THIS WEEK AT CORNERSTONE
The Men at the Cross event is ALMOST HERE! Saturday, July 24, 8:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at Grace Church in Maryland Heights. Posters with details of this event are located throughout the church. We still have a few tickets left, please see John Ritland or Richard Ruiz if you want to go. Men, if you bring your son, they can get in for free and have their own special time at this event. Tickets are $29.00 per person – scholarships are also available.
It’s almost here, too! Our Vacation Bible School is coming up in just two weeks – July 26-30. If you haven’t already, sign your kids up; bring your neighbor’s kids; bring your nieces and nephews. Let’s fill our church with kids that week! See Children’s Ministry below for more details.
REMINDER: You can still sign up for the first annual EFCA Missions Golf Tournament which will be held on Monday, July 26, at the Crescent Farms Golf Club near Eureka. Cost per player is $110. Non-golfers can participate by coming to the luncheon at 1:00. Luncheon tickets are $25 and a RSVP is needed. Proceeds go to local EFCA church planting efforts and to train EFCA missionaries overseas. Volunteers ♥ are needed to help with the tournament registration, sell mulligans, and drink carts (lunch is complimentary). Please contact the Cornerstone church office (314-968-9808) or Jack Kennedy (636-399-3083)
A soccer tournament for refugees and immigrants will be held in the St. Louis area on Saturday, July 31, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. There are already teams from Bhutan, Congo, Burma, etc. We are looking for teams that exist or players that would like to join a team. It will be held at the Midwest Soccer Academy, 5247 Fyler Avenue, 63139 – Registration Fee is $10/person. $5 returned the day of the tournament – Registration is not confirmed until payment is received. (Make checks payable to First Free) -Register online or in person at Oasis International, 5035 Gravois Road, 63116 – 314-353-3800 Tournament Type: Round Robin (Each group has a maximum of 6 teams) Groups: A, B (18+ years, 5 plus keepers) and C (35+ years, small goals, 5 players, no keeper) Awards Ceremony, Drawing and Picnic: at Tower Grove Park immediately following the tournament. Website: http://sites.google.com/site/stlouisworldamateurcup
For More info: email stlwac@gmail.com, or call 636-779-2105
Cornerstone will have a baptism on Sunday, August 1st, 12:30 through 3:00 p.m. at the Matush’s, 1455 Cragwold in Kirkwood. We will have a potluck lunch so bring a meat to grill AND a side dish or dessert according to: A-J veggie dish/salad; K-R fruit dish/salad; S-Z dessert – and bring swimsuit and towel if you want to swim. We will also have a report from Mike and Nolan Connelly about their Mexico mission trip in June with the Brockmans, and from the Moldova mission team. Five people have requested to be baptized. If you would like to be identified with Christ in baptism, please let Pastor Terry or the office know of your interest.
Our soldier’s ministry with Adopt-A-Platoon is active again. We just received a new assignment for an Army Platoon of 39 soldiers (including 3 women) assigned in Iraq until January. An updated list of requested items is available in the Welcome Center. Call Marta Guckes with questions (314-518-4310). We will do a cookie baking day again soon.
First E Free Church has a housing need for a missionary family of three (with a small dog) for one year. Contact Cathy Nelson cnelson@efree.org or 636.779.2187.
Camp Cornerstone will be at Turkey Hill Ranch Camp on August 27 through 29. Signups began last Sunday, July 11th.
As most of you know by now, we have another new baby in our “family”. Lydia Praise, 7 lb. 8 oz. and 20” long was born on July 8th at 1:26 a.m. to Jamie and Anna Cook in Kentucky. Gramma Karol is already there and Grandpa Pastor Terry will leave tomorrow for some hands on loving.
REMINDER! The Lost and Found basket is full. Please go through it to see if anything in it is yours. All remaining items will be donated in next week. By the way, does anyone know to whom the 3 plastic bags of clothing and hanging coats belong to? They had a name on them a month ago and were moved to the coat rack because no one picked them up. We plan to donate them if no one claims them soon.
St. Paul’s E Free Church, 9801 Olive Blvd., corner of Olive and Warson Road, will have a rummage sale Saturday, August 7th, 8:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Flyer is posted on hall bulletin board.
CONTINUING BIBLE STUDIES – Other studies are listed under the gender specific ministries below.
Rich Cartier leads a class on 1st Corinthians every Thursday evening from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in the church office. The plans are to continue this class into the Fall. Rich will also teach this class during the 2nd hour on Sunday mornings through the summer.
The Saturday morning Barnabas Project, open to men and women, led by Pastor Terry, meets from 7:30 to 8:30 in the Fireplace Room using the Student Copy of the Men At The Cross One2Won cross training study guide. We encourage discipleship among ladies/young ladies as well as men/young men and this study helps each of us become familiar with and comfortable using a great tool for one-to-one or one-to-two discipleship. It is an extremely practical way of equipping men and women of Cornerstone to multiply disciple makers.
