THIS WEEK AT CORNERSTONE
The announcement in last week’s TWC regarding Communion being postponed to Sunday, July 11th has been retracted. We WILL serve Communion on our traditional first Sunday, July 4th, where our Russian congregation will be joining us. too. Pastor Terry’s sermon title is “Remembering Our Independence” from Exodus 13:1-16. Also, please note that our Russian congregation is changing the time of their service from 12:30 p.m. to 10:45 a.m. beginning on July 11th.
Also, please note there will be NO NURSERY during 2nd hour this Sunday! Our office will also be closed on Monday, the 5th, in light of the Independence Day Holiday.
Cornerstone will have a baptism later in July or early August. If you would like to be identified with Christ in baptism, please let Pastor Terry or the office know of your interest.
Have you ever ridden our 7-man bike/trike? ♥ Here is your chance! John Gilbert has entered it in the Webster Groves 4th of July Parade which will be this Saturday, July 3rd. He needs a few more adult riders AND we need “wheelwalkers”. Contact the office or John at 314.808.1150 or jgilbystl@att.net. By the way, John says he will be at the church parking lot tomorrow from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. to practice riding it around. If you want to ride it, come by tomorrow evening.
Mike Nehre of Immanuel sends the following message to us: ”Hey all,
Here is an opportunity to not only volunteer ♥ but also learn a skill as well. We would like to get about 12 people to go from IEFC/CEFC to a new church-based day care in our neighborhood that we want to support. The training would be a great first taste of serving in our neighborhood. Please let the small groups you are connected with know about this for those that may be interested. Also please let me know who is interested so I can let the coordinator know. I’d prefer to send him one e-mail with all of our numbers. If you have any questions e-mail me or call my cell since we are out of town for the week. Thanks – 314-941-6701 – Training Days: We are hosting another training day! On July 10, at 8:30 am, we will learn how to install carpets. This is a great skill to have when helping families in need. Please sign up with Josh Kamer by emailing josh.kamer@communityloopstl.org and putting “Carpet Training” in the subject line. “
Cornerstone is sponsoring a Golf Tournament on Monday, July 26th, at Crescent Farms Golf Course in Eureka to support Richard and Pam Schumacher of EFCA and Al and Edie Lewis of Reach Global. Registration forms are available in the Welcome Center.
Camp Cornerstone will be at Turkey Hill Ranch Camp on August 27 through 29. Watch for signups to begin July 11th. Is this on your calendar yet?
The Lost and Found basket is full again. Please go through it to see if anything in it is yours. All remaining items will be donated in a few weeks.
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 leaves this 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.
We welcome back the Brockman family and Mike & Nolan Connelly from their Mexico mission trip last week and look forward to hearing their testimonies.
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. Please note they will NOT meet this Saturday, the 3rd.
The men’s Bible study on Romans led by Ernie Brockman meets on Monday nights, 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the Fireplace Room.
Men at the Cross is coming to St Louis -
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. Cornerstone has purchased tickets so please see John Ritland or Richard Ruiz if you want to go. Tickets are $29.00 per person – scholarships are available.
Save this date … Father-Son camping and float trip. Leave church at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, August 6th and return by 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 8th. It will be possible for some to float on Saturday without camping Friday and Saturday nights. 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. You will receive a reminder post card confirming your assignment in the mail soon. VERY IMPORTANT! – For All VBS workers – we need you 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!
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.
PRAYER
Matt Creamer will lead our next Prayer Meeting and Hymn Sing in the Sanctuary on Sunday, July 11, beginning at 6:30 p.m. This will be a blessed time for all. Come join us in prayer and sing those hymns of old.
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.
Cal Swan, District Superintendent of the Central EFCA, sends this update on their son, Ben, who has now completed his chemo treatments and cancer surgeries: “…At this point his doctor was able to pronounce that Ben is “in remission”. What that means, we understand, is that there is no need at the present time for any treatment and no evidence of growing cancer. For this we are very thankful and grateful to God, for his healing touch and to you, for your many prayers and concern for us…”
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.
| If and when you have prayer requests, be sure to call or send them to the church office by Wednesday Noon so they can be included in this communiqué and in Sunday’s bulletin. |
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.