LIVESTREAM CHURCH

COMMUNION

RE-OPENING

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

DIANE ANDERSON MEMORIAL

ALL- CHURCH CAMPOUT

JOB POSTING

MINISTRY CENTER REFRESH FUNDRAISER

ADULT BIBLE STUDY

SMALL GROUP LIFE BOATS

ONLINE GIVING

Video Book Study Sundays, 8:15-9:30am
The New Testament You Never Knew, by N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird. Feel free to join in with us next Sunday. There is always something to be gleaned. See Michelle Popkes for more info.

Movie Night Fri., March 20, 6:30-9:00pm
Come for a relaxing evening of friends, snacks and a free showing of the new movie Breakthrough. Talk it up and bring all your friends. This is fellowship and outreach all in one!

CCC Youth Beach Trip Sat., March 21, 9am-6pm
Calling all youth for a day trip to Cannon Beach. See Don Mershon to sign up today!

Church Cleanup Day Sat., April 4, 9:00am-12:00
Bring your yard tools and energy for a fun morning of cleaning our beautiful property as we prepare for spring.

Ladies’ Night - Monday, March 23 at 7:00pm at the Sherwood Symposium Coffee shop. See Pastor Jennie.

Our Nursery & Privacy Room are open at the back of the Sanctuary. Feel free to accompany your child there during the service if the need arises.

Easter Week Services:
Palm Sunday - April 5, 10:00AM
Maundy Thursday - April 9, 7:00PM
Resurrection Day! - April 12, 10:00AM

Palm Sunday Lunch & Egg Hunt Sun., Apr. 5, 11:30am
Plan to stay for a potluck lunch and an egg hunt for the kiddos after Worship on Palm Sunday.

Feed Our Youth - Please consider bringing a light lunch some Sunday for our youth group meeting that is directly after church. Provide something to serve about ten (10) kids. Contact Don Mershon to coordinate dates.

All-Church Campout July 2-5, 2020
Our campout weekend is set and we’d love to see everyone come with us. We stay and play for 3 days/nights at Metzler Park in Estacada (a short drive from PDX) for only $92! Make your reservation soon. Your payment to CCC secures your campsite.

We are actively seeking teams to reimagine our Ministry Center, our former Community Garden space, & any other projects you may think of. Sign up on the clipboards in the Sanctuary or see Pastor Jennie.

The date is set — July 2-5, 2020, at Metzler Park.

Contact the church office to make your reservations - Only $92

Everyone is invited to join us for any day, July 3rd or 4th. Parking is $6 per car.

Happy April, Friends!

We look forward to celebrating Palm Sunday with you this Sunday, when Jennie Harrop will continue our sermon series titled “Who Do You Say That I Am?” with a look at Jesus’ mother Mary. Before the service, please bring all toddlers, Pre-K, and elementary-aged kids to the back of the church to hear special instructions for carrying palm branches during the Call to Worship.

After the Palm Sunday service, kids will enjoy an outdoor Easter egg hunt complete with plastic eggs, candy, gold coins, and prizes. For the Palm Sunday potluck lunch, A-H bring a main dish, and I-Z bring a side or dessert. During the Congregational Meeting following lunch, we will have teenagers ready to help younger kids with Easter crafts in the back of the Ministry Center so parents are able to listen well during the meeting.

Three topics of particular importance at this Sunday’s Congregational Meeting will be (1) our 2018 Annual Report, which will be available on paper as well; (2) a brief discussion of the VitalChurch survey and next steps; and (3) a job description for an innovative part-time bivocational pastor position. Join us so you can hear what’s new on the horizon for Cedar Creek!

In the evening on April 14, meet us at 6 p.m. in the Cedar Creek parking lot so we can carpool to the Family Promise training, which begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Lake Oswego LDS church, 14903 Westlake Dr. The training should last about two hours and is required for any volunteers over the age of 14. (Kids 14 and under can volunteer as well but are not required to attend training.) The training also should be helpful in giving us a better sense of Family Promise, its goals, and the role our church can play. If you are interested in volunteering during the week that we host, May 12-19, here is the link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a4baba72da4f94-family

On April 19, plan to join us at 7 p.m. for a Good Friday Tenebrae service as we ponder together the day of Jesus’ crucifixion and prepare ourselves for Easter morning. Jennie Harrop will share the word on Good Friday.

On April 21, join us at 10 a.m. for an Easter morning service that will affirm and empower in you the joy and hope we find in the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Matt Hilgaertner will be preaching on Easter morning.

Let us assure you that the Lord has bold plans for our little church, and we are excited to step faithfully forward into them. Please join us as we seek God’s will in all that we do, giving thanks for the blooms amidst the rain as we go.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart

And lean not on your own understanding;

In all your ways submit to him,

And he will make your paths straight.

—Proverbs 3:5-6

May Christ bless your week with the Holy Spirit-gifted peace and joy that only He can provide.

In service to Him, from your Session: Jennie Harrop, Diane Anderson, Steve Lund, Louie Olivares, Matt Hilgaertner