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This Week’s Buzz at Cornerstone Church

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Other things you gotta know at Cornerstone this week:

Uganda Mission Trips

  • June 18-28 (closed trip for High School Seniors)
  • July 9-19 (open to all)
  • July 23-August 2 (closed trip for soccer players)
  • October 1-11 (open to all)

If you have any questions about these trips or just want more information, please email mission@cornerstonebuzz.org

Do you have any special parking needs (i.e. elderly, disabled or pregnant) on Sunday mornings, please let the parking team know (at either site) as you enter the parking lot. They will direct you to available designated parking.

Occupy Green Chair at Hamilton Road is a grassroots movement to fill every seat in the Worship Area during Worship on Sunday mornings. Please squeeze in to fill any empty seat, making room for all of our guests. Thanks for your help!

Get your copy of Cornerstone Live, a Worship CD, in the lobby at Hamilton Road and Lee-Scott on Sunday mornings. Cost is $5.

Check out the Cornerstone Bookstore located in the lobby of both Lee-Scott and Hamilton Road. It’s open Sunday mornings before and after the services. There you will find resources read and recommended by Cornerstone leaders. Be sure to look at our new foster care resources.

HAMILTON ROAD VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

If you have a friendly face and can count money, then you would make an excellent member of the Information Desk/Bookstore Team. Members of this team serve on Sunday mornings before and after a service greeting people and answering any questions. They also collect money for bookstore purchases. If you are interested in being a part of this team, please contact Julia Farrow at julia@cornerstonebuzz.org.

LEE-SCOTT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

Are you an early bird? If so, we have a couple opportunities for you. Our Cafe Team gets there early and starts brewing the coffee and setting up the cafe area for our guests. For those who aren’t up so early, the Cafe Team also needs folks to clean it all up after the service.

Another early riser opportunity is being a part of the Set-Up Team. These team members arrive early to set up everything to get ready for the Worship Service from chairs to drapes to signs to anything else necessary.

If you are interested in these opportunities to “Lead People to Know and Serve Jesus”, please contact Julia Farrow at julia@cornerstonebuzz.org.

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This Week’s Buzz at Cornerstone Church

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Other things you gotta know at Cornerstone this week:

Cornerstone Youth will not be meeting this Sunday, May 13. The summer meeting schedule starts June 10, 5:30-7:30 pm at Hamilton Road.

Uganda Mission Trips

  • June 18-28 (closed trip for High School Seniors)
  • July 9-19 (open to all)
  • July 23-August 2 (closed trip for soccer players)
  • October 1-11 (open to all)

If you have any questions about these trips or just want more information, please email mission@cornerstonebuzz.org

Do you have any special parking needs (i.e. elderly, disabled or pregnant) on Sunday mornings, please let the parking team know (at either site) as you enter the parking lot. They will direct you to available designated parking.

Occupy Green Chair at Hamilton Road is a grassroots movement to fill every seat in the Worship Area during Worship on Sunday mornings. Please squeeze in to fill any empty seat, making room for all of our guests. Thanks for your help!

Get your copy of Cornerstone Live, a Worship CD, in the lobby at Hamilton Road and Lee-Scott on Sunday mornings. Cost is $5.

Check out the Cornerstone Bookstore located in the lobby of both Lee-Scott and Hamilton Road. It’s open Sunday mornings before and after the services. There you will find resources read and recommended by Cornerstone leaders. Be sure to look at our new foster care resources.

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This Week’s Buzz at Cornerstone Church

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Other things you gotta know at Cornerstone this week:

Cornerstone Youth News and Events

  • We will NOT be meeting on May 6, due to the church-wide Baptism Celebration & Confirmation event. We strongly encourage all students and families to attend this awesome event at 5:00pm at Hamilton Road.
  • We will NOT be meeting on May 13.
  • May 20th will be a BIG night for Cornerstone Youth. It’s our annual Summer Bash, and it will also be the first night for our new youth pastor, Pat Bethea. We will have Yogurt Mountain, an outdoor movie, a cookout, and more! Admission is $5. We hope your student will plan to attend 6:00-8:30 pm at Hamilton Road.
  • Cornerstone Youth will start the summer meeting schedule on June 10,  5:30-7:30 pm at Hamilton Road.

