| Sunday's Service - August 7, 2022 | The featured Scripture is: Luke 15:8-10
for Pastor Mike's message: The Parable of the Lost Coin 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! | 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. ~~~ | Welcome Back to Pastor Mike and Family! The Hilemans have returned. Thanks to all who were willing and able to serve
while the family enjoyed some much-needed vacation time. ~~~ | | Bible Studies & Ministries | Wednesday Morning Prayer Group ~ 10am
At the Jackson's and on Zoom
Personal Meeting ID: 6936117456
Password: prayer | LifeGroups ▪ Weimer LifeGroup: 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 10am - Meeting at various locations.
▪ Young Adult LifeGroup: Will resume on Sundays, 6pm, this month, meeting at the church. Watch for start date.
▪ Bartholomew LifeGroup: Members who can attend will be heading to The Wizard of Oz to see Dustin this weekend! Additionally, a bonfire will be scheduled for the end of August or sometime in September - watch for date. | Connecting Life Church Membership Class "Six Steps to Loving My Church" will be offered to those interested in becoming members.
Class will be held from 9:30-10:30am, starting Sunday, September 11 and running through
Sunday, October 16, upstairs in the Blue Room. Please sign-up at the front desk by August 28th.
This class can be taken as a refresher by current members as well as by those simply
curious about the faith and practice of the body of Christ. ~~~ | | 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) ~~~ | Praise Team at the Columbiana County Fair Sunday, 3pm
Wheel on down to the fair this Sunday to take in the sights and sounds...including most of our Praise Team! They'll be at the Midway Stage behind the Grandstand from 3-4pm, ready to play, sing, and make a "joyful noise unto the Lord." Prayers that they touch hearts and minds as they take this time to share their faith through music. | 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. "This is a wonderful day that the Lord has made – let’s rejoice! I pray you are all doing well and are blessed. Everyday we should all look for those hidden blessings all around us, keep our eyes open and not get in a hurry so we do not pass that blessing by. When we wake up in the morning, we are blessed and rest our heads at night, we are blessed. I am so thankful!" "Now having said all that, my WORD for today is “BOUND.” My friend Leroy gave a great message Sunday on being “bound” for Heaven. Of course, my mind started reeling and thought about “bound” having two meanings. I want to talk about being “bound.” What in our life has us “bound?” There may be many reasons such as physical. We may be “bound” in emotional baggage from previous hurts in our life. We may be “bound” by addiction of something. I am just being real here but mine is my weight. I have been “bound” being overweight most of my life. Today on the way to work my lightbulb went off. When I am weak, He is strong. Now I have heard that many times before but sometimes we need to get to that place where the Holy Spirit does the eye opening. When we are weak, that is when He can move in our lives to take the chains off. Let me say that again, when we are weak, HE IS STRONG. We cannot do this on our own. We are to be free to do the Father’s work here on earth. If we are “bound” by anything, that will be hindered. Holy Spirit, I pray you free us from anything that has us “bound” because we have work to do. Let us be a witness to others of our freedom in Jesus so we can all be “bound” for Heaven! I pray your week is full of being free in the Holy Spirit!" Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. ~ John 8:36 (NKJV) | Big thanks go out to Jill Griffith and Jen Shannon for sharing their photos from VBS week! We love to document all the happenings
with our church family! | Check out some other views of VBS 2022 right HERE on our website.
Jill Griffith mentioned that some parents do not want their kids shared on social media,
so the photos for the website were selected as carefully as possible. If you notice
any that should be removed, please let us know. Thank you! | August Worship ~ Online & In-Person Pastor Mike Hileman ~ Sundays at 11:00am.
