Cavanaugh United Methodist Church

Rev. Zeke Allen speaks on how God tells us there is always hope through him, no matter how dark or how stressful a time it is, God is hope.

This Sunday's service was Livestreamed on Facebook. Rev. Zeke Allen speaks on several scriptures that help him stay grounded in troubling times and shows us how to be faithful vs fearful in times of crisis.

Rev. Zeke Allen brings a message about the conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman and her transformation through the spirit.

Today Zeke tells us of the story of Nicodemus and God's unconditional love for us.

This Sunday the United Methodist Women conducted the worship services. Margie Riddle reads a meditation letter written by her mother in the 1940's on Jesus night in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Cavanaugh United Methodist Church Sermon for Sunday February 23, 2020.

Rev. Zeke takes us through Matthew's telling of Jesus' words on the serious topics of Murder, Adultery, Divorce and Oaths.

We have all heard the phrase "salt of the earth". Today Rev. Zeke Allen tells us how salt and light are metaphors for discipleship and faith. We are called by Christ to be salty in our faith.

Today Rev. Zeke Allen discusses how three of the Beatitudes uses the word Blessed. Defining it's deep Christian meaning of "deep unshakable joy".

Rev. Allen speaks on the grace of god mentioned in Paul's letter to the Corinthians.

Rev. Zeke discusses how we must seek after and bear witness of Jesus. Just as Jesus invites us to follow him we should be give an account of Jesus impact on our lives to testify to others about the impact he can have.

Rev. Zeke Allen tells the story of Jesus baptism and what the defining moment of baptism can mean in a journey to Christ.

The gifts God gives are what we need not always what we expect. Rev. Zeke Allen tells of the true value of the gifts the 'Three Wise Men' brought to Jesus.

Rev. Zeke talks about the importance of family in our lives. Be it our relatives, the church family, or the family of community. We are all bound by God's love and are never alone.

The journey Joseph and Mary embarked on to Bethlehem is much like our personal journeys in life. Sometimes things don't go to plan and it seem sour plans and God's are quite different. But all will work out by God's will, we just need faith.

Cavanaugh United Methodist Sermon for December 8th, 2019. Joseph's acceptance of the pregnant Mary is a prime example of having faith in God even when it goes against the way of society.

Rev. Zeke Allen preaches on Jesus‘ connection to us in his duality of being God and man in one and how he set an example for us. Teaching us to go forth and be a kind human.

Rev. Zeke delivers a message of how we are all blessed by God and need to pass along that type of love and concern in our lives.

Rev. Zeke completes the third of a three-part sermon series from John Wesley. Today we learn how Wesley uses biblical advice on Giving All We Can with what God gives us.

Cavanaugh United Methodist Church sermon for November 3rd 2019. Rev. Zeke Allen Presents the second sermon in a series from John Wesley about financial advice.

Rev. Zeke begins a 3-part sermon series from John Wesley. Today we learn how Wesley uses biblical advice on Earning All We Can with what God gives us.

Sermon Series: Questions Jesus Asks Us: Why are you crying? Jesus asks Mary Magdalene this question after his resurrection. The deeper commentary is that our tears don't have to end in sadness but can lead us to new beginnings.

Cavanaugh United Methodist Church Sermon for Sunday, October 06th, 2019 Sermon Series: Questions Jesus Asks Us: Do you Want to Get Well? In the scriptures of John, Jesus asks a man lying near the the Pool of Bethesda "Do you want to get well?". The question has deeper meaning than just our internal desires. Jesus expects us to take action in our lives to heal spiritually.

In the scriptures of Mark, Jesus asks the disciples “Who do the people say I am?” and “Who do you think that I am?”. Jesus challenges the disciples to focus and learn more about Him and challenges us to read and study the Gospel.

Cavanaugh United Methodist Church Sermon for Sunday, September 22nd, 2019 Sermon Series: Questions Jesus Asks Us: What Are You Looking For? The sermon series shifts from questions God asks us to questions Jesus asks us. In the book of John, Jesus asks the disciples, What are you looking for?  In the midst of the restlessness that can fill our hearts when we try to find our calling, Jesus is asking us to seek a relationship with him.

