| Sunday's Service - April 10, 2022 | The Passion of Christ Part 5 The featured Scripture is: Luke 22:39-46
for Mike's message: The Garden Prayer. Join us Sunday ~ In-Person & Online
Worship at 11am ~~~ Livestream available at: CGCC Facebook Page ~ CLC Facebook Page ~ CLC Website 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 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. ~~~ | A Note From Pastor Mike Regarding Our Holy Week Schedule In order to provide intentional time of preparation for our heart, mind, and soul for Holy Week, weekly LifeGroups, Prayer Meeting, and Collide Ministries will be off April 11-15. Please join us for our Tenebrae Service on Maundy Thursday at 7pm and our Resurrection Celebration Service on Easter Sunday at 11am. (Easter Sunrise Pancake Breakfast at 9:30 am) ~~~ | | Bible Studies & Ministries | Wednesday Morning Prayer Group
Not meeting next Wednesday during Holy Week.
Zoom Personal Meeting ID: 6936117456
Password: prayer | LifeGroups
Designed to help adults grow as Christ followers.
▪ Young LifeGroup: Sunday, 6pm
▪ Weimer LifeGroup: Tuesdays, 10am
▪ Hileman LifeGroup: Wednesdays, 6:30pm
▪ Bartholomew LifeGroup: Fridays, 6:30pm LifeGroups not meeting next week during Holy Week. | | 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
*Not meeting next Wednesday during Holy Week.
April 20 will be the final regular meeting of this Collide season. Collide Family Fun Night - Wednesday, April 27, 6-8pm
All ages - Collide Kids Jr., Collide Kids, Collide Middle School, High School LifeGroup, and
parents group - are invited to join in a celebration as we wrap up the spring season of Collide! * Collide Wednesday, Hileman LifeGroup, & Senior High LifeGroup run February-April. | Collide Middle School & High School Bonfire This Saturday, April 9, 6pm
Students, join us at Zion Hill Church for an evening around the fire!
Talk to Austin Young for more details. ~~~ | 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 Jesus Is Calling by Rev. Douglas MacLeod
Scripture Reading - Mark 10:46-50 "Our online newspaper includes a puzzle showing two drawings that are almost the same. The challenge is to find at least six differences between the two drawings. And to do that, you have to look closely at the details." "In the book of Mark we need to focus on the details of Jesus’ life and how people respond to him. Did you notice, for example, that Bartimaeus is described as “sitting” when Jesus comes walking by?" "This may seem unimportant. But it fits beautifully with the crowd’s encouraging words “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” This makes sense because we have been told that Bartimaeus was sitting by the roadside." "From the original Greek text we also know that what the crowd is saying here is “Arise!” So Mark is not just giving us an incidental detail. Mark is using the same language that will describe Jesus’ resurrection, when he rises from the dead (see Mark 16:6). This carefully chosen word points to restoration, redemption, and resurrection: “Bartimaeus, cheer up! Arise! Your redemption is here; your salvation is coming!” "Bartimaeus is a man whose condition has knocked him down in life. A blind person would have no standing in the community, but the arrival of Jesus made all the difference in the world to him—just as Jesus’ coming does for us." Prayer: "Thank you, Jesus, for calling me and giving me the hope and promise that, in you,
all things are being made new. By your mercy toward me, I rise to new life! Amen." “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” ~ Mark 10:49 (NIV) | April Worship ~ Online & In-Person Pastor Mike Hileman ~ Sundays at 11:00am.
