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Graduate Recognition


GRADUATE RECOGNITION SUNDAY – 
Sunday, May 18 we will recognize all of our high school, degree, college (and beyond!) graduates with a special presentation.

If you are celebrating a graduation this year, please submit your information online by Sunday, May 11 to be recognized at our celebration. There will be cake!

COMPLETE THE INFO FORM – Due May 11

Matthew 25 Transform Week

Monday, June 23 – Friday, June 27.  Our group from Cedar Hills will work in two teams (Mon-Fri). You can join us one or more of those days as you are available.

No skills are required; you can join us one or more of days as you are available.

Register using the form on the Matthew 25 website. Indicate “CHCC” for the organization. After completing the registration, contact Wayne Josifek and let him know which days you signed up for, this will help plan our projects.

Contact Wayne with questions also: 319-632-1343 or wjosifek@gmail.com

All Church Picnic

PICNIC AT CHERRY HILL PARK –  Sunday,  May 18 will be our Annual All-Church picnic at 5:30pm at Cherry Hill Park.

Hamburgers, hotdogs and drinks will be provided.

Bring a side or dessert to share and your favorite lawn chairs or picnic blanket. There will be chairs and tables available also. Plan for a bags tournament!

We will be celebrating our High School and College Graduates in services earlier that day, so will have extra cake for the picnic as well.

Worship Jam 2025 – Signup

RSVP NOW

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.

RSVP NOW (due Sunday, April 13)

You Belong – a membership class


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.

    Holy Week Events 2025


    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

    Gideon Encounter April 6

    The Gideon Encounter : Eastern Iowa
    $25.00 $0.00

    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?

    REGISTER NOW

    Welcome to the Gideon Encounter.

    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)

    What to expect?
    • Biblical Truth on Identity
    • Thought provoking questions
    • Empowering discussions
    • Intimate times of worship
    • Liberation through the Holy Spirit

    Cedar Kids Club House


    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).

    Click Here to Sign-up to bring a Meal!

    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.