At the 11am Easter worship service, we love to fill the stage with all our worship team members, family members, and anyone who loves to sing or play an instrument! Kids included!
Practice for the 2025 Easter Worship Jam is Monday, April 14 at 6:30pm in the Worship Center.
Please kindly RSVP for the jam so we can prepare music and space on stage for you!
The Worship Jams are a safe place to play your instrument or sing without the worry of being plugged into the system. A great place to also get to know our worship team members, what its like to be on a team, and a starting point to joining a team.
Monday, April 14 will be at Whiskey River in Palo.
MONDAY MEN’S CONNECTION – All men are invited Mondays at 6pm to for drinks and trivia. The group rotates between different area bars and pubs. Check the weekly bulletin for the most updated location! Contact Gary Sager for details.
SUPPORT NOAH’S ARK PRESCHOOL – Stop by the Papa Murphy’s on Edgewood Rd (11am-8pm) on Thursday, April 10 and mention Noah’s Ark Preschool when you place your order.
You Belong: An Orientation to God’s Family at Cedar Hills
We make deeper connections with God and each other when we belong. In “You Belong” you will also discover how God heals brokenness and restores all he created through a community of people who love one another. Together we will grow hospitality, authenticity, forgiveness, and restoration that transforms us and our neighbors!
You Belong is a six week class that meets on Sundays at 9:45am beginning March 30. (We will not meet on Easter Sunday). Anyone is welcome to attend even if they do not wish to become members.
At the end of the class, students can choose to pursue membership. Following the class, you will meet with an elder to affirm your faith in Jesus, and then we publicly receive into a membership at a worship service (date TBD).
SCHEDULE
March 30 – Created for Community
April 6 – How the Gospel Shapes Community
April 13 – A Community of Forgiveness and Restoration
April 20 (no class, Easter)
April 27 – Authentic Community
May 4 – How Community Shapes Us
May 11 – Grace-filled Community
Nursery for ages 0-36 months is available at this same time, as well as classes for children of all ages.
No registration is needed, but letting us know you’re coming is helpful. You can do that by contacting the office below.
APRIL 6 – THE GIDEON ENCOUNTER, 5:30-8:00pm – An experience that will transform the way you see God, yourself and the people around you. Come and learn to see yourself through the eyes of God and take ownership over what He reveals. www.cedarhillscr.org/gideon
APRIL 13 – PALM SUNDAY. Regular services at 8:30am & 11am with palm branches. Breakfast will served by the Boy Scouts in the Gathering Space 7:30am-11:15am (free-will donation). The menu is pancakes, eggs, sausage, juice/milk/coffee.
APRIL 17 – MAUNDY THURSDAY. Worship service at 6:30pm. We will celebrate the Last Supper and walk through the last hours of Jesus’ life. (Dinner served 5:15pm-6:15pm – please kindly RSVP on the bulletin response April 13.)
APRIL 20 – EASTER SUNDAY. Worship services at regular times. The 8:30am service will feature the choir and the classic Easter hymns. The 11am service is modern worship with a large musical accompaniment. No Sunday classes. Special Easter egg hunt in between services at 9:45am. MORE INFORMATION
A LIVE experience that will transform the way you see God, yourself and the people around you. How you see yourself and How God sees you are two different perspectives. But why? Why is it so hard for us to see ourselves through the eyes of God and take ownership over what He reveals?
We all need an identity shift and only God can do it. All God needs is your yes. Our Journey Youth will be attending this night of worship and teaching, but we are extending the invite to anyone who wishes to come.
An interactive experience.
Sunday, April 6, 5:30pm – 8:00pm
Cedar Hills Community Church – Gathering Space
Seats are limited to 60. Reserve your seat today.
Who can come?
Anyone over the age of 13 can attend.
(Youth under 15 must be accompanied by an adult)
Join the choir! Rehearsals are on Wednesdays, 6:45pm in the Lime Room (right hallway, all the way to the end). Choir is open to high school age and up. If you know your voice part (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) that is helpful! But we can also help you find your voice part by range.
Here is the Spring/Summer choir schedule. We begin rehearsals on Rehearsals will be around 7:05pm, immediately after the Lent worship services concludes until the week of Easter.
