CONTENTS

01)  This Sunday at Cornerstone

02)  Thank You to those Who Serve

03)  In and Around Cornerstone

04)  Christian Education

05)  Student Connections

06)  Local Community

07)  Missionaries

08)  Our Military Family

09)  Sharing the WORD

10)  Birthdays & Anniversaries

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THIS SUNDAY AT CORNERSTONE August 1,  2010

COMMUNION SUNDAY

Old Testament:  Isaiah 53:1-9

New Testament:  John 14:1-6

Message:  Judaism was the Preamble for Perfect,

Personal, and Perpetual Salvation

Text:  Deuteronomy 6:4; Acts 2:36; Acts 17:10

~8:00 AM – Worship Team Rehearsal

~ NO SUNDAY SCHOOL

~10 AM – Worship Service

Benevolence Offering

~ NO CHILDREN’S CHURCH

~11:30 AM – Fellowship Coffee

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2)  THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SERVE THIS WEEK

~Set up / Pick up: *Kevin Cripe

~Ushers: *Kevin Cripe

~Greeters: Stan & Ethel Olson

~Worship Team Music Asembly: Anna Mae Bolar, Ruth Winstedt

Childcare

~Pre-school: Karen Cuaresma

~Nursery: Mary Toews, Lucy Honnette

NOTE: (*) Head Usher, Set up Team Leaders

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3)  IN AND AROUND CORNERSTONE

~Church Hours - Mon – Fri 9 AM – 4:30 PM (Office Closed 12:30 – 1:30 PM)

~Chuck & Gwen’s son Todd and his wife Kristin gave birth to Matthew Owen Johnson!  Little Matthew weighs in at 7lbs. and 19 1/2 inches long and was born Sunday July 25, at 7:17 PM.

~Sunday morning Greeters and Ushers are needed for the month of August/December team. You may sign-up for the month, or a Sunday or two.   Always need substitutes. Please see Todd Anderson.

~Two Community Bible Study Prayer Meetings will be praying on Tuesdays in August  7-8 PM  at Cornerstone Covenant Church. Prayer meetings will be to petition the Lord to raise up an evening Community Bible Study class and a high school CBS.  If you are interested in CBS and joining, please call with questions to Denise Brenda (668-3811).

~Second Sunday Fellowship Picnic August 15, following worship service. (Weather Permitting)

~Stewardship Reminder: Did you know you may pick up pre-addressed giving envelopes from a table in the church lobby?  During these weeks of summer when we’re traveling a lot, using the envelopes make it pretty easy to mail your regular tithe / offering to the church. Our office staff places the envelopes in a locked box where they stay until the finance folks count them on Sundays.

~Church Attendance on Sunday July 25:   119

~Tithes and Offerings for Sunday July 25:    $6,385.81

~Tithes and Offerings received for July 2010:   $22,917.81

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4) CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

~ The  Wednesday night Bible Study will resume August 18 continuing with the study of Proverbs, beginning with chapter 22. Welcome!  Led by: Dr. Lloyd Ahlem – Room A-7

~Morning Prayer Meetings: Men’s Prayer meets Mondays at 6 AM in Pastor’s Study ; Women’s Prayer meets Thursday mornings at 9 AM at Mary Lou Bonander – CVOT

~NOTE: Men’s Bible Study, Band of Brothers, is taking a summer break. The study reconvenes on Saturday, August 14 at 7 AM.

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5) STUDENT CONNECTIONS

~College & High School:Meets on Tuesday nights at 6 PM at the Oppenhuzien’s home this summer. Contact Amanda Oppenhuizen if you would like more information at  209-485-6308.

~EPIDEMIC / JR HIGH will break for the summer – See everyone one soon!

~Summer Camping is happening at Frontier Ranch at Mission Springs. Website  at www.frontier-ranch.com

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6)  COMMUNITY MINISTRIES

~Turlock Pregnancy Center is a community outreach providing information, peer counseling and resources in support of life affirming choice and sexual responsibility. Volunteer opportunities exist at TPC. Call 656-9898 to find out what positions are needed, and when the next training dates are.

