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 2^nd 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.

NEW PARENT CONNECTION – Are you a parent whose children are all ages 4 and under?  You are invited to join other parents like you December 1 at 9:45am for coffee and treats in the orange room.  Childcare will be provided in the nursery.

ANGEL TREE GIFTS

Buy a gift for a child in need!  Sundays Nov. 17 and 24 the Angel Tree will be on display in the Gathering Space with tags listing a gift a local child would like for Christmas. Angel Tree child have a parent in prison, and these gifts are a way for that parent to ensure their child receives a gift.

Gifts should be returned unwrapped to the church by Sunday, Dec. 1

GIFT WRAPPING

We’ll be wrapping all the gifts at a wrapping party Monday, Dec. 9 at 6pm.  We would love more volunteers to help! Contact Cathy using the form below.

CHRISTMAS PARTY

Dec. 14 all of our angel tree children and their families are invited to a party at the church to receive their gifts and for food and fun at the church!

If you would like to help with any of these events, please contact Cathy Poole:

Our next Faith, Family & Fun outing is Sunday, October 20 at Bass Farms for their Fall Festival.  They are open 10pm-6pm… Plan to grab a few friends and family members to be there after church starting around 12pm.

Enjoy a hay rack ride, pick out your pumpkins, or shop our specialty food store for the best tasting apple butter or a scoop of Snap O’ Lantern ice cream on a crunchy waffle cone!

No RSVP is needed for this event.  Pay the regular price at the door. $12/person or $10/person (plus tax) – if you pay cash, 2 and under free.

Located just off of Hwy 30, on the way to Mt. Vernon.

Bass Farms
840 Bass Lane
Mount Vernon, IA 52314

WEAR PINK OCT 6 –  Support the race against breast cancer by wearing pink to a worship service Sunday, October 6. (Or by wearing the official Especially For You race t-shirts… they are lavender!)

While many of our members will be at the race downtown, we also want to join the effort to end breast cancer which has affected many within our church community.

For each individual who wears pink or the lavender race shirt, the deacons have decided to donate $2/person in support of the race against breast cancer. Thank you for helping support free mammograms and other related services for area individuals in need and the many families in our church and community affected by breast cancer.

Support our Noah’s Ark Preschool by ordering Papa Murphys pizza from the Edgewood Rd location on Wednesday, October 9.  A portion of the proceeds will go directly back to the preschool.

Be sure to tell them you’re with Noah’s Ark!

ORDER ONLINE
(tell them you’re with Noah’s Ark when picking up)

Take the MY FIT Survey

How to find and complete the “My FIT” survey in Church Community Builder (CCB):

Begin by logging into CCB here.   If you have never had access before, you can request it on the login screen. (And also reset your password if you’ve forgotten).  Your user name is your email address.

After logging in, click on your profile in the upper right corner.  Choose ‘profile’ to edit, and scroll down near the bottom of your profile to find the “My Fit” section to complete the survey.

If you need help, follow the steps below.

Once you have saved your work, you are done! Thank you for completing the “MY FIT” survey!

We wanted to share a desire that is stirring among our congregation – and that is one of becoming a foster parent, knowing their are hundreds of children in our area that are in need of sturdy, loving families.

Is God placing that call on your heart as well? If so, please let us know.  We are pondering the need to host a foster family class at Cedar Hills and want to connect the families whom God is stirring.

Sunday, July 28 is Red Sand Sunday.  Cedar Hills is partnering with the local nonprofit organization, Chains Interrupted, to bring awareness to the reality and dangers of human trafficking–even in our communities and will participate in the Red Sand Project.

SATURDAY RALLY – Marion

SUNDAY SPEAKER – Cedar Hills

To help bring awareness to this dire situation, a special speaker from Chains Interrupted will be speaking in between services this Sunday, July 28 at 9:45am in the Teal Classroom to help us as a congregation be educated about trafficking and prevention among our youth.  It is a big problem!

We will also have red sand available to take home for use on your driveways and sidewalks.  The red sand is a great conversation starter to bring awareness to the problem of human trafficking.

MORE INFORMATION: https://redsandproject.org/