| Brighten up your Wednesday! I hope your Wednesday is filled with rays of hope! Enjoy the bright spots below and see you on Sunday ~ JenniferG SQUARED – “I was so excited last evening. We had 10 adults, 2 grade school kids, and 3 toddlers in strollers on our G2 walk. We trekked until dusk on a trail.” ~ Leader: Deb Steinbaker On-Call Hospitality Team – “Thank you to the On-Call Hospitality Team who have shared their kindness and support for grieving families many times in the last few weeks. If you would like to be a part of this compassionate team, contact Jennifer in the church office ([email protected]). Thanks!” “In August, our church hosted a family in partnership with Family Promise. Approximately 40 volunteers from Cedar Hills helped and got to know this family, who had been working for a long time to get their 15-year-old daughter Sara back to them. Well, I wanted to pass along the great news that Sara is finally back with her family! Your prayers for Sara and her family were very much appreciated! Praise God!!” Children & Family Ministry Bright Spots: from Director: Kyle French
If you are interested in helping in any of these ministries or have questions: email the church office: [email protected] or call 319-396-6608 and ask for Jennifer. |
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Global Girls Festival – Oct 11
Celebration, Fundraiser Supper, Kit-Making Workshop, Raffles & Prizes, and More!
Everyone is Welcome to International Day of the Girl Thursday, Oct. 11, 2-8 pm. Come & Go! Stop by anytime to show your support at Cedar Hills Community Church as we assemble over 500 Life-Changing Hygiene Kits.
At 6pm, Paula Blessman of the Cedar Hills chapter and Crystal Schwandt of the Mariod team will present photos of our local team’s direct impact in South Africa and Haiti. A tasty potato and taco bar available for freewill donation (recommended donation of $5/adult).
We’ll be connected and watching live internet feeds and video from our Days for Girls partners around the globe.
From Days for Girls International
Days for Girls International (DfGI) is preparing for a global celebration of girls and menstruation, coinciding with the United Nations’ International Day of the Girl on October 11, 2018. Over the course of just 28 days, DfGI is set to reach 100,000 women and girls in 24 countries and 5 continents with menstrual health solutions.
At least 500 million women and girls around the world lack access to adequate resources for managing menstruation, often leaving them susceptible to forced school dropout rates, poverty, early childhood marriage, and sexual exploitation. This international celebration will work to bring the solutions needed to ensure the health, safety, and opportunity for all.
Days for Girls not only provides affordable, sustainable menstrual health solutions to women and girls worldwide, but also works to inspire communities to shatter the stigma and taboo surrounding menstruation, empowering women to pursue educational, economic and leadership opportunities.
We strive to contribute to the global solutions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including those related to poverty, inequality, environmental degradation, health, and conservation. This global girls festival celebrates giving back more days to girls—more days to gain a better education and improved health while restoring hope and dignity.
The festival will commence on October 5th, culminating 28 days later, marking Days for Girls International’s 10th birthday on November 1st. Throughout the month of October, our global network of over 50,000 Days for Girls volunteers, 850 Chapters, Teams, and Clubs, and 97 Enterprises will work to make, assemble, and distribute sustainable reusable menstrual health kits, alongside the delivery of women’s health education in 18 nations.
DfGI will celebrate by sharing stories of the women and girls whose lives have been changed with access to menstrual care, DfGI leaders worldwide, and the partners who support their efforts.
Retiree Breakfast – October 6
October’s retiree breakfast is Saturday, Oct 6th at 8:30 AM at Tommy’s Restaurant. RSVP to Joan Koele, 396-6510.
This gathering regularly draws about 20-22 people and is a good time to connect with other retirees in the church.
Spaghetti Supper – Nov. 2
Friday, November 2, 5-7pm Boy Scout Troop 85 cordially invites all members and friends of Cedar Hills to attend the annual spaghetti dinner at Cedar Hills Church. Scouts will be serving salad, bread, spaghetti, & homemade desserts. Freewill offering will support
the activities of this troop.
Journey – October 2018
What a great start to the year we have had a Journey. On our kick-off night in August we had nearly 50 students show up to have fun and hear about Journey. Each week we will be walking through different books of the Bible. Before Christmas, we will engage with Galatians and James and after Christmas we are going to dive into Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians. If you have a student in 6th-12th Grade, please make sure they join us on Sundays from 5:30-7 PM.
