| Sunday Service ~ June 11, 2023 | The featured Scripture is: Philippians 4:1-9
for Mike's message: Overcoming Discontentment Part 2. We will celebrate the Sacrament of Communion.
Collide Kids Grades 1-4 will remain in Worship. | Livestream at: CLC Website
Recorded service posted to: CGCC Facebook & CLC Facebook Come Grow With Us! | Worshiping Together Spend Sunday mornings with us ~ in-person or online at 11:00am.
Let's grow together through Worship, Praise, and Prayer, in the Sanctuary and online. Please send your prayer requests in for our Joys & Concerns email that goes out on
Monday morning! The CGCC website has a Contact/Prayer Request page, you can
email Jen Lynch directly, or use commonground.secretary@gmail.com. ~~~ | God Bless the Class of 2023 It was such a joy to celebrate our graduates! | Hospitality Ministry Do you like to welcome others to church? Have a talent for handing out bulletins? Is your passion making...or shopping for...food? Are you skilled at setting up and putting away snacks? If you can say YES to any of those questions, we have just the thing for you!!! Sign up at the front desk to join our Hospitality Team for the next service period of July-December 2023. Help us make everyone feel at home here with our wonderful church family! Talk to Team Leader Joyce Jackson if you have any questions.
Thank you for serving! ~~~ | | Bible Studies & Ministries | Sunday Morning Bible Study ~ 9:30am
Studying the Book of Genesis - Class resumes June 25. Ladies Morning Bible Study ~ Friday, 9am
Alistair Begg & Sinclair Ferguson's Name Above All Names. | Wednesday Morning Prayer Group
10am at the Jackson's house and on Zoom.
Personal Meeting ID: 6936117456 / Password: prayer | LifeGroups ▪ Bartholomew LifeGroup: Watch for dates to come for concerts at Firestone Farms and a bonfire.
▪ Young Adult LifeGroup: Sunday, 6pm
▪ Tuesday LifeGroup: 10am - Meeting June 13 at the Carrier's. Will be planning week by week due to summer schedules. | Courageous Men's Night 2nd & 4th Saturdays of the month from 6-7:30pm. Pastoral Intern Austin Young will be sharing
his testimony this Saturday evening. We hope to see you there.
Who can you invite to join us? | | CGCC/CLC Children's Ministry | Collide Sunday
During Worship at 11am
Children will enjoy age-appropriate Worship and a lesson then apply it
through crafts, games, and other fun ways to grow in Jesus.
* Nursery Care (Newborn-3 in Nursery)
* Collide Kids Jr. (Ages 3-6 in Sprouts Room)
* Collide Kids Church - Grades 1-4 in Worship | Register for VBS! Don't miss our Stellar adventure as we Shine Jesus' Light!
We blast off July 17-21 from 6-8pm. Register online or grab a registration form (as well as volunteer forms) from the VBS table. Prayerfully consider who YOU can invite to join in our journey through God's Word! VBS launches in just over a month!
We encourage you to sign up and be a part of this amazing journey through God's Word! ~~~ | Volunteer Opportunities THIS Week TOMORROW, 9:30-11:30am - Fall Giveaway prep in warehouse -
Come for as long as you can to help us sort and organize more items and make sure
things are tidy for the H&H Summer Picnic and Giveaway. All ages welcome! Sunday - Help with clean-up after potluck lunch -
GG will set up for the luncheon but volunteers are needed for clean up and dish washing. “Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr. ~~~ | Church Family Potluck This Sunday Stay after Worship for food and fellowship.
We can't wait to see all the delicious dishes
that everyone will bring to share! | Prayer For whom are you praying today?
How can we pray for you? We are here to pray with and for you, anytime! Prayer needs sent by early Monday morning will be included in the weekly Joys & Concerns email.
