| Sunday's Service ~ March 19, 2023 | The featured Scripture is: Philippians 2:19-24
for Mike's message: The Model of Servanthood, Timothy: Part 2. | Livestream at: CLC Website
Recorded service posted to: CGCC Facebook & CLC Facebook Come Grow With Us! | Worshiping Together Spend Sunday mornings with us ~ in-person or online at 11:00am.
Let's grow together through Worship, Praise, and Prayer, in the Sanctuary and online. 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 Book of Genesis Ladies Morning Bible Study ~ Fridays, 9am
Enough by Sharon Jaynes | Wednesday Morning Prayer Group
10am at the Jackson's and on Zoom
Personal Meeting ID: 6936117456 / Password: prayer | LifeGroups ▪ Young Adult LifeGroup: Sunday, 6pm
▪ Tuesday LifeGroup: Tuesday, 10am (At the Carrier's)
▪ Bartholomew LifeGroup: Friday, 6:30pm
▪ Hileman LifeGroup: Wednesday, 6:30pm | Courageous Men's Night 2nd & 4th Saturdays of the month from 6-7:30pm. | | CGCC/CLC Children's Ministry | Collide Sunday ~ During Worship
Children will enjoy age-appropriate Worship and a lesson then apply it
through crafts, games, and other fun ways to grow in Jesus.
* 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
Kids from age 3 - Grade 8 are encouraged to join in for fun and inspiring Gospel centered learning. Parents and caregivers are invited to participate in the Hileman LifeGroup at the same time. * Collide Kids Jr. ~ Ages 3-PreK
* Collide Kids ~ Grades 1-4
* Collide Middle School ~ Grades 5-8 | 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! | Spring Potluck Luncheon Success Great big thanks to all who helped our first quarterly potluck be a delicious time of fellowship! Whether you brought food, worked on set up, helped with clean up, or manned the kitchen on dishwasher duty - you are appreciated! We can't wait to do this again in June. If you would like to join our dishwasher crew, let Jen Lynch know and we'll show you how it works. | Ladies Spring Tea ~ THIS Saturday from 1-3pm We're looking forward to spending this Saturday
afternoon together with hot tea, tasty finger foods,
and good conversations. We can't wait to try all
your favorite teatime treats! | Encouragement Thank you to Marcia Kreps for sharing and Darla Smith for writing these weekly bits of encouragement. "Surprise in Ohio this week – snow came back! Hopefully it will leave as fast as it came. I am ready for Spring. Ready for flowers – ready for sitting outside after work to relax. Spring as well as Easter will be here soon enough. Time is zipping in warp speed for sure. I pray you all are embracing the Easter season that is approaching. We have started to fast at church on Mondays, which doesn’t necessarily have to be food all the time. It can be anything that keeps us from spending time with Jesus. That can be a gambit of things for sure." "That brings me to my WORD for the week, “INVEST.” The things we are giving up in our fast can give us ample time to “invest” in time with Holy Spirit. We can “invest” time in the Word and prayer. One of my favorite things to do with my time is “invest” in others as well. I love people and encourage them every day. My friend and I took her granddaughter to the ballet on Sunday – let me tell you it was a joy to hear her squeal with happiness over the ballet! The time we took to “invest” in her will be a memory for a lifetime. You know it doesn’t take much to “invest” in others. Just listen – the Holy Spirit will show you just what they need. As we “invest” our time in prayer – the Holy Spirit will “invest” in us and teach us what we need to do – who we need to “invest” in – how we need to “invest” in them. Sending them a quick note to tell them they are on your mind, and you are praying for them will be an “investment” with great magnitude. Don’t miss the opportunity. Keep your eyes open and your time to “invest” will be right there in front of you. I pray we all “invest” in someone this week. Watch how God will bless it!" If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care—then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends. Don’t push your way to the front; don’t sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand. ~ Philippians 2:1-4 (MSG) | Easter Devotionals Our Daily Bread booklets for Easter readings are
now available. Pick one up for your family and
take an extra to share with a friend! 1 Corinthians 1:18 ~
"The message of the cross...