There are two big events to get on your calendar to that your students are sure to be there:
#1. Dare2Share Live
Sat, Oct 13, 11 AM-6:30 PM at Faith Bible Church in CR. This annual event consists of speakers, worship, and a nationwide canned food drive. The purpose is to train us to be able to talk to others about our faith. The cost is $20 and is open to all students 6th-12th Grade and their friends.
#2. Fall Retreat
Nov 16-18 at Sunstream Retreat Center in Ogden is our 7th annual fall retreat. This weekend is a great time of growing deeper in our faith and growing closer together. We will have an inspiring speaker, meaningful worship, and an opportunity to engage in games like glow-in-the-dark dodgeball, rock-climbing wall, and ziplines. The cost is $60 and more info coming soon.
Jeremy Van Genderen
Director of Youth &Young Adults
God Reveals. We Respond.
Many have asked this question and there are just as many responses online if you google it. What is worship? What qualifies and what doesn’t? What does transformational worship look like? Is there a right way and a wrong way? Who has it figured
out?
In all my years of classes and schools and degrees and traveling around North America, I think you can make a great case for this explanation:
God reveals Himself, and we respond.
Leah
Director of Worship & Media
Noah’s Ark – October 2018 Update
We are excited that school has finally started! We currently have 48 students enrolled in our program. We do have some openings. If you know of anyone, who is interested, please have them call our office, 396-3125.
It’s been fun getting to know the little ones and learning their names. There are less and less tears as the children are getting use to us and finding out that we have a lot of fun at preschool.
All the children learned about a man named Noah and his great big boat and that he listened to God. We talked about friends and families and how not all families look the same and that is just fine.
Soon everyone will be looking for signs of fall.
Thank you to everyone who has brought snacks, supplies, and paid all their fees on time! I just want to remind parents to label your child’s jacket/coat and their backpack.
We are off to a great start on our 49th year at Noah’s Ark Preschool. Thanks for trusting us to care for and to teach your precious little ones!
In Christ,
Leslie Clauson
Noah’s Ark Preschool Director
Consistory News October 2018
Since J.R.’s resignation as Pastor of Spiritual Formation, the Consistory has been evaluating staff needs and possibilities. A special task force was charged with exploring short and long-term gaps and opportunities. This task force engaged a process
of discernment that included prayer, discussion, and feedback from the staff and congregation.
The task force made two recommendations to the Consistory in September:
- Short-term recommendation. After conducting interviews of staff and ministry leaders we determined that much is going well, particularly
Sunday morning worship, teaching ministries, children’s/youth ministries, and music. Key areas for improvement include lack of timely communication,
lack of coordination in ministries, need to engage more individuals in ministry, and need for an increased ownership of ministry by members
of the congregation. These gaps led us to this recommendation: That we hire a part-time communications and project manager/director
position in 2019. - Long-term Recommendation: The longer term issues of succession planning and strategic planning need additional Consistory, staff, and
congregational input. We recommend a Fall retreat that will focus on vision, mission, and strategy with a specific eye toward staffing and
succession planning.
The Consistory affirms the value of the long-term recommendation and will be convening this retreat soon. We also will continue discernment of the short-term recommendation by developing a job description and exploring the budget implications for the 2019 budget. We welcome your prayers for this process of discernment. Also, please pass your feedback or questions to any staff or Consistory member.
Vocabulary of Transformation
Our dream is that we will be disciples who make disciples in the everyday stuff of life so that every man, woman, and child in our community will have a daily encounter with Jesus in Word and deed. As this happens, God will grow us to be agents of Gospel transformation and we learn the vocabulary of Gospel transformation.
- Sept 30: Gospel Identity
- Oct 7: Gospel Freedom
- Oct 14: Gospel Worship
- Oct 21: Gospel Truth
- Oct 28: Gospel Hospitality
- Nov 4: Gospel Repentance
Sunday Morning Services: 8:30 AM and 11:00 AM
Dwell in the Word – October 2018
Meditate on John 3:1-21. Below are verses 14-20.
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.