| Sunday's Service - December 15, 2019 | We welcome back Phil Bartholomew to lead us in Worship this week. | Join us this Sunday for Worship! | Advent Candle Lighting On this third Sunday of Advent, Sue Weaver will light
the Joy candle and lead us in our reading. | 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! |  Ornament Painting Last Week | Garden & Nursery News Garden children will remain in Worship this week.
Activity pages for kids on the table by Sanctuary doors.
Children 3 & younger are invited to the Nursery for Bible story time. |  Look who we found in WalMart! | Youth Group For youth in 5th grade & up Last Sunday, we had a great time spreading Christmas cheer and shopping for the Christmas Toy Drive! Our youth each had $20 to spend on the Akron Children's Hospital project and they were excellent stewards of their funds. We were all definitely feeling the joy of giving! Thanks go out to Miss Rachel for helping with this field trip. This Sunday we will have our final meeting of 2019 as we celebrate Christmas!
Snack: Maci Vignon Christmas project info below in OUTREACH and MISSION OPPORTUNITIES section.
This is the last weekend to donate! We invite all the youth to join us for fun, fellowship, and learning this year,
most Sunday evenings from 6-7:30pm. | Congregational Meeting Thanks, everyone, for a productive meeting! We are thankful for your insights and encourage you to share thoughts and ideas with Session. It is an exciting time as we look toward the future of CGCC and work, in the words of Carl Landis, "to be powerful and effective with who we have as well as to win new souls to Christ." | 2019 Year-End Contributions The Finance Committee would like to remind you that, to be included in 2019, your contributions need to be received by or postmarked by December 31st. Thank you! | December Speakers 12/22 - Adam Shank ~ Communion Sunday
12/24 - Adam Shank ~ Christmas Eve
12/29 - Andrew Stauffer | Soup & Baked Potato Lunch ~ December 22, after Worship Have you signed up to bring soup and/or cookies?
Join us for a lunch full of fellowship, as we thank the Shank family for their time here at CGCC. (Christmas Eve will be Adam's final time preaching for us.) We will provide all the fixin's for a baked potato bar, you can bring a pot of soup and/or Christmas cookies. Please sign up this Sunday so we can plan appropriately. All leftover cookies will be used for Christmas Eve the following Tuesday. | Christmas Eve Service ~ December 24th at 3:30pm Come Worship with us during our afternoon service, complete
with special music and candle-lighting. Invite friends and family
to join us for the service and fellowship. It is a joyous time to welcome friends old and new! | 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 full of cleaning up from a busy weekend of shows, more jam making, enjoying some creative drawing time, cleaning, and more. If you would like to join in our work and fun, let us know. Volunteers always appreciated! Sometimes we even pay in food and our folks sure are excellent cooks! This week, our Tuesday lunch was ham, broccoli au gratin, and biscuits - a home cooked meal eaten with great company! If you are still Christmas shopping, we have plenty of jam and two catnip toys in stock.
Contact us anytime. | Support Goodness Grows While Shopping Online Doing some online shopping for Christmas? If you shop Amazon (anytime during the year!), you can support GG for free at the same time! Just use Amazon Smile and choose Goodness Grows as your charity of choice. Then, you get your items and we get 0.5% of the purchase price through this program! Check it out online at smile.amazon.com. | Therapy Bunny Visit Our friend Sara, from F5RS Bunnies in Baskets - Therapy Rabbits, brought a friend to visit us on Wednesday! We met Maeve the Bunny, who enjoyed some quality snuggles with Tori. Maeve is a therapy brabbit in training. She is still too young to be official but just the right age to begin training and getting some socialization to see if being a therapy bunny is right for her. She was a definite hit here! We all love it when friends come to visit...especially adorable, fuzzy ones! | | OUTREACH and MISSION OPPORTUNITIES | YG Christmas Project ~ Toy Drive for ACH Sunday evening is the final time to drop off items
for the kids in the hospital. Thank you for all the donations that have already come in!!
Grab a wish list in the Great Room or click HERE to view it
online as you go shopping this week. You can’t imagine the difference your gift can make to a hospitalized child & their family! | Ongoing Outreach/Mission Opportunity Coat & Clothing & More Drive
Keep saving all your clothing and outerwear items for next year's 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. Drop items off in the collection barrel or take them up to the Green Room. | 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! | Bowl Making for Empty Bowls YSU TODAY, 10am-10pm ~ Everyone welcome!
Come join us in the ceramics studio on the YSU campus (Bliss Hall rm 0005) to hand make bowls for the next Empty Bowls YSU event. It'll be the most fun you've had volunteering your creative skills and you'll leave knowing you've made a difference this holiday season! We'll be in the studio all day, 10:00am -10:00pm! So come by and share your talents and skills and have fun: glazing/painting, carving, wheel throwing, press-molding, slab or coil building. No experience required, we'll help you make the biggest impact at your skill/experience level! It's a great way to use your creativity collaboratively and make a difference in the world, right inside the YSU Department of Art. Fresh cookies will be baked and the coffee will be warm. Empty Bowls is an international project to fight hunger, personalized by artists and art organizations on a community level. The project is an opportunity to help feed the hungry in our community. Local artists and volunteers donate their time and talent to create handmade bowls for the event. Attendees choose an empty bowl in exchange for their donation and receive a simple meal to enjoy. The bowl is meant to be taken home as a symbol of their participation in helping feed those in need in Youngstown. Proceeds benefit The Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley, the only emergency shelter in Mahoning County. | | Crown Theater Productions | This weekend is the last chance to see the magic that is Mary Poppins at Crown Theater.
You might see some familiar faces, like our own Jack Snyder. (Break a leg, Jack!)
Tickets available here: Tickets. | Christmas at the Ward Beecher Planetarium Local holiday fun for all ages! Let it Snow
Fridays & Saturdays, December 13, 14, 20, 21 at 8pm
Saturday, December 21 at 2pm
A holiday music show celebrating the winter season. Artistic impressions of popular winter holiday music come to life on the dome transporting the entire family to a magical wonderland of music and light. Experience bells and reindeer, presents and cookies, snow and nutcrackers in colorful spectacles of fun! The Alien Who Stole Christmas
Saturday, December 14 at 2pm
Enjoy a tour of winter’s evening sky and then join jolly old Saint Nick and Mr. Freep as they explore the solar system’s planets and meet the Christmas Eve needs of their fictitious inhabitants. | CELEBRATE! Today - National Poinsettia Day
December 13 - Jack Snyder
December 15 - Third Sunday of Advent
December 17 - National Maple Syrup Day If we don't have your special days, please let us know! | ON THE CG CALENDAR December 12-18 . . .
Sunday, 9:30am - Bible Study
Sunday, 11am - Worship ~ Third Sunday of Advent
Sunday, 6-7:30pm - Youth Group ~ Last Day to Donate to Christmas Project!
Monday, 9:30am - GG at Whispering Pines
Monday, 11:00am - Toy Drop-off at ACH
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. | |
