Newsletter Dec 2010

Cornerstone Connection DECEMBER 2010 VOLUME 5 ISSUE 4

LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING for International Missions

Cornerstone’s Goal: $43,000 (the cost of sending a Missionary Unit (family)

to the mission field for one year)

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Christmas At Cornerstone The Music Ministry presents the following Special Events to

Celebrate our Savior’s birth . . .

7:00 PM Traditional

Service

Children’s Choir Musical Youth Christmas Dinner Drama

Sunday, December 12 6:00 PM FLC

Friday, December 3 Saturday, December 4

6:30 PM FLC

Sunday, December 19 6:00 PM Sanctuary

Christmas Eve Services December 24

5:00 PM Family Service

CBC Family Christmas Concert

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PRAYING FOR THE NATIONS:

PRAISE  the  LORD!  The October month-long First-in-Prayer event--successfully covered the nations of the world in prayer!!! Thank you to all who picked a nation and prayed! Remember, we can continue to pray for our nation and all nations of the world that every person shall hear the Gospel and know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. A time of PRAISE & PRAYER

In celebration and thanksgiving for the greatest gift ever given, our LORD Jesus Christ, may our hearts be overflowing with gratitude to our KING this Christmas. We are a blessed people! As a small token of our appreciation (not that we can ever earn HIS love --- for salvation is a free gift to us) but how wonderful it is that we can offer ourselves anew to our LORD. Will you give the gift of yourself to Jesus this Christmas!!!

CORNERSTONE PRAYER TEAM

Spend a day with God! Now this could be a couple of special hours, the whole day or more! You can be alone with the LORD but also come together with family and friends for a time of corporate worship. What a wonderful way to spend a day with friends! How amazing for a family to honor the Lord in this way! So you won't forget the date you select, you can sign up on the bulletin board's day with God calendar -- making a commitment to spend that day with God. Also, the prayer team will pray for you before and on the day you have chosen. Here are some ideas to help you get started:

· Read scripture together. · Select a story in the Bible & act it out! · Walk in the park & continually praise our LORD for the beauty around us! · Study a passage of scripture apart; then come together & share what God has said to you. · Share your favorite verses & why. · Do an art project together (draw/sew/build: the Priest garment, lamp of the Tabernacle, the Cross) · Have a parade carrying the Ark of the Covenant. (Made from a cardboard box!) · Spend time in prayer, listening for God. · Spend time listening to & dancing to praise music! · Write little notes to God of what you are thankful for (send them out onto a lake on leaves!) · Look for the "V" for victory of Jesus Christ in nature (Geese fly in a "V", tree's trunk & branch form a "V" etc!) · Have a Birthday Party for Jesus. · Go to the park & lay twigs together in the shape of a cross along the side of the trail. · Be LOUD outside & say how much you LOVE JESUS into the wind! · Have a prayer walk around a school. · Make a scrapbook, painting, or journal entry of the faithfulness of our LORD. · Try to speak ONLY PRAISES for the day to our LORD!!!!! · Write encouraging notes to family members. · Make a list of all your worries, give them to the LORD; then tear them up & throw them away! · Pray over your children's Year Book at school for all the teachers & students. · Pray over the newspaper or magazine (articles etc) for people to be saved & for

God to do a mighty work.

Ask God before the Day to lead your time. The prayer team will be praying for you before and during your Day With God!

What are your New Year's Plans? Announcing a

New Year's Day PRAISE & Prayer Service.

What an awesome way to start the New Year! Saturday, January 1st, 4:00-5:00 pm in the sanctuary.

PRO-ACTIVE PRAYER

The First-in-Prayer event on Wednesday, December 1st will be easy for you to attend since you will already be here! Before or after (or during) the class night time you can visit the Commons Area and pray over all the Christmas events for the month of December. Will you pray for God to be glorified through all the events of the church? Will you pray for any unbelievers who attend any of the services and shows to hear the Gospel Message and be saved? Will you pray for God to bless and protect all those performing? Just stop by the tables in the Commons and pray as suggested and as the Holy Spirit leads.

