Who Is Cedar Creek?
Cedar Creek Christian Fellowship (CCCF) was birthed out of revival meetings that took place in the area back in the 1930’s. The church was created out of a need to feed and nurture new believers with God’s Word. The founding members built a log church close to where many of them lived and farmed and that is where they met together for worship and fellowship. The church has been affiliated with the Apostolic Church of Pentecost (ACOP) since its inception.
Although the church is a part of the ACOP, our current congregation is diverse in that it draws people of many faith backgrounds as it is the only evangelical church in our community. All ages are represented in our congregation as well, with the largest group being families with younger children.
Cedar Creek Christian Fellowship is known as a generous congregation. The focus of that generosity has been on seeing lives changed in God’s Kingdom. Though we have a small congregation, CCCF has supported many missionaries overseas, it has been a part of drilling water wells in Kenya, it has built a home for a widow, it has financially supported several summer camps, a youth center and a woman’s shelter as well as many other service projects in our communities. Our congregation is known for making people feel welcomed and at home.
CCCF meets together to learn and grow in Christ and then to extend grace and hope in our communities. In addition to our Sunday morning service, we offer a community-coffee outreach on Wednesday’s, a women’s bible study, and Sunday school classes for children ages 0-13 during the Sunday morning service. Our youngest class will continue walking through the New Testament as they finished the Old Testament last year. In the fall, the older class will be working through a foundational course in How to Study the Bible. Right now with so many young children, we highly value the importance of teaching them how to read the bible and to present them with the entire message of the Gospel. In the past, our church has had strong youth groups that attracted many families to our church, but as those teens grew up and moved away, our group naturally became smaller. We currently have four teens and do not have an active youth ministry. In the future with so many young children, we foresee the need to start up a youth program again and we are excited for the opportunity to kick-start that ministry yet again! Our congregation desires to look for opportunities to meet needs in our community through service and giving.
Our Community
The Dapp and Jarvie communities are located in the middle of rich and fertile farmland. The communities were founded over a hundred years ago by hard-working, family-minded people that were drawn to the area’s beauty. Poplars, pines and the winding Pembina River created an idyllic setting to settle and carve out a life based on agriculture.
The people that live and work in this area are kind and community-focused. They are welcoming and warm; whether gathering over a potluck dinner or coming together for a game of softball, people enjoy being together and socializing. Here is a list of current community activities and events that are hosted in our area: Pancake Breakfasts, Farmer’s Market, Canada Day Parade, Children & Adult Softball, Taekwondo, Curling, Pickle Ball, Community-wide Good Friday Services, Hockey, 4-H Clubs, Summer Library Reading Programs, Bible Camp, and Community-Bussed Summer Swimming Lessons.
The communities of Flatbush, Fawcett, Jarvie, and Dapp have come together because of the amalgamation of their kindergarten to grade nine schools. There is now only one single K-9 school for all of these communities and it is located in Dapp, sixteen kilometres away from our church. The merging of these schools and communities has brought with it both challenges and opportunities for growth and change. It has also presented the opportunity for these communities to work together to create strong bonds and a great place for children to learn and grow. Grade 10 to 12 students attend the High School in Westlock which is our closest full-serviced town. There is another K-9 school twenty-four kilometres west of our church called Neerlandia Public Christian School.
The community comes together often to help and support people in need through fundraisers and other projects. People help one another, building a sense of togetherness and generosity. Most people know and trust their neighbors and feel that our community is an ideal place to raise a family.
