| Sunday's Service - March 6, 2022 | The featured Scripture is: 1 Peter 4:1-6
for Mike's message: Living For God. We will celebrate the Sacrament of Communion. Join us Sunday ~ In-Person & Online
Worship at 11am ~~~ Livestream available at: CGCC Facebook Page ~ CLC Facebook Page ~ CLC Website Come Grow With Us! | Celebrating the Guy Family Soon we will have a new little one to welcome! We can't wait to meet Gabe's little sibling! Prayers for Micah and Monica as they await the birth of their second child. | 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 online.
You can 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. ~~~ | | Bible Studies & Ministries | Sunday Morning Bible Study ~ 9:30am
Studying The Pilgrim's Progress Book Two: Christiana's Story Ladies Morning Bible Study ~ Friday, 9am
Twelve Extraordinary Women: How God Shaped Women of the Bible and What He Wants to Do with You by John MacArthur ~ Chapter 11
This week we will be discussing our next study book/topic. | Wednesday Morning Prayer Group
At the Jackson's & on Zoom
Zoom Personal Meeting ID: 6936117456
Password: prayer | LifeGroups
Designed to help adults grow as Christ followers.
▪ Young LifeGroup: Sundays, 6pm
▪ Weimer LifeGroup: Tuesdays, 10am
▪ Hileman LifeGroup: Wednesdays, 6:30pm
▪ Bartholomew LifeGroup: Fridays, 6:30pm | | 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 Kids Jr. ~ Collide Kids ~ Collide Middle School Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30pm
Kids from age 3 through grade 8 are invited to participate: Collide Kids Jr. (Ages 3-Kindergarten), Collide Kids (Grades 1-4), and Collide Middle School (Grades 5-8). Invite a friend! High School LifeGroup March 9, 5:30-6:30pm
Students in 9th-12th Grade, join us as we continue our study through the Book of James. We meet on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month. Feel free to bring a friend to join in! * Collide Wednesday, Hileman LifeGroup, and Senior High LifeGroup run February through April. | 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 you have all had a fantastic week and the weather has been kind. We are blessed because His mercies are new every single morning. As soon as we wake up – new mercies are ours. God loves us so much. Another dear friend of mine is rejoicing with Jesus now. Her race is run, and she is resting in His arms. I am looking for the day we are all reunited with our loved ones. Oh, what a glorious day!" "My Word for today is “YEARN." What in our lives is so important to us that we “yearn” for more? “Yearn” means long for, to pine, deep desire or wish for. Remember back when you were young, and you were dating? You could not wait until you were with your significant other or even just to hear their voice on the phone. Or maybe when you had a newborn and had to return to work. Those minutes you were away just ticked slowly by. The Holy Spirit wants us to “yearn” for more of His presence in our lives. We need to get focused and locked in on the Holy Spirit in our lives. He will help us through everything we encounter, every day. I “yearn” for the day when Jesus we shall all see! We will all be rejoicing around the throne together. Have a super blessed week!" As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. ~ Psalm 42:1 (NKJV) | | Marking the Season of Lent |  For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope. ~ Galatians 5:5 | | March Worship ~ Online & In-Person Pastor Mike Hileman ~ Sundays at 11:00am.
We're excited to welcome you to Worship, in church and online! | Collide Middle School Lock-In Students in 5th-8th Grade are invited to spend the night at church at the end of March! Friday, March 25 at 7pm until Saturday, March 26 at 8am, we have set aside time for our first lock-in. Watch for more details to come. | Vacation Bible School 2022 Group's Monumental VBS ~ Celebrating God's Greatness
Evenings, July 18-22 right here at Common Ground
Mark your calendars now! | 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've had a bit of lovely spring-like weather this week and we took full advantage of it! We spent time checking for fallen trees, which we will eventually cut up and clear away. We went bug and worm hunting to find food for our frog. We also worked on getting rid of some of the lingering snow piles that were in the way. We even enjoyed a good long walk in the woods, all the way back to the creek. Keeping with the theme of physical activity, we put in some hard work cleaning in the greenhouse and working up at the warehouse. We also began the task of yard clean-up, removing heaps of sticks and small branches that had littered the grass and flowerbeds out front. Our crew headed to Sam's Club on Tuesday. In order to be prepared for October's Giveaway, we are pre-sorting the clothing by sizes into storage containers. We had to go buy more containers to keep up with this project. If you have items to donate to the Giveaway, we are ready, willing, and able to accept them any time! On Saturday, Kitty (and probably Dustin, too!) will be at Birdfish in Columbiana for their very first Farm & Art Market. This runs from 10am-1pm. She'll have plenty of our jam, catnip toys, and dried herbs. Stop on down to check it out, have a visit, and do some local shopping! | Check out the GG table in the Great Room for CSA 2022 information.
