Conversations about Sexuality and GenderJoin us for a Biblical exploration of human sexuality and gender Sunday mornings beginning April 11 at 9:45am.
We hope to connect faith, sexuality, and gender so that we are equipped to respond truthfully and compassionately.
This class will be hosted by Pastor Kent.
Come explore calm, joy, resilience and connection in these troubled times. A small group focused on understanding ourselves, each other, and the times in which we live so that we can discover hope.
This group will meet on Sunday evenings beginning April 11, at 6:00PM. This Six-week support group will discuss fear, grief, loss, connection, and flourishing.
Facilitators will be Pastor Kent and Gary Sager.
TREASURED VBS 2021 – Are you called to share God’s love with His priceless treasures? Do you have a passion for planning and organizing? Or, creating lasting memories of summer’s best week ever?! Join the Cedar Hills Treasured VBS 2021 planning team! Contact Melissa Oberembt using the form below.
Escape the Tomb!
Calling all actors and wanna-be-actors! Now’s your chance! We need actors of all ages for an Easter program. The program will be presented Easter Sunday, during the 9:45am and 11:00am services as a children’s worship option during those two services.
Practices will be Wednesday evenings and/or Sundays after 2nd service. No memorization is required. If you an interested click here to sign-up to get more information.
The season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday. We will gather for worship at 6:30pm and continue to meet weekly on Wednesdays for a short 30min service throughout Lent.
These midweek lenten services are small, reflective, and short! Families are welcome. They run about 30 minutes and have plenty of room to space out and maintain distancing.
There will be no Lenten meals this year. We will also not be broadcasting these services live online to maintain the intimate nature of these services.
During Holy Week (the week between Palm Sunday and Easter), we will meet on Thursday for the Maundy Thursday service instead of Wednesday.
During the Lent, the Wednesday Prayer meeting will be in person, right after the services, starting around 7pm.
Sunday, February 21, 6-8 PM, bring your kids (birth-5th grade) to the church for an evening of kid fun, while you enjoy an evening to yourselves! Kids will be served supper, play games and watch a movie with popcorn. Registration in advance is preferred, but not required. This is a ministry to bless our families, sponsored by the Journey Youth group.
Have questions? Contact Cathy Poole using the form below.
Due to weather, the Open Hands Food Pantry is closed Wednesday, Dec. 30th.
We’ll plan on regular hours again Monday 5-6pm
Please continue to lift up the family of George Milligan. Funeral service is Monday, Dec. 28 at 10am. The service will also be live streamed on our Facebook page.
George William Milligan, 90, of Cedar Rapids, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, at Mercy Hospital.
George was born April 9, 1930, to McKinley and Elsie (Wertz) Milligan in Grinnell. He graduated in 1948 from Montezuma High School, then enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War aboard the USS IOWA. When George returned home, he attended Iowa State University and graduated with a degree in civil engineering. June 19, 1954, George married Marlene Watson at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Together they raised their family in Cedar Rapids. George began his career as a civil engineer with the City of Cedar Rapids and then with Howard R. Green Engineering. In 1969, he was appointed as director for the Water Pollution Control facility. In 1990, his position expanded to superintendent for Water Purification and Water Pollution Control, retiring at the age of 70, in 2000.
George was a member of many groups and associations: Elks Lodge, American Public Works Association, Water Pollution Control Federation, Friendship Force, and took an active role in volunteering for Muscular Dystrophy Association and Habitat for Humanity. He was a charter member of Cedar Hills Community (Reformed) Church, where George and his family actively worshipped for 61 years.
He was an avid mushroom hunter, enjoyed playing church softball, loved the outdoors and had a passion for his grandchildren’s activities and Iowa State sports. George also loved to travel, especially enjoying his trip with his son on the Eastern Iowa Honor Flight in 2014. He was a kind, hardworking and humble man. He deeply touched the lives of many and left this world a better place. He will be missed. We love you Papa.
George is survived by his wife of 66 years, Marlene of Cedar Rapids; children, Steve and Jody Milligan of Wister, Okla., Sheri and Jim Smith, and Cindy and Mark Espe, both of Swisher; grandchildren, Aricca Smith (Brian Heacock), Trevor (Katie) Powell, Spencer (Ashley) Powell, Courtney Lamb, Casey (Nathan) Cooper and Ryan Espe; and great-grandchildren, Kaylee, Ashlyn, Kharington, Emmalyn, Landon, Emerson, Adelyn and Autumn.
He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Lori Powell Seivert; grandson, Brady Smith; siblings, Mildred Peterson, Doyle and Delmar Milligan.
Memorial Service is 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 28, at Cedar Hills Community Church, with Kent Landhuis officiating. The service will be livestreamed facebook.com/cedarhillscommunitychurch. A private family burial will take place at Anderson Cemetery, Swisher, with military honors.
Visitation will be 3 to 5 p.m. at the church Sunday, December 27. Memorials may be directed to the church or Matthew 25. Online condolences can be sent to the family at www.neuhausfuneralservice.com.
Has this year’s Christmas atmosphere brought you joy? We are so blessed by this group of talented ladies who have given much leadership to the redesign of the building with carpet, painting and design input, as well as their efforts and work on creating a Christmas stage spending ZERO dollars. Amazing!
May you be blessed this Christmas Day with great JOY!
The Worship Atmosphere team dreams, designs and creates our stage concepts for Christmas, Easter, and the major church seasons as well as other creative projects around the church.
On behalf of the Deacons, we want to give the congregation another update on the current budget. As Alan said last week during our annual meeting, our congregational giving is historically the highest in November and December; which we typically rely on to get us through the first few months of the new year.
After Sunday’s annual meeting, we received the accounting reports for November and unfortunately, we did not receive increased giving in November, as in previous years. In fact, we are $100k under our giving levels compared to this same time last year. This is concerning as we head into our historically slower giving months and leaves us with our reserve funds lower than we would like to see.
That being said, we do not want it to be lost on the congregation that we fully understand & have also felt the trials 2020 has thrown — whether it has been the pandemic, employment loss, derecho storm damage, political divide, racial injustice and overall world unrest.
We also want to point out all the BLESSINGS our church building and family continue to provide for our community like the recent drive-up events like Salvation Army’s Coats for Kids, Families Helping Families Christmas Toys, our Open Hands Food Pantry, offering our facility to other church families after the derecho and on and on!
Today, we come to you in the spirit of being fully transparent and communicating the most updated state of the church’s financial position. As we enter this season of giving and reflect on all of the blessings we have received, we remain prayerfully hopeful that by God’s grace our church family will help us meet our financial needs so that we can continue serving our congregation, our community and our missions.
On behalf of all the Deacons,
we thank you.