We are also glad to send out prayer requests and praise reports anytime throughout the week! | Encouragement Thank you to Marcia Kreps for sharing and
Darla Smith for writing these weekly bits of encouragement. "I pray your week has been blessed. Send down the rain Lord – we need it. The weather has been so nice though. Just need some rain. The garden and flowers are growing but they are certainly thirsty. We have been watering but the rain that comes naturally is better for them, I think." "My WORD for this week is “RESPECT” – what do you think of when you see or hear this word? My thoughts went straight to Aretha Franklin singing it! Can you hear it? Now it will be stuck in your head. Anyway, back to the encouragement. Another word for “respect” can be fear, reverence, regard, and such. Sometimes we mistake fear for “respect” or reverence. We may not always agree with some people, but you need to remember to show “respect” anyway. This world has become a place where if we disagree, we can’t be friends, or if we think differently, we do not show others “respect.” We need to stop……all of this. Jesus died for us ALL. Before we were even here (and He would know what rascals we would be sometimes), He still loved us – ALL of us. If we could just get a grasp on that. It seems like the enemy would have us all in this state of argumentative behavior and is loving it. Let’s take a step back every time we feel a disagreement coming – ask the Holy Spirit to guide our words with “respect” and love. This will make such a difference in our lives. “Respect” the position of authority as well – even though we may not agree – “respect” and pray. Let God do the rest. Will leave you with one last thing "R – E – S – P – E – C – T!” Respect everyone, and love the family of believers. Fear God, and respect the king
~ 1 Peter 2:17 (NLT) ~~~ | Blessing Box Located by the Sanctuary doors, the Blessing Box is always available. If you have a need, please write it on one of the cards next to the box and pop it inside. Additionally, if you are not comfortable putting the need on a card, we are always reachable by email at: connectinglife.clc@gmail.com or commongroundsecretary@gmail.com Requests for help with any need will be kept confidential. | June Worship ~ Online & In-Person Pastor Mike Hileman ~ Sundays at 11am
Ben St. John will deliver the message on June 25. We're excited to welcome you to Worship, in church and online! ~~~ | Quarterly Church Potluck Luncheon Dates This Sunday / September 10 / December 3 | Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities Mark your calendars! Wednesday, June 14, 6pm - H&H event organizing Friday, June 16, 11am-2pm - H&H event organizing June 24, 11am-2pm - H&H Giveaway & Summer Picnic July 17-21, 6-8pm - Stellar Vacation Bible School | www.goodnessgrows4all.org Our Mission Statement: To cultivate personal, social, and community growth through gardening, education, and opportunity for people of all abilities. |  Rachel & Kitty Visit with Trevor at Wine Fest! |  GG's Caleb as the Beast in Beauty and the Beast in Columbiana! |  Canfield Presby Mission Day at GG! | | |  Welcome, Liam! | GG had a spectacular weekend! Dustin, Tori, and Caleb - along with the rest of the cast - absolutely shined on stage in the musical Beauty and the Beast! At the Columbiana Wine Fest, Kitty and Rachel sold lots of jam and got to see many friends, both old and new. Former intern Trevor stopped by for jam and conversation and gave a promise to come visit us in North Lima...which he kept on Tuesday! Trevor accompanied his dad, Don Wilson, as he led a volunteer visit from Canfield Presbyterian Church. It was a joy to work with our friends from CPC, who have come here to serve with GG for many years! Each summer they manage at least one day with youth group members coming out to volunteer at GG. It was also a joy to have Trevor (who just graduated from college with his Doctor of Pharmacy degree and we can now call Dr. Trevor Wilson) home with us here in North Lima! Monday brought us our final intern for this summer. We were all glad to welcome Cam and Keaton's younger brother, Liam Surgenavic, to his first year working at GG. Welcome, Liam! We hope he returns for many more summers! (This is our fourh brother to join the GG family in a tradition started years ago by oldest brother Darius. We are very glad that their family is a part of ours!) On Wednesday, some of our crew headed out to Canfield to take an exercise class with Bethany at Fitness For All. They gave it their all stretching, doing yoga poses, riding stationary bikes, and even using medicine balls and kettle bells. Bethany is a fantastic teacher, taking the time to notice each person's strengths. We can't wait to go back! This Saturday, stop by the Youngstown Flea for the Father's Day Flea. Kitty will be at our table, fully stocked with Jungle Jam, Juicy Jam, and handmade catnip toys. (We hear that there are tons of Dad's hoping for jam for Father's Day this year! Jungle Jam makes a superb glaze for grilled meats!) There will be plenty of other fabulous local vendors and makers to check out as well. | Jungle Jam & Juicy Jam Available at Reach for the STARS in Salem, in Columbiana at Living Luxe Designs, and here at GG.
