Each year we nominate individuals of our congregation for positions of leadership. We believe that leaders are called to serve and our members are a key part of the discernment process in determining who that will be.
Please nominate any member, 21 years of age or older, whom you feel is gifted to provide leadership as an Elder or Deacon. Elders and Deacons provide for the spiritual care and oversight of the congregation and serve together with the pastors on the Consistory, the governing board of our congregation.
Please send your nominations by Sunday, October 11 using the form below:
Tech Team Training – Oct. 1, 4-8pm. Dinner provided.
Please let us know if you are attending using the form below.
With the installation of the new sound and video system comes a bigger demand for Worship Tech Team volunteers. Do you have an ear for music? Do you like all things computer? Would you describe yourself as the family tech-guru? Do you have a heart for volunteering? Or maybe you have a background in video/lighting? Maybe you were a part of the tech crew in high school drama team?
If any of these things describe, the Worship Tech Team might be something you would enjoy.
Once the new sound system is installed, we’ll be scheduling official training sessions for all current tech team members and those who express an interest in tech team. The beautiful thing being – we’ll all be learning a new system together.
If interested or if you just want more information, contact Scott using the form below.
Join us for prayer at the church, 6:30pm. Stop in for as much or as little as you are able. We will meet in the Gathering Space.
VOLUNTEER – MATTHEW 25 WORK GROUPS
With all of the recent storm damage and urgent needs caused by it, Matthew 25 is refocusing the August 31 – September 4 Transform Week to derecho repair projects, targeting low-income homeowners with damage that won’t be covered by insurance as well as clearing of trees and removing debris from homes. PARTNER WITH MATTHEW 25 this week.
SUNDAY CLASSES RESUME SEPT. 13
Our Fall season of ministry will begin Sunday, September 13. Classes for ages 3 to adult will be open, as well as the nursery. Help us plan by registering the whole family for this new season of ministry. READ MORE
The work continues on the storm clean-up. A number of groups have been coming and going from the church since last Monday’s storm.
Steve Poole has coordinated multiple groups this last week, addressing over twenty trees on the Oberembt property, cutting up and hauling away brush, clearing walkways. And the work didn’t stop at just our church members. Many times the groups also addressed the neighbors to the properties they were visiting.
Nathan Schnell assisting a neighbor of one of our church members.
In one instance, the neighbor was a single lady who living alone. Her driveway had been cleared just enough to get her car out, but Steve’s group addressed the other 3-4 trees that had fallen across the sidewalk and street. “She was very grateful because she didn’t know where she could turn for help.”
Water from Trinity Reformed
Former staff member Jeremy Van Genderen brought a crew Monday morning from Trinity Reformed Church in Allison, Iowa to assist in the clean-up. Their church sent cases of water, handmade sandwiches, chips and cookies for us to distribute as needed. We were able to bless the apartment buildings on the SW side of Cedar Rapids that took a major hit from the storm with these offerings of food and water.
Trinity Reformed work group
We have a need to walk the grounds and continue to pick up debris around the church. We’re planning a quick pizza lunch around 12:05 after the second service this Sunday, August 23. We will then walk the property to finish the cleanup of debris. Come and help — bring gloves, sunscreen, work shoes/boots.
Welcome to the New Members who have completed the membership class. They joined at the July 26 service.
Christopher Caldwell
Bernice Coleman
Lance & Karrie Goodall with their sons, Zac and Lucas;
Tom & Leah McFarlane and children: Reid, Matt, Wyatt, Emma, and Ryan;
Tyler & Lindsey Steinkamp with their daughter Claire;
Lore & Shanna Swartzendruber with their children Cayman and Tybee;
Roger Van Zee
John Yates and his children John, Jr. and Kamryn.
The following individuals were also baptized: Bernice Coleman (adult); Zac Goodall (19 year-old) and Lucas Goodall(6-year-old); Tom McFarlane (adult),and McFarlane Family children: Reid Doyle (9-year-old), Matt McFarlane (9-year-old), Wyatt McFarlane (8-year-old), Emma McFarlane (6-year-old), and Ryan Doyle (5-year-old).
For the past two years, Cedar Hills Community Church has hosted The Global Leadership Summit to make it as easy as possible for YOU to participate. We believe that the more people from Cedar Hills who participate, the stronger we will be at making an impact as a church. This year matters more than ever. Our community needs each of us to be at our very best.
Even if we are not physically together, The Global Leadership Summit offers us a shared experience that will unite us in this unique time. Investing ourselves in an extended experience is an investment in our connection together. The learning, inspiration and action steps will provide opportunity for us to connect in meaningful and fresh ways.
The way we show up right now with our influence can make the difference between hope and fear; contentment and disappointment; judgment and grace. Will you join Cedar Hills Community Church and register for GLS today using the Priority Code LEAD2020 so we can reflect the heart of God to the community around us?
Blessings,
Cedar Hills Community Church Leadership Team
Tech Team Training – Oct. 1, 4-8pm. 
The Open Hands Food Pantry is reopening today to serve anyone in need of food. They will be open until 12pm.