Common Ground Worship Services
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July 2025: Names of God series
This Sunday in Common Ground
July 20 : Pastoral Candidate & Ice Cream Social
We're pausing our current sermon series to hear from the interim pastor candidate, Ron Herms. Following the service there will be an opportunity to get to know Pastor Ron during an ice cream social!
Announcements:
- Butler Cafe at 10:15AM...bring a mug!
- Men's breakfast this Sunday at 9AM
- Ice Cream Social following the service to meet Ron Herms (more details below)
- Next Combined Service on August 10
- Virtual bulletin at butlerchurch.org/connect
- More news at butlerchurch.org/buzz
Schedule this Sunday:
10:15 AM Butler Cafe
10:45AM Worship in person & online
Leadership Update
Our interim pastor candidate is Ron Herms, both for the lead pastor role and for Common Ground. More details on the interim pastor search including a bio and proposed job descriptions are available on our Council Updates page. Opportunities for feedback will also be provided over the coming weeks.
butlerchurch.org/councilupdates
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Leadership Update 7/5/2025:
Our Church Council has reached an agreement with Pastor Jim Holm to be Provisional Lead Pastor for Butler Church in July and August. He will also be available to support Common Ground during this time. Council is in conversation with a candidate for interim lead pastor (watch for a formal announcement to come soon!). The Council is also talking with Common Ground leadership about an option to include our half time congregational pastoral role as well. If you would like more information, please talk our congregational representative on Council, Christina Lumeya. Our Common Ground leadership team will also be meeting this Sunday following the worship service. Thanks for your continued prayers!
Pastoral Transition:
On Sunday, March 23, an important announcement was shared with our church family. After much prayer and consideration, Pastor Scott resigned as pastor of Butler Church and Common Ground. He continued to serve the church and help in the transition process for the next 3 months.
For more, visit butlerchurch.org/councilupdates
Previous weeks in Common Ground
Therefore, Go! Series
After the celebration of Easter and Christ's resurrection, like the disciples, we consider...what's next? Jesus answered that question, tied with a promise: I will not leave you. Therefore, Go! Let's upack what that looks like for us today.
Watch past Sunday messages in the series on our YouTube channel here.
April 2025
Everything in Between Series
Through the season of Lent we are going through a series on "Everything in Between." It's about finding God in the midst of extremes. We've looked at Stranger & Neighbor, Rest & Growth. Our journey will take us through to Easter Sunday!
Watch past Sunday messages in the series on our YouTube channel here.
April 2025
Renewed series
At the start of the new year when we make new commitments, it's also a time to look at what practices renew our faith.. This series touches on scripture reading, prayer, community, and service.
January 2025
Lights of Christmas series
During Advent we're reminded that Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love are a contrast to the prevailing themes in our culture: fear, anxiety, loneliness, and sadness.Be encouraged to push against these forces that enslave & isolate and instead seek freedom & community as found in the Kingdom of God.
December 2024
How We Grow series
Our growth in our spiritual life comes through spiritual disciplines like scripture reading, prayer, rest, and giving.
You can find the messages from Pastor Scott and other speakers on our YouTube channel here.
November 2024
Our House series
In "Our House" we will serve the Lord. This idea comes from scripture, and this series unpacked what that means. It included our Commitment, Commandment, Cooperation, and Community.
You can find the messages from Pastor Scott on our YouTube channel here.
September 2024
Wandering Heart series
As we journeyed through Lent toward Easter, we found it helpful to figure out faith with the apostle Peter. Like him, we may stumble along in our faith or be wrestle with questions. Taking them to Jesus is where we find what we're seeking..
You can find the messages from Pastor Scott on our YouTube channel here.
April 2024
Flourish series
It's a new year! Have you considered what the coming months will hold for you? Since none of us can predict exactly what will occur, we know there will be the usual highs and lows, joys and challenges. Let's prepare, by digging into God’s Word together and let our roots grow deep into his love. Join in for this series called Flourish: planting, preparing & producing in Christ.
You can find the messages from Pastor Scott on our YouTube channel here.
January 2024
Men's Breakfast Fellowship
Our congregation is hosting a men's breakfast fellowship each month with breakfast burritos or other deliciousness, fellowship and the Word! Mark your calendar for the 3rd Sunday of the month!
Be sure to RSVP each time so we know how much food to order; you can find the current link on our Events page.
August 2023
find the current link on our Events page
How Does a Weary World Rejoice?
The advent season often focuses on joy, but when we’re facing challenges in our lives or feeling the weight of the brokenness in the world, it can be hard to rejoice. Taking another look at the Christmas story we find these same themes, but also ways to lean in to the Good News we’ve been longing to experience more fully.
You can find the messages from Pastor Scott on our YouTube channel here.
