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Petrzelka Service Arrangements

Service arrangements – Bruce and Virginia Petrzelka

Continue to pray for the Petrzelka family with the loss of Bruce and Virginia. Service arrangements are below.

Visitation Friday, March 22

Visitation at Cedar Hills Community Church, from 4-8pm

Funeral Saturday, March 23

Funeral service at 10am at Cedar Hills Community Church, grave site service to follow in rural Norway Linwood cemetery; luncheon will follow back at the church.

UPDATE: We have all the food and volunteer shifts covered! Thank you for your help!

Obituary

Bruce Alan Petrzelka and Virginia Kae Petrzelka left their earthly home to spend eternity with their Savior after a motorcycle accident in Sarasota County, Fla., on March 15, 2019.

Bruce was born Aug. 7, 1959, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Dwayne and Cleo Petrzelka. He graduated from Amana Community School in 1978. Bruce worked at the Amana Sawmill, Chapman Logging Company, Gene Larson Inc., Gordon Sevig Construction, Wendler Engineering, and drove school bus for Benton Community Schools, as well as farming.

Virginia was born Nov. 8, 1962, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to William & Ruth Parr. She graduated from Norway Community School in 1981 and worked at Colonial Manor in Amana, South Slope Telephone Company, UPS, Norwex, and drove school bus for Benton Community Schools.

Bruce and Virginia were married April 12, 1986, at St. Michael Catholic Church in Norway, Iowa, and lived in the Norway area for their entire married life. They loved being with their children and families, traveling, boating, motorcycling, auto racing, camping and spending time at the farm. Virginia was very active in the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program and loved documenting their family life through photography. Together with their sons, they started their family business, Petrzelka Dirtworks. Family, friends and faith were the cornerstones of their lives.

They are survived by three sons, Matthew (Kaitlyn), Nathan and Adam (Abby); and one daughter, Sara. They are also survived by their infant granddaughter, Willow Cleo Petrzelka.

Bruce is survived by three sisters, Denise (Gary) Ellis, Deb (Lyle) Henderson and Tami (Ron) Wagner.

Virginia is survived by her mother, Ruth Schutterle; brothers, Fred and Ron (Terry) Parr; and sisters, Marj (Greg) Becker, Darlene Parr and Marilyn (Carl) Gerhold; and stepsister, Melanne (Dick) Miller. They are also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.

Bruce was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Shana Petrzelka. Virginia was preceded in death by her father; stepfather, Melvin Schutterle; and brother, Donald Parr.

Memorials can be directed to the family at 7831 30th Ave., Norway, IA 52318. Online condolences: www.klosterfuneralhome.com.

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Bruce and Virginia Petrzelka

‪We are very saddened to share the news of Bruce and Virginia Petrzelka passing after a motorcycle accident in Florida Friday morning. They were much beloved Cedar Hills members. Please pray for their family and children. Funeral and visitation arrangements are still pending.

http://heraldtribune.com/news/20190315/iowa-couple-killed-in-motorcycle-accident-on-i-75-in-sarasota-county‬

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Judy Dlouhy Funeral Service

Judy Dlouhy

Services for Judy Dlouhy will be Saturday, Mar. 16 at 11am followed by a luncheon at the church.  Please pray for Judy’s family as the mourn her loss.

Obituary

Judith V. Dlouhy, 79, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at Bethesda Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota. Visitation: 4 – 8 p.m. Friday, March 15, 2019, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Memorial Service: 11 a.m. Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Cedar Hills Community Church, Cedar Rapids. Officiated by Pastor Kent Landhuis.

Judith was born August 22, 1939, in Creston, Iowa to Hugh and June (Shoenhair) Griffin. She graduated from Trenton High School. On August 18, 1957, Judith was united in marriage to Eugene “Gene” Dlouhy at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids. The two had been married for sixty-one years when Gene passed away on August 27, 2018.

