Text: Various

Text: Ephesians 2:11-22

Theme: While we gather in buildings, make no mistake about it…WE are the place God resides, works and flows from as His Church.

Key Verse: Ephesians 2:22 (NIV) And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

Text: Ephesians 2:1-10

Theme: There is NOTHING I can do to earn my salvation. In these verses, Paul explains the beauty of God’s plan and the reach of His amazing grace.

Key Verse: Ephesians 2:4-5 (NIV) But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

Text: Ephesians 1:15-23

Theme: Paul often shares his prayers in the letters he writes to churches. One of these prayers early in this letter gives us some great help in learning how to pray for those we care about.

Key Verse: Ephesians 1:17 (NIV) I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

Text: Ephesians 1:3-14

Theme: As we begin to sink our teeth into the heart of this letter, we notice Paul wastes no time getting to the best news ever!

Key Verse: Ephesians 1:4 (NIV) For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.

Text: Ephesians 1:1-2; Acts 19; Acts 20:13-38; 1 & 2 Timothy; Revelation 2:1-7

Theme: As we begin our new series through the book of Ephesians, we’re going to learn about the church in Ephesus that we read about throughout the New Testament. This week in particular, we’ll discover one of the keys for changing a community.

Key Verse: Acts 19:20 (NIV) In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.