December 2023
Live Free Series
This fall our series journeyed through a study in Galatians, explaining how we can Live Free! Life with God isn't about following a series of rules, but about knowing Him through his son, Jesus. But sometimes we try to live life as Jesus + ... Jesus plus the various ways we try to ensure our own future. But he came to set us free from that - there's a new way to live!
You can find the messages from Pastor Scott and other guest speakers on our YouTube channel here.
November 2023
Fall Women's Gathering
This fall, Kathy Jacobs hosted us for coffee and connection time in her home, is not far from church. If you're interested in upcoming women's ministry events or would like to help plan something in the future, please contact the church office or send us a note on our Connect
page!
- October 2023
5th Sundays
Every 5th Sunday we plan something different for our worship service time. On June 30 we shared more Summer Stories around tables with food! Our next 5th Sunday will be at the end of October...watch for info on that to come!
- August 2023
Seeking
The season of Lent is the weeks leading up to Easter. We are starting a new series that will take us into Easter and beyond, called Seeking: Honest Questions for a Deeper Faith. Through stories in scripture, we find people who are seeking; as we ask their honest questions and center them around Jesus, we discover a deeper faith. Like those in the scriptures, we are also seeking many things: clarity, connection, justice, balance; how to live as a in this world as disciple. Throughout the turbulence of the past few years, many of us are asking big questions about our lives and our faith. If you are returning to church, you are may be coming with more questions and a critical lens. We hope this series will help us unpack some of those big questions in ways that are honest and faithful. Throughout this season, we hope you will continually ask yourself: what am I seeking? What is God seeking?
- March 2023
Sabbatical Season
Pastor Scott was away for a 3 month ministry sabbatical from December through March. On Sundays, the message was brought by a Butler member or guest speaker. (You can find livestreams here.) Our whole church family was invited to 'lean in' to help and grow during this season. [For more information about Sabbaticals and ways to lean in during this season, click here.]
- December 2022
Advent Series 2022
The four Sundays leading up to Christmas mark the advent season, a time of anticipation of the arrival of Christ. Our sermon series during advent was called
“Generation to Generation”
and explored the ways in which the coming of Christ - and the hope, peace, love and joy that he offers - is woven into generations past, present and future. We invite you to participate with expectation, and with a friend; let’s share the love of Christ this Christmas season!
You can find more information about this series, including a livestream playlist and resources, here.
November 2022
The Deeply Formed Life series
This sermon series (Fall 2022) is aimed at growing a deep & healthy spiritual root system that will not only help us withstand the many trials of life, but actually thrive in the midst of them! The Deeply Formed Life is based on the book of the same title by Rich Villodas. The series explores important topics and practices that will deepen our faith and produce great fruit. [read more here]
My hope is that through this time, you and I will grow deeper in our faith together. - Pastor Scott
- October/November 2022
Volume up on Jesus
In this season of Lent, let’s renew our focus daily by looking for ways to turn-up the volume on Jesus
in our lives for the next 40 plus days. For more on this, and a list of ideas, click here! In Common Ground we in a new series, Beauty for Ashes. Perhaps, as you “turn up Jesus” in the weeks ahead he might reveal some of that beauty in the midst of the everyday. We want to hear about it!
February 2021
About Common Ground
Sunday Worship Services
We are having regular indoor worship services on Sundays at 10:45 am! We are thankful for the gift of being able worship together in person, as well as online.
Children's Sunday School is now happening every Sunday during the 11:00 hour. We are following covid-safe guidelines, including screening for symptoms before arriving on campus. Facemasks are not required but strongly encouraged for everyone, keeping in mind those who are at risk or not fully vaccinated, including children. Services will continue to be available via the livestream and on Facebook and Youtube (see links below).
updated September 17, 2021
Volunteer Opportunities
It’s a new year, and a great time to consider joining a ministry team! There are several different teams we are building right now, and a variety of skills and talents are needed. Learn more at butlerchurch.org/serve.
February 2022
Common Ground at Butler Church
Common Ground is one of the congregations of our multi-cultural Butler family. We were drawn to the name Common Ground - not just because some of us are coffee lovers! - but because it frees us to be common people; people who are broken and make mistakes, but are being transformed. Also we find common ground with all people before the cross of Jesus. And, as the apostle Paul says, we will try to find common ground with everyone so that they may have a relationship Christ – not to just to be talking about our faith, but also living it! (I Corinthians 9:22)
Better Together
Relationship is at the heart of all we do as a Butler family.
Because of our multicultural context we know that building relationships takes time and can be complicated! But we follow Jesus' lead who found common ground with us so we could have a relationship with Him.
As a congregation, we worship together on Sundays, but grow in our faith and serve each other through children's & youth ministry, small group Bible studies, Butler's food distribution ministry, and special outreach events for our community, like Meet & Treat and Summer Celebrations. Join us in sharing the love of God with our community!
If attending in person is not an option for you, join us online for Church at Home!
Jesus and Jammies
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