Sunday, Jan 13, 3-5:30 PM, our congregation is invited to an Active Shooter Readiness training, provided by the Linn County Sheriff’s office.
Training will enhance our safety and assist in helping others in our community with any incident involving a violent attack. Invite others in the community to join you.
RSVP on the bulletin tear-off Sunday mornings or contact the office if you plan to attend.
The 2nd annual Journey Student Ministry Chili cook-off is this Sunday, December 9, and we want you to join in the fun!
This year we are also adding the homemade bread bake-off competition to our event. If you want to enter a chili or bread into the competition please contact Jeremy by Friday, Dec. 7. Entries should make either a double batch of chili or 2-3 loaves of bread. If you are not able to make something, please join us after the 2nd service and vote for your favorite. This is a fundraiser for our youth program so you will vote by putting cash into the bucket of your favorite chili or bread. Bring cash!
Once you have had your taste of each chili and bread you may go back for a full bowl and full slice of bread to enjoy for lunch. Have a great week and we will see you on Sunday
Year-end gifts fund our mission of transformation. Every dollar given brings transformation in the corridor and beyond. Pray for large, generous hearts to help us finish 2018 with a surplus of resources to be used for more transformation.
For gifts to be counted in the 2018 tax season, they must arrive in the office by 12/31/18.
Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University is coming! Our church wants financial peace for you. Join us for a free class preview on Sunday, January 6 at 9:45am or 11am.
Ready to jump in? Register today. Classes will be held on Sundays at 9:45 beginning Jan. 13. Kits can be purchased at time of registering or from your FPU teachers.
We are keeping an eye on the weather, and will post any important updates here.
As of now, 11:25 PM Saturday night, services will continue as scheduled.
This Sunday we will welcome the largest class of new members in Cedar Hills history (at least that we are aware of!). Congrats to all of our new members – and welcome to the Cedar Hills family. This group has communicated a clear faith in Christ after meeting with our elders, and is ready to stand before the congregation and announce their faith.
New Members joining 1st Service (8:30am): Jim & Kelly Beavers; (Patty) Patricia Ann Bray; Melanie & Shaun Boots (daughter: Saydee); Ryan Dohlman; Kyle & Alisse French (daughter: Hadley); Bruce and Virginia Petrzelka (son: Adam); Richard and Marilyn Beauregard
New Members joining 2nd Service (11am): Harriet & Gwyn Aarhus; Ryan Aarhus; Ron Alexander; Mario & Tameka Armon (Children: Cynthia Platt, Kiara and Malachi); Matthew & Shannon Constant (Children: Easton, Michael, Olivia); Debbie Erenberger; Shannon Davison & Carol Mangrich; Chad & Kylene Dunham (Daughter: Ashleigh); Trudy Greaser; Carolyn Harvey; Martha Krejci (daughter: Norah); Prince Nabuyoli & Aline Burubwa (children: Samuel & Eli & daughters Franklin and May); Franklin Nabuyoli; May Nabuyoli; Dave & Karen Roberts; Gary & Sue Sager; Travis & Tiffany Schmidt (daughter: Soraya); Hilaire Tschombe; Karl & Lindsey Ungs (children: Hansel and Nina)
Sunday, Nov. 11 we celebrated God’s continued work to grow the kingdom though the ministries of our congregation! At our annual congregational meeting we reflected on these goals:
One Church doing life in community.
Many Places doing life on mission.
Following Jesus by doing life on life.
Transforming the Corridor
We Affirmed the 2019 budget of $887,057. (A decrease of 4.2% from the 2018 budget.) MSC 122-3.
We Affirmed the Elder and Deacon nominees. MSC 122-1.
We voted to elect Jeremy Van Genderen as an elder. MSC122-1.
Thanks for your prayers and support. Please continue to pray for God’s Spirit to lead us!
Join us for Thanksgiving Eve worship, Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 6:30pm. This service is lighthearted and family friendly! It takes place in the Gathering Space – lots of room for the little ones to move and make noise. 🙂
We’ll be creating a thankfulness craft, worshipping, celebrating the Lord’s Supper and sharing a fruit salad. Bring a piece of fruit (precut, please) or berries to share in the salad.
The nursery will be available for families to use but not staffed. An audio feed of the service will be playing in the nursery.
This is one of our favorite services of the year. In this season of thanks, come and give thanks to the One who created all things and holds all things together.
Cedar Hills and Salvation Army are transforming the corridor – help us support our outreach partner by signing up for an hour of bell ringing on Cedar Hills day.
We’ll ring from 10a-8p on Saturday, December 8 at the Johnson Avenue HyVee.
**Update – we filled all our time slots for that day! If you’d like to ring on another day, use this bell-ringer signup on the Salvation Army website.
To view your scheduled time slot, our Dec. 8 schedule is available here.
United Way Holiday Volunteer Guide