Monday, March 16, 2009

Spring Break Outreach

Pray for Cornerstoners...
  • The Salt Company has a group of 70 students heading to Tyler, Texas to work at Pine Cove Christian Camp during the day while being equipped at night.
  • Another group of Salt students have gone to Jamaica to share the gospel verbally and through acts of service
  • A small group is in Turkey, sharing gospel literature in areas that have few if any believers in their communities.
  • A leadership team is heading to Zambia to prayerfully and strategically plan how to best utilize the newly constructed buildings of the Hope Children's Center in the coming months.
  • God is bringing redemption and restoration in many lives as sin is exposed, confessed and true repentance is evidenced.

Pray for God's glory to shine out as the Good News is spread and His Church is purified!

Monday, February 23, 2009

Daring to Share

180, Cornerstone's Junior High Ministry is on the move...
  • 46 students and adult leaders went to the youth conference "Dare to Share" in Lincoln, NE
  • many shared the gospel as they went door to door asking for canned goods for the poor
  • one of the adult leaders had the privilege of leading someone to Christ
  • 60 6th graders spent Friday night at a Cornerstone "lock in"

Stan Hayek, The Salt Company Freshman Group Director, and 8 TSC students...

  • led at a highschool retreat at Twin Lakes Conference center
  • 52 students were challenged to commit or re-commit their lives to Christ
  • many responded boldly, confessing their faith before their peers for the first time

D6 Ministry is training new parents...

  • Scott and Joy Andrews are leading 40-45 adults in a Wednesday night class
  • These parents are learning for the first time what it means to raise children in a God-centered home with consistent, appropriate discipline

May God continue to grow us from the cradle to the grave!

Monday, February 16, 2009

The Beginning of a "God Story"

On Friday...
a young woman walked into Cornerstone's foyer,
following a "weird" impulse to stop after driving by for weeks.
She had been pushed onto the streets at 13 by her parents.
She had never been inside a church, but she was spiritually hungry.

On Sunday...
after a phone call from Jill, she texted that she would come to the 11:00a service.
She was greeted with a hug, and walked into "church" for the first time.
She experienced worship, saw people stepping into the waters of baptism,
and the Word was spoken in a a way that she had never heard before.

I can't wait until next week...