A busy weekend for the Lifers

Hey all - I hope that you're having a great week. We've been keeping busy here at Cedarcreek and this weekend is no exception!

On Saturday we will be going to Kent Covenant for the "End of Slavery" Documentary. If you want to go, you MUST RSVP by the end of the day on FRIDAY (tomorrow)! We'll meet at the offices on Saturday at 5:45pm to leave by 6:00pm. If you'd like, you can bring a couple dollars for food or ice cream for a discussion at McDonald's after the movie and discussion. It's going to be great - email or call me as soon as you can!

On Sunday we'll be meeting early for Life 101 (at 3:30) so that we can go to Fountain Court at 4:00 for a time of hanging out and assembling wreathes with the senior citizens. For those of you who haven't been there yet, you really should come. It is a lot of fun! After that, we're headed back to the Upper Room for a Thanksgiving Pizza Dinner. You can bring a few dollars to pitch in for pizza or you can bring a dish to pass. We'll be eating, telling stories, playing games, laughing, and so much more.... (Maybe a leg wrestling rematch???) Hope to see you there!

Have a great day, and remember to listen carefully and stay in Rhythm with God... 

what are we going to do?

In an attempt to follow up on this Sunday's sermon, I'd like to pose a few questions for us about justice and righteousness and Cedarcreek's involvement in the community. Let's get creative about what we, as a church, can do to impact our community in the name of God's justice and righteousness, and how we can create an ethos of justice and righteousness in our own church community.

What are some ways that you see Cedarcreek doing justice and righteousness right now?

Considering that many of the members of our church travel from the surrounding areas, what do you think is Cedarcreek's primary community? In other words, what community are we, as a church, most responsible for? And what issues within that community are we currently neglecting?

What are some new ways that you envision our church exploring God's righteousness and justice? And how will we put that into practice in our community and in the world?

Answer as many questions as you would like and feel free to pose new ones. I pray that God would grant us insight and understanding in our discussion, learning and outreach!

A week in the life of Cedarcreek Youth...

Hey everyone! I hope that your week is going well. Here's what's been going on with Cedarcreek youth:

In HYPE this week, we began a new series that is going to look at the miracles of Jesus. This Tuesday we looked at four different stories where Jesus healed blind people. You can find the stories in Mark 10:46-52, Mark 8:22-26, John 9:1-12, and Matthew 9:27-32. There's some interesting stuff in there - Jesus uses spit or spit and mud in a couple of the stories to heal. The mud reminds us of how we are formed from dust in the Book of Genesis. Come back next week - we'll be looking at how Jesus healed the lame!


Last Friday a group from Life 101 (Steven, Christian, Brendan, Mary, AJ, and Brad, plus Ben and Janet) came over to Alanna and my house - we were there from around 7:00 to 11:00 playing the Farming Game (is that what it's called?), Wise and Otherwise, Scategories, Skip-Bo, and Catch Phrase. For a while we got sick of sitting around and had a leg wrestling and arm wrestling competition. It was a lot of fun! I'll get some pictures from that night up soon...


Last week in Life 101 we discussed how to stay in Rhythm with ourselves - by finding our identity in Christ instead of in others. We were created to be loved children of God who love God and love others. If we can understand that, we're on the right road to getting back into Rhythm with God. If we can't love ourselves, how are we going to believe that there is a good and perfect God who loves us? Our love for ourselves influences our relationship with God. And for those of you who were there last week, don't forget to spend some time reading, thinking and journaling about Psalm 139! 


We're continuing our Rhythm series - this week is the grand finale! We're looking at how we can stay in Rhythm with others. Come for some interactive Rhythmic games and good discussion. 


God is Good.
All the time.