Wednesday Update
Karole Palmberg
C O R N E R S T O N E Q U I C K N E W S
information for the members and friends
of Cornerstone Covenant Church,
Turlock, California.
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Weekly Update April 18th
CONTENTS
01) This Sunday @ Cornerstone
02) Thank You to Those Who Serve This Week
03) FYI
04) Congratulations Greg
05) A View from the Chair
06) VBS (Vacation Bible School) Craft List
07) Pictorial Directory for Cornerstone
08) Compassion International
09) Doing Church 2007 Conference
10) Known Birthdays in the Next Two Weeks
11) Looking for Prayer Partners
12) Community Bible Study
13) Upcoming Events
14) Submission Deadline
15) On the Internet
16) About This Email
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1) CORNERSTONE HAPPENINGS THIS SUNDAY -- April 22nd
~ Connections Classes at 9 a.m. as well as VBS
preparations, A-3
~ Worship at 10 a.m. -- Scripture Readings: Psalm 30 &
James 3:1-12
~ Rocin' @ the ROC (Youth Worship Band) -- 4:30 p.m.
~ Youth Night @ the ROC -- 6 p.m.
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2) THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SERVE AT CORNERSTONE THIS WEEK!
~ Audio Visual, Projection & Set-up team: Phil Dwight,
Loren Holt, Johanna Muller, Topper Dulin
~ Bus Driver: Carl Schali
~ Childcare-Nursery: 8:40 a.m.: Heather Green & Stefani
Ferreira, 9:40 a.m.: Heather Green & April Anderson
~ Childcare-Preschool: 9:40 a.m. -- Katy Dockter & Greta
Pearson,
Stefani Ferreira
~ Greeters: Stan & Ethel Olson
~ Reader: Cindy Gibbs
~ Signing: Karen Cuaresma
~ Ushers: Todd Anderson, Ben Bergman, Eric Muller, Josh
Bernard (alternate)
If you are not available please find a replacement and let
someone on your team know in advance. If you're not
currently serving but would like to please respond to this
email or call Karole in the church office (667-6768).
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3) FYI
~ Offering last Sunday: $5,740
~ Offering Year to Date: $114,478
~ As of last Sunday we were 30% of the way through our
budget year. Our offerings equal 26% of our anticipated
offering income for the year.
~ Attendance last Sunday: 172
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4) CONGRATULATIONS GREG
Cornerstone is pleased to announce that Greg Oppenhuizen
has accepted the call to move from his temporary, part-time
position to a permanent, full-time position as our
Associate Pastor. We are pleased and excited to have Greg &
Amanda (and "Baby-O" who arrives in September) join the
Cornerstone Staff.
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5) A VIEW FROM THE CHAIR
(This comes to us from Anthony Salafia, church chair)
Our Search Committee has reviewed a number of pastoral
profiles and has conducted several interviews with senior
pastor applicants. As a result of this process, the search
committee has recommended a candidate to come and meet with
the search committee and the church family. He will be
traveling to Turlock with some of his family on the weekend
of May 12-13. He will have an opportunity to meet with all
of us and to preach at the Sunday service on May 13. I
encourage all of you to mark your calendars for this
important weekend.
This has been a diligent and prayerful process that started
in November 2006 when our Search Committee was assembled
and approved by the congregation. This year, the Search
Committee has met frequently and we have received
outstanding direction from our denomination’s Pacific
Southwest Conference. We have done our utmost to keep the
congregation informed, while maintaining the
confidentiality necessary in this process. There is much
more work to be done, but the Lord has allowed us to make
tremendous progress up to this point.
In His Service,
Anthony Salafia
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6) VBS CRAFT LIST
(This comes to us from Dhyan Gilton)
VBS is right around the corner (June 24th - 28th) and
preparations are underway. Below is our list of craft needs
~ if you are able to contribute from this list it would be
very much appreciated. You may place your donations in the
VBS box in the church foyer. Thanks!
125 Unscented tea lights (candles); Tissue paper, various
colors; Foil star stickers; 125 empty baby food jars, or
other small shallow jars; Glitter glue, various colors;
Silver spray paint; Colored chenille wire (pipe cleaners);
Silver chenille wire (pipe cleaners) Black and colored
permanent markers (Sharpies); 125 Large and 125 small size
dog biscuits; 500 wiggle eyes; Empty margarine tubs; Small
bottles of glue; One large container of refill glue; 125
styrofoam balls, small or medium size; 125 empty toilet
paper tubes; Colored craft foam sheets; 125 CDs, new or
used; Metallic card stock; Rickrack and ribbon scraps,
colored and metallic; Small hardware parts: washers, nuts,
screws, and bolts; Paper clips; Wire scraps or rolls.
