CGS Weekly: April 19, 2020
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Join us for worship
this Sunday, April 19
via our virtual worship service broadcast! We will post the link to the service
here
at
8:00am
on Sunday. In addition, we will post the link to the CGS
Facebook page
, and send it out via email. You may view a copy of the bulletin for this week's virtual service
here
.
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CGS Women Zoom Fellowship April 18
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CGS Women will have another fellowship via Zoom from
9:30-10:30am tomorrow
(April 18).
Robin Kiefer will be sharing part of her story on "Provision in the Wilderness." You may access the meeting
here
. Also, don't forget to check out the resources on our Women's Ministry website page to encourage and support you during the COVID-19 outbreak. You can view them
here
.
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Do you miss people? Tired of quarantine, stressed, bored, need to laugh? Jackbox Game Challenge is on! While observing social distancing requirements of playing from our own homes, all of YAC is invited to a quarantine tournament of fun and games like no other - sign up
here
to play
7:30-9:00pm
on
Saturday, April 18
.
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Special SMC Seminar Continues
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“Through The Whirlwind – How God Uses Crises To Grow Us”
Throughout the Bible we see God use crisis experiences to grow his people. In this seminar we will explore Scripture and “common grace” resources to reflect on what God is doing in our lives through this coronavirus experience.
Join Bob Burns & friends
this coming Thursday evening, April 23
, at
8:00pm
for the next installment in this special Zoom seminar. Even if you missed this past week, we would still love for you to join us this week. Be on the lookout for an invitation via email.
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Head to our
website
to learn more about how you can serve your CGS neighbors through
physical needs
like grocery shopping for the medically vulnerable, or through lifting up your church family in
prayer
.
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Register Now for the Wednesday Women's Bible Study
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Women of CGS—registration for our 2020-2021 Wednesday Women’s Bible Study is now open!
Beginning September 2020
, we will be studying Galatians and James together. We would love to have you join us! Our format focuses on Small Groups where we discuss the week’s lesson (prepared in advance) and its everyday application to our lives. Once a month we gather in one Large Group for a teaching/enrichment time from the lesson. NO previous knowledge of the Bible is needed as we will learn together. The
Wednesday morning study
meets from
9:30-11:30am
, and childcare is available for ages three months through four years. The
Wednesday evening study
meets from
7:00-8:45pm
, and there is no childcare available. You may learn more
here
. Register for the morning study
here
and the evening study
here
. Contact
Meggan Piehl
or
Michelle Bryan
if you have questions.
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Medical Community Email List
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Are you a medical/healthcare professional? We have a special email listserv for the CGS Medical Community, and we will be sending out periodic encouragement to our healthcare professionals during the coming weeks. If you would like to be on the email list, please
contact Liz Stoioff
. Doctors, nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, dentists, pharmacists, mental health professionals, etc. are all welcome!
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Children's Ministry Resources
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If you have kids in 5th grade and younger, our Children’s Ministry and Nursery Directors are providing content via email each week. If you are so inclined, please follow them on their brand new Instagram account, (
@CGSKids
), where they are providing resources and making videos for your youngest family members. You may also view info on our
website
.
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During social distancing, our youth staff is hosting Zoom meetings twice a week for our middle school and high school students. All students will Zoom together on
Mondays
at
11:00am.
Then on
Thursdays,
Middle School students will meet on Zoom at
6:30pm,
followed by High School Students at
7:30pm
. (Note this change from previous weeks.) Zoom can be accessed through any computer, iPad, or smart phone; or you can call in. A link for the Monday and Thursday meetings will be provided to you in each weekly email. These meetings will serve as opportunity to process life together while we are apart, and we will go through that current day’s devotional and pray for one another. For more info,
email JT Hoover
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Men's Bible Study Meeting Virtually
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Our Friday morning Men's Bible Study is meeting virtually via Zoom for the foreseeable future at
7:00am
each Friday
. They are reading Amos right now, and Obadiah next. If anyone who is not currently involved with the Men's Bible Study wants more information, they can email
Joseph Scanlon
or
Norman Acker
.
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As a reminder, you may view ongoing CGS schedule changes
here
. In case you missed any previous church-wide emails with COVID-19 updates, you may view them all
here
.
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CGS WORSHIP PLAYLIST
Thanks to Matt McClure, we now have a CGS worship playlist featuring over eight hours of music. You can access the playlist on
Spotify
and
Apple Music
.
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COMMUNITY GROUPS
If you would like to join a Community Group,
email us
and we will help you get plugged in!
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