| Sunday's Service - September 26, 2021 | The featured Scripture is: 1 Peter 1:8-9
for Mike's message: Sojourners Part 6 ~ Know Christ Fully. Join us Sunday ~ In-Person & Online
Worship at 11am Connecting Life Church Facebook Page Come Grow With Us! | Worshiping Together Spend Sunday morning with us ~ in-person or online at 11:00am.
Let's grow together through Worship, Praise, and Prayer, in the Sanctuary
and on Facebook. Use the Facebook link Connecting Life and also check out
the Media Library on the CLC website to watch recent sermons. 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. Following the current health guidelines, mask are optional here at the church.
We ask that you use your own discretion about what you feel is best
for you and your family regarding masks and social distancing. ~~~ |  Welcome, Delania and Austin! | | | Bible Studies & Ministries | Sunday Morning Bible Study ~ 9:30am
Studying 1 Thessalonians Ladies Morning Bible Study
Fridays at 9am, Discerning the Voice of God by Priscilla Shirer | Wednesday Morning Prayer Group ~ 10am
Back at the Jackson's again starting next week & on Zoom
Zoom Personal Meeting ID: 6936117456, Password: prayer
You are welcome to participate in-person or online. | LifeGroups
Designed to help adults grow as Christ followers.
▪ Hileman LifeGroup: Wednesday, 6:30-7:30pm
▪ Bartholomew LifeGroup: This Friday, 6:30pm
▪ Weimer LifeGroup: This Tuesday, 10am
▪ Young LifeGroup: Sunday, 6pm WE BELIEVE:
Found People Find People.
Growing People Change.
Saved People Serve People.
Life is Better Together. ~~~ | | CGCC/CLC Children's Ministry | Collide Sunday ~ During Worship at 11am
* Nursery Care (Newborn-3 in Nursery)
* Collide Kids Jr. (Ages 3-6 in Sprouts Room)
* Collide Kids Church (Grades 1-4 in Activity Room) Collide Wednesday ~ 6:30-7:30pm
* Collide Kids Jr. ~ Ages 3-PreK
* Collide Kids ~ Grades 1-4
* Collide Middle School ~ Grades 5-8 Collide Volunteers
If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out and return a Collide Volunteer Application and a Background Check Release form so we can approve you for service. Forms are located on the library table as you walk into the Great Room. Thank you! Senior High Info Coming
We will be launching a brand new group to serve our students in Grades 9-12. Details to come! ~~~ | 2022 CGCC/CLC Directory Family Information Form Please send in your information (commonground.secretary@gmail.com)
or turn in your card by this Sunday to help us complete new combined directories. We really appreciate your help with gathering all our
info in one easy to use document. Thanks, everyone! | Giveaway Prep News You can start helping right now by donating boxes, bags, and hangers. Feel free to bring in those items anytime. You can also help by spreading the word to everyone you can think of that we accept donations of all clean, useful items and that everyone is welcome to come to the Giveaway. Your help is very much appreciated! | 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. "We are so blessed to be called the family of God! His mercies are new to us every morning. His glory shines all around us. Blessed be His Name. Well, my garden and flowers are giving their last hurrah! I have so enjoyed the colors, the birds, the bees, the butterflies, and all the visitors in my backyard this summer. All God’s creatures great and small. No matter what goes on around us – we are still so blessed to enjoy the presence of the Almighty!" "The Word God gave me for this week is “TRUST.” My thoughts went back to when Gabe was very little, and we were at my sister’s house swimming. My dad was in the water with his arms ready to catch Gabe. At first, he was very hesitant and didn’t want to jump in - even though Dad was ready to catch him. Dad would say, “Trust me, Gabe." Before too long, Gabe was jumping in. (Sometimes before dad was looking!) But Gabe knew and had “trust” that dad would catch him. Isn’t that just like our God? He will be there for us if we would just “trust” Him in everything. “Trust” Him with our whole heart, not just a part. We need to “trust” Him in the good times and the bad times. We need to know and “trust” that God is working all things for our good. God is always looking - so let’s jump in with all our “trust.” He will never let us fall. “Trust” in the Lord with all our heart - not with our understanding but with His understanding! Have a wonderful week full of “trusting” in the Lord with your whole heart. Let Him handle it." The Lord is my strength and shield.
I trust him with all my heart.
He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy.
I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. ~ Psalm 28:7 (NLT) | September Worship ~ Online & In-Person Pastor Mike Hileman ~ Sundays at 11:00am
Join us at church or online via Facebook Live: Connecting Life
We're excited to welcome you to Worship, in church and online! Watch for a date for Outdoor Worship in October! ~~~ | Church Goodness Grows Work Day October 9, 9:30am
Handy volunteers needed to help install our new wet wall! ~~~ | Coat & Clothing & More Giveaway 2021 Saturday, October 16, 10am-1pm
For the first time ever, in the warehouse! ~~~ | Freezer Meal Making Plans are being made. Watch for details! | www.goodnessgrows4all.org Our Mission Statement: To cultivate personal, social, and community growth through gardening, education, and opportunity for people of all abilities. ~~~ | News of the Week We were excited to meet a new friend on Monday. She learned about the Giveaway from WKBN and has now brought several loads of donations! We also spent time harvesting produce for the food pantry. Then on Tuesday, some of us traveled to Lowellville to pick up donations of useable items from two houses. It was a week full of giving and caring for our valley! We had some beautiful weather this week - perfect for enjoying our woods with a nature walk. We are keeping an eye out for all the colorful leaves of fall! Much of this week has been spent making more jam. Our peach jams have been selling like crazy and people have been eager to try the new Dragon Jungle Jam! Kitty will be at the event at Firestone Farms on Saturday evening with plenty of jam, ready for all your jam needs. Today is our final CSA Day of the 2021 season. It sure did go fast! We are so grateful for all the wonderful subscribers and all the support we have had for GG. CSA information for the 2022 season will be out this winter. Remember ~ We are collecting both egg shells and egg cartons. Additionally, we would love to put your coffee grounds to work, enriching our soil. Feel free to drop any of these items off at the front desk. Thanks! | GG at Firestone Farms Kitty will be manning a table this Saturday at Firestone Farms. Stop by and chat with her and get some Jungle Jam or Juicy Jam to take home! | Jungle Jam & Juicy Jam Jungle Jam and Juicy Jam are available in several flavors at
Reach for the STARS in Salem as well as in Columbiana at
the Columbiana Chamber of Commerce office.