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7) PICTORIAL DIRECTORY FOR CORNERSTONE
(This comes to us from Carrie de Bruyn)
Cornerstone's first pictorial directory is coming and
photography sessions are right around the corner here at
Cornerstone: Wednesday and Thursday, May 9th and 10th,
from 3-9:30 p.m. Sign-up sheets are in the church foyer and
are filling up fast.
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8) COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL
(This comes to us from Aileen Nelson)
Next Sunday, April 22nd, we at Cornerstone will celebrate
Compassion Sunday along with thousands of evangelical
churches across our nation. Child packets will be
available. Please pray about helping a needy child to get
out of a lifetime of poverty. $32 per month and a little of
your love, encouragement and prayers can change the life of
a child. Your blessing for sponsoring is getting three
letters each year from your child and the knowledge you are
being obedient to the call of Jesus to show mercy to the
poor.
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9) DOING CHURCH 2007 CONFERENCE
(This comes to us from Dhyan Gilton, Outreach Chair)
Plan now to join our group from Cornerstone at this
exciting two-day conference, May 11-12 in Walnut Creek, as
we discover how to energize our faith in the real world!
We're registering as a group in order to receive the
discounted
rate. See the Dockters or Giltons for details. For more
information about this conference go to:
www.renewalproject.org
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10) LOOKING FOR PRAYER PARTNERS
(This comes to us from Katy Dockter, Missions Chair)
Twenty of our Christian neighbors at CSU Stanislaus Chi
Alpha Club are going on an international mission trip this
summer to North Africa, India or Kyrgyzstan. We need people
to stand with them in prayer. Please take a prayer card off
the easel in the foyer at church. Sign your name on the
list net to your missionary's name to receive updates.
Thanks!
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11) KNOWN BIRTHDAYS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS
Thu, Apr 19 -- Anne Marie Boyd
Sat, Apr 21 -- Don Gist
Sat, Apr 21 -- Tyler Graham
Sun, Apr 22 -- Sophia Mayol
Mon, Apr 23 -- Shirley Liljegren
Wed, Apr 25 -- Ray Rhodes
Thu, Apr 26 -- Brooke Bernard
Fri, Apr 27 -- Camille Adams
Fri, Apr 27 -- Dhyan Gilton
Mon, Apr 30 -- Clarence Winstedt
Happy birthday to all of you -- and by the grace of God,
many more years!
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12) UPCOMING EVENTS
~ Covenant Women Spring Luncheon -- 11 a.m., Saturday,
April 28th, at Cornerstone. A DVD will be shown featuring
our national project which "Educating Girls in Africa" and
a special offering will be received. Devotions by Kerry
Curtis; program by Camille Adams' 2nd graders. See Lucy
Honnette for details and to purchase tickets.
~ Confirmation Sunday is May 6th so be sure to mark your
calendars.
~ Chi Alpha (CSU Stanislaus Fellowship Group) Yard Sale --
8 a.m., Saturday, May 19th in our church parking lot.
Please bring household items in good condition (no
clothing) to the church from Wednesday, May 16th, to
Friday, May 18th. The Chi Alpha students will take care of
everything else. Thanks for supporting this outreach.
Questions: Dhyan Gilton 634-6920.
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13) COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY
CBS will be holding a "Visitors Day" at 10 a.m., next
Wednesday, April 25th, at New Life Christian Center. CBS
came to Turlock 20 years ago and is a weekly Bible Study
that runs during the traditional school year. The new study
begins in September and will include: Philippians, 1 & 2
Thessalonians, James, and 1 John.
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14) SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Thank you to everyone who contributes information for
Cornerstone's weekly update. In order to confirm a timely
update please send your submissions to
kar...@cornerstonecovenant.org by Noon each Tuesday.
Thanks!
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15) ON THE INTERNET
~ Cornerstone website, along with church calendar --
http://CornerstoneCovenant.org
~ The Evangelical Covenant Church -- http://covchurch.org
~ The Pacific Southwest Conference -- http://pswc.org
~ Don and Cat Bosworth, (our people in Alaska) have a
website -- http://donandcat.com
~ Rob & Nancy Reed (our people in Spain) --
http://spain.missioncovenant.org
~ Covenant Affirmations --
http://www.covchurch.org/cov/resources/affirmation.pdf
~ The Boydston's Ministry in the Western Pacific site --
http://Guam.Boydston.us
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16) ABOUT THIS EMAIL
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