Enjoy a moment of worship. “Consuming Fire, fan into flame a passion for Your name…”
Last weekend of painting! Volunteers needed
Our “Grow the Good” campaign included a fresh coat of paint for the church. We are quickly nearing the finish of the entire painting phase. Thank you to everyone who was pitched into help!
The final painting weekend is fast approaching & we need YOU!! (& any of your painting friends!)
We will have a VERY fast turn around the weekend of July 24-26 for two preschool rooms at the west end of the church & the attached bathrooms! The summer session of preschool is ending and we plan to get all their rooms repaired and painted over that weekend.
Let’s gather a painting army for one last painting party! Please email me below or text me at 641-420-1661 to volunteer!
Mel Dahm
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Love Mercy – Sunday, July 12, 2020
90 Seconds of Encouragement 7-9-10
Snack Donations Needed
The youth group is participating in Lead the Cause, a virtual evangelism and discipleship training experience the week of July 27th-31st. Would you be willing to make snacks for the teens to enjoy as they get fed spiritually? Cookies, brownies, puppy chow…we love it all!
If you are able to help, simply fill out this form and let us know.
Lead the Cause is a summer teen evangelism training even that helps youth leaders create passionate disciples who are reaching their word with the gospel.
Youth groups spend an intensive week praying, learning and conspiring together to reach their community for Christ. They experience:
- Deep Prayer – Interceding for their lost friends. Students spend the first day and a half aligning their heart with God’s and His desire for all to come to faith in Him.
- Faith Sharing – Outreach opportunities to share the gospel. Two entire afternoons are dedicated to hands on outreach, speaking with strangers, starting gospel conversations. Students are also challenged to bring up the gospel with friends and family back home.
- Vision Planning – Conspiring together to reach their community for Christ. Groups pray and plan ways they can reach their own communities with the gospel, coming away with a strategic plan and specific goals.
More about Lead the Cause
Building Construction Update
A lot has been happening around the building this summer, thanks to your continued gifts to the Grow the Good financial campaign. New paint, new carpet, new floors and a new sound/video system. Enjoy these array of pictures from the spring/summer of 2020.
Most of this work has been completed by our generous volunteers at Cedar Hills! Crews of painters and construction experts are on-site DAILY working away!
Click on any picture below to start the slide show (with a short description of each picture.)
Don’t be kaput. Be better.
GET THE APP
Kaput. The word we would use to describe the old Cedar Hills app.
Better. The word we would use to describe the new Cedar Hills app update.
Don’t be kaput. Be better.
Download the update today.
Bonus – look through the new app content and find the secret form. Fill it out, and enter to win 1 of 10 gift cards. Contest ends Sunday, July 19.
Click here, search “Cedar Hills Community Church” in your app store or click below.
The App Update Contest
Get the app! There’s soooo much good stuff in there. If you don’t update, you’re missing out. Search for “Cedar Hills Community Church” in your app store and hit the ‘update’ button. Also, read the fine print below.
Do Justice. Sunday, July 5, 2020
Do Justice
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” ~ Micah 6:8
Christians have every reason to seek justice for everyone in every situation.
1. Lament injustice.
- Beware of bandwagon bias.
- Beware of selective proof-testing.
- Beware of over-simplification.
- “Now let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.” ~ 2 Chronicles 19:7
2. Celebrate justice.
- “When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.” ~ Proverbs 21:15
- “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.” ~ Matthew 12:18
3. Do justice.
- Isaiah 1:17-27, 10:1-3
- Luke 4:14-21
- 2 Corinthians 5:11-21
Next Step:
What will you do?
Making Levitical Law Fun – Seriously!
JULY 2020
MAKING LEVITICAL LAW FUN–SERIOUSLY
On January 1 of this year, I started a year-long Bible reading program with the goal of reading through the entire Bible in one year. I’ve never done one before! And to be honest, didn’t know if I had the stick-to-it-ive-ness to keep up with the reading. And the idea of reading certain portions of the Old Testament sounded… well, let’s be honest: Boring. Mundane. Humdrum.
The cool thing about this program is that it is accompanied by a 5-9 min podcast daily that you listen to after completing the reading. These little podcasts have made the journey through the Bible enlightening. I’ve learned more in these short audio lessons that have made the Bible exciting, intriguing, and actually a huge highlight of the day. I LONG for my time in the Word and the understanding that comes along with it. Never in my life did I think I would enjoy reading Levitical law and the messy history of the 1 & 2 Kings. But I love it!
Yesterday, the plan had us reading Obadiah. I didn’t even know where Obadiah was or had any hint of knowledge what is covered in this short 21-verse book of the Bible. It shadows a current day justice of the Old Testament covenant and a coming day justice of the New Testament through the use of a stern warning to Israel’s closest relatives and neighbors, the Edomites. “Don’t mess with my people.”
Have I got you intrigued?
I don’t know what your summer has looked like, but if finding a new normal has been tough, the routine of starting my day with Word and prayer has helped me personally remain rooted in the chaos. I often don’t know what the rest of my day will hold, but it starts with God and that has made all the difference! Finding just the right thing to keep me in the Word has made a huge difference. For those who have similar Bible-reading routines, I’m curious what methods have worked for you? Group study? Personal study? Book studies? Let me know below!
Want to check out the program that’s got me so hooked? It’s The Bible Recap and can be found in the Bible App with an accompanying podcast by the same name on iTunes.
Leah Carolan
Director of Worship & Media
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