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MUSIC MINISTRY UPDATES

FINAL REHEARSAL

SCHEDULE FOR

ANGEL ALERT! Sunday, December 5

6:00 PM (during PM Worship)

FLC Saturday, December 11

9:30am - 11:30am FLC

J.O.Y. GROUP NEWS

FAMILY WORSHIP Sunday, December 26

10:00 AM in the Sanctuary

We will combine all 3 services into 1 service to allow the entire Cornerstone Family to worship together!

THERE WILL BE NO SMALL GROUPS MEETING.

Annual J.O.Y. Christmas Luncheon

Sunday, December 5, 2010 12:15 in the Family Life Center

Special Guest: Linda Rozelle presents “THE GIFTS OF CHRISTMAS”

$10 per person Tickets available after all Sunday Services and at the Church Office Monday - Friday.

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CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS OFFERING !OFFERING !OFFERING !

The GA class will be operating the Lottie

Moon Post Office. It will open Sunday, December 5 and will be open before and after the 9:15 and 10:45 Sunday morning services and on Wednesday nights. Bring any Christmas cards for Cornerstone families that you planned on mailing at the US Post Office to the Lottie Moon Post Office. The postage rate is the same, but will be given to Lottie Moon Christmas offering instead. The girls will deliver the mail in December. If you have any questions see Cindy Hunter.

Lottie Moon

Drama

Sunday, December 5

6:00 Service

Sunday Night Discipleship Clas-ses for Children

Return in January

Ages 4 & 5—Pair O’ Bulls

Grades 1-5

Taste of Thailand or

First Steps—Knowing Christ

Volunteers are needed for all ages—see Cindy

if you are willing to help.

Bible Drill Grades 4-6

Begins January 9

Get a head start on memorizing the verses! Driller packets are available in the new media displays behind the

welcome center. Pick your packet up and get started memorizing!

THANK YOU to the Grounds Crew of the Facilities Management Team & the 36

volunteers who came to help them!

Under the direction of Jane & Benny Webster, over 150 trees & shrubs were

planted all around our campus! Thank you to all who donated your time,

your sweat and your monetary contributions!

THANK YOU, Cornerstone for donating over

900 Shoeboxes to

Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child!

THANK-YOU’S

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3 Packages to choose from:

PACKAGE A $130 NON-SKIER PACKAGE, snow tubing, resort amenities, great food, great fellowship, lodging and transportation included. PACKAGE B $195 - SKI PACKAGE, lift ticket and rentals included, resort amenities, great food, great fellowship lodging, and transportation included. PACKAGE C $210 - SNOW BOARDING PACKAGE, lift ticket and rentals included, resort amenities, great food, great fellowship lodging, and transportation included.

On Friday November 5th, 131 students, chaperones and college students departed for Fort Caswell for our Annual Fall Retreat. The Retreat’s theme was, Soul Survivor - OUTLIVE, OUTPRAY, OUTSERVE. Once there students were divided into TRIBES and they competed in Survivor challenges and a Soul Survivor Ultimate Relay. On Saturday and Sunday mornings the Survivors were given TREE

MAIL which came straight from the Word of God. Throughout the weekend Survivors participated in four sessions of worship and teaching. At Saturday night’s session we saw at least 17 decisions for Christ. One particular decision was made by a high school senior who received a scholarship. Her decision was, as she put it, “I gave my life to Christ”. Prior to this retreat she did not go to Cornerstone. She is an athlete at Northwest High School and I see her practically every day while coaching football. I invited her to come to which she replied she could not afford it. Nevertheless, I gave her a scholarship. Because of the monies you give, lives are changing. This is only one of many decisions that were made. To God be the Glory!

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Cornerstone Women’s Ministry Reaching Up, Reaching In & Reaching Out!

