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.
We are excited again to host the annual gathering of the Upper Mississippi Valley network. Our gathering will be June 13-14 at Cedar Hills Community Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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)
ANGEL TREE UPDATE: Cedar Hills had the opportunity to bless 25 area kids, who have incarcerated parents, with Christmas gifts. Caregivers commented, “I’ve never felt love like this before. I’ve never felt like I belong as much as I do when I walk through these doors.” This week, we received a letter from an incarcerated parent saying thank you! Thank you for sharing Jesus’ love, Church!
Every few months, a community I’m a part of holds a scripture memory challenge. We have one week to memorize whatever passage of scripture we want. How long the passage is, which book, the subject–those are all up to us.
Every time they hold this challenge, I try to work my way through a Psalm and have worked up to Psalm 4. I like this Psalm. It has a nice progression of feelings and emotions.
It opens with despair:
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have given me relief when I was in distress.
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
And ends in quiet rest:
In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
The journey in between these two phrases is a wild ride of remembering and declaring promises of God’s faithfulness to his righteous ones. Promises of light, protection and his attuned ear when we cry.
I like this Psalm, because it follows a workable pattern of the human heart toward God: first despair, and then remembering who God is to remind ourselves of His faithfulness, and then relief and hope when we again remember his goodness to us, enough so that we can find rest for another day.
Many of the Psalms model this pattern, which is probably why it’s my favorite book to use when I am lamenting or depressed. The question, “Answer me, God!!!” is a cry of my heart to say, “I can’t see or hear you right now and I’m alone and scared.” I’m convinced God loves the question. He is not bothered by the asking nor the heart, but is excited to again show Himself and His goodness all over again.
Want to memorize Psalm 4 with me? I finished up putting it to music this past week and have it playing on repeat.
Leah Carolan Pastor of Worship & Media
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The Holidays are over and the winter blues have set in. We are dreaming of a mini vacation, some me-time with the ladies of Cedar Hills in a cozy place with TWO hot tubs, media room, and lots of places to read, reflect and Feast on the word of God.
Sound good to you?? If so, join the women’s ministry for the Feast Retreat!
The Women in Fellowship & Faith team invite you to join us at “FEAST RETREAT – Taste & See the Goodness of God” at the beautiful Robbins Nest AirBNB in Monmouth, Illinois. The retreat will begin Friday, April 4th at 6pm and conclude Sunday, April 6th at 10am. Come enjoy a beautiful space with plenty of time to Feast on the word of God, food and beverages, quiet time to rejuvenate and to laugh with a few surprises mixed in!
Cost is $175 for the entire event, including accommodations, food and beverage, access to the Lifeway “Feast” seminar hosted online by Kristi McLelland with worship leader Laura Cooksey and fabulous breakout sessions facilitated by Lindsey Steinkamp and the women’s ministry team.
The first 20 women to respond will be registered for the event. Once, 20 spots are filled we will open a wait list. RESPOND NOW (As of 2/5/25, there are only 5 spots left).
Payment of $175 will be due by 2/15/2024 to Carmen Gronewold. Once we have your registration information, we will communicate the payment options available!