We're excited to welcome you to Worship, in church and online! ~~~ | Maundy Thursday Worship Thursday, April 14, 7pm
We hope you will be a part of this
solemn time of Worship. | Church Work Day & Community Potluck Saturday, April 16, 8am-5pm
Can you spare some time to help Spring Clean the church property? Lamppost Farm is removing our back greenhouses and we need all the help we can get! If you can help - climbing ladders, folding & carrying plastic, using small power tools, moving metal frame pieces, and doing as yet unthought of tasks - it will be much appreciated. Come all day, come for an hour, come for any time you can spare. It's an all-hands-on-deck kind of project! Once the greenhouses are gone, the back area will look nicer and there will be new gardens and fencing. What's a Work Day without food?!?! Since we'll be here all day, we definitely need some fuel to keep going. We'll take a lunch break for some rest and fellowship time. Lamppost Farm will provide a main dish/meat. Goodness Grows will make lemonade, iced tea, chocolate chip cookies, and a pasta salad. Everyone else is asked to bring something...drinks, snacks, salads, sides, desserts, whatever floats your boat...to share. | Easter Sunrise Breakfast April 17, 9:30am
Volunteers to arrive at 8am. Please sign up at the front desk so we can get an attendance estimate for this special meal. We need to gauge the amount of supplies to purchase, so signing up will help tremendously. We will enjoy pancakes, susage, eggs, and more. Thank you! | Vacation Bible School 2022 Group's Monumental VBS
Celebrating God's Greatness
6:30-8pm, July 18-22 Online VBS registration is now open to make signing up easy. Invite your friends & family to join this adventure! REGISTER today! The big week will be here before you know it! | 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 The weather has been all over the place this week, so it is a good thing our crew works well with last minute plan changes! We did get outside when we could and got some exciting things done in the garden. We planted potatoes AND peas AND carrots AND dill!! Woohoo! Now it really feels like spring! We have also been working in the greenhouse, planting, watering, and working on raised beds. During our time inside we have been very busy in the kitchen. We've been making more jam and we used up some zucchini from the freezer to make an excellent homemade quick bread. The zucchini bread got us even more excited for the coming summer. When not in the kitchen, we enjoyed time creating Easter decorations and decorating around the church. Right now our crew is out at the butterfly garden, doing some weeding and mulching. Now that spring is here, we have jumped back into our never-ending battle to keep ahead of the weeds. Anytime you want to stop out and pull a few, we'd love to have you! Our big, gigantic, tremendous news of this week is that our 2022 CSA program is completely sold out! Way ahead of our stated deadlines, we've more than filled up the number of subscriptions we had set for the year. This is the earliest we have ever closed our enrollment period. All of us at GG send out a great big THANK YOU to all the folks who are supporting our program and entrusting us to grow fresh produce for their tables! We look forward with hope to a fantastic season. | We Love Visitors! Wednesday was a fun day of friends and celebration! Bradly's grandma, Kris, came for lunch, bringing a special birthday meal as we celebrated Bradly. Our friend Sue came for this time of birthday fun as well, making the day even better. | 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, Pineapple Habanero, Dragon
Juicy Jam: Cranberry Orange We also have:
* Organic Catnip Toys ~ handmade here, with our catnip, cost - $4
* Dried Herbs ~ grown here this summer, dried by our crew, cost - $1
Sage 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! Help us weed. Join us for a walk. Share a skill or hobby. We love volunteers! | 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 info about the Mission Trip scheduled for July 10-23.
(Talk to Marilee and David to learn more!)
Sponsors needed for new students in Masaka! Meet our children HERE. | 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! ~~~ | Austintown Farmers' Market Easter Market Friday, 5-8pm | April Flea Saturday, 9am-3pm | Hop Into Spring Basket Raffle Saturday, 12:30-2pm
Charm House Decor at 485 E State St, Salem
Basket Raffle, Adoptable Dogs, and Beautiful Home Decor! | Fundraiser & Family Fun Sunday in Columbiana
Pay what you can movie at The Columbiana Cultural Collective.
The Squeaky Wheel Theater Company will earn 25% of concession sales during the event!
Doors open at 1pm for a karaoke sing-along before the movie starts at 2pm. | The Squeaky Wheel Theater Company Info Meeting Tuesday, April 12, 6pm
Hosted here at Common Ground Church Community!
All interested actors and volunteers for the special needs production of The Wizard of Oz are invited. Theater Company leaders will talk about the show and answer questions. | TODAY - World Health Day
April 8 - Nancy Brink
April 8 - Jennifer Lynch
April 9 - Arlene Sloan
April 10 - Palm Sunday
April 11 - National Pet Day
April 10-16 - Holy Week
April is Keep America Beautiful Month *If we don't have your special days, please let us know!!!*
Email the secretary at commonground.secretary@gmail.com. | ON OUR CALENDAR April 7-13, 2022 . . .
Today, 4:30pm - GG Board Meeting
Today, 6:30pm - Praise Team
Friday, 9am - Ladies Bible Study
Friday, 6:30pm - Bartholomew LifeGroup
Saturday, 6pm - Collide Middle & High School Bonfire at Zion Hill
Sunday, 9:30am - Sunday Class
Sunday, 11am - In-Person & Online Worship & Collide Sunday Ministries
Sunday, 6pm - Young LifeGroup
Weekdays, 8:30am-2:30pm - GG at Work
Tuesday, 6pm - Wizard of Oz Info Meeting
Wednesday, 6:30pm - Praise Team | 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. | |