Our crew just made some strawberry jam flavors to celebrate strawberry season here in NE Ohio! Jungle Jam: - $7 - Blueberry Jalapeno, Cranberry Jalapeno,
Strawberry Jalapeno, Hot, Cherry Habanero, Pineapple Habanero,
Peach Habanero, Dragon Juicy Jam: - $7 - Cranberry Orange, Cherry Lemonade, Strawberry Lemonade We also have:
Organic Catnip Toys ~ handmade here, with our catnip, cost - $4
Handmade Wine Cork Cat Toys ~ designed by our clients, cost - $1
Apple Butter ~ $5 & $10 jars
GG T-Shirt ~ $15 assorted sizes | | OUTREACH & MISSION OPPORTUNITIES | Goodness Grows The non-profit ministry of CGCC, Goodness Grows is always busy on our property.
GG works with students and adults with disabilities, providing vocational habilitation training
in a fun, hands-on way. The GG crew maintains the grounds and cleans the building. If you are looking for a way to serve, come help GG take care of the grounds.
There is plenty for everyone to do on a property this big! | Rock Kidz Uganda, Inc. To Advocate, Advise, Advance the ministries
of Divine Soccer in Masaka, Uganda for the benefit
of the children of the community. Sponsorships and donations can be made to:
Rock Kidz Uganda, Inc.
1814 E. 3rd St., Salem, OH 44460
or via Pay Pal at rockkidzuganda@gmail.com.
Learn more at: Rock Kidz Uganda and on: www.rockkidzuganda.org. | Letters for the Kids of Divine Junior School Several of us are Uganda bound in July & we'd like to take letters to your sponsored kids.
Would you please write a letter to your child/children for us to deliver?
Our goal is actually to have a letter for every child at the school! Use the names of the kids on our poster in the Great Room or leave off a name so
your letter can be shared with any student. You can even write more than one letter!
Ask them questions about school, home, and their life. Share encouragement, scripture,
and lots of love. You may even include pictures! Please bring them to church, send to rockkidzuganda@gmail.com, or mail to 1814 E 3rd St, Salem, OH 44460. | Sending love across the miles! | October Coat & Clothing (& More!) Giveaway Saturday, October 21, 9:30am-1pm
We accept donations of clean, useful items all year. Drop them off under the overhang at the back of the warehouse or use the barrel by the library table in the Great Room. If you need help unloading, Goodness Grows folks are usually available weekdays from 9:15am-1:45pm. We would also appreciate any shopping bags and especially any boxes that you can save. Our next Church Work Day in the Warehouse is set for TOMORROW from 9:30-11:30am.
Stop in for the whole time or give however much time you have - it's all appreciated! Pantry Staples Bags for Giveaway 2023
We've set an ambitious goal of filling 500 bags with the following items:
peanut butter (or other nut butter) / tuna / canned veggies / mac & cheese
pasta & sauce / canned fruit / granola bars
We will be accepting monetary donations as well as the requested items through October 8. If we start shopping now, find some good sales, and are careful to check for expiration dates that are well past October 21, 2023, we might be able to send a bag of food home with every person who attends the Giveaway! Let's dream BIG and work together for our community!! Important Note: If you find a good sale on non-perishables with expiration dates before October, please remember that Heroes & Halos is giving away items on June 24th! | Learn more about Heroes & Halos on their Facebook page and stay up to date on what they are doing in the community. H&H is a non-profit organization that reaches out to the community and provides Awareness, Education, Assistance, and Outreach Programs regarding Individuals with Special Needs and Disabilities and their families. Talk to Pam Veiock about how you can get involved! |  Drop off items here! | H&H Giveaway & Summer Picnic
We will be having a distribution event on June 24, 11am-2pm up at the CGCC warehouse. Volunteers needed the week before & the day of the event. Our first work day to get organized is Wednesday, June 14, beginning at 6pm. We will also be setting up on Friday, June 16, from 11am-2pm.
