Common Ground Church Eloop 9

Life is all about relationships – whether it’s with friends or family, partners or parents, siblings or spouses, kids or colleagues.  The quality of our life hinges on the strength of these bonds.  And although all these connections are unique, there are ten ancient essentials that can be applied to them all - so that strained relationships can be made strong, and good ones made even better.  For 5 Sundays, we are exploring these relationship essentials one by one.

The Real-ationships series continues this week in all congregations.  Click the link below to view our small group video material.

Enjoy Cape Town, enjoy music, enjoy friends, enjoy food, enjoy life…

Expect to experience the joy of all these things and more at ENJOY – an event for all our students and twenty somethings.  It will be taking place on Friday 11 March, 7:30pm at the Old Biscuit Mill.  

There will be acoustic comedy with The Brothers Streep, indie rock with Irvine and Balkan beats with The Nomadic Orchestra, as well as a DJ, freebies and photo booths.  Gourmet food & drink will be on sale.  It’s R50 to get in, but tickets are limited so be sure to pick them up at the involvement desk on Sundays, or the church office.  Click the link below to join the Facebook event and invite your friends.

Do you have a way with numbers?  Are you passionate about helping kids learn?  Then this is a volunteer opportunity tailor-made for you.  Papa Chris is a Common Grounder who runs extra Maths lessons for Grade 8 and 9 students at Litha Primary School in Gugulethu.  He needs volunteers to assist students with the lesson while he teaches from the front.
 
The next Saturday School will be on 5 March from 9am to 11am. For more info or to sign up, please email nathalie.koenig@commongood.org.za.  And if numbers aren’t your strength but you’d still love to help kids learn, then don’t forget to sign up for our Literacy Programme looking in evening on Thurs, 10 March at 7pm in the Rondebosch guest lounge.  Email nicole.robson@commongood.org.za for more info.

If you are a parent who is struggling with a son or daughter who is being crippled by addiction, join us this Saturday 5 March for a Drug Support Workshop hosted by Celebrate Recovery.  The aim of the workshop is to help people understand the need for long term recovery, and highlight the necessity for physiological healing to occur before true cognitive work can be done.  By simply being a more informed parent, you can circumvent the want to extract your loved one out of recovery before the necessary foundational healing has been established.

If you or anyone you know might be interested, please join us at the Friend’s First House Conference Room in Rondebosch on this Saturday 5 March from 9am to 12pm.  Email philipv@diamondproperties.co.za to sign up.

We have streamlined all our weekday courses, training and events into Monday nights.  We call it Monday Night Life (MNL) and it aims to simplify and focus weekday church activity, leaving the rest of the week for Small Groups and open space in your life and ministry.

What’s happening next week:
Week 7 – Monday 7 March, 7pm

Start - Friend’s First House
Health Sector – Cafe
CG Champs Training – Guest lounge
Kid’s Ministry Team Training – Main venue

Click on the link below to download the MNL brochure with this quarter's schedule.

If you are a Christ-follower and not yet baptised, then contact sarahjane@commongroundchurch.co.za to find out about our next baptism opportunity.  Please remember to let us know whether you’re from our InnerCity, Rondebosch AM, Rondebosch PM or South congregation.

DNA

Should you decide you want to become more than a guest, but rather a family member of our community, our DNA course is your opportunity to spend time getting to know our history and our heart.  It's also a good opportunity to get to know some of the leaders in the church and to ask questions before making a more solid commitment to our family.

The next DNA will take place at the end of this month on the 25 & 26 March.

To sign up or get more information, email sarahjane@commongroundchurch.co.za.

Ignite, our youth ministry for grade 6 and 7s, is growing by the second and we are urgently looking for more energetic leaders to assist this ministry on a Friday evening from 6pm-8pm.  This is a great opportunity to serve both Common Ground and our surrounding community.  

If you are interested or want more information, then email pampike@commongroundchurch.co.za.

We’d like you to put aside Sunday 27 March for a Common Ground Rondebosch AM family gathering.  We’ll be sure to give you more information about this soon, but in the meantime, get out your diaries and keep the 27 March open so that you don’t miss out!