News « Cedar Ridge Christian Church in Broken Arrow and Sapulpa, Oklahoma

Cedar Ridge Hires New Connections Minister

Cedar Ridge has hired Bryan Champ to serve as our new Connections Minister. He will be taking on a leadership role in our Adult Ministries, with primary responsibilities of leading a team that will help adults, at all of our campuses, connect in a group (Adult Bible Fellowship Class or Journey Group) and connect in an area of service.

Bryan is a 2003 graduate of Ozark Christian College and has been serving in youth ministry since that time. Bryan and his wife, Kristi, have two children, Kyler and Kamrin. They will be moving from the Oklahoma City area where they have been in ministry at Antioch Christian Church in Moore. May 15th was Bryan’s first Sunday at Cedar Ridge.

Posted in BA Campus, Sapulpa Campus on May 18th, 2011 | No Comments »

Service Opportunities in the Broken Arrow Community

There are many opportunities to serve in the Broken Arrow Community. One of these areas is:

Meals on Wheels
A non-profit community service agency whose mission is to preserve the dignity and independence of home bound elderly and disabled persons by providing them with nutritious home-delivered meals, caring contacts, and other services which enrich their lives. There are several volunteer positions available in the Broken Arrow community. Contact Rhondelle Blankenship for more details.

Posted in BA Campus on March 31st, 2011 | No Comments »

SOS Team Offering Help to Homeless Students

The SOS (Strategic Outreach Service) Team is joining with Broken Arrow Schools to help do laundry for homeless and displaced students in Broken Arrow. If you can help do laundry, please sign up on Sunday’s Bulletin Communication Card or call the church office at 918-254-0621.

Posted in BA Campus on March 30th, 2011 | No Comments »

How You Can Help Japan’s Earthquake Victims

We encourage you and your family to continue to pray for the people of Japan. The recent earthquake and tsunami has killed 10,000 people and many more are missing after what is being called the most expensive disaster ever. You can make a difference by making a donation to International Disaster Emergency Services at www.ides.org or by sending a check to I.D.E.S. (Disaster), P.O. Box 60, Kempton, IN 46049. All of your donation will go to the the field to assist in relief efforts.

Posted in BA Campus, News, Sapulpa Campus on March 17th, 2011 | No Comments »

Volunteer Needed to Deliver Sermon Video

A volunteer is needed to deliver the sermon video to the Sapulpa Campus on the 4th Sunday of each month. The video would be picked up at the BA Campus immediately following the 9:00 a.m. service on Sunday and driven to the Sapulpa Campus. If you would like to help in this way, please sign up on Sunday’s Bulletin Communication Card or contact the church office at 254-0621.

Posted in BA Campus on March 9th, 2011 | No Comments »

Youth Group Meets on Tuesdays at SA Campus

Calling all Middle School and High School Youth: join us every Tuesday night for Youth Group. We meet at the church from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Invite your friends and we’ll see you on Tuesday. For more details, contact Katresse Bedwell.

**Please note: we will not meet on Tuesday, December 21 due to Christmas Break.**

Posted in Sapulpa Campus, Youth on November 30th, 2010 | No Comments »

“Just One” Challenge November 14

In Matthew 9:37-38 Jesus said, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” How many more workers would it take to make a difference? The answer is just one more.

That’s why the presidents of all 33 Christian colleges have joined together to issue the Just One Challenge: will you pray for just one more worker for the harvest field?

On Sunday, November 14, 2010, congregations across the country will join together in Matthew 9:38 prayer. This Just One Sunday is an opportunity for us to obey our Lord’s command to “ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

Ask God to show you one person – a potential kingdom worker – for whom you could pray; then pray for that person by name every day. You may want to give your “just one” a word of encouragement or plant in their mind the idea that God might want to call them to ministry. In God’s power, every single kingdom worker can leave a lasting influence.

Learn more about the Just One Challenge at justonechallenge.org.

Posted in BA Campus, Sapulpa Campus on November 10th, 2010 | No Comments »

Backpack Food Program

Update: Please note that we will support the Backpack Food Program all year long

Cedar Ridge Sapulpa Campus is teaming up with the Sapulpa Ministerial Alliance and Caring Community Friends (formerly Sapulpa Community Care) to discreetly provide nutritious, child-friendly, easy-to-prepare food for chronically hungry children to take home over the weekends. In some cases, the only meal a child receives is from their school cafeterias. The Backpack Food Program allows for food to be provided confidentially in backpacks each Friday afternoon to ensure kids have something to eat during the weekend.

Backpack food programs have been shown to increase attendance, decrease behavior problems, improve concentration abilities of students, and improve student academic achievement.

Two ways that you can be involved in this program:

Make a cash donation: tax-deductible donations can be made to help purchase food items. Checks should be made payable to Cedar Ridge; be sure to write “Backpack Program” in the notation area on your check.
- $4 will fill one backpack each week
- $16 will fill one backpack each week for a month
- $104 will support one child for an entire school year

Make a food donation: foods must be kid-friendly, shelf stable, easy-to-prepare, and nutritionally sound. Purchase specific items (in bulk) such as individual servings of dry cereal, pudding cups, fruit cups, vienna sausages, beef jerky, juice boxes, etc. Pick up a list of these items near the display in the foyer.

Please join us in this effort to feed hungry kids in our community. For more information, contact Bryan King, Sapulpa Campus Minister.

Posted in Sapulpa Campus on November 3rd, 2010 | No Comments »

Donate Online

Every Sunday there is an opportunity to worship God in our services with our tithe. We have recently added a convenient way for you to give at other times. To donate online:

Go to cedarridgecc.com
Click on “Give.”
Then click on the “donate” icon

For assistance or for more information about online giving, please contact Robin Smith, Business Administrator.

Posted in BA Campus, Sapulpa Campus, Uncategorized on November 2nd, 2010 | No Comments »

New Cedar Ridge “Global Outreach Team”

In the past hour:
1,625 children were forced to live on the streets
1,667 children died from malnutrition or disease
115 children became prostitutes
257 children were orphaned because of HIV/Aids

It gets worse…
2 billion people in the world today have never ever heard of Jesus

We, as a church, believe God wants us to do something about this. On Thursday, October 21, a new era in Cedar Ridge world mission outreach begins. The Global Outreach Team (GO Team) is a group of people who pray for and encourage 19 missionaries and missions organizations that Cedar Ridge partners with throughout the world. We need your help. Together, we can make a difference!

Join us on October 21 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall, BA Campus, for our first GO Team gathering. Our speaker will be Chris DeWelt, Missions Director at Ozark Christian College. We invite you to get involved in a hands-on way to promote missions and to pray and encourage those on the front lines of global outreach.

Posted in BA Campus, Sapulpa Campus on September 23rd, 2010 | No Comments »