Common Ground

Hey - a few of us are going to this concert.  Want to go with us as a group?  They’re coming on March 26th and the cost is around $17.00 depending on the seats.  Give Rob or Karen a call if you want to join in, but don’t wait too late or the tickets will be gone.

Sunday, March 1st, we’re going ice skating at the new Town Toyota Center from 3:00 to 4:30pm then we’re headed over to Abby’s Pizza.  It only costs $5.00 per person but you have to let us know you’re coming so that the pizza can be ordered ahead of time.  No regular meeting this night.

Have you been waiting for the right night to invite an unsaved friend to youth group?  This is the night!  Roman Kladivo, a youth evangelist from the Czech Republic is coming to speak to us.  We are also looking forward to hearing the youth praise team from the Quincy Methodist Church.  To start it all off, we’re going to have dinner at 6:00pm with a little free time to get to know Roman and the other youth groups.  Then we’ll enjoy worshipping and the word that Roman has for us.  Great food, great music, great speaker!  Invite that friend  - you know the one - this is the night!

January 11th was a VERY good night.  If you weren’t there - you should have been.   After another great meal together, we got to enjoy the music of the “aLIVe” praise band.  Not only do they sing and play a beautiful selection of songs, but they lead us in worship.  There is no better place to be, as the song says.  Then we got to hear the testimony of Luis Perez who works with youth and their families at the Juvenile Justice Center.  Luis openly and boldly shared his life of drugs and gang activity before coming to the Lord on January 11th, 2005, exactly 4 years ago.  (Isn’t God’s timing wonderful?)  He inspired us to walk strong in our faith and to see that the Lord has a plan for us.  Remember to pray for Luis as he tries to help kids who are in trouble and as he has opportunity to share his faith.

The Common Ground Youth Group garage sale on Nov. 8 was a huge success. An overwhelming number of items were donated and God blessed us with good weather after a week of rain. The grand total after some very generous donations was $5700.00.

We are excited to be sending Camas Meadows $2000 to aid in their effort to bring power lines to the camp property. With the rest, we went shopping in the Gospel for Asia Christmas gift catalog and this is what we got:

• 10 chickens
• 12 rabbits
• 2 lambs
• 1 water buffalo
• 20 blankets
• 2 Basic vocational training
• 2 tool kits (axe, shovel, saw, plow, sickle)
• 2 manual sewing machines
• 1 LED solar light system
• 1 Jesus Well
• 1 bio filter
• 4 winter clothing packets for missionaries
• 1600 Gospel tracts
• 100 Asian language Bibles OT & NT
• 160 Asian language Bible NT only
• 1 year Bridge of Hope child sponsorship
• 1 year sponsorship for a native missionary

 Extra Special “Thank You’s”

All of those who donated money, time, and items for the garage sale.

• Youth leaders - Allens, Smiths, Torrences
• Bill Converse
• Sheila Cromwell
• Sharon Hoffman
• Matt Luckensmeyer Family
• Pauline ______
• Jeff and Melinda Raven
• Pauline & Jolene Starkey

Our church families at Mid Valley Baptist and Light in the Valley Churches.

We were and are blessed by your support and how you gave of yourselves for the benefit of “the least of these”.