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Author Archives: Jack Fisher

Jack serves on staff at Cornerstone Church. His primary responsibilities are in the areas of finance, communication, building & grounds maintenance, Guest Services and support staff leadership.

The Story of Scrooge, a Brief Version

Granger Community Church in Indiana is known for their innovation and creativity. Some members of their worship team put together this melodic overview of the story of Scrooge. It will make you chuckle a little, I did. Christmas Carol of the Bells from Granger Community on Vimeo.

What Me in Children’s Ministry?

This past January I took on a temporary challenge, our children’s ministries needed new leaders and I agreed to coordinate the process. What this meant was I would be hands on with our children’s areas ages birth to 5th grade until we hired three new leaders. The whole process ended up taking about six months. [...]

Horsefly Distractions

Last night I went for a run. I knew exactly how far I wanted to go and I had picked out a One Prayer message to listen to on my iPod. I had a plan and I was focused. With a pretty quick pace I was headed down the road until I realized a horsefly [...]

“What if church was a verb?” That is the question the United Methodist Church (UMC) is asking in its new advertising campaign Rethink Church. It is the second part of a campaign many are familiar with “Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors” that began eight years ago. The Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors campaign [...]

Last night I was at the Town Hall for Hope meeting hosted by Cornerstone. There were about 75 people who came to listen to Dave Ramsey talk about the economic situation of our country. It was a live simulcast via the internet hosted by FoxNews, LifeChurch.tv and Dave Ramsey. Here are my notes from the [...]

Our Economy from a Christian Outlook

This coming Thursday night at 7 pm we will be gathering in the worship area at Cornerstone to listen and learn. Dave Ramsey will be hosting the Town Hall for Hope meeting through a simulcast on our big screen. Join others from Cornerstone and our community to learn Dave’s thoughts on our country’s economic situation. [...]

Our Web Site Strategy

It has been a little over a month since we launched our new Web site at Cornerstone Church. The new design is a departure from traditional Web sites most businesses and churches use and most visitors are familiar with. It is based on the new Web 2.0 strategy. Wikipedia defines Web 2.0 this way: The [...]

Food and Fellowship

I once heard someone say that “Fellowship was an old school Christian term.” Not at Cornerstone, it is alive and well and we proved that at our first Fellowship event of 2009. We had our second annual Wild Game Dinner last month and over 170 people were at Cornerstone hanging out and enjoying some great food. The [...]

Fellowship in the Purpose Driven Church

Cornerstone Church follows the Purpose Driven Church model from Rick Warren’s book The Purpose Driven Church. Warren’s book was written in 1995 and details the model he uses at Saddleback Church to grow from one family in 1980 to thousands of attendees on multiple campuses today. One component of the model in his book is [...]