Sunday's Service - February 9, 2020 | We welcome Pastor Mike Hileman, along with his Praise & Worship team, to lead us in a special combined Worship service this week. The featured Scripture will be: 1 John 1:8-10 for Mike's message: Cure for Man's Oldest Disease. | Join us this Sunday for Worship! | Bible Studies Sunday Morning Class: 9:30am Study of Psalms | Wednesday Morning Ladies Study: 9:30am Parables: The Mysteries of God's Kingdom Revealed Through the Stories Jesus Told by John MacArthur You are welcome to join in studies at any time! | Garden & Nursery News Garden kids will remain in Worship to participate in this special service. Activity pages for kids will be on the table by the Sanctuary doors. Children 3 & younger are invited to the Nursery for Bible story time. | Youth Group For youth in 5th grade & up We will meet again on February 16, 6-7:30pm. Please check out the snack sign up sheet on the bulletin board! | We will be working on a special project later this month for the bunnies at the Frisky Ferrets, Fuzzies, & Feathered Friends Rescue & Sanctuary. Toilet paper/paper towel tubes are needed for this project, as soon as possible. We're also in need of small, clean socks and craft stuffing (poly-fil) for another upcoming project. If you can donate these, or any other craft-type supplies you want to clear out of your collection, it would be much appreciated! Thank you and thanks to all who have already donated! | Annual YG Service Project Souper Bowl of Caring | Thanks to YOU, we raised $82 for the 3C's food pantry. Each $1.00 can provide 6 meals to hungry seniors, children, and families, which means we donated 492 meals to folks facing food insecurity. Our soup pots are overflowing! Thank you for your donations to help folks in our community! | Ladies' Valentine Tea Saturday from 1-3pm Ladies of all ages are invited to join us for this annual event. Bring your favorite teatime treat to share and plan to enjoy a relaxing afternoon of hot tea, good conversation, and delicious food! We are looking forward to enjoying this annual event with you once again. | Our teacups are ready for Saturday! | Special Worship Service & Potluck Luncheon This Sunday We hope to see you here for our special service and potluck luncheon this week! Pastor Mike Hileman will preach, his praise team will provide the music, and congregation members from Connecting Life Church will be worshiping with us. This service will combine elements of Worship from both churches. Then we will gather for fellowship and food to enjoy a potluck meal together. We hope everyone can attend this special combined day of Worship and community! Note about Offering: We will take Offering for Common Ground like normal during service. Connecting Life Church will have their giving box available as well. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. ~ Colossians 3:16 | Wednesday night practice with the Praise & Worship team! | February Speakers 16 - Bill Coler 23 - Martin Dunham | www.goodnessgrows4all.org Our Mission Statement: To cultivate personal, social, and community growth through gardening, education, and opportunity for people of all abilities. ~~~ | This week has been all about moving, carrying, and rearranging as we helped prep for Common Ground's Ladies Tea and Sunday's special service and luncheon. Our folks certainly built up their arm muscles with all the moving of tables and chairs! We also took some time out on Monday to visit the Agronomy Center and Millstone as we get ready for the planting season. Then we headed to Austintown to WalMart to do our monthly grocery shop and to stop at Highway Tabernacle, where most of our crew will be on Friday evening for the Tim Tebow Night to Shine Dance. With this week's weather we were even able to get outside and into the woods, which everyone enjoyed. Tuesday's cooking project with Sue was a big one. We enjoyed a baked potato bar that included freshly cooked bacon and broccoli, barbecue chicken, and baked beans. It was a delicious day! | Planting Supplies Do you need any planting supplies? As we work on cleaning and sorting throughout the property, we have found some seed starting containers we do not need. If you are interested, talk to Rachel to find out what we have available. | OUTREACH and MISSION OPPORTUNITIES | Ongoing Outreach/Mission Opportunity Coat & Clothing & More Drive Keep saving all your clothing and outerwear items for our fall giveaway. Tell your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers that we will accept donations all year! Clothes for all ages and sizes needed, along with coats, bags, purses, shoes, housewares, books, toys...whatever you think might help someone in need. Bags and boxes for people to carry their "new" items home with them are also needed! Drop items off in the collection barrel or take them up to the Green Room. We have had two people stop in this week regarding our Giveaway (one who donated and one who wanted a flyer to help collect donations because she has been helped by our event in the past) as well as a phone call asking about it...and it is only February! There is certainly a need to be met through this ministry. How can you help? | For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me. .....When you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me. Matthew 25: 35-36, 40 ~ What can YOU do? | LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWS/EVENTS | If you know of any interesting news or events, please let us know, so that we can pass it on to others! | Custom Art & Parts Event at Adam Pratt's business, Youngstown Cycle and Speed, this Saturday from 10am-5pm. Check out this showcase of local artisans that work in the automotive and motorcycle medium including pin striping, renderings, metal art, and more. See more details, including the artists, Here. | Winter Market for a Cause | Learn more about the 501(c)3 organization that the Winter Market is benefiting this year Here. Buster’s Brigade is committed to providing financial and material assistance for the basic and emergency needs of dogs and cats in Mahoning County and surrounding areas. | Valentine Family Fun at Gorants | CELEBRATE! Today - National Frozen Yogurt Day February 7 - Townsend Bendersmith February 8 - National Kite Flying Day February 8 - National Boy Scout Day February 10 - Carl Landis February 12 - Tori Snyder February 12 - Abraham Lincoln's Birthday If we don't have your special days, please let us know! | ON THE CG CALENDAR February 6-12, 2020 . . . Saturday, 1-3pm - Ladies Valentine Tea Sunday, 9:30am - Bible Study Sunday, 11am - Worship Sunday, 12pm - Potluck Luncheon Monday, 9:30am - GG at Whispering Pines Wednesday, 9:30am - Ladies Bible Study | Seeking to reflect the unconditional love of God, our mission is to help people connect - to God, to one another, and to God's purpose for the world. | Come grow with us! Service Time: Sunday @ 11:00am Common Ground Church Community 2310 West South Range Road North Lima, Ohio 44452 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For more information, call 330-549-9408 or contact us by email at commonground.secretary@gmail.com. | |