-21 Rev. Nick Cheek Paul’s prayer for us this morning is this – that we might have the power to comprehend the breadth, width, height, and depth of Christ’s love. He prays that we would find strength, but not in human might…not a strength rooted...

Is It Really a Mystery?

Jul 13, 2025 | Sermons

  Ephesians 3:1-13 Rev. Rebecca M. Heilman-Campbell   One of my favorite holiday movies is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase. Have you seen it? Its humor is irreverent and risky. We love it. We have a story in my family that is similar...

Grace

Jul 6, 2025 | Sermons, Uncategorized

Rev. Nick Cheek First Passage:  Luke 10:25-37 Second Reading: Ephesians 2:1-10 In our passage this morning, Paul reminds us of one of the most marvelous, hope-filled words in all of Scripture: grace. It’s a word we hear often—especially in here. For those of us who’ve...

The Mystery of Prayer

Jun 29, 2025 | Sermons

Scripture and Prayer (Ephesians 1:15-23) Rev. Nick Cheek Twentieth Century Theologian, Karl Barth said that “Prayer is the act by which we accept and make use of a divine gift.”  Prayer a divine gift. But I wonder, do we really think of it that way?...