Wednesday, March 12 – Rehearsal (~7:05pm)
Wednesday, March 19 – Rehearsal (~7:05pm)
Sunday, March 23 – Sing at 1st service (warmup at 7:55am)
Wednesday, March 26 – Rehearsal (~7:05pm)
Wednesday, April 2 – Rehearsal (~7:05pm)
Sunday, April 6 – Sing at 1st service (warmup at 7:55am)
Wednesday, April 9 – Rehearsal (~7:05pm(
Wednesday, April 16 – 6:45pm Easter Dress Rehearsal
Sunday, April 20 – Easter (warmup at 7:55am)
Wednesday, April 23 – 6:45pm Rehearsal
Wednesday, April 30 – 6:45pm Rehearsal
Wednesday, May 7 – 6:45pm Rehearsal
Sunday, May 11 – Sing at 1st Service (warmup at 7:55am)
SUMMER CHOIR
Sunday, June 1 – Sing at 1st Service (warmup at 7:55am)
Wednesday, July 2 – 6:45pm Rehearsal
Sunday, July 6 – Sing at 1st Service (warmup at 7:55am)
Youth ministry for kids ages Kindergarten-5th grades. We believe in fostering a young faith (while having adventures and a great time)!
NEW TIMES AND AGES FOR 2024-2025!
Club House will meet on the 1st and 3rd Sundays beginning Oct. 6, 12pm-2pm and is open to children in kindergarten through 5th grade. Includes lunch!
We are so excited to begin this adventure with our elementary kids. REGISTER TODAY
LOGISTICS : Please make sure you sign your child into the TEAL room after church. If your child is already in Children’s Church, please still come back to sign-in your child to stay for Kids Club.
*If your child has any food allergies, please send along a sack lunch.
If you would like to volunteer to bring a meal and serve it, please sign up with the link below. Plan your meal to feed about 30 people around noon (after 2nd service is over).
Upcoming Schedule: December 15: Christmas theme (bring a $5 gift to share in an exchange!) January 5: I’m Crafted: 4) No Lava Lost January 19: I’m Crafted: 5) Idol Builders February 2: I’m Crafted: 6) Get Creative February 16: I’m Crafted: 7) Survival Mode March 2: I’m Crafted: 8) The Ultimate Build March 16: Benton/Cedar Rapids Spring Break: No Kids Club April 6: Easter Theme April 20: Easter. No Kids Club May 4: Pizza party with movie or games.
Watch the game on the big screen, enjoy some good grill-out, and bring a side to share. Starting at 3pm Saturday, Sept. 10 at the church. All are welcome.
I watched a fascinating short video this past week on the meaning of the phrase, “Son of Man”. It’s first used in the book of Daniel but is also the number one way Jesus describes himself. He doesn’t use Messiah, or King or Lord… He uses this strange phrase: “Son of Man”.
This video connects the phrase back to the garden of Eden. In the garden, there are two types of creations—beast and man. And with these two types of creations are two kingdoms —the kingdom of the beast and the Kingdom of God in which man was co-ruling over with Him.
But in this story, man starts to doubt God, and makes a troubling decision to act in accordance of the kingdom of beasts—aligning with his beastly nature and turning against the Kingdom of God.
So now the question remains: who will reign with the kingdom of God since man chose the kingdom of beasts? So God kicks them our of the garden to rules with the beasts.
And with the kingdom of beasts comes every bad thing—darkness, death, sin, torture, murder… you name it! Everything ‘beastly’!
This thread exists throughout the entire Old Testament, with the lingering question… is there a Son of Man that will deny the beast and reign again with God?
And there is! A man comes and identifies himself as the “Son of Man” – a phrase they would have understood to be the one who will conquer the beast.
And not only will he conquer the beast, but all other humans can now choose to worship him and side with him. They also get to be restored back to the Kingdom of God AND given the same power to deny the beast as the Son of Man did.
This was a new concept to me! I’ve read the gospels, and heard Jesus calling himself “Son of Man” but never stopped to ask, “Why?”
Are you curious??? Somewhat fascinated? I can’t tell the story as well as the video—so go watch it!
