April 13, 2025

Palm Sunday

• 7:30am-11:15am Boy Scout Pancake Breakfast, Gathering Space (free-will donation)
• 8:30am Worship (Traditional)
• 9:45am Sunday Classes (age 3 – adult), Nursery
• 9:45am You Belong Class, Blue Room (Left hallway)
• 11:00am Worship (Modern), Nursery,  Children’s Church
• 12:30pm French Worship (Ascension Ministries), Lime Classroom
• 6:00pm Journey Youth Group (6-12th grade)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Mon, April 14

• 5:00pm-6:00pm Open Hands Food Pantry, Gathering Space
• 6:00pm  Men’s Connection Group at Whiskey River in Palo
• 6:30pm Worship Jam Practice, Worship Center SIGN-UP

Tues, April 15

• 10:00am Women’s Philippians Study, Teal Rooms

Wed, April 16

• 10:00am-12:00pm Open Hands Food Pantry, Gathering Space
• 6:45pm Easter Choir Rehearsal, Worship Center

Maundy Thursday, April 17

• 5:15-6:15pm Lenten Meal
• 6:30pm Maundy Thursday Worship Service
• 7:05pm Prayer Meeting, Worship Center

Sun, April 20 EASTER

• 8:30am Worship (Traditional)
• 9:45am Special Kids Easter Activities!
• No Sunday Classes *Resume April 27 (age 3 – adult), Nursery
• 11:00am Worship (Modern), Nursery,  Children’s Church
• 12:30pm French Worship (Ascension Ministries), Lime Classroom
• No Youth Group – Easter Sunday *Resumes next Sunday April 27 at 6:00pm Journey Youth Group (6-12th grade)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

PANCAKE BREAKFAST – TODAY the Boy Scout Troop, who meets in our building, will be serving breakfast from 7:30am-11:15am in the Gathering Space for a free-will donation.  The menu is pancakes, eggs, and  sausage with juice, coffee, or milk.

EASTER LILIES – Purchase an Easter Lily to help decorate our stage for Easter Sunday. Lilies are $15, payable to the church. Order forms available at the Welcome Center and  the deadline is TODAY. Lilies can be given in memory of a loved one. After the final Easter service, you can pick out your lily to take home or pick-up by Tuesday, April 22.

MAUNDY THURSDAY  – Join us Thursday this week for a meal (serving from 5:15-6:15pm) and 30-minute reflection service at 6:30pm.  Menu will be: Rotisserie Chicken, cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole, salads, and bars/cookies. *Please RSVP on the Bulletin Response with number of people coming from your family and sign up to either help in the kitchen or bring a salad or bars/cookies.  MORE INFORMATION

HOLY WEEK BIBLE PLAN – If you’d like to go deeper in Scripture this week as we near Easter and reflect on the last moments of Jesus’ life, a special Bible reading plan is available here and at the Welcome Center.

SPECIAL EASTER CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES  – Join us in between Easter services at 9:45am for crafts, activities and an egg hunt!

11:00am Easter Worship Jam – Join the large group of singers and instruments on stage at the 11am Easter service for the Easter Worship Jam.  Practice is TOMORROW at 6:30pm in the Worship Center and 9:40am on Easter Sunday.  Register NOW Anyone interested in 2nd service worship teams, children, and all musical abilities is invited.

CEDAR KIDS CLUB HOUSE –   Our next Meeting is May 4, 12pm-2pm, children ages Kindergarten – 5th grade are invited to join us for Cedar Kids Club House.  We believe in fostering a young faith (while having adventures and a great time)! 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month and it includes lunch.  MORE INFORMATION

DAYS FOR GIRLS – Have you been looking for a meaningful way to use your spare time? Consider coming to a Days for Girls workshop! We can use volunteers who can sew but ALSO anyone who has a caring heart for outreach. We hand cut, sew, assemble, and distribute female hygiene kits locally and around the world. In the past ten years, we have donated over 13,000 kits! Join us Saturday, April 26, from 1-4pm. Feel free to come and go during the workshops. Make an impact in one session or become a regular volunteer!

EASTER CHOIR – The rehearsal for choir this week will still be on Wednesday, but at 6:45pm in the Worship Center.  MORE INFORMATION

• Wednesday, April 16 – 6:45pm Rehearsal in the Worship Center
• Sunday, April 20 – 8:30am service, warm-up @ 7:55am

ADOPT AN ISLAND – Do you enjoy working outdoors and landscaping? We have at least three islands in the church parking lot that need to be adopted. Welcome people to Cedar Hills by helping to provide a beautiful atmosphere! Contact Beth Larson for more information at 319-777-6257. Big thank-you to those who are faithfully continuing to maintain their islands.

