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Fishers of men: a disciple is committed to the mission of Jesus A fully-formed disciple of Jesus will live as Jesus lived: loving others as we love ourselves, caring for the marginalized, and sharing the good news of Jesus wherever we are. We do not have to quit our jobs and move to a foreign country to participate in the mission of Jesus. We do it right where we live and work and play. Each month on this page we will offer practical guidance on how to join Jesus in the work he is already doing in the lives of those around us. Serve with Love CURRENT EPISODE Begin with Prayer EPISODE 5 Loving Our Neighbors During a Pandemic EPISODE 2 Eat With Others EPISODE 7 Incarnational Living EPISODE 4 Lifestyle of Service EPISODE 1 Listen with Care EPISODE 6 The Clarksburg Closet EPISODE 3

ROOTED RESOURCES WHAT IS ROOTED? RESOURCES WHO IS GOD? RESOURCES HOW DOES GOD SPEAK TO US? RESOURCES WHERE IS GOD IN THE MIDST OF SUFFERING? RESOURCES THERE IS AN ENEMY RESOURCES HOW CAN I MAKE THE MOST OF MY LIFE PART 1 RESOURCES HOW CAN I MAKE THE MOST OF MY LIFE PART 2 RESOURCES HOW DOES GOD VIEW MONEY? RESOURCES WHY AND HOW SHOULD I TELL OTHERS? RESOURCES WHY IS THE CHURCH IMPORTANT? RESOURCES

Cedarbrook Community Church is a community church in Clarksburg, Maryland. Building Relationships. Serving the needy. Cultivating Authentic faith. Worship with us on Sunday mornings at 9:30am and 11:15am. Livestream at 9:30a,m. HOME FOR THE CURIOUS AND THE COMMITTED Becoming followers of Jesus, bringing the good news of Jesus to the world WELCOME HOME Cedarbrook is a community of Christ-followers comprised of all ages, ethnicities, and stories. If you’re looking to grow in faith, build meaningful relationships, and serve the community, we’d love for you to join us. Sunday Gathering at 9:30 & 11:15am Livestream at 9:30am LIVESTREAM DISCUSSION GUIDES NEW SERIES THIS SUNDAY What do you do when the world starts rewriting the truth? In a cultural moment filled with noise and confusion, it’s easy to feel shaken. That’s why we’re diving into the letter of 1 John. John wrote to friends and leaders who were walking away from faith, spreading toxic ideas, and leaving everyone else wondering: "Do we actually know the truth?" John's letter shows us how to stay undeceived, radically follow Jesus when others walk away, and find real certainty in your faith. This is the perfect series to invite that friend who has questions or is wrestling with their faith. JOIN US UPCOMING EVENTS STAY CONNECTED SUBSCRIBE DOWNLOAD APP

VBS is a four-day adventure for kids ages 4* through grade 5! Packed with engaging stories, high-energy games, creative crafts, and fun worship, kids will discover the power of God’s love while making new friends. This year, Cedarbrook presents “Proof Pirates” — setting sail to explore a love that is Planned, Resurrecting, Outrageous, Overcoming, and Forever. (*Must be potty-trained.) WELCOME TO THE BEST WEEK OF THE YEAR Cedarbrook VBS 2026 VBS is a four-day adventure like no other, designed for kids ages 4* through grade 5! This exciting experience will take students on a journey filled with powerful storytelling, adrenaline-pumping games, creatively inspired crafts, and high-energy songs. Through it all, kids will encounter the transformative power of love and grace, all while having a blast with new friends! (*Must be potty-trained). This year, Cedarbrook Community Church presents “Proof Pirates” Join us for an adventure of a lifetime! Together, we will set sail and learn about the love of God. We want our kids to know their Savior—to know that it’s God’s love that makes them who they are. Kids will walk away knowing that God's love is P lanned, R esurrecting, O utrageous, O vercoming, and F orever. Our hope is that our children will never cease to be amazed that God reached down and saved scallywags like us. That is the greatest treasure in life. Register now to reserve early bird pricing of $25 per camper . After April 13 the price increases to $40 per camper. June 29 – July 2: 9:00am-12:00pm VBS After Party July 2: 6:00-8:00pm All are welcome to the Afterparty. No registration required! CAMPER REGISTRATION Volunteer for VBS One of the best parts about VBS is the amazing way adults and teenagers come together to love and care for kids during this impactful week. Join our incredible VBS team! VOLUNTEER APPLICATION ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us.