Uganda Mission Trips

  • June 18-28 (closed trip for High School Seniors)
  • July 9-19 (open to all)
  • July 23-August 2 (closed trip for soccer players)
  • October 1-11 (open to all)

If you have any questions about these trips or just want more information, please email mission@cornerstonebuzz.org

Do you have any special parking needs (i.e. elderly, disabled or pregnant) on Sunday mornings, please let the parking team know (at either site) as you enter the parking lot. They will direct you to available designated parking.

Occupy Green Chair at Hamilton Road is a grassroots movement to fill every seat in the Worship Area during Worship on Sunday mornings. Please squeeze in to fill any empty seat, making room for all of our guests. Thanks for your help!

Get your copy of Cornerstone Live, a Worship CD, in the lobby at Hamilton Road and Lee-Scott on Sunday mornings. Cost is $5.

Check out the Cornerstone Bookstore located in the lobby. It’s open Sunday mornings before and after the service. There you will find resources read and recommended by Cornerstone leaders. Be sure to look at our new foster care resources.

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This Week’s Buzz at Cornerstone Church

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Other things you gotta know at Cornerstone this week:

  • Uganda Mission Trips
    • June 18-28 (closed trip for High School Seniors)
    • July 9-19 (open to all)
    • July 23-August 2 (closed trip for soccer players)
    • October 1-11 (open to all)

If you have any questions about these trips or just want more information, please email mission@cornerstonebuzz.org

  • Do you have any special parking needs (i.e. elderly, disabled or pregnant) on Sunday mornings, please let the parking team know (at either site) as you enter the parking lot. They will direct you to available designated parking.
  • Occupy Green Chair at Hamilton Road is a grassroots movement to fill every seat in the Worship Area during Worship on Sunday mornings. Please squeeze in to fill any empty seat, making room for all of our guests. Thanks for your help!
  • Get your copy of Cornerstone Live, a Worship CD, in the lobby at Hamilton Road and Lee-Scott on Sunday mornings. Cost is $5.
  • If you are a cyclist, get ready to ride! The Cycle of Service, a bike ride across Alabama, is May 4-6. The third annual ride across the state, sponsored by Alabama Rural Ministries, is to raise money for home repair sites. It will be an intense ride across our state to raise resources to serve families. For information go to www.cycleofservice.arm-al.org! Looking forward to riding!
  • You’d look good in bright yellow!
    If you’ve come squealing into the Hamilton Road or Lee-Scott parking lots on a Sunday morning, you’ve probably encountered a cheerful person sporting a trendy florescent yellow vest. That fashionably dressed individual is a member of Cornerstone’s Parking Lot Team. Volunteers in this elite group brave the cold, heat, rain, occasional snow, and your reckless driving to make sure there is order and safety for our members and guests arriving on Sunday mornings. But it goes further than that. This parking lot experience is the first contact many guests will have with Cornerstone. AND WE WANT IT TO BE GREAT! These folks are welcoming and friendly, always keeping an eye out for that new person looking for the right way to go or the mom with 5 kids who needs help corralling the kids into the building. But this team can’t fully serve the way they would like to without some additional team members. So if you’re ready to plug-in at Cornerstone and give back to others, serving on the parking team may be just the spot for you. For more information on this volunteer opportunity or other serving opportunities at Cornerstone, contact julia@cornerstonebuzz.org.
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Pray and Learn

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During his message last Sunday Rusty asked us to do something. He asked us to pray and and he asked us to learn about foster care in Lee County. He asked us to do this during the summer as we move towards our next step as a church in the fall. We need to ask what can our role be to help impact the problem of children in foster care? Part of understanding that role is to know more aout the problem.

