Knock Knock
Rev. Nick Cheek Knock, Knock” Luke 11:1-13 Knock, knock. Who's there? Luke. Luke who? Luke through the peephole and find out. Knock, knock.Who's there? Noah. Noah who? Noah good place we can find an ark around here? Knock knock. Who’s there? To. To who? It’s...
Never Forsaken
Rev. Rebecca M. Heilman-Campbell Mark 5: 21 – 43, Mark 15: 33 - 39 “What about my dog?” This was a question that was asked to me by a patient in the cancer unit during my summer as a chaplain. She was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer and processing what that...
Follow Me
Rev. Nick Cheek 1 Samuel 16: 1-13 and Mark 1: 14-20 In our story, we find Jesus in a tiny fishing town called Capernaum (Caper… Nay…Um), located on the north side of the Sea of Galilee. It had a population of just over 1,000. And this is where Jesus begins his...
With Darkness Comes Light
Matthew 2:13-23 Rev. Rebecca Heilman A week ago, the stockings were hung over fireplaces, lights sparkled through the streets and avenues of Charlotte, red bows were tied to wreathes, and trees stood tall with their ornaments carefully placed. Cookies were baked,...
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...
A Spacious Place
Rev. Matt Samson Jeremiah 29.1, 4-7 Psalm 66.1-12 Luke 17.11-19 [2 Timothy 2:8-15] October 12, 2025 Prayer for Illumination – Merciful and Gracious God of Creation, your ways are not our ways and your thoughts are not our thoughts. Yet, in a broken and troubled world...
Grace
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...
Our New Sessional Ministry Team Structure in 2025
In 2023, with a recommendation from the Officer Nominating Committee and subsequent approval of both the session and congregation, Trinity adopted a plan to reduce the size of the session from 16 elders (fifteen serving three-year terms plus one youth elder serving a...
Canticles of Advent: Filled Up
Rev. Rebecca M Heilman-Campbell Selected Verses: Luke 1:46 – 55 Each year we hang stockings, light candles, purchase gorgeous wrapping paper and tie each red bow tight. We embrace the beauty and the sentiment of this Season of Waiting, sometimes forgetting the...
Not the Absence of Chaos, but the Presence of Hope
Rev. Rebecca M Heilman-Campbell Selected Verses: Jeremiah 32:1-17 I’m going to dive right into our passage today. Let me start out by giving you some context. This detailed story that I admit, if you have never read before, will raise major questions and maybe even...