We are convinced more than ever that when women gather for CommonGround...they are girls who love God. Only God could bring over 100 women from 13 different churches together on a hot July evening to help kids they will never meet.
Only God.
We were blown away by the outpouring of love you showed Friday night. 130 backpacks (yep, 130!) filled with school supplies were donated that evening to St.Mary's Back to School Fair. Unbelievable. CommonGround girls, you continue to make me look toward heaven with an overflowing heart of gratitude to thank our Father for you.
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Big Shout out to the following churches in attendance: Cornerstone, Calvary Baptist Church, Memorial Church of Christ, Revival Tabernacle, Cross Pointe, St. Thomas, Connection Church, Rivers of Living Water, Metro South, Northridge, St. Mary's, and Geneva Presbyterian! Leaving our differences at the door and gathering in unity to worship the One True Living God!
See you in October, girlfriends!!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Projectbackpack in full swing!
God never fails us. About ten days before each CommonGround event, we start to get the sense that He is up to something unique with the upcoming event. God never fails us. (Trust us, we've failed him plenty...but He never fails us!)
He is starting to perk some bubbalicious excitement around here...and we love it!!
Christa Alberts, our CG worship leader, shows off two of the backpacks dropped off today. We can't wait to have all of the CG girls from all different churches worshiping One God on July 16th. This is #5 for us ! Who would have thought? Only God. :)
There is still plenty of time to go out and grab a backpack (please pay for it...stealing...would probably not be so cool :) ) and fill it with these six items: ruler, glue sticks, notebook, 24pk of crayons, pencils and colored pencils.
We'll be taking these backpacks to St. Mary's Community Outreach. They'll be giving them to kids who attend their "BACK to SCHOOL" fair in August.
As someone put it so clearly earlier..."Every kid deserves to start school with school supplies."
Yep, we agree.
Even more than that -- every kid deserves the opportunity to know that Jesus loves them. By meeting this need CommonGround girls can help show them.
Thank you girls for taking the love of Jesus from the pews to the pavement. A life of service to the Lord is about the coolest thing anyone can do with their life.
(photo credit: Christie Martin)
He is starting to perk some bubbalicious excitement around here...and we love it!!
Christa Alberts, our CG worship leader, shows off two of the backpacks dropped off today. We can't wait to have all of the CG girls from all different churches worshiping One God on July 16th. This is #5 for us ! Who would have thought? Only God. :)There is still plenty of time to go out and grab a backpack (please pay for it...stealing...would probably not be so cool :) ) and fill it with these six items: ruler, glue sticks, notebook, 24pk of crayons, pencils and colored pencils.
We'll be taking these backpacks to St. Mary's Community Outreach. They'll be giving them to kids who attend their "BACK to SCHOOL" fair in August.
As someone put it so clearly earlier..."Every kid deserves to start school with school supplies."
Yep, we agree.
Even more than that -- every kid deserves the opportunity to know that Jesus loves them. By meeting this need CommonGround girls can help show them.
Thank you girls for taking the love of Jesus from the pews to the pavement. A life of service to the Lord is about the coolest thing anyone can do with their life.
(photo credit: Christie Martin)
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