We're excited to welcome you to Worship, in church and online! ~~~ | Summer Worship Outdoors ▪ August 21
The service will be outside as long as the weather cooperates. Collide Children's Classes will not be held on the Sundays that we meet outside. Invite a friend, bring a camp chair or blanket if you want, and join us as we Worship out in the beauty of God's creation! _NOTE: Services will not be live streamed on days we are outside due to technical issues._ | www.goodnessgrows4all.org Our Mission Statement: To cultivate personal, social, and community growth through gardening, education, and opportunity for people of all abilities. ~~~ |  The Hileman's pup came to visit! | News of the Week We started the week with everyone's favorite task...weeding! If you have never weeded here with our GG crew, you don't know how much fun it can be! You are always welcome to join us for an adventure in weeding, or to enjoy the beauty of nature on your own if you prefer a solitary weeding experience. Rachel would be glad to arrange either option for you! Another task we tackled this week was hauling donations for the Giveaway to the warehouse. Generous folks continue to drop off items, both inside the church and behind the warehouse. Thanks to all who have been able to do that! Sorting items has been a great rainy day task for us. We even have a CSA family who has made it their goal to bring a donation each Thursday when they pick up their share. How cool is that?!?! Check out the photo above to see how the donations are adding up in the warehouse. We have been having a great jam selling season, thanks to our Jungle Jam and Juicy Jam fans! Our crew has been working on jam making like crazy lately to rebuild our stock. We have the August Youngstown Flea coming up on the 13th, so we need to be ready for another enthusiastic crowd. Remember, if you bring back one of our jam jars when you are buying a new jar, you get a $1.00 discount! (We even had to send Cameron out to Cook's Corner on an emergency jam jar run yesterday! If you would like to donate regular mouth 8oz. jars...new or used...they would be hugely appreciated!!) Some of the jam that was made this week were our summer favorite peach flavors, Peach Lemonade Juicy Jam and Peach Habanero Jungle Jam. Yay for summer! Some of our crew spent time in the kitchen baking zucchini bread for the CSA subscribers and baking Communion bread for the church this week. We have some very eager bakers and jam makers among our interns and clients and we are very grateful for that. The rest of our crew has been spending most of their time outside on the ongoing weeding and rock moving tasks. Everyone has certainly been busy! Tomorrow marks the start of thinking about back to school time for GG, as Keaton works his final day this summer with us. We are certainly going to miss this patient and fun young man, but we wish him a wonderful freshman year at college! Hopefully he will be back among the GG family again next summer. We will be celebrating him with root beer floats. Thanks for spending your summer with us, Keaton!! | Wizard of Oz on Stage - This Weekend Only! Quoting from The Squeaky Wheel Theater Comapany's Facebook page, "You do not want to miss this heartwarming rendition of The Wizard Of Oz. This cast consists entirely of individuals with different abilities whose talents shine on stage." Tickets Here We second those statements! All of us at GG are so proud of Dustin, Tori, and Caleb and so many other friends who will be up there on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, ready to transport you to a far away land for adventures. Break a leg to the Wizard of Oz cast! Goodness Grows is very grateful that we, along with Heroes & Halos, had the opportunity to play a small part in bringing this show to life by sponsoring it. We have seen the difference that theater makes in people's lives! | Goodness Grows Fundraiser Check out our table in the Great Room and show your GG pride! We are selling these t-shirts (gracefully modeled by our own Keaton Surgenavic) for $15 each. All proceeds will stay right
here in our program. Cash or checks made out to GG. The GG logo was put on the shirts by the hard-working group at Reach for the STARS in Salem. We think they do great work!
Currently, we have a variety of adult sizes - Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, 2XL, and 4XL. | Jungle Jam & Juicy Jam Available at Reach for the STARS in Salem, at Columbiana's
Chamber of Commerce office, at Harbel's Market, and at GG. Jungle Jam: Blueberry Jalapeno, Strawberry Jalapeno, Hot,
Cherry Habanero, Pineapple Habanero, Peach Habanero, Dragon
Juicy Jam: Peach Lemonade, Blueberry 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
Assorted Dried Herbs ~ grown & packaged here, cost - $1 | | 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 canning jars
(8oz., new or used), lids, and rings are always needed! Thank you! | 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!
Sponsors needed for new students in Masaka!
Meet our children HERE. | Coat & Clothing (& More!) Giveaway 2022 Saturday, October 15, 9:30am-1pm 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! Church members, CSA subscribers, and community members have been stopping by and dropping off bags and boxes of useful items. Thanks, everyone! Keep those donations coming!! | 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! ~~~ | Rummage Sale, Today & Tomorrow St. Marys' Alzheimer's Center invites you to their Annual Indoor Rummage Sale
on August 4-5 from 8am-3pm.