MISSIONS
Cornerstone people on the Moldova missions trip are Ion, Svetlana and Emy Cheptene, Anne Parker, Oleg and Irina Podgorny and Derrick Staten. The first group left last Saturday, July 3 and returns Sunday, July 11 – the second group leaves July 10 and returns July 18. Please be in prayer for this trip and for everyone involved, including the Moldovan children who will be attending the camps.
Immanuel will have their Vacation Bible School on August 9 through 13. Our Student Ministry will be heading it up and will need helpers. ♥ Contact Aaron.
MEN’S MINISTRY
Every Friday at 7:00 a.m. a Men’s Bible Study meets at First Watch in Kirkwood. The current study is on “The Attributes of God”. All men are welcome to attend.
Father-Son camping and float trip is planned for Friday, August 7 through Sunday, August 8. Leave church at 5:30 p.m. on Friday and return by 4:00 p.m. on Sunday – or you can float on Saturday without camping overnight. Boys without fathers are welcome – men are needed as stand-in fathers♥. Contact Mark Kamphoefner if you are interested – 314.821.9488 or kamphoefner@sbcglobal.net.
STUDENT MINISTRY
College Students! A Bible study class specifically for you meets each Sunday morning during the 10:45 a.m. hour in the Fireplace Room. There is also a Bible study that meets every Sunday evening at the Connelly’s home, 2147 Avalon Ridge Circle, Fenton, 63026, through June and July. Come, learn and participate.
The High School Student Ministry is going on a summer retreat from Friday, July 30th, thru Sunday, August 1st. They will travel to Kansas City to attend a Kansas City Royals baseball game, go to Worlds of Fun and have a special guest teacher.
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
Signups are now open for this summer’s Vacation Bible School – July 26-30 – “A Celtic Celebration”. All children between age 3 and 5th grade (in the Fall) are invited to participate. Everyone is invited to help ♥ in some way – we especially need teenagers. Thanks to all who have signed up to work. VERY IMPORTANT! – All VBS workers are asked to attend a meeting on Sunday, July 25th, 10:20 a.m., in the Junior Church Room.
Our needs for VBS craft projects this year are cereal boxes. Please save all your discarded cereal boxes, bring them to Cornerstone and place them in the container marked “VBS” under the coat rack. Thank you!
Another VBS need is bringing treats to the closing program for VBS on Friday, July 30th. Everyone is welcome to come even if you don’t have kids enrolled. Come join the fun and see what the kids did all week!
MOPS (Mothers of PreSchoolers) continues to meet on the first and third Thursday of each month. Their summer program consists of meeting at local parks and includes a family picnic on Sunday, July 25th, 5:00 p.m. at Crestwood Park.
♥ If you love to cuddle babies and play with toddlers, we need a few more people to volunteer for our Nursery on Sunday mornings. Call or email the office if you can help.
PRAYER
Our condolences go to Marilyn Brown on the passing of her son, Mark, who went home to be with the Lord last Saturday night. He will be missed by his brothers, sister, children, and of course, his mom. We just trust in the Lord that this is according to the will of God. Visitation will be at Hoffmeister’s Mortuary, 6464 Chippewa, 63109, tomorrow (Thursday) from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. followed by a gravesite service at St. Paul’s Church on Rock Hill Road off Watson Road. Anyone who can is also invited to lunch at C.J.Mugg’s, Lockwood and Gore, in Webster after the services.
Praise the Lord for Joyce Clark’s surgery last Friday. It went successfully and she is on the way to recovery and being spoiled by three daughters who have camped out at their house all week!!!
Susan Ritland had hip replacement surgery Monday morning at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and is coming home today. Pray for comfort and patience as she goes through therapy and recovery.
Continue to pray for Karen Felton, Cornerstone missionaries, our Russian congregation, marriages, students and those going through personal trials and health issues; plus Immanuel, Pastor Todd and their congregation.
Reminder: Our Monday evening prayer group meets from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary; and, the 50/50 prayer group meets every Thursday morning from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. in the Fireplace Room. Everyone is welcome to join either or both groups.
SERVING CORNERSTONE
Please consider being a volunteer at Cornerstone. Sign up through the Welcome sheet in your Sunday bulletin or call or email the church office to joanne@cornerstonestaff.org . Wherever you see this symbol “♥” in this publication, it indicates volunteer opportunities available at Cornerstone. Contact the office to find where you can help. You are what makes Cornerstone thrive so come, volunteer and help us grow.
REMINDER! ♥ We continually collect used laser and ink jet printer cartridges and old cell phones for our silent recycling fundraiser – place them in the basket located by the elevator in the foyer.