On January 21, we're kicking off 7 days of prayer and fasting. For this one week, we want to disconnect from the world through fasting and spend that time praying, connecting with God for three things. For personal revival and a vision of His promises in our lives. For specific opportunities to share the gospel with people in our lives. For our church family and the accomplishment of God’s mission here in the DMV area. GUIDE & JOURNAL PRAYER PROMPTS On February 1, we're kicking off 7 days of prayer and fasting. For this one week, we want to disconnect from the world through fasting and spend that time praying, connecting with God. Prayer is a lifeline. I have tried so hard to make prayer first in every situation. However, I’ve discovered many times that I often act first then want God to rescue me out of a situation, but prayer should be our premier choice, not our last resort. You see, recognizing the value of prayer as a lifeline is not enough. For prayer to become a part of our life, it needs to become something we look forward to doing, something that doesn’t give us a headache or makes us feel bad doing, but something that rejuvenates us, giving us hope and tangible peace. That’s the purpose of this week, and my ultimate prayer and hope for each of us, is that by practicing praying will help us experience what Paul the Apostle spoke of in Ephesians 3:18-19, to know how wide, how long, how high, and how deep God’s love is for you – a lifeline for our daily lives. So whether it’s before the day begins or before you go to bed, whether before you send that text or before you walk into that meeting, whether when bad things happen or before bad things happen, make prayer your lifeline. If you’re a well seasoned Christ follower or need to supercharge your prayers, then add the spiritual discipline of fasting to this week. And as you do so, I’m sure you’ll experience God and his grace for you. I can’t wait to hear the testimonies of all that God is doing and accomplishing in you and through you as you pray and fast. The sections below will guide you through how you can pray or fast, and what we’re praying for each day of this week. I’m praying God moves mightily in your life this week as you take a step of faith in prayer and fasting! Pastor Jonathan P.S. If you want prayer this week, click this link and submit a prayer request so the staff, elders, and other church leaders can pray for you. How Should We Pray? How do we make prayer a part of our everyday life? We can learn from two things that Jesus did in Mark 1:35. And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. (Mark 1:35 ESV) We should pray at a CERTAIN TIME . Jesus got up very early in the morning to spend time with His Heavenly Father. For prayer to work, we should do the same. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the morning or evening, but make sure it is a time you can be consistent with praying. Make a daily appointment with God and keep it. We should pray at a CERTAIN PLACE . Jesus had a prayer place. The place Jesus went was desolate on purpose. Your prayer place needs to be an undistracted environment where you can pray aloud and hear from God. Consider finding somewhere distractions can’t find you, or where you can’t access distractions. Maybe have some worship music playing in the background to muffle out the distractions. What Should You Pray? To make the most of your CERTAIN TIME and CERTAIN PLACE , you should go into prayer with a CERTAIN PLAN . Go into your prayer time with a plan. If it changes, that’s fine. For example, when Jesus taught His disciples how to pray, He gave His disciples a prayer outline. We call it the Lord’s Prayer. This is our plan this week. We are going to pray a little bit of the Lord’s prayer each day for 7 days. The Lord’s prayer can be found in Luke 11:2-4 and in Matthew 6:9-13. Below is the version from the Gospel of Matthew. 9 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread, 12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for yours is the kingdom, the power, and glory forever. Amen.* (Matthew 6:9-13 ESV) ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. What is Fasting? Fasting is withholding from something we want so we can set our attention on God. Food is an important part of life, but Scripture is full of invitations to go without it for a period of time to connect with God and be more mindful of our reliance on him. Types of Fasts: Complete Food Fast In this type of fast, you drink only liquids. Drink a lot of water, and then add in juice and shakes as needed. Partial Food Fast This fast involves abstaining from eating any type of food for a certain period of time each day. For example, you can choose to skip a certain meal or abstain from eating until sunset. Selective Food Fast This type of fast involves removing certain elements from your diet. One example of a selective fast is the Daniel Fast, during which you remove meat, sweets, and bread from your diet and consume water and juice for fluids and fruits and vegetables for food. Soul Fast If you don’t have much experience fasting food, have health (or other) issues that prevent you from fasting food, or if you wish to refocus certain areas of your life that are out of balance, this is a great option for you. For example, you might choose to fast social media or television for the duration and then carefully bring that element back into your life in healthy doses at the conclusion of the fast. How to Journal: W rite down your thoughts in following areas using two sentences or more: Write specifically the things you are grateful to God for. Write specifically the action steps you are going to take today or the next day to address any insights you received from God while you were praying or clinging to God through fasting. Write specifically the things you want to see God do for your own personal revival, opportunities to share the gospel in word and deed to the people around you, or through the church in our area. At the end of the 7 days, you should review your journal entries. In reviewing your journal entries, ask yourself: Are there any patterns in your gratitude toward God? Are there specific action steps that should be incorporated into your everyday routines? Are there any opportunities to minister the gospel in word or in deed that you need to step into?