COVID-19 safety precautions will be in place. | Wizard of Oz in Columbiana The Squeaky Wheel Theater Company proudly presents The Wizard of Oz, Youth Edition, our first special needs production at The Columbiana Cultural Collective - formerly Main Street Theater at 5 N Main Street - the heart of Columbiana. L. Frank Baum’s classic novel comes to life in The Wizard of Oz. Young Dorothy Gale is swept away by a tornado from her Kansas farm to the magical land of Oz. There, she encounters a host of whimsical characters: good witches, bad witches, animals that talk, scarecrows that walk, and things magical to behold. To make it home safely, Dorothy must learn an important lesson: there’s no place like home. Join us on Friday, August 5th at 6:00 for our spectacular Opening Night Red Carpet Event! Showtimes (doors open 1 hour prior to showtime):
Friday, August 5 - 7:00 pm
Saturday, August 6 at 2:00 pm
Sunday, August 7 at 2:00 pm $15/presale plus processing fee reserved seating - Tickets Here
If you go, keep your eyes peeled for Goodness Grows' own Dustin, Tori, and Caleb! The Squeaky Wheel Theater Company was created to promote creativity, confidence,
advocacy and community through culture, education and inclusivity. | Columbiana Block Party Friday, 4-8pm
Hippiefest with games and costumes. Groovy photo booth, costume contest, tie dying, rock painting, face painting, bounce house, special food vendors, plus a benefit for Alleycat Spay and Neuter Clinic, and more! Details Here. | Car Show & Fundraiser at Boardman Park on Sunday This Sunday from 10-3 at Boardman Park, the Mahoning Valley Olde Car Club is holding a car cruise and they chose local girl Sofia as the beneficiary. Proceeds will be donated towards her accessible addition fund. More info about Sofia below the car show picture. If you ever shop at Angiuli's Farm Market on Rt. 46, you'll see photos of Sofia as she is their granddaughter. | Rabies Vaccination Clinic at Angels for Animals Sunday, 1-3pm
Event by Mahoning County Public Health
* Mahoning County requires rabies vaccination for all dogs, cats, and ferrets over 3 months of age.
* Cost is $8 per shot, CASH ONLY.
* No appointment is necessary.
* Bring proof of prior vaccination on or after August 7, 2021 to receive the 3-year booster. Without proof of prior vaccination, pet will receive a 1-year vaccination only.
* Owner must have their pet on a leash, in a cage, or carried in a cloth pillowcase.
* This is low-cost clinic that does not include a physical examination of the pet. Some additional veterinarian services are available, upon request, by Angels for Animals, with applicable fees.
* Veterinary staff reserves the right to not vaccinate a pet that appears to be in poor health.
* Costs are kept to a minimum through a sponsorship from Mahoning County Public Health and volunteer services provided by Mike Sabihi, D.V.M. and Angels for Animals. | | Next Thursday for Columbiana County Families | Today - Micah Guy
Today - Louis Armstrong's Birthday
August 5 - James Wittenauer
August 6 - Farmworker Appreciation Day
August 6 - Quentin Russell
August 8 - International Cat Day
August is American Artist Appreciation Month *If we don't have your special days, please let us know!!!*
Email the secretary at commonground.secretary@gmail.com. | ON OUR CALENDAR August 4-10, 2022 . . .
Today, 4-7pm - GG CSA Pick Up
Today, 6:30pm - Praise Team
Friday, 9am - Ladies Bible Study
Saturday, 10am-2pm - GG at Harbel's Market
Sunday, 9:30am - Sunday Class
Sunday, 10:15-10:45 - Fellowship Time
Sunday, 11am - In-Person & Online Worship & Collide Sunday Ministries
Sunday, 3-4pm - Praise Team at Columbiana County Fair
Weekdays, 8:30am-2:30pm - GG at Work
Tuesday, 10am - Weimer LifeGroup
Wednesday, 10am - Prayer Group | 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. | |