Click the button below to read our current newsletter with tons of CSA details. | Jungle Jam & Juicy Jam Jungle Jam and Juicy Jam are available in several flavors at Reach for the STARS in Salem and in Columbiana at the Chamber of Commerce office. We are also glad to arrange a pick up at GG. Jungle Jam: Blueberry Jalapeno,
Cranberry Jalapeno, Hot, Cherry Habanero, Dragon
Juicy Jam: Cranberry Orange, Blueberry Lemonade We also have:
* Organic Catnip Toys ~ handmade here, with our catnip, cost - $4
* Dried Herbs ~ grown here this summer, dried by our crew, cost - donation
Peppermint, Sage, Lavender, Lemon Balm, and Thyme | | OUTREACH and 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 would like to donate to our program, monetary donations as well as donations of
regular mouth 8oz. canning jars, lids, and rings are always needed. Volunteers welcome! | 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. Visit the Rock Kidz table in the Great Room!
Check out the information about the upcoming July mission trip.
Sponsors needed for students in Masaka. | Coat & Clothing (& More!) Giveaway 2022 We accept clean, useable donations that could help others. Donate all year, 8:30am-2:30pm
during the week or on Sunday mornings. Items can be left under the overhang at the back
of the warehouse or popped into the barrel in the Great Room. Tell your friends & family! | 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! ~~~ | | Home & Garden Show This Weekend | Hands Only CPR Training For Bystander Saturday, 8am-2pm
1600 Youngstown Rd SE, Warren, OH 44484
MedSTAR EMS is offering free training on Hands-Only CPR & AED for bystanders. The goal of this course is to increase a bystander’s ability & willingness to help a person having a heart attack by initiating hands-only CPR until help arrives. Feel free to join us at your convenience on 3/5/2022 for a 30 to 60 minute training session in Hands-Only CPR. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and speak with first responders and dispatch personnel regarding emergency procedures. | Winter Farm & Art Market 2022 Saturday, 10am-1pm
Birdfish at 140 E. Park Ave. in Columbiana
Stop in this Saturday, March 5th from 10am to 1pm for the Inaugural Farm & Art Market at Birdfish. We’ve invited 20+ local artists, crafters, makers, and farmers to fill our business with life. Lib’s Market will be setup with their espresso machine serving drinks and coffee starting at 10AM. Smokeworx Street Cuisine is setting up early for breakfast/brunch starting at 11AM. Live acoustic music during the market provided by Kari Ann Rutushin on ukulele of Youngstown’s Larry Elefante and Cleveland’s Swap Meet. Also a long awaited return of Lindsay Mae Miller of Good Luck Elouise. Check out the event HERE to see the variety of local vendors, including Goodness Grows, that will be there! | Mill Creek Park Recreational Hike Wednesday, March 9, 19-10am
Meet at Wick Recreation Area Parking Lot. Moderate, 2 or 4 miles. Volunteer led hikes focusing on exercising in the outdoors. Call WRA 330.740.7114 for details. | TODAY - World Wildlife Day
March 4 - World Day of Prayer
March 6 - National Dentist's Day
March 8 - International Women's Day
March 9 - Elias Hartley
March is National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month *If we don't have your special days, please let us know!!!*
Email the secretary at commonground.secretary@gmail.com. | ON OUR CALENDAR March 3-9, 2022 . . .
Today, 4:30pm - GG Board Meeting
Today, 6:30pm - Praise Team
Friday, 9am - Ladies Bible Study
Friday, 6:30pm - Bartholomew LifeGroup
Saturday, 10am-1pm - GG at Winter Farm & Art Market
Sunday, 9:30am - Sunday Class
Sunday - Communion Sunday
Sunday, 11am - In-Person & Online Worship & Collide Sunday Ministries
Sunday, 6pm - Young LifeGroup
Weekdays, 8:30am-2:30pm - GG at Work
Tuesday, 10am - Weimer LifeGroup
Wednesday, 10am - Morning Prayer Group
Wednesday, 5:30pm - High School LifeGroup
Wednesday, 6:30-7:30pm - Collide & Hileman LifeGroup Throughout the winter, all activities on the calendar are weather permitting. | 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. | |