Judith worked at a law office after high school, and then was a homemaker while her children were young. She additionally worked as bookkeeper for a few car dealerships and assisted Gene and her son, Marc, to operate Dlouhy Auto Repair. After all her kids graduated, she worked at Randall Foods in the Deli/Restaurant. Judith was a member of the WIBC, several local card clubs, and was a member of Cedar Hills Community Church

Judith was a very loving, caring, honest, and loyal mother and wife. She was always great at sending cards of thanks, for special events, and in times of need to family and friends. She was known for her smile, wit, humor, friendly conversation, and for welcoming everyone as a friend. She was always complimented on being sharply dressed and looking snazzy! Judith loved her family very much, watching her kids and grandkids, working the concession stands to help with fundraising for her kids’ sporting events, attending all their sporting events (many will remember – rock and fire baby), attending mystery events with Gene and her friends, and shopping with her daughters. She loved couples bowling with Gene, golfing, playing cards, sitting outdoors, playing yard games, cooking, dining out and traveling.

Judith is survived by her children: daughter, Melody Henderson; sons, Marc (Lynn) Dlouhy and Matt Dlouhy; and daughter, Monica (Mike) Wilk; six grandchildren, Kyle and Logan Dlouhy, Randi (Jason) Roggentien, Blakeley Dlouhy, and twins Cameron and Campbell Dlouhy; five step-grandchildren, Jennissa (Eric Gertge) Voorhees, Sam (Morgan) Wilk, Joe Wilk, Joy Wilk, and Jocilyn (Joel) Ray; two great-grandchildren, Carver and Cutler Roggentien; four step-great-grandchildren, Wyatt Gertge, Maisy Wilk, Joanie and Jaylin Ray; brother, Hugh (Patricia) Griffin; brother-in-law, Frank Dlouhy; several nieces and nephews; and many special friends, including Melissa Cardwell, Linda Welp and Joanne Eastin.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene and parents, Hugh and June Griffin.

Memorials in Judith’s name may be directed to the family.

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Women’s Revival Painting Event Success

Twenty five ladies gathered as part of Women’s Revival last month to create these cool customized wood creations! A good time of fellowship and bonding was had by all.

Women’s Revival is an opportunity for adult women to come together twice a month (1st and 3rd Thursdays) from 6-8p, for fellowship and fun, and to be able to grow in your walk with Lord. Each night features a blend of devotions, discussion and an activity. There is also be programming for participant’s children (3yrs-5th grade) available.  Interested in trying out Women’s Revival? Register online.

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Ash Wednesday 2019

Join us for Ash Wednesday at Cedar Hills –Wednesday, March 6th. A meal will be served prior to the service 5:15-6:15pm, with a short reflective worship service at 6:30pm.

The beauty of Ash Wednesday is receiving the ashes on the forehead and acknowledging that we were made by our Creator out of the dust, and to the dust we will return.  Come prepared to receive ashes at this worship service.  For adults and children alike!

We continue to meet midweek on Wednesday nights for the season of Lent until Maundy Thursday when we will gather on Thursday instead (April 18).  It helps us prepare if you can kindly RSVP to the meal by letting the office know how many to expect. More about Midweek Services

These services are for everyone, whether you call Cedar Hills your church home or not.

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Consistory News – March 2019

 

We started our meeting sharing in the grief of losing our friend and teammate, Paul. We prayed together.

Our agenda included:

Approved moving forward to seek candidates to fill the Congregational and Staff Coordinator position. The focus of this position is development of missional community and communication of our mission and vision. We pray that this position will accelerate missional community growth by supporting our strategic focus on disciple-making. Two key goals:

1. Get congregation members heading toward small groups.
2. Having a leader ready to lead each small group.

We reviewed building needs and agreed to move forward on developing a campaign to fund needed improvements that range from updated Audio system to flooring replacement to a new roof to potential HVAC repair to new sidewalks as required by the city. We approve forming a planning team.

We approved hosting the Global Leadership Summit in August. A team of leaders has already been established to offer this event as a way to transform the corridor by helping leaders in our community. Everybody wins
when leaders get better.

