Welcome to the Cornerstone leadership blog! This is a place for you to hear some of the insights, ideas, thoughts and ramblings of your church leadership. We will try to provide you information about what’s going on in the church, the “why’s” behind some of the things that are happening, personal stories of life change, ways that our church is making a difference and a whole lot more.

Let me start this off with an encounter I had at Tenda Chick restaurant 2 Sundays ago. While trying to figure out which sauce to put on my chicken strips a guy leans over toward me from his seat and jokingly says “is that what preachers do after church on Sundays?” I was like, “yep, it’s all about chicken!” He was with his wife and children. He introduced himself and his family and shared how they had been visiting our church for several months.

I felt bad because they had been visiting for a while and I didn’t recognize them (getting harder to know everyone as we grow – just part of it). After sharing that with him he said, “there’s no way you can know everyone. The church is growing so much!” He then went on to talk about how much they enjoyed the church and everything about it. He said, “just keep doing what you’re doing because it’s working!”

It’s interesting, these encounters are happening more and more. You know, when something good is happening in your life you want to share it. At times I think as a church we are moving too fast or changing too much. I wonder if we are still connecting with people. Then I have one of these random encounters with folks who are coming to our church and I am reminded that as long as we are fixed on God and His mission for us, we moving at the right pace and in the right direction.

What we do may not make everybody happy, but we are in the business of making God happy by being laser focused on His desire and purpose for the church. We are reaching a young, tech savvy generation that is more and more choosing not go to church. We are also reaching people who are searching for God and need a church that will help them find Him. So, with each encounter I am more convinced of and passionate about our mission of Leading People to Know and Serve Jesus.