One God.

This update will be brief, we'll update more next week...

                                      150 women came to CG!
                                              a great mix of ages!
                                        from 15 different churches!
                                             praising one God!

Behind the scenes....

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commonground - two more days!!!

pink tees, prayer and God

Girls,  commonground will be here in 12 days.  Can you believe just 12 days!!!   Yikes!  I mean...YOWZA!!!  :)

Here are a few updates for you....

T-Shirts 
Its been so cool to see so many of you get on board with buying CG t-shirts!   Today it was like CG central - lots of calls on the tees and drop-ins to purchase the shirts.   They are in production and we will have all sizes availablefor sale on Sunday at 9am at the WM's counter.  Also this Sunday is the day we wear our pink and wear it proud!! :) 

Prayer
So many of you have asked how you can help before the event and what we need is PRAYER.   Honestly,  we have no idea what we are doing...we're taking each day as it comes and God has been so faithful to us.   The single greatest need we have "pre-event" is prayer.  

• Please pray for Amy Voss, as she prepares the worship portion of the evening. 


• Pray for women who will be at CG -- their hearts focus that their conversations would be sprinkled with creativity and courage.  


• Pray for God's continued direction and spirit of servanthood to be at the core of our leadership team.  (These girls are rockin' right along side me:   Nancy Barra, Alene Hoffman, Jen Karolak and Katy Reitz)

God
The vision of commonground is one that we can't claim as our own.  We feel very strongly that we are following His direction.   Jesus.  Period.  By Him, For Him.   Great efforts to serve our communities really don't mean much if they aren't done for the Lord.   Only what is done for the Lord will last.  

How is God preparing you for commonground?

Full Steam Ahead...

We had the opportunity to share about commonground at the Women's Getaway over the weekend and at two bible studies this week.    Its exciting to see women show the commonground love and wear their pink tees around!    So far the response to CG has been great.    Also,  I've met ladies from a few other churches and they are excited to come out and be a part of what God is doing. 

I've had several people ask... what exactly will happen on May 1st?    Here is what the night looks like: 

We'll gather for an hour or so of worship.  Amy Voss is coming in to lead worship for us!   And then we'll move over to a special area at Connection Church...and have a few hours of appetizers and conversation.  Ugly Mugs' Cafe will be open for business if ladies want to buy a specialty coffee. 

The purpose of the evening is for relationships to build for Kingdom purpose.   To give women a chance to network -- I mean hey -- women get together all the time and network to build their careers.   Why not get together to build the Kingdom?    Ladies...all it takes is for one idea to grow legs for a life to change.  Seriously.  

Girls,  please be in prayer for commonground.  That we would walk in wisdom and be true to what we believe are our marching orders from God.  We're stepping out of the boat and need to keep our eyes on Jesus!

If you have any questions about CG or would like to be involved...please contact me at commonground3855@gmail.com.   

Have a great week --
Tami

tees. are. in.

The tees are in for CG.  Very exciting!  They will be on sale at the Friendship Getaway on March 28th.  Saweet!

Pink...who doesn't love pink tulle?

44 yards of it. 

ramping up -- 50 days until cg!

Plans are in motion for commonground.  Its hard to believe that its only 50 days away!   Jolene Royer --  the experience specialist for commonground is on board and working to make sure our guests feel welcome on May 1st!  If you would like to be a part of the "Experience" team that night please email Jolene at jroyer33@yahoo.com.

Worship Leader announced for commonground's first event!

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Amy Voss has been involved in music her entire life.  While attending college, she was presented with an opportunity to lead worship for a new worship event called "The Well."   Although she had never experienced true worship up until that point in her life, God used her in this and ignited a passion in her.  Amy has been involved in many different roles in church worship ministries and is also a guest worship leader for conferences and events.  Amy and her husband, Frank, and  5 year old Jaeden, currently live in Grand Rapids, MI.  They are very involved at Mars Hill Bible Church.

65 days and counting...

Its hard to believe that our first event is just 65 days a way.   Much work to be done!   It has been really cool to see women get excited about attaching themselves to commonground.   Honestly, we are quite blown away by favor that can only come from God.  We are so thankful!!  A few meetings took place today to share the vision of commonground -- and it was met with great feedback, insight and encouragement.    Trusting God like crazy and moving forward!!!

commonground...coming soon!

We're excited beyond belief at what we think God is doing in the hearts of women at our church. 
We can't help but think He is doing the same thing in other churches.

commonground is coming.  

don't miss it.