We discussed the transition at Noah’s Ark. Leslie will retire at the end of this school year and a team has been formed to find a replacement director to lead Noah’s Ark into the future as a viable ministry to our  community.

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Children & Family Ministry March 2019

For March, the Family and Children’s Ministry will be focusing on the concept of creativity! We will be looking at everything that is all around us to see how beautiful and wonderful God’s creation is. He is the ultimate Creator who has made everything all around us, from absolutely nothing. Remarkably by design, God has created mankind to be special in the ways in which we are able to create, and the cognitive abilities to be able to process remarkable amounts of information and feelings.

So, no matter if we are a gifted musician or a math whiz, we have all been given the ability to create! Not only are humans able to create, we have been given a purpose by God to do so. It is not by mistake that you desire to create, you have been given everything by God through His careful and thoughtful design.

Kyle French
Director of Family and Children’s Ministry

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Bible Memory Songs (They Ain’t Just for Kids)

Bible Memory Songs (They Ain’t Just for Kids!)

If you grew up attending a church and Sunday School, most likely your childhood included lots of fun and silly songs on various biblical themes.
Many of these were Scripture verses, whether you knew it or not! But then something happened— and suddenly silly Bible songs weren’t cool anymore. As teenagers and adults, we moved on to more sophisticated things, songs, hymns, and the memorization of Scripture is something very few of us do. And if we do, it’s not usually in the form of silly songs. We have to repeat it out loud, over and over, and do it the “grown up” way. This works for some… this sounds like a chore to the rest of us.

That was me until about six months ago when my oldest child started Kindergarten. Part of the curriculum is memorizing a verse every week that corresponds with the alphabet. Being the cool worship-leading-mom that I am, we starting singing the verses at home for fun. This led down a path of setting the entire alphabet of Scripture to
music and turning it into a full album.

And you know what? It was EASY to remember Scripture! So easy, that I’m convinced these silly songs should not be reserved for kids—these are for all of us. So I talked to our Family & Children Ministry staff and put together a plan to write songs for our Cedar Hills kids to memorize their Scripture, too. We’ve occasionally added these to our worship service—have you noticed??

I can proudly say I’m up to 30 verses memorized because of these silly songs. That’s 30 more verses than I’ve memorized in my entire adulthood.
Ready to learn your Scripture passages to heart? Click to listen to the ABC Bible Verse album.

Leah
Director of Worship & Media

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Noah’s Ark – March Update

March 2019 Update

I’ve had a feeling lately… You know, that feeling when the same things look different to you? I feel a change a comin’! I’ve prayed a lot about this and have decided I need to change my focus and say goodbye to Noah’s Ark.

I started in 2003 as a sub, and the next year became an assistant in the classroom. In the spring, I was hired as the Director. I never would have
guessed this path for myself, but what a blessing this journey has been! God has a funny way of leading you where you need to be. The best part has
been the connections. I’m talking about LOVE connections! I have loved so many kiddos, so many families, and of course my teachers and church
staff. What a gift I have been given to lead this ministry! I know God is working on someone who might not even know Noah’s Ark will be in their future.

February was full of fun activities! Everyone learned about what happens to your letter after you put it in the mailbox. We all enjoyed giving and receiving valentines!

Our testing is complete and evaluations sent for our 4– and 5-year-olds. The 3-year-old classes had fun learning about snowmen, dinosaurs, and creation. Second report cards for our younger classes will be sent out before Spring Break.

2019-2020 registration: If you know someone who would like information, have them contact us at 396-3125 or office@noahsarkcr.org. Classes meet: 9-11:30 AM.

Spring Break will be March 18-22.

Mark your calendars for March 11 to donate blood! Mississippi Valley Blood Center will come here and set up in the Gathering Space. Your time from check-in to check-out is less than an hour. Please sign up to donate; our area is in desperate need. Contact me to sign up!

In Christ,
Leslie Clauson
Director of Noah’s Ark Preschool

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