CORNERSTONE NEWS

CORNERSTONE

WOMEN’S MINISTRY Thank you to all of those who attended the Fall Fest on November 4th. It was a wonderful time of fellowship and fun. We are very excited to have had many women sign up to help with the various ministry teams. If you were unable to attend or have since decided that you would like to be involved, we would love to have you! Our service teams include:

Prayer Team – led by Suzanne Billips and Joanne Schulze

Bible Study Team – led by Patsy Griffin and Cassie Sampson

Hospitality Team – led by Tammy McKinney

Communications Team – led by Melissa Brewster

Activities Team – led by Sharon Riccio and Leslie Shelton

Special Events Team – led by Betsy King

Service Team – led by Naomi Zellers and Jamie Simmons

Mentoring Team - led by Nikki Kober and Natasha Robinson

PRAYER OPPORTUNITIES…

Friday's for HIM will meet every Friday in December including Christmas eve day. We meet from noon to 1 pm in the sanctuary. This prayer time is open to all women of the church who desire to pray for the congregation and the forwarding of God's Kingdom here on earth! Come when you can. For more information contact Joanne Schulze at 336-668-2502 or [email protected]. Tuesday's with HIM will meet every Tuesday morning in the sanctuary from 6-7:00 am for the month of December. This prayer time is open to all women of the church who desire to pray for the congregation and the forwarding of God's Kingdom here on earth! For more information contact Leslie Shelton at 336-664-1005 or [email protected] .

If you are interested in serving on one of these teams or would just like to learn more, please contact any one of the team leaders or our Women’s Ministry Leader, Pam Carrigan. As always, you can also visit the Women’s Ministry table in the commons.

Bible Studies Please watch for new studies beginning

in the new year.

Ladies Night Out!

Cookies and Caroling!

Thursday,December9

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carolingat6:30.

Return to the church afterwards for

Hot chocolate/coffee & a cookie exchange! Bring 3 dozen of your

favorite cookies.

See Leslie Shelton or Sharon Riccio if you have any

questions.

PETAL PUSHERS When you sign up on the Altar Flower Schedule on the bulletin board across from the Fellowship Hall, you will see a space called “Petal Pushers” on the form. If you do not want to take your altar arrangement home with you after the Sunday Evening Worship Service, you may donate your flower arrangement to the Petal Pushers. A wonderful team of ladies will transform your arrangement into smaller arrangements which they deliver to shut-in’s, hospitalized members and others.

COMING IN FEBRUARY!

FAMILY MARRIAGE CONFERENCE! 

Here at Cornerstone!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

SAVE THE DATE!!!

2011 ALTAR FLOWER

CALENDAR

The  2011  Altar Flower  Calendar  is  posted  on  the bulle n board across  from  the Fel-lowship Hall.   Sign up for the week you  would  like  to  place  a  flower arrangement at the altar.   Details of cost and how-to’s are on the calendar. 

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LIBRARY CORNER - DECEMBER 2010

THE DECEMBER LIBRARY THEME IS “Wise Men Still Seek Him…At the Library.” Are you in search of truth? Come to the library and read the Good News about our Lord and Savior. Jesus is the reason for the season, so come over and check out our Christ-centered books and DVDs. MISSING ITEMS! We are still missing the Saving Sarah Cain DVD and Loves Long Journey DVD. Please either return these items or fill out an orange checkout slip so we know who has checked out the items. We are also missing several other books. Please check your bookshelves at home for any books stamped “Cornerstone Baptist Church Library” and return them to the library so others in the church can also enjoy them!

Your Library Team!

Kellie Bennett Suzy Handgraaf Prisca Onwuemene Lori Rountree Leigh Ellen Salmon  

understand why males behave the way they do. Even long-married women who think they understand men have only scratched the surface. Beneath a man’s rugged exterior is an even more rugged, unmapped terrain. What Shaunti Feldhahn’s research reveals about the inner lives of men will open women’s eyes to what the men in their life – boyfriends, brothers, husbands, and sons – are really thinking and feeling. This book will guide women in how to provide the loving support that modern men want and need.

The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns – Two thousand years ago, 12 people changed the world. Believing it can happen again, Stearns demonstrates what it means to actively live out your faith by sharing his own journey! Discover how this CEO chose to obey God – and found himself in Uganda.

