Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Services Cancelled - 12/20/09
Due to the weather, services at Cornerstone will be cancelled for Sunday, December 20th.
If you have questions, please call one of the deacons or your elder.
If you have questions, please call one of the deacons or your elder.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Service Opportunity - Habitat House
This Saturday, December 19, there is an opportunity for our youth to serve at the Habitat House. Help is needed with clean up and other work at the house.
If you are interested, please contact Richard Menard or the church office.
If you are interested, please contact Richard Menard or the church office.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Youth Group Teaching - New Year
With this year coming to a close, I am at a stopping point on what we have been teaching in recent weeks. I am considering options on what to teach next.
With that, I'm interested in hearing what your thoughts on that are. What are your suggestions on possible topics to teach the youth in the coming year? The teaching at youth group is designed to encourage and challenge the believer while teaching the simple truth of the gospel to the unbeliever.
If you have input as to what you would like to see taught at youth group or on the past teaching, please contact me via email or telephone.
Thank for your participation in youth group and I'm looking forward to serving you another year.
With that, I'm interested in hearing what your thoughts on that are. What are your suggestions on possible topics to teach the youth in the coming year? The teaching at youth group is designed to encourage and challenge the believer while teaching the simple truth of the gospel to the unbeliever.
If you have input as to what you would like to see taught at youth group or on the past teaching, please contact me via email or telephone.
Thank for your participation in youth group and I'm looking forward to serving you another year.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
12/13-12/14 Christmas Parties
Sunday December 13 and Monday December 14, we will be having parties at youth group. Youth Group will still be the same in format, except we will have a long time of eating and fellowshipping together. With that, we have asked each student to bring something with them to eat. That doesn't mean that each student should bring enough to feed an army, but chips, cookies, appetizer-style foods will be fine. We'll just plan on having a table set up with the food. I will be providing the drinks.
If you have questions, please contact me by cell.
If you have questions, please contact me by cell.
12-6/12/7 Teaching - The Thorny Soil
Matthew 13:22
We have been looking at this parable of the sower for the last few weeks, and this week we will be looking at the seed that feel among thorns.
The text mentions that the seed falls among thorny soil, and the thorns are the "cares of the world" and the "deceitfulness" of riches". What are these things?
The cares of the world could be anything that one is using to take the place of the Lord. Particularly, considering that Jesus speaks of riches right after this, the "cares" could specifically be related to material possession and money.
One thing that was brought out in the youth group discussions was the idea of popularity among peers as being a care of the world. Other things were good grades or success in sports. None of these things are bad thing, but when they become your sole focus, they will choke out God's Word in your life.
What then is the deceitfulness of riches? Deceitfulness is another word for trickery or lies. These "riches", whatever they are, will trick us into believing they along can fulfill our needs. Adam and Eve fell for the same deception in the Garden of Eden as Eve looked at the fruit saw that it was good for giving her wisdom? Did it give her wisdom? Not the kind she was hoping for. The only thing it brought her was knowledge of her own nakedness - shame, guilt, and ultimately, death.
The cares of this world will trick us into thinking they are what we need. However, it is God's Word alone, the gospel of Jesus Christ, that we need. Christ alone is where we find salvation and contentment.
Some questions to discuss with your student could be:
1. What things other than Jesus are your trying to get contentment from?
2. How are these things going to fall short?
3. How can we keep from being "tricked" by these things?
4. How is Christ so much better?
We have been looking at this parable of the sower for the last few weeks, and this week we will be looking at the seed that feel among thorns.
The text mentions that the seed falls among thorny soil, and the thorns are the "cares of the world" and the "deceitfulness" of riches". What are these things?
The cares of the world could be anything that one is using to take the place of the Lord. Particularly, considering that Jesus speaks of riches right after this, the "cares" could specifically be related to material possession and money.
One thing that was brought out in the youth group discussions was the idea of popularity among peers as being a care of the world. Other things were good grades or success in sports. None of these things are bad thing, but when they become your sole focus, they will choke out God's Word in your life.
What then is the deceitfulness of riches? Deceitfulness is another word for trickery or lies. These "riches", whatever they are, will trick us into believing they along can fulfill our needs. Adam and Eve fell for the same deception in the Garden of Eden as Eve looked at the fruit saw that it was good for giving her wisdom? Did it give her wisdom? Not the kind she was hoping for. The only thing it brought her was knowledge of her own nakedness - shame, guilt, and ultimately, death.
The cares of this world will trick us into thinking they are what we need. However, it is God's Word alone, the gospel of Jesus Christ, that we need. Christ alone is where we find salvation and contentment.
Some questions to discuss with your student could be:
1. What things other than Jesus are your trying to get contentment from?
2. How are these things going to fall short?
3. How can we keep from being "tricked" by these things?
4. How is Christ so much better?
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
YG Cancellation - Service Opportunity
The week of January 24-January 31, Cornerstone is hosting a community project called WARM. WARM is a program to house people who are homeless during the cold winter nights. We will be housing them at our facility each night during that week, starting with Sunday night and ending with Saturday night.
With that, we will not be having youth group on 1/24 or 1/25. There will be no youth group for high school on 1/24 or middle school on 1/25.
That said, this is an opportunity for our youth to serve the community. Volunteers will be needed to set up, prepare, serve, and clean up during meal time (supper and breakfast). Also, there is a need to provide some sort of entertainment for our guests. I would strongly encourage the youth to take part in this ministry, as it will heighten their awareness to the poverty in our area and give them a clear picture of what it looks like to live the gospel out by deed.
If you are interested in serving or have kids who would like to serve, contact Tony Bowie. His information is in the church directory.
There will be more information on this to come, and there will be a couple of youth who will be heading up the effort to get other youth involved.
Please call or email with questions.
With that, we will not be having youth group on 1/24 or 1/25. There will be no youth group for high school on 1/24 or middle school on 1/25.
That said, this is an opportunity for our youth to serve the community. Volunteers will be needed to set up, prepare, serve, and clean up during meal time (supper and breakfast). Also, there is a need to provide some sort of entertainment for our guests. I would strongly encourage the youth to take part in this ministry, as it will heighten their awareness to the poverty in our area and give them a clear picture of what it looks like to live the gospel out by deed.
If you are interested in serving or have kids who would like to serve, contact Tony Bowie. His information is in the church directory.
There will be more information on this to come, and there will be a couple of youth who will be heading up the effort to get other youth involved.
Please call or email with questions.
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