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Sermon - Grace, Unity, and a Transformed Life

Scripture Text: Ephesians 1:1-16

Get ready  to discover our true identity and our place in God's grand, unifying plan – this Sunday, we launch a long-awaited deep dive into the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.  This power-packed epistle contains the penultimate statement on what the Gospel really means – salvation by grace through faith - but the Book of Ephesians contains so much more: how Christ's grace creates a new family, transforming us from marginalized individuals into powerful saints who walk in victory, how we overcome spiritual darkness and strive to live out a life of purpose, unity, and blessing in ...

Fulfilled

Scripture Text: Various

As the NFL playoffs begin, it's the perfect time to remember why we play the game.  Join us on Sunday as Joel Price dives into Paul's prayer for the Ephesians, which is also a prayer for us.

The Process of Personal Reconciliation to God

Scripture Text: Ephesians 2:1-10

Many of us understand grace as a theological position. And it is delightfully that. Undeserved, Unending, Unearned, Unwavering grace is God's inexhaustible love and absolute acceptance of us, coupled with his unabashed delight in us. Grace brings us adoption into God's family, a new identity, a new life, new power, new capacity, and God's full protection - with absolutely no strings attached! But grace is much more than a theological position. Equally and simultaneously, grace is an actual environment, an atmosphere, a realm, a present-tense reality that weaves around and through every moment of even our worst day. ...

From Strangers to Family

Scripture Text: Ephesians 2:11-24

Because of Christ, we are no longer strangers standing in transition, but a family being transformed together into God's dwelling place. Come and learn how the Gospel doesn't just explain who we are but how it reforms how we live together, especially in seasons when God is rebuilding, redefining, and drawing His people closer than before.

Unsearchable Riches

Scripture Text: Ephesians 2:18 - 3:10

Ephesians speaks of a mystery once hidden and now revealed— the unsearchable riches of Christ. As we walk through this passage verse by verse, we’re invited to trust God’s work among us and to live as a people being built together for His glory.

Experiencing the Love of God.

Scripture Text: Ephesians 3:14-21

This week Michael Bouterse continues our study of Ephesians by teaching on Paul's longest prayer in Scripture. Our lives are beset with any number of problems. But Paul shows us that behind all our problems there's really only one problem—and in Ephesians 3:14-21 he prays for the solution. This Sunday, we'll discover that the love of God is wider, longer, broader, and deeper than we ever could have imagined and that it's possible not just to know about it intellectually but actually experience it personally.

Blueprint for a Healthy Church

Scripture Text: Ephesians 4:1-16

Attractional churches, liturgical churches, megachurches, house churches—today the number of models for church seems endless. Thankfully, Scripture lays out its own blueprint for what a healthy church looks like. This Sunday Michael Bouterse teaches on Ephesians 4:1-16 to explore how the gospel can shape a group of imperfect Christ followers into a beautiful community that makes Jesus unignorable in our city and beyond.

The Grace of Beginning Again

This Ash Wednesday, come hear a message that focuses on repentance as a hopeful turning – a sacred opportunity to begin again under God’s Grace as we are confronted with human limits yet reassures us of Divine love. Let us remember who we are, fragile yet cherished. Let us draw from Joel’s call to return to God and listen with honest reflection and wholehearted repentance as we learn that God desires transformation more than ritual. Let us remember that the ashes on our foreheads symbolizes both our frailty and God’s compassion. We will reflect on confession, humility, and the mercy that marks us as people ...

How Do We Grow in Our Faith?

Scripture Text: Ephesians 4:17-5:20

This Sunday we continue in Ephesians – the message changes focus to what each of us needs to do – as Christians.  How do we grow in our faith?  Paul has direct and convicting versus – and very disappointingly we find out that there is no EASY BUTTON we can use.  We’ll unpack that idea on Sunday.

Christ-like Relationships and Mutual Submission

Scripture Text: Ephesians 5:21- 6:9

Wives, submit to your husbands! Children, obey your parents! Slaves, obey your masters! Wait ... what? Can this scripture really teach us about Christ-like relationships in 2026? On Sunday, Matt Misterek unpacks Ephesians 5:21-6:9 and tries to unlock the Apostle Paul's "profound mystery" for a present-day audience.

Our Ancient Foe

Scripture Text: Ephesians 6:10-24

Paul concludes the letter to the Ephesians with a warning: we have an enemy. This Sunday Michael Bouterse teaches on what the Bible says about spiritual warfare based on Ephesians6:10-24, an eye-opening, courage-infusing passage about how through Jesus we can have victory over the powers of darkness.