EMPOWER From Rockville to Frederick, Mt Airy to Clarksburg, and everywhere in between, the gospel is capturing hearts and spreading so quickly it's beyond human imagination. As a church, we want to make the most of this momentum to accelerate the gospel in expanding God’s kingdom. To that end, we’ve created our EMPOWER offering. The EMPOWER offering is for those who want to give above and beyond their regular tithes and offerings to accelerate the mission and vision of Cedarbrook. It is dedicated to fuel gospel movement now and in the future. Through the EMPOWER offering we are seeding investments on the future and next generation of gospel work. Our EMPOWER offering funds 4 strategic ministry initiatives: Ministry Leader Development Local and Global Missions Church Planting Digital Ministry Click on the icons below for more information on each initiative. Ministry Training Adding ministry discipleship and technical training scholarships so individuals can reach their God-given potential, in order live out their Kingdom purpose. Mission Projects Seeding innovation funds for our local and international missions partners proclaiming the gospel, and delivering Biblical justice. Church Planting Funding Gospel-centered church planting in key high-density communities throughout Montgomery, Frederick, and Howard counties. Digital Ministry Building the foundations for delivering high-impact digital ministry to bridge the gap between the physical and online church through gospel centered content. In faith, we will follow God's calling to fuel a gospel movement, by equipping the next generation of leaders and building lighthouses for the gospel—locally and around the world. I’m excited to see what God does with our faithfulness. Who knows what God might do through your generosity? To go above and beyond by fueling our Empower Giving Initiative, select "Empower" on your giving designation or write "Empower" in the memo line. GIVE NOW

Item List Follow me: a disciple knows and follows Jesus When we look at the life of Jesus, it is very clear that his mind and his worldview were deeply formed by the Scriptures. As we read the Gospels, we see that he was literate, conversant, and passionate about the Word of God. And he calls his followers to be the same. A disciple of Jesus needs to understand and embrace the essential teachings of the Bible. Each month we will explore an essential doctrine of God’s Word through video and print resources. We hope that you will find these helpful in your discipleship journey. The Doctrine of the Church CURRENT EPISODE The Doctrine of God the Holy Spirit EPISODE 5 The Doctrine of Scripture EPISODE 2 The Doctrine of Salvation EPISODE 7 The Doctrine of God the Son EPISODE 4 Why Learn Doctrine EPISODE 1 The Doctrine of Humanity and Sin EPISODE 6 The Doctrine of God the Father EPISODE 3

OUR TEAM JONATHAN KWON Lead Pastor JOHN GIST Worship Pastor JASON CHANG Church Plant Pastor Resident JULIA SEIFERT Promiseland Director MARIAN GREEN Communications Administrator ABBY MARTINEZ Administrative Assistant MOLLIE RANDALL Women's Ministry Leader PAUL HANSEN Executive Pastor KEN JACKSON Spiritual Formation Pastor JESSIE FREELAND Middle School Ministries Director JASON BENOWITZ Music & Production Director PETER JACKSON Youth Worship Leader & Worship Assistant PETER JOHNSON Business Director WILLIAM FERRY Men's Ministry Leader ELDERS Paul Ajamian Walter Chang Carl McLaughlin Ed Obendorfer Andrew Randall Lenny Smith DEACONS Rob Ervin Lindsay Folkerts Michael Leahy Deb Macklin Edwin Rosas Frank Schwartz John Stohlman

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7715ce40-e4b4-44ae-8af3-f78b066f49c7 I will make you become: a disciple is being changed by Jesus Jesus wants to transform us so that we become the kind of people who genuinely love God and others from the core of our being. This change in our hearts goes way beyond what our willpower and good intentions can accomplish. But, it is also not something that God will do in us without our involvement. Each month we will provide video and print resources that look at a spiritual practice, experience, or relationship that can ground us in a lifestyle of openness to God and the work he is doing in us. Servanthood BOOKS Improving Your Serve by Charles Swindoll Full Service: Moving from Self-Serve Christianity to Total Servanthood by Siang-Yang Tan ARTICLES Jesus’s Teaching on Servant Leadership by John Maxwell What it Means to be Great by Tony Evans VIDEOS The Mindset of a Servant by Tony Evans Modeling the Role of a Servant by Charles Swindoll NOTES COMMENTS heart page

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