is the very power of God." | March Worship ~ Online & In-Person Pastor Mike Hileman ~ Sundays at 11am
* Ben St. John will be delivering the message next Sunday. We're excited to welcome you to Worship, in church and online! ~~~ | Maundy Thursday Service Join us for this solemn evening service
on April 6 at 7pm. | Easter Sunday Potluck Breakfast Let's gather together on Easter Sunday morning to enjoy breakfast and fellowship as we
celebrate the Resurrected King. Please stop by the bulletin board in the Great Room and
sign up to let us know how many folks you are bringing and what family favorite breakfast dish
you'll be sharing. Breakfast will be available on Easter Sunday (April 9) from 9:30-10:30am.
Volunteers to help with clean up before Worship will be much appreciated. ~~~ | Quarterly Church Potluck Luncheon Dates June 11 / September 10 / December 3 ~~~ | VBS 2023 Date Set Mark your calendars so you don't miss our Stellar adventure
as we Shine Jesus' Light! We blast off July 17-21 from 6-8pm. | www.goodnessgrows4all.org Our Mission Statement: To cultivate personal, social, and community growth through gardening, education, and opportunity for people of all abilities. | Saturday with the Scouts was splendid! This bunch of hard workers did some planting as well as some building. They might have been a young group but they sure didn't let that stop them! Everyone enjoyed working together so much that this troop plans to return later in the season. Way to go, Miss Rachel, inspiring the next generation! We have jam news, thanks to our own Caleb Clapsadle. He suggested making a new lemonade Juicy Jam flavor to add to our rotation. On Monday, the first ever batch of Cherry Lemonade Juicy Jam was made...and it tastes like summer! Soon we will have some jars to sell. We hope you like it as much as we do! Cameron Fortune came for a spring break visit on Tuesday and everyone was thrilled to see him. Even though he is in a sling, our Cam just keeps on going! We got the amazing news that he will be back at GG with us this summer, along with his brother, Keaton. We will all be excited to say, "Welcome home!" to both of them in May. Our crew tackled many jobs this week. They took down luncheon tables and helped set up for the Ladies Tea. They baked spring-themed cookies for the tea as well. Of course, there was also plenty of cleaning, planting, organizing, and even a shopping trip to the Dutch Cupboard. Never a dull moment here at GG! | Goodness Grows Spring Community Service Project Goodness Grows has decided to take on a service project to help a local family that is dealing with food insecurity and health issues. We feel that doing service projects is an important experience that benefits our clients and staff, challenging us to give back and look for ways we can grow some goodness out in our community. If you would like to contribute to this project, please send in a monetary donation of any amount or a gift card for any grocery store. Goodness Grows will match all donations, dollar for dollar, so we can make as big of a difference as possible. Feel free to include an encouraging note for us to pass on to the family, if you feel the desire to do so. Please send in donations by Friday, March 24. Once we have our funds collected, we will plan a field trip for our GG crew to go shopping together for the family. Thank you,
GG Staff & Board | Jungle Jam & Juicy Jam Available at Reach for the STARS in Salem, in Columbiana at Living Luxe Designs
and the Chamber of Commerce, and here at GG. Jungle Jam: - $7 - Blueberry Jalapeno, Cranberry Jalapeno,
Hot, Cherry Habanero, Pineapple Habanero,
Peach Habanero, Dragon Juicy Jam: - $7 - Cranberry Orange We also have:
Organic Catnip Toys ~ handmade here, with our catnip, cost - $4
Handmade Wine Cork Cat Toys ~ designed by our clients, cost - $1
Apple Butter ~ $5 & $10 jars
GG T-Shirt ~ $15 assorted sizes
CSA 2023 ~ Info on GG table & website. | | OUTREACH & MISSION OPPORTUNITIES |  Scouts at work! | 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. Volunteers are always welcome to get involved! Talk to Rachel Vignon for more info. | 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. Have You Read the RKU News for March 2023???