Caring for children in need of a home is something we are called to do as Christians (James 1:27). Here are some statistics that will help us understand the problem:

  • Number of children in foster care in the U.S.: 408,425
  • Number of children in foster care in Alabama: 5350
  • Period 2000 to 2009, the number of foster children in Alabama increased by 22.7%
  • The median age of children in foster care is 9.2 years. When looking at individual age years, however, the percentage of children per individual age year (1 through 19) is in single digits for all ages.
  • Median number of months in foster care: 14.0
  • 48% of foster family placements are with non-relatives
  • 51% of foster family placements have as their goal reunification with parents
  • 52% of children in foster care are male, 48% are female
  • 41% of children in foster care are white, 29% are black.
To learn more alongside other members of our Cornerstone family we have three lunches scheduled during the summer. These lunches are designed to answer some of the more common questions around foster care.
  • Sunday, May 20 at 12:30pm (Hamilton Road site)
  • Sunday, June 24 at noon (Lee-Scott site)
  • Sunday, July 29 at 12:30pm (Hamilton Road site)

Plan to attend at least one of these lunches. Being one church at two locations, you can attend any of the three lunches regardless of the location. Each lunch will include childcare, a light lunch and some great conversation about foster care. Soon you will see registration information on the Cornerstone website. There is no cost but through the registration process we can plan better.

If you have questions or need immediate information you can send an email to foster@cornerstonebuzz.org and either Jill Harris or I will get back with you.

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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.

This Week’s Buzz at Cornerstone Church

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Other things you gotta know at Cornerstone this week:

  • Uganda Mission Trips
    • June 18-28 (closed trip for High School Seniors)
    • July 9-19 (open to all)
    • July 23-August 2 (closed trip for soccer players)
    • October 1-11 (open to all)

If you have any questions about these trips or just want more information, please email mission@cornerstonebuzz.org

  • Do you have any special parking needs (i.e. elderly, disabled or pregnant) on Sunday mornings, please let the parking team know (at either site) as you enter the parking lot. They will direct you to available designated parking.
  • Occupy Green Chair at Hamilton Road is a grassroots movement to fill every seat in the Worship Area during Worship on Sunday mornings. Please squeeze in to fill any empty seat, making room for all of our guests. Thanks for your help!
  • Get your copy of Cornerstone Live, a Worship CD, in the lobby at Hamilton Road and Lee-Scott on Sunday mornings. Cost is $5.
  • If you are a cyclist, get ready to ride! The Cycle of Service, a bike ride across Alabama, is May 4-6. The third annual ride across the state, sponsored by Alabama Rural Ministries, is to raise money for home repair sites. It will be an intense ride across our state to raise resources to serve families. For information go to www.cycleofservice.arm-al.org! Looking forward to riding!
  • You’d look good in bright yellow!
    If you’ve come squealing into the Hamilton Road or Lee-Scott parking lots on a Sunday morning, you’ve probably encountered a cheerful person sporting a trendy florescent yellow vest. That fashionably dressed individual is a member of Cornerstone’s Parking Lot Team. Volunteers in this elite group brave the cold, heat, rain, occasional snow, and your reckless driving to make sure there is order and safety for our members and guests arriving on Sunday mornings. But it goes further than that. This parking lot experience is the first contact many guests will have with Cornerstone. AND WE WANT IT TO BE GREAT! These folks are welcoming and friendly, always keeping an eye out for that new person looking for the right way to go or the mom with 5 kids who needs help corralling the kids into the building. But this team can’t fully serve the way they would like to without some additional team members. So if you’re ready to plug-in at Cornerstone and give back to others, serving on the parking team may be just the spot for you. For more information on this volunteer opportunity or other serving opportunities at Cornerstone, contact julia@cornerstonebuzz.org.
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You’d Look Great in Yellow!

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If you’ve come squealing into the Hamilton Road or Lee-Scott parking lots on a Sunday morning, you’ve probably encountered a cheerful person sporting a trendy florescent yellow vest. That fashionably dressed individual is a member of Cornerstone’s Parking Lot Team. Volunteers in this elite group brave the cold, heat, rain, occasional snow, and your reckless driving to make sure there is order and safety for our members and guests arriving on Sunday mornings.

But it goes further than that. This parking lot experience is the first contact many guests will have with Cornerstone. AND WE WANT IT TO BE GREAT! These folks are welcoming and friendly, always keeping an eye out for that new person looking for the right way to go or the mom with 5 kids who needs help corralling the kids into the building. What a great way to lead people to know and serve Jesus!

This team can’t fully serve the way they would like to without some additional team members. So if you’re ready to plug-in at Cornerstone and give back to others, serving on the parking team may be just the spot for you. For more information on this volunteer opportunity or other serving opportunities at Cornerstone, contact julia@cornerstonebuzz.org.

