January 26, 2025

• 8:30am Worship (Traditional)
• 9:45am Connection Time; Sunday Classes
• 9:45am Faith.Quest begins for 8th Graders, inthe Loft
• 11:00am Worship (Modern), Nursery, Children’s Church
• 12:00pm Young Adult Connection, in the Loft
• 12:30pm French Worship (Ascension Ministries), Lime Classroom
• 4:00pm AirFX Faith, Family, and Fun, $10/person, 4:00-6:00pm
• 6:00pm Journey Youth Group (6-12th grade)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Mon, Jan 27

• 5:00pm-6:00pm Open Hands Food Pantry, Gathering Space
• 6:00pm Men’s Connection, Whiskey River in Palo

Tues, Jan 28

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

Wed, Jan 29

• 10:00am-12:00pm Open Hands Food Pantry, Gathering Space
• 6:30pm Prayer Meeting via  Zoom App

Sun, Feb 2 **No Children’s Church

• 8:30am Worship (Traditional)
• 9:45am Sunday Classes (PreK-adult), Nursery
• 11:00am Worship (Modern), Nursery, *No Children’s Church
• 12:00pm Young Adult Connection, in the Loft
• 12:00pm Cedar Hills Club House, (K-5th Grade), Gathering Space
• 12:30pm French Worship (Ascension Ministries), Lime Classroom
• 6:00pm Journey Youth Group (6-12th grade)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FAITH, FAMILY & FUN is going to AirFX TODAY, 4-6pm.  Our discounted jump price is $10 (does not include climbing).  Pay Kathryn at the event. Paper waiver to jump is required (regardless of the last time you jumped.) Download here.

CEDAR KIDS CLUB HOUSE –  Next Sunday, Feb 2, 12pm-2pm! 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

SUPER BOWL SUBS – The Journey Youth will be making homemade subs for the big game day. Order online or on paper in the Gathering Space Sunday morning.  Orders are due Feb. 5 for the Feb. 9 game day and can be picked up after service on game day. ORDER NOW

SUPER BOWL WATCH PARTY – Join us for the big game Feb. 9.  Gather at 5:15pm for the 5:30 kick-off on the big TV in the Gathering Space. We’ll provide walking tacos and drinks.  Bring a side and game to share.

FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY – Are you ready to be debt-free and learn more about managing your finances that you’ve ever learned before? The curriculum officially started Jan 12 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.

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: Genesis 41-50; Exodus 1-9

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

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, (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).

BEAUTIFUL GIFT – The church received this beautiful rendition of “The Last Supper” from a food pantry guest who wanted to show her deep appreciation of how the food pantry has served her and so many others!  This style of art is called “Diamond Painting” and consists of placing tiny dots in sequence to create the image.  The guest shared that it took her a year to complete the project.

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.)

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!

MEN’S MONDAY CONNECTION – Monday, January 27 at 6pm  at Whiskey River in Palo. Enjoy fellowship, drinks and trivia. MORE INFORMATION

PANTRY UPDATE – The most-needed items are: peanut butter, pasta and spaghetti sauce (in plastic containers). Drop-off items is in front of the Missions Board in the Gathering Space.

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

SANCTUARY CHOIR  – The choir is taking a break until late February. Rehearsals will resume in late February on Wednesdays at 6:45pm in the Lime Classrooms.  Choir sings every few weeks in the 8:30am service and is open to singers aged high-school and above. MORE INFORMATION

WOMEN’S MINISTRY

• Feb. 27 Save the Date for an evening of “Foodie Favorites” at the home of Beth Brown-more information to follow.
  April 4-6 Feast Retreat in Monmouth, IL. More information and  Pre-Registration is open now in the Facebook Group or by Sign Up Genius link here.  Don’t delay as there is a capacity limit for this event!
• Join the Women’s Ministry Facebook Group

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

• Jan. 26, 9:45am Faith.Quest (8th grade, THE LOFT)
• Jan. 26, 6:00pm: Journey Youth Group (6th-12th Grade)

PARENTING TOGTHER –  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