Cedar River Bulletin
11/27/2022
Presiding: Bishop Hallam
Conducting: Brother Marnoh-Sesay
Pianist: Rachel Swallow
Conductor: Hadassah Hanson
Welcome and Announcements:
Opening Hymn:
Invocation:
Ward Business:
Sacrament Hymn:
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Speaker:
Speaker:
Closing Hymn:
Benediction:
Upcoming Calendar
Primary Activity Day is held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.
Cedar Rapids Nativity Celebration-December 2-3. crnativity.info We are still in need of volunteers to help staff the event! Please sign up at https://volunteersignup.org/FRJYY
Ward Christmas Party- December 10th
Church services on Christmas Day will be at 4:00 pm and will be Sacrament Meeting only. We realize families have important Christmas traditions, if this time does not work for your family, we encourage you to attend Marion Ward at noon.
Announcements
Cedar Rapids Nativity Celebration
We are excited to announce that the Cedar Rapids Nativity Celebration will be held this year on December 2nd and 3rd at the Stake Center. We invite all families across the stake to volunteer and/or attend. We anticipate around 1000 visitors. This is a wonderful way to usher in the Christmas season!
Displaying your personal nativities
Set up takes place Wednesday, Nov 30th from 7-9pm and Thursday, Dec 1st from 10am-6pm. Takedown is on Saturday, December 3rd at 7:05pm. Our goal is to display around 700 nativities. Each nativity is cataloged and you are responsible to set up and take down your nativities. If you have specific requests related to your nativities, please contact Cary Jacobs at grmacary@hotmail.com.
Volunteering
We have almost 200 volunteer spots open. These include opportunities such as setup/decorating, ushering, and making cookies, to name a few. We invite all to sign up for a volunteer slot. Anyone 12 or older is welcome to volunteer (younger children may come with a parent.) Most volunteer slots are in two-hour increments. The Stake Communication Committee can log volunteer hours for high school students. To volunteer sign up here:
https://volunteersignup.org/FRJYY
For more information visit CR Nativity
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Tithing Declaration
It is the time of year for tithing declaration! The term “tithing settlement” has been changed to “tithing declaration.” This change emphasizes that the primary purpose of this interview is to provide members with an opportunity to declare their tithing faithfulness. Tithing declaration will be primarily a learning experience — especially for children and youth. Participating in tithing declaration is not required, but is an opportunity for those who would like to meet with me.
Please sign up at the link below-
Meetinghouse Cleaning
Cedar River Ward is assigned to clean the Meetinghouse from September-December this year. Look for your assignments in the email that will be sent out. Upcoming assignments will also be noted in the bulletin. If you have a conflict with your assigned weekend, please trade with another member or family.
Meetinghouse Cleaning Assignments
December 3rd
Nativity
December 10
Kosi Adayi Family
Cory & Lynn Hanson Family
Delores Borders
December 17
Renshaw Family
Miller Family
December 24
Karie Schatz
Vernon & Brenda Hartson
Redden Family
Lori Kaiser
Missionaries
Missionaries Serving in Cedar River Ward
Elder Black and Elder Blake- 319-651-6747
Elder Sheppard and Elder Vaden- 319-883-5782
Please sign up to feed the missionaries! A calendar will be passed around during the second hour of church, or contact the missionaries directly.
Missionaries Serving From Our Ward
Hermana Annabelle Hallam
7000 Central Ave
California San Bernardino Mission
Highland, CA 92346
annabelle.hallam@missionary.org
Appointments
For appointments with Bishop Hallam or his counselors please contact Shane Cavanaugh at shanecav@gmail.com or 319-491-6394
For appointments with the Stake Presidency please contact Benjamin Forsyth at benjamin.forsyth@uni.edu or 319-575-0119
Temple Information
The Nauvoo temple will be closed Monday, 26 September 2022 - Monday, 24 October 2022.
For information on scheduling, please visit the Nauvoo Temple Website.
Temple Phone Number-217-453-6252
Social Media
Other information
The Addiction Recovery Program meets weekly at 7 pm in the Primary Room at the stake center.
The meetings may be joined by Zoom as well. Meeting ID 98653940074 Passcode 400769
For more information contact Elder and Sister Griffith 563-260-1838
For Questions or to add announcements to the bulletin, please contact Sister Olivia Hallam- cedarriverbulletin@gmail.com