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Communications & Volunteer Coordinator at Cornerstone Church

This Week’s Buzz at Cornerstone Church

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Other things you gotta know at Cornerstone this week:

  • Uganda Mission Trips
    • June 18-28 (closed trip for High School Seniors)
    • July 9-19 (open to all)
    • July 23-August 2 (closed trip for soccer players)
    • October 1-11 (open to all)

If you have any questions about these trips or just want more information, please email mission@cornerstonebuzz.org

  • Do you have any special parking needs (i.e. elderly, disabled or pregnant) on Sunday mornings, please let the parking team know (at either site) as you enter the parking lot. They will direct you to available designated parking.
  • Occupy Green Chair at Hamilton Road is a grassroots movement to fill every seat in the Worship Area during Worship on Sunday mornings. Please squeeze in to fill any empty seat, making room for all of our guests. Thanks for your help!
  • Get your copy of Cornerstone Live, a Worship CD, in the lobby at Hamilton Road and Lee-Scott on Sunday mornings. Cost is $5.
  • If you are a cyclist, get ready to ride! The Cycle of Service, a bike ride across Alabama, is May 4-6. The third annual ride across the state, sponsored by Alabama Rural Ministries, is to raise money for home repair sites. It will be an intense ride across our state to raise resources to serve families. For information go to www.cycleofservice.arm-al.org! Looking forward to riding!
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This Week’s Buzz at Cornerstone Church

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Other things you gotta know at Cornerstone this week:

  • Uganda Mission Trips
    • June 18-28 (closed trip for High School Seniors)
    • July 9-19 (open to all)
    • July 23-August 2 (closed trip for soccer players)
    • October 1-11 (open to all)

If you have any questions about these trips or just want more information, please email mission@cornerstonebuzz.org

  • Do you have any special parking needs (i.e. elderly, disabled or pregnant) on Sunday mornings, please let the parking team know (at either site) as you enter the parking lot. They will direct you to available designated parking.
  • Occupy Green Chair at Hamilton Road is a grassroots movement to fill every seat in the Worship Area during Worship on Sunday mornings. Please squeeze in to fill any empty seat, making room for all of our guests. Thanks for your help!
  • Save The Date for Camp Cornerstone! This year, Camp Cornerstone will be June 6-9th at Hamilton Road. Camp Cornerstone is for ages  4 years to 5th grade. Be on the look out for registration information on April 15.
  • Save the Date for Student Life Camp 2012 - For current 4th and 5th graders at Shocco Springs, Talladega, July 13-16. Look for registration coming April 15.
  • Joining and Infant Baptism is coming up April 15. To become a member of Cornerstone Church, you must attend Cornerstone Connect within the last year. If you would like to join or have your infant baptized, please contact Lynn at lynn@cornerstonebuzz.org.
  • Attention Youth- Don’t forget, this week we will not be having activities due to Easter. Enjoy the time with your family!
  • Get your copy of Cornerstone Live, a Worship CD, in the lobby at Hamilton Road and Lee-Scott on Sunday mornings. Cost is $5.
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Lenten Reader from Defeated to Conquered

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Today for Lent, as we move closer to the resurrection of our Lord, we examine Romans 8:36-39.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? (8:37)

As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:36-39)

It’s hard to fathom the depth and breadth of God’s love isn’t it?? Sometimes I wonder how a holy, sinless, perfect God could even think about loving me. At the same time I’m reminded my sin is not what defines me anymore. God doesn’t view me through the lens of my sin (thankfully!). He sees me through the lens of His grace. The fact is God loves everybody. But, He can only fully identify with us when we repent of our sin, acknowledge His forgiveness, accept His grace and believe in Jesus who makes all of those things possible. He doesn’t want anyone to live a life of defeat because of the effects of sin. Remember his greatest desire to be in relationship with every person.

So, with Christ and His power we are declared “more than conquerors”. What is it today that you have not conquered in your life? What is holding you back and keeping you chained up inside? Will you allow God to help you finally let it go?

My prayer for you today is that you fully know and embrace the love that God has for you, and that you take hold of the power of Christ that has conquered sin and death.

Rusty

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Rusty is the Senior Pastor of Cornerstone Church in Auburn Alabama, husband, father, son, and Believer.