Cavanaugh United Methodist Church Sermon for Sunday, September 15th, 2019   Sermon Series: Questions God Asks Us: What Are You Doing Here?   A lesson in life is we can choose to stop or life will force us to stop. Elijah has reached a point where he is fearful in the face of the path God has set for him, so he runs. He reaches a point where he can run no longer and God asks, What are you doing here?

Cavanaugh United Methodist Church Sermon for Sunday, September 8th, 2019 Sermon Series: Questions God Asks Us: What Is Your Name? Like many of us, Jacob has run from his past and God asks Jacob and us to face up to who we are.

In this sermon series Rev. Zeke preaches on the questions God asks us. Today He asks: What is that in your hand?

Cavanaugh United Methodist Church Sermon for Sunday, August 25th, 2019

Rev. Zeke Allen proposes the question, "Where are you?". God continually searches for us. How often do we try to hide? We need a searching heart, one that searches for salvation in God.

Cavanaugh United Methodist Church: Sermon for Sunday, August 11, 2019.

Sermon for August 04, 2019. Rev. Zeke tells us about Paul's practical advice to the Colossians during a time of unevenness in their lives. At times we feel unequal, but faith in Christ is the great equalizer.

Sermon for July 21, 2019. Rev. Zeke goes over the history of hymns, their meaning and purpose. He also relays the magical power that unites hour hearts and minds to God's message through music.

Sermon for Sunday, July 14, 2019. Rev, Allen asks us to help our fellow man as he talks about the story of the Good Samaritan.

Cavanaugh United Methodist sermon for July 7, 2019.

Rev Zeke Allen speaks on the elements that forge us as Christians as we learn in life. Struggles give us the best teaching moments, whether it is Jesus Christ, John Wesley or one of us. Authentic faith is forged in the furnace of struggle.

Rev. Zeke Allen asks us to think about all the birthday parties we have attended. Pentecost leads us to consider what would a birthday party for the church have looked like?

Rev. Zeke Allen talks about those that were most impactful in your Christian life. He relates how Jesus passed along his new covenant to the disciples after his death for them to carry on impacting the world.

Today's message is about being known to the Lord by thinking in a spiritual way. Make the attempt to know the path of Jesus and he will meet you along the way when you need him most.

In the Sermon from April 28th 2019, Rev. Zeke Allen tells us about the one true ghost story — the one we all need to hear.

Reverend Zeke Allen tells the positive message that Methodists are resurrection people. Jesus' sacrifice on the cross isn't an end but a gift of hope.

Reverend Zeke Allen finishes the sermon series on Jesus seven final phrases. This week he focuses on "It is finished." and "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit."

Rev. Zeke Allen explains what the Bible and Jesus teaches us about feeling forsaken in tough times.

Guest speaker, Reverend Andrea Allen, tells of the lessons where Jesus showed us how to love unconditionally even as he suffered.

Rev. Zeke Allen delivers a powerful message about the type of forgiveness Jesus provided for us in his life and through his death on the Cross.

Rev. Zeke Allen gives a passionate reminder that Jesus teaches us to love all and deny ourselves to truly follow him to true love and salvation.

Rev. Zeke Allen tells how Jesus teaches us imaginative ways to resist our enemies by resisting them without aggression and winning them over with forgiveness and love. Sharon Nugent reads the scripture from Luke 6:27–38.

Carrie Miller brings a message of hope and the power of God working through the women.  Carrie is a lay servant in the UMC serving at Wesley UMC in Fort Smith.  this sermon comes as the message part of UMW Sunday. February 17, 2019 Text:  2 Timothy 1:4-7  

Rev. Zeke brings a message of God's continued calling of people throughout time.  As he looks at the call of Jeremiah, we learn that God's call does not stop with our excuses not to answer.  Rather, blessing awaits those who answer. Scripture:  Jeremiah 1:4-10  - Read by Laura McGill Date:  February 10, 2019 Cavanaugh UMC