STAFF PICKS Each month, the Library Corner column will feature a recommended list of personal favorite materials from one of our Cornerstone pastors and staff. Here are Cindy Hunter’s picks for December:

Choosing to See: A Journey of Struggle and Hope by Mary Beth Chapman – Grief is a journey many of us take at one time or another. For the Chapman family their journey began with the accidental death of their 5 year old daughter, Maria Sue, whom they adopted from China. In Choosing to See, Mary Beth Chapman shares her struggles with the tragic loss of Maria Sue, her journey to heal, and the unexpected path God has placed her on. Even as difficult as life can be, Mary Beth and the Chapmans choose to see with faith and hope. Forward by Steven Curtis Chapman.

For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn – What’s going on in a man’s mind? From their early days, every woman has struggled to

The ADVENTure of Christmas by Lisa Whelchel – Your kids know that Christmas means the birth of Jesus – and they want to celebrate. Join Lisa Welchel on a 24 day expedition to discover the Savior in the center of all things holiday – shopping, baking, decorating; and even the candy cane, the pear-tree partridge, the Santa suit, and the meaning of the mistletoe kiss.

Humphrey’s First Christmas by Carol Heyer – We have all heard the story of the three wise men, who brought their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the baby Jesus. But what about the camels who carried them? Here is the imaginative story of Humphrey the camel and his long, cold journey to Bethlehem. In addition to an engaging text and gorgeous, whimsical artwork, this story reminds readers of the importance of Christmas and the true meaning of gift-giving.

MORE INFORMATION

CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH 5736 INMAN RD GREENSBORO NC 27410

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Greensboro NC Permit No. 871

STAFF: Dr. Rick Byrd, Senior Pastor Rev. Dave Tomasek, Worship/Senior Adults Rev. Forrest Moss, Church Growth Rev. Jim Scott, Youth Ministry Mrs. Cindy Hunter, Children’s Ministries Mrs. Sherri Howard, WEE School Director Web Site: www.cornerstonesbc.org

SUNDAY SCHEDULE 8:00 am Worship 9:15 am Sunday School & Worship 10:45 am Sunday School & Worship 6:00 pm Evening Worship Children’s Choirs & Discipleship Youth Discipleship

WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE 6:15-7:30 pm Life Development Institute Mission Friends (ages 2-K) RA & GA (Grades 1-5) MAXIMUM lMPACT (Grades 6-12) Cornerstone Choir CARE Ministry (Sept-May)

JOIN THE JOURNEY! Class meets on the

FIRST WEDNESDAY of each month @ 6:00 PM

Conference Room in the Admin Suite

If you are new to Cornerstone and are wondering if Cornerstone is to be part of your journey with the Lord, please consider attending this class. Contact Pastor Forrest ([email protected]) or the church office (665-1944) for more details.

CHECK OUT THIS BLOG SITE! toughquestionsanswered.org

If you’ve ever wanted to dig into the Christian faith and seek answers to tough questions, then join the over 3,000 people per month who visit the Tough Questions Answered blog. The blog addresses theology, difficult Bible passages, evolution/creation, biblical archaeology, proofs for God's existence, and more! It is our goal to provide a place where people can clear away any intellectual barriers to the Christian faith that are plaguing them. We understand these barriers because we have experienced them ourselves.

See you at the blog! For more information, contact Billy Pratt.

BLUE BARRELS for FOOD Collection!

Blue barrels are located in the Commons and beside the WEE School Office. Each month a food item is collected in the barrels and donated to local agencies who give the food items to those in need.

DECEMBER FOOD ITEM:

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

EQUIPMENT CHECK-OUT If you plan to borrow any tables or chairs (or anything else) from the church, the items must be checked out through the

church office. If you have questions, please call the office at 665-1944.

Cornerstone LifeWay

Book Fair November 26-

December 11 There are forms in the church office, in the foyers, the Welcome Center and in the December 5 bulletin that you can take to the LifeWay Store close to Target (Wendover) & when you make your purchase, the Cornerstone Library will receive 15% of your net sale! Why not do your Christmas shopping and help out the church library at the same time! (If you can’t pick up a form, you may take one of our church bulletins to LifeWay.)