More volunteer dates may be scheduled, as needed. Our goal is to give away summer clothes, pajamas, and sandals, as well as some canned/boxed goods we have and possibly some small toys we've had in storage. If anyone has something they would like to donate, we will be glad to put it to good use! We will also be providing a summer BBQ picnic of grilled hot dogs, chips, and water. Donations of mustard, ketchup, bottled water - and closer to the event - small bags of chips and hotdog buns would be appreciated. Thank you to those who have donated! ~~~ | | Point 5k Fundraiser for the Rescue Mission | The 2023 Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley Point 5k will take place at White House Fruit Farm on Saturday, July 8th, 2023! Lots of fun. Family-friendly. A great time on the farm! Just like each year, it’s not a 5k…. it’s a POINT 5k, which means you’ll be walking just 1,640 feet start to finish! And what would a trip to White House be without a donut. So to keep up your strength so you can cross the finish line strong, we will have a donut stop at the 1/2 way mark. Just $5 to register and you get an official Point 5k car decal at the end of the “race!”
One-hundred percent of each $5 donation goes to providing overnight emergency food and
shelter for up to 186 men, women, and children nightly at Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley and to help feed dozens more from the public daily. Thank you for your kind support! Register today to have fun and help our valley's Mission!
Point 5K to Benefit Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley Have more questions? Talk to our own Janine Landis and she can point you
in the right direction to get the info you're seeking! | 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! ~~~ | | East Palestine Library Book Sale Begins Today | Community Spaghetti Dinner TONIGHT, 6pm
Columbiana First Presbyterian Church
Spaghetti Dinner followed by a night of comedy with DOUBLE i Improv, the improvisational comedy troupe of Indigo Family Theater. Free, but a free will collection will be taken. Guaranteed funny or your money back. The comedy show begins at 6:45. First come, first seated. Once all seats are taken, we will turn people away. No take outs. | Riverfest 2023 Sunday, 11am-4pm
At the B&O Station Banquet Hall in Youngstown
Come on out and join the Friends of the Mahoning River this Sunday to celebrate the Mahoning River. There will be free canoe and kayak rides given by our friends over at Trumbull Canoe Trails Paddling Club. There will also be food, music, kids activities, educational displays, and a 50/50 raffle. See you down by the river! | Community Storytelling - Family Sagas Sunday, 2pm
Join Spoken Threads for community storytelling this Sunday at Harbel's Market on SR 14 in Columbiana. The theme is Family Sagas. Live music by Chase Reiter. Refreshments available for purchase. Event is free. Come to share a story. Come to listen to others share their stories. Spoken Threads welcomes all stories and all storytellers, including those challenging traditional systems and structures. Audience members are requested to commit to the discipline of respectful listening. | Today - World Oceans Day
June 9 - Jack Snyder
June 10 - Isabella Henceroth
June 14 - Flag Day & the US Army Birthday
June is National Adopt A Cat Month! If we don't have your special days,
please let us know!!! Email the secretary at commonground.secretary@gmail.com. | ON OUR CALENDAR June 8-14, 2023 . . .
Weekdays, 8:30am-2:30pm - Goodness Grows at Work
Today, 6:30pm - Praise Team
Friday, 9am - Ladies Bible Study
Friday, 9:30am - Volunteer Time in Warehouse
Saturday, 9am-3pm - GG at the Flea
Saturday, 6pm - Courageous Men's Night
Sunday - Communion Sunday
Sunday, 10:15am - Fellowship Time
Sunday, 11am - Worship, Nursery, & Collide Jr.
Sunday, After Worship - Potluck Luncheon
Sunday, 6pm - Young Adult LifeGroup
Tuesday, 9:30am-2pm - GG Field Trip
Tuesday, 10am - LifeGroup at the Carrier's
Wednesday, 10am - Prayer Group
Wednesday, 6pm - H&H Volunteer Opportunity | 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! Common Ground Church Community
Connecting Life Church
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. | |