CEDAR CAMP 2025 –  Save the date: Sunday, June 29 – Tuesday, July 1 in the evenings.

ALLIANCE GATHERING – Cedar Hills is excited to announce we will be hosting the annual gathering of our Alliance network. We are part of the Upper Mississippi Valley Network and will host pastors and key leaders from across the nation this June for two days of training and refreshing.

LAKE VIEW CAMP is excited to announce that summer camp registration is OPEN! Send your child on a great summer adventure where they will swim, fish, canoe, hike, and play crazy games – all while growing deeper in their faith. Lake View Camp offers day camps, overnight camps, service camps, and grand camps. More information and online registration available at www.lakeviewconference.com.  Church discount code: CH2025

2024 GIVING STATEMENTS – On Tues, Jan 28 giving statements were emailed directly from Pushpay with the subject line “Cedar Hills Community Church – 2024 Giving Statement”. Anyone without an email address on file should have a statement in their church mailbox or mailed to your home. If you would like a printed statement,  contact Jennifer in the church office.

We are reading through the entire Bible as a church in 2025! It’s definitely not too late to jump in.   Be sure to mark your progress on the giant banner in the Gathering Space. LEARN MORE

THIS WEEK’S READINGS:  Judges 19-21; Ruth 1-4; 1 Samuel 1-17

• Join our Bible App group.
• Print the full reading schedule.

JOURNEY STUDENTS (6th-12th grade) – UPCOMING EVENTS

• April 13, 9:45am Faith.Quest (8th grade, THE LOFT)
• April 13, 6:00pm Journey Youth Group (6th-12th Grade)

PARENTING TOGETHER –  All are welcome to drop in on any Sunday. We meet at 9:45am in the left hallway Orange room.  Upcoming topics are:

• April 13  – Lessons for Family Relationships (Hannah)
• April 20  – No Class – EASTER
• April 27  – Lessons for Family Relationships (David)

SUNDAY CLASSES –  All ages are welcome to join a Sunday class at 9:45am. Children and youth please register online.  Adult classes include:

• Faith.Quest for 8th Graders with Paula Stevens, (THE LOFT).
• James/Peter with Joanne Lodge, (TEAL ROOM).
• How to Peel the Biblical Onion with Pastor Kent, Dan Hakken, Gary Mills and Bob and Lora Schneider, (RESOURCE ROOM).
• Who Am I?  with Alan Crandall and Tim King, (RED ROOM).
• Parenting Together (team of teachers), (ORANGE ROOM).
• You Belong, (BLUE ROOM)

PRAYER MEETING – Join us following the Maundy Thursday service at 7:05pm for prayer, in the back of the Worship Center.  These meetings are for anyone! Even if you are uncomfortable praying out loud, come and just agree with us in prayer. You are welcome here.

MEN’S MONDAY CONNECTION – All men are welcome to join us at 6pm, Monday, April 14 at Whiskey River in Palo. Enjoy fellowship, drinks and trivia. MORE INFORMATION

WOMEN’S MINISTRY

• Women’s Ministry Facebook Group

PANTRY UPDATE – The most-needed items are: canned fruit, diced tomatoes and rice. Drop-off items is in front of the Missions Board in the Gathering Space.

LET’S TRAIN DUKE – Sara Ulmer, daughter of Kate and Jack Ulmer is in the process of trying to get a new diabetic support dog trained as her current dog is needing to retire.  This is a very expensive process and Sara would appreciate any financial help you would be willing to provide for her with this effort.  More information about this process and how to contribute can be found at www.letstrainduke.com.  Thanks for any help you feel led to provide!

RIGHT NOW MEDIA – A great resource that we have purchased for our church that gives our members access to Biblical children’s TV shows, family friendly videos, and lots and lots of Bible studies for individual use and small group use.  It is an app for your phone and smart TVS.  FIND OUT MORE

FACEBOOK GROUPS – We have many groups on Facebook that you may want to connect to and be a part of.   Here are the links to join:

• Cedar Hills Children and Family Ministry – Announcements and events related to the children and family ministries.
• Parenting Together – Our parents and families in the Parenting Together class.
• Cedar Hills Family – All things Cedar Hills, giveaways, garage sales, announcements.
• Women in Fellowship & Faith – Women’s ministry and events.

OTHER LINKS: Cedar Hills YouTube, Cedar Hills on Facebook 

MISS A SUNDAY? Watch past sermons online.