March 16, 2025

• *No Sunday Classes/Spring Break
• 8:30am Worship (Traditional)
• 9:45am Connection Time *No Sunday Classes/Spring Break
• 11:00am Worship (Modern), Nursery,  Children’s Church
• 12:00pm Young Adult Connection, in the Loft
• 12:30pm French Worship (Ascension Ministries), Lime Classroom
• No Youth Group – Spring Break

UPCOMING EVENTS

Mon, March 17

• 5:00pm-6:00pm Open Hands Food Pantry, Gathering Space
• *No Men’s Connection Group (due to Spring Break – resuming next Monday, March 24 at 6:00pm)

Tues, March 18

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

Wed, March 19

• 10:00am-12:00pm Open Hands Food Pantry, Gathering Space
• 5:15-6:15pm Lenten Meal
• 6:30pm Lenten Worship Service
• 7:05pm Prayer Meeting, Worship Center
• 7:05pm Choir, Lime Green classroom

Sun, March 23

• 8:30am Worship (Traditional)
• 9:45am Sunday Classes (age 3 – adult), Nursery
• 11:00am Worship (Modern), Nursery,  Children’s Church
• 12:00pm Young Adult Connection, in the Loft
• 12:30pm French Worship (Ascension Ministries), Lime Classroom
• 6:00pm Journey Youth Group (6-12th grade)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

YOU BELONG MEMBERSHIP CLASS  – Interested in exploring membership at Cedar Hills? Or, just curious about what we believe and why? The next session of “You Belong” begins March 30 at 9:45am. VIEW CLASS TOPICS.

MIDWEEK SERVICES  – Until Easter, we’ll gather on Wednesday nights for a meal and short reflection service.  The next date is March 19 with a meal from 5:15-6:15, with a 30-minute worship service at 6:30pm. Menu for this Wednesday will be Potato Bar/Salad Bar, fruit, 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 side or bars/cookies.  MORE INFORMATION

THE GIDEON ENCOUNTER – Discover or rediscover your identity in God during this one-night faith experience April 6, 5:30-8pm. The encounter is open to all those looking to grow in their faith and jumpstart their discipleship journey.  The night will include worship, teaching, discussion, and prayer! All are welcome to sign-up and come encounter God together.  MORE INFORMATION

SPECIAL THANK-YOU – Thank you for purchasing Pasta of the Prairie to support Noah’s Ark Preschool. The preschool raised $600 to support the school.

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

SPRING CHOIR – Rehearsals for choir are Wednesdays, immediately after the Lenten worship service (around 7:05pm).  MORE INFORMATION

• Wednesday, March 19 – Rehearsal (~7:05pm)
• Sunday, March 23 – Sing at 1st service (warmup at 7:55am)
• Wednesday, March 26 – Rehearsal (~7:05pm)
• Wednesday, April 2 – Rehearsal (~7:05pm)
• Sunday, April 6 – Sing at 1st service (warmup at 7:55am)

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.

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.” Recently, we received a letter from an incarcerated parent saying thank you (pictured above)!  Thank you for sharing Jesus’ love, Church!

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:  Deuteronomy 14-34; Psalms 91

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

CEDAR KIDS CLUB HOUSE –  Sunday, April 6 is our next meeting (no meeting on March 16 -Spring Break). Club House is for kids ages Kindergarten-5th grades.  We believe in fostering a young faith (while having adventures and a great time)! 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month, 12pm-2pm.  Includes lunch.  MORE INFORMATION

PANCAKE BREAKFAST – On Palm Sunday, April 13 the Boy Scout Troop who meets in our building will be serving a pancake breakfast in the Gathering Space for a free-will donation, 7:30am-11:15am.  The menus is pancakes, eggs, and  sausage with juice, coffee or milk.

SUNDAY CLASSES –  There will be no Sunday classes today (Spring Break). Classes resume next Sunday, March 23. 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, (LOFT ROOM).
• 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? continues with Alan Crandall and Tim King, (RED ROOM).
• Financial Peace University with teachers Carmen and Luke Gronewold and team, (ORANGE ROOM).

NO MEN’S MONDAY CONNECTION THIS MONDAY – *No meeting this Monday, March 17 due to Spring Break. We will resume meeting on Monday, March 24 at 6pm. Enjoy fellowship, drinks and trivia. MORE INFORMATION

WOMEN’S MINISTRY

• Apr. 4-6 – Feast Retreat in Monmouth, IL. 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 Air BNB in Monmouth, Illinois.  LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE. More Information
• Women’s Ministry Facebook Group

YOUNG ADULT CONNECTION – 30-minute discussion and snacks, immediately after the 2nd service. Join other young adults in The Loft for a sermon recap. (Doors located outside the Worship Center, near the nursery side entrance.)

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

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

• Spring Break – No Faith Quest or Youth Group today.
• March 23, 9:45am Faith.Quest (8th grade, THE LOFT)
• March 23, 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.  In January, we started hosting Financial Peace at 9:45am in the orange classroom. There are two levels of participation – you can buy the kit for $79 from the church and go all-in, or just join us on Sunday mornings for the videos at no cost.

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