Weekly 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 December 30, 2006
CONTENTS
01) This Sunday @ Cornerstone
02) Thank You to Those Who Serve This Week
03) Known Birthdays in the Next Two Weeks
04) FYI
05) Open House for Britta Walker
06) Servicemen Update
07) Grief Support Classes
08) Upcoming Events
09) Adopt a Mission Family
10) On the Internet
11) About This Email
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1) THIS SUNDAY @ CORNERSTONE -- December 31st
~ Connections will NOT be meeting today but will resume
next Sunday, January 7th, at 9 a.m.
~ Worship at 10 a.m. Scripture Reading: Psalm 148 & Luke
2:41-52
~ Indian Community Fellowship: 4 p.m. Please note that
beginning January 7th the Indian Community Fellowship will
be meeting from 2-4 p.m. on Sundays.
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2) THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SERVE AT CORNERSTONE THIS WEEK!
~ Audio Visual, Projection & Set-up team: Mike Gilton, Greg
Page, Hannah Salafia, Doug Starn, Don Wilkey
~ Bus Driver: Carl Schali
~ Childcare-Infants: Carrie de Bruyn & Amelia Taylor
(arrive @ 9:40)
~ Childcare-Toddlers: Lindsay Ahlem, Julie Lascano (arrive
@ 9:40
a.m.) Stefani Ferreira (Staff)
~ Greeters: Eric & Lisa Muller
~ Reader: Karole