We are also very glad to arrange a jam pick up at GG. Jungle Jam: Blueberry Jalapeno, Hot, Cherry Habanero, Peach Habanero, Dragon
Juicy Jam: Peach Lemonade | Donations of Jam Supplies Needed If you are looking for a way to help Goodness Grows,
donating needed items is a huge help!
We are currently in need of:
8oz. Canning Jars (Regular)
Canning Jar Lids
* Sugar
And, of course, monetary donations are always appreciated.
We are truly grateful for your support to keep our mission growing! | | OUTREACH and MISSION OPPORTUNITIES | Goodness Grows The non-profit ministry of Common Ground Church Community, 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. Stop in to see how you can help goodness grow! | 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. Check out the Rock Kidz table in the Great Room. Products from Uganda still available.
Sponsors are needed for children in Masaka! Sponsors support Bible teaching,
food, housing, education, and parent training. | Coat & Clothing & More Giveaway 2021 Saturday, October 16, 10am-1pm
In the warehouse! Tell your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers that we collect items year-round! We are happy to take clothes for all ages and sizes, along with coats, hats, bags, purses, shoes, housewares, books, school supplies, stuffed animals, puzzles, toys... anything clean and useful. Please drop your items off in the barrel by the GG table in the Great Room
or pop them into the Green Room upstairs. Thank you! Please take info cards from the round table to share with family, friends, & neighbors! | 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! ~~~ | The Color Purple The Musical ~ Premiering This Weekend September 24, 25, 26 & October 1, 2, 3, 2021
Edward W. Powers Auditorium & DeYor Performing Arts Center
The Youngstown Playhouse and the DeYor Performing Arts Center welcome the return to live theatre with a co-production of The Color Purple. Directed by Trevail Maurice Smith and featuring local cast and musicians, the production will run September 24–October 3, 2021 at Edward W. Powers Auditorium. Purchase Tickets | Mushroom Walk with Sarra Mohn Saturday, 10am at the Poland Municipal Forest
Event by Friends of the Poland Municipal Forest
Sarra will introduce fun facts and research about fungi while exploring several parts of the forest. Emphasis will be on the identification, beauty, function, danger and diversity of our local mushrooms, not harvesting. The goal is to learn not harvest, to be knowledgeable stewards and help preserve the Poland Municipal Forest as the wonderful natural enclave that it is. Bring your cell phones to capture all the different species you discover. You’ll never take a hike the same way again! | | Autumn Market at the B&O Station | GLOW, Girls Leading Our World, Kick-Off Saturday, 1-4pm, Columbiana's First Presbyterian Church
Event by The Way Station
This free fun event is to promote and engage families and girls in the Columbiana GLOW program. At the kick-off:
-t-shirts can be tie-dyed
-succulents can be planted in fun vintage mugs
-sign-up for a 20-minute yoga session
-layer on your perspective to a community art piece
-get your face painted
-compete in old school fair games (egg race, sack race, egg, toss, and hula hoop off)
GLOW is a free program focused on helping Columbiana County 5-12th grade girls retain, cultivate, & develop a greater sense of self-esteem & self-worth. We do this through games, arts & crafts, community service, lessons, & guest speakers.
GLOW exists because a study of 10,000 plus girls found that on average a girl’s confidence plummets between 5th and 9th grade and it does not rebound to pre-middle school levels till after high school. That’s where GLOW steps in. | National Public Lands Day at Berlin Lake Saturday, 9am-3pm at Berlin Lake
7400 Bedell Rd, Berlin Center
Come out to Berlin Lake for National Public Lands Day! What better way to show appreciation to YOUR public lands than to spend more time in them. Activities will include: planting milkweed, tree care, and litter pick up. Hour break for lunch. (Lunch will not be provided.) | | Community Forum Followed By a Night of Prayer | DAYS TO REMEMBER Today - Rich Cole
September 23 - Remember Me Thursday
September 24 - Rick & Joyce Jackson
September 25 - National Public Lands Day
September 25 - National Bunny Day ~ perfect time to learn about our friends at F5RS
September 28 - National Neighbor Day
September is World Alzheimer's Month *If we don't have your special days, please let us know!* | ON OUR CALENDAR September 23-29, 2021 . . .
Weekdays, 8:30am-2:30pm - GG at Work
Tonight, 4-7pm - Final CSA Pick-Up
Friday, 9am - Ladies Bible Study
Friday, 6:30pm - Bartholomew LifeGroup
Saturday, 4-9pm - GG at Columbiana Uncorked
Sunday, 9:30am - Bible Study
Sunday, 11am - In-Person & Online Worship and Collide Sunday Ministries
Sunday, After Worship - CLC Deacon's Meeting
Sunday, 6pm - Young LifeGroup
Tuesday, 10am - Weimer LifeGroup
Wednesday, 10am - Prayer Group at the Jackson's house
Wednesday, 6:30-7:30pm - Collide Wednesday & Hileman LifeGroup | 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. | |