Divine Junior Christian School is growing quickly in Masaka. The school year began
in January and 260 students are now enrolled in grades preschool through level 6. We
are in great need of enlarging the dormitory and more classrooms. We are beginning
phase 2 of the building fund. We hope to raise at least $35,000.00 before the end of 2023.
We need your help to spread the word. Any size donation is greatly appreciated.
All donations are tax deductible. Help change a life.
Thank you,
David & Marilee Bodendorfer | October Coat & Clothing (& More!) Giveaway We accept donations of clean, useful items all year. Drop them off under the overhang at the back of the warehouse or use the barrel by the library table in the Great Room (near the foyer). If you need help unloading, Goodness Grows folks are usually available weekdays from 9:15am-1:45pm.
We would also appreciate any shopping bags as well as any boxes that you can save. ~~~ | Heroes & Halos Learn more about Heroes & Halos on their Facebook page and stay up to date on what they are doing in the community. H&H is a non-profit organization that reaches out to the community and provides Awareness, Education, Assistance, and Outreach Programs regarding Individuals with Special Needs and Disabilities and their families. Here at church, talk to Pam Veiock about how you can get involved! | 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! ~~~ | MAMMA MIA! at Salem Sr High School Friday & Saturday at 7:30pm & Sunday at 2pm
SHS Auditorium, 1200 E. 6th Street in Salem
MAMMA MIA! is the ultimate feel–good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it's your turn to have the time of your life at this smash–hit musical that combines ABBA's greatest hits, including "Dancing Queen," "S.O.S.," "Super Trouper," "Take A Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All," with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. Get tickets HERE! If you make it out to see Mamma Mia! this weekend, be ready to clap
for our own Rebecca Hileman! Break a leg, Rebecca! | Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" presented by the Columbiana Theatre Program Friday & Saturday at 7pm & Sunday at 2pm
Columbiana High School, 700 Columbiana-Waterford Rd
Beauty and the Beast is based on the Award-Winning Disney Animated Classic and the late 18th-Century classic French fairy tale. Featuring music by eight-time Academy Award Winner, Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice and compelling novel written by Linda Woolverton, this magical fairy tale will capture your heart with its irresistible songs, including "Gaston," Be Our Guest," and "Beauty and the Beast!" Purchase tickets at the door or online HERE! Heading to see Beauty and the Beast? Keep an eye out for
Miss Caitlin McMaster! Break a leg, Caitlin! | | Pancakes in Boardman Park | | Farm Toy Show at Salem First Friends | Friends of Fido Spring Vendor Show Saturday, 11am-3pm
At the Tippecanoe Country Club,
5870 Tippecanoe Rd in Canfield
This giant fundraiser will feature around 40 local vendors…it’s a perfect time to fill those Easter baskets!! Great gifts for the kids, the fur kids, the adults, and yourself! As always, there will be a huge basket raffle with so many great items. Lunch will be available. Friends of Fido, Inc. is committed to assist the rescue of dogs from Mahoning County Dog Pound, Youngstown, OH. We accomplish this by fundraising , the public education of responsible pet ownership, and promoting spay/neuter programs. We utilize funds to supply necessary medical care, veterinary and other expenses to give dogs a well deserved second chance at life. Learn more at their website. | March 17 - St. Patrick's Day
March 17 - Grant Guy
March 18 - Shirley Hough
March 18 - Titus Griffith
March 19 - Matt & Jill Griffith
March 20 - Lorri Bagley
March 20 - March Equinox (Spring begins!)
March is National Music in Our Schools 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 16-22, 2023 . . .
Weekdays, 8:30am-2:30pm - Goodness Grows at Work
Today, 6:30pm - Praise Team
Friday, 9am - Ladies Bible Study
Friday, 6:30pm - Bartholomew LifeGroup
Saturday, 1-3pm - Spring Ladies Tea
Sunday, 9:30am - Bible Study
Sunday, 10:15am - Fellowship Time
Sunday, 11am - Worship & Collide Sunday Ministries
Sunday, 6pm - Young Adult LifeGroup
Tuesday, 10am - LifeGroup at Carrier's
Wednesday, 10am - Prayer Group
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. | |