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7) MISSIONARIES

*Bruce & Katy Dockter: Oaxaca, Mexico

Email: www.bjkdockter [at] gmail [dot] com

*Don & Cat Bosworth: Alaska Christian College

Email: www.don [at] donandcat [dot] com;  cat@donandcat@.com

*Jay & Ellen Hayworth: Covenant Missions in Japan

Email: www.jay-ellen.haworth [at] covchurch [dot] org

*Chenaniah & Merlin Perumalla: Gospel Partners for South Asian Outreach

Email: chenaniah_merlin [at] yahoo [dot] com; www.mgfthg.org

*Roberto & Nancy Reed: Church Planter in Spain

Email: roberto [at] somosvidanueva [dot] com

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OUR MILITARY

~Continue to pray for those who are from our church family and those serving overseas: Paul Gorman, Bradley Hill, Kristofer & Lindsey Palmberg, Tyler Graham, and Trevor & Heather Stevens.

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9) SHARING THE WORD

“Surely, the Lord is in this place: and I knew it not.” Genesis 28:16

Jacob had got mixed up in some very ugly transactions and, fleeing from the wrath of his brother, he was tired from the day’s journey and he fell asleep. He awoke; amazed to find God was with him in mercy and kindness, hence the exclamation! the common tendency is to forget that God is always with us, although Jesus said it very definitely. Our daily transactions would be different if we could bring ourselves to the realization of this fact. On the other hand, what comfort there would be amid our disappointments and sorrows. In every one of us is a sanctuary which God never leaves. “Know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy spirit which is in you, which you have from God?”

Rev. Peter Ainslie, D.D., Baltimore, Maryland- God’s Message a Book of 365 Daily Meditations for Home Worship

Denny Hoskins

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10) BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

~Happy Birthday from your Cornerstone Family!

7/29      Ashley Starn

7/29       Denise Brenda

7/30      Michael Montalvo

Congratulations on your Anniversary!

7/29      Don & Cat Bosworth

7/30      Jim & Greta Pearson

Okay, I was wrong. Not everyone shares my interest. My friend asked me, “Isn’t that what you’re here for—to be able to turn them around? If I come across anyone who asks me, I’ll just bring them to you” Frankly, I was disappointed in my friend’s response, and felt he was “passing the buck.”  I realize that “my job” is to prepare the church to minister to the community. If he hadn’t learned that lesson—then I was remiss in my duty—or we both were—with me not finding a methodology that worked, and he not learning the lessons of Scripture.

Then I remembered what Peter wrote in his letter to the church: “…you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it” (1 Peter 3:15).  Peter’s letter was written to “the church,” not just pastoral leadership. And he taught us that we are a “holy priesthood” and “living stones that God is building into His spiritual temple.”  We share the responsibility to evangelize the lost, and the only way to do that is to be able to converse and communicate what God actually expects of us.

Christianity is based on the belief that the Bible is God’s Holy Word, and the Word teaches that only those who have confessed their sins, repented of their waywardness, and have prayed and asked Jesus Christ to be their personal Savior and Lord (Romans 10:13) will gain entrance into heaven (John 14:6).  But “how can they call on Him to save them unless they believe in Him? And how can they believe in Him if they have never heard about Him? And how can they hear about Him unless someone tells them…that is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring Good News” (Romans 10:14-15).

We are the world’s messengers—beginning with our family, neighbors, friends, and co-workers. To witness to the people God has placed in our paths, we must be able to share Christ’s love and compassion.  To do that, we must first gain the trust of the person with whom we share our hope in the gospel. And that requires knowing what they believe and respecting the individual to make a personal choice after having heard an explanation for our “Christian hope.”

It is my prayer that you will enjoy our new Summer Worship Series: Christianity and the World’s Religions—and prepare your own “answer for why we believe.”

Kevin David
Senior Pastor
Cornerstone Covenant Church

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