Turning the Corner

The next stop

Celebration Banquet

Monday, March 30, 2009

6:00 PM

The people of Cornerstone Church walking together with God have been on a journey for over fifty years to bring us to this point in time! During the journey He has never let the people of Cornerstone down. His faithfulness is evident! His mercies and supply of grace is new every morning.

The last stretch of the road has taken five years to bring us to this vista.

· Secured New Pastors over Youth and Children
· Reconnaissance and prayer for land
· Designed a functional future facility for the coming years
· Renovation of existing facilities – pews to chairs (more seating)
· Initiated the Saturday Night Service
· Inaugurated the Forward in Faith – Capital Campaign

Please pray for the Celebration Banquet for the next few days. If possible, fast! Ask the LORD to meet with us as we gather together!

Please pray for our speaker, Pastor Terry Bates. Ask the LORD to fill him with the message that He wants him to deliver to our congregation!

God is upstream from where we are and HE knows because He is Omniscient what He has planned for us to accomplish for His Glory!

Monday night is the night of all nights in Cornerstone’s history. Since Pastor Jim’s 20th Anniversary this is even the first time our body has been together for an all church dinner (except the picnic in the park) or even a single worship service in over 5 years!

Let’s be prepared to hear from God!

Let’s exalt the NAME OF JESUS!

Let’s Praise HIM Gloriously!

Let’s give HIM the honor HE is due!

"Forward Together for Christ Alone!"

Easter Celebration - Invite a Friend!

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Celebration Banquet

The Network

The Body of Christ at Cornerstone

Celebration Banquet
March 30, 2009, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Are you signed up?

It is our desire to have all of Cornerstone Church present at our Celebration Banquet regardless of whether you can give financially at this time or not.

We understand some of you are experiencing difficulties right now. Giving more might not be possible, but money is not the only gift we need. We need your prayers! We need your help in getting the gospel to people within our community. We can all be a part of the miracle.

Your offering to God for this project can be a gift of:
· Your time
· Your talent
· Your treasure

Become involved and excited about what God is doing at Cornerstone today!
If you haven’t already given your RSVP, you may reply to this email; or stop by the table in the lobby this weekend.

Celebration of Prayer Report!

Praise the Lord for a FANTASTIC 24 hours at Cornerstone this past weekend! Thank you to everyone who participated in the Celebration of Prayer, and a special thanks to those who organized this event!

Here's a special word from one of the coordinators, Chary Dunn:

"WOW!! what a tremendous 24 hours!! The outcome of this can only be a positive one!! Thank you for asking me to be involved. The prayer guide was such a blessing, and something to keep to refer to many times in the future. Please tell everyone in the office and the staff what a blessing their work was!! We ought to do a celebration each year, if not more."

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Celebration of Prayer!

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Let's Get Busy!

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Time to change those clocks!

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"Get Someone Else!" by Dan Jensen

As I think about the Forward In Faith for Christ Alone campaign to raise money for a new Campus… I, like many, wonder how we are going to accomplish such an expensive task in a time of tremendous economic turmoil. I have a lot of questions. I have multiple fears. Will we turn off the support that we enjoy now by reaching too far? Will our congregation shrink rather than grow because people refuse to follow? Will we buy land and then sit on it for decades for lack of interest in continuing? Or worse, mortgage a paid-for church to build initial and inadequate facilities just as the money runs out? A third service seems to be working fine, why do we need to move? Are we abandoning our near neighbors? Am I the right person to do what it appears God is asking me to do? What if we fail? Wouldn’t it be easier to just go to a different church where adequate facilities are already built?

Do you remember how God called Moses to lead His people out of Egypt to The Promised Land? The people were being persecuted and abused and were crying out to God. God heard them and decided to rescue them… to lead them away from Egypt and give them open space and plenty of provision. While I am not interested in trying to convince you that we are in the same position as the Israelites and that God is somehow rescuing us from Clark and Washington, I do want to examine what it was about Moses that angered God to the point He considered killing him.

Remember the statement in Exodus 4:4 “Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses.” And later, “…the Lord met Moses and was about to kill him.” What led up to that and how can we avoid doing the same thing?

Moses had questions:

• Moses said, “Who am I….?”
• Moses said, “Suppose I go…?”
• Moses said, “What if they don’t listen?”
• Moses said, “I have never been eloquent…”

God answered patiently:

• God said, “I am sending you…”
• God said, “I will be with you….”
• God said, “I AM WHO I AM has sent you…”
• God said, “Go, assemble the Elders…”
• God said, “I have promised to bring you up out of the land…”
• God said, “I will stretch out my hand…”
• God said, “I will strike the Egyptians…”
• God said, “I will make them favorably disposed…”
• God said, “You will plunder them…”
• God said, “What is that in your hand?... this is so they will believe…”
• God said, “If they don’t believe the first sign they may believe the second…”
• God said, “who gave man his mouth…?”

But after all God’s patient encouragement and explanation, Moses said something that was really dumb:

“O Lord, please send someone else to do it.”

Huh? Moses, you don’t have to do anything but obey. It is God’s battle and He has said He will go before you. He answered all your questions, He gave you signs, He gave you help…. and you say, “Get someone else?”

So what about you? And I? God has placed us where we are. We have the abilities He has given us. We have the resources He has placed in our care. I do not know specifically how involved He is asking each of us to be in this campaign.

Ask your questions. Think creatively. Listen to your King. Consider.

But don’t respond: “Get someone else!”

Cornerstone's New Worship Director

It’s Official!

02/22/09 Congregation Confirms

Garry Bradley as Director of Worship

Garry grew up in Yuba County and graduated from Marysville High School in 1999. Currently, he is a partner-owner-installer for Affordable Glass and Windows, a business based primarily in Sacramento.

Garry became a Christian ten years ago this week when he received Christ as his Savior at a youth retreat.

He and Nicole met at church in Loma Rica and were married on June 16, 2007.
Leading worship began for him in his youth group. He also directed worship for two years at a Christian summer camp.

Prior to coming to Cornerstone Church a year and a half ago, Garry led worship at Loma Rica Community Church for two years as volunteer and two years on staff.

As members of Cornerstone, Garry and Nicole have been serving the past year. He provided relief and support for Pastor Dave.

The larger ministry of Cornerstone, now providing three worship services each weekend, will benefit from a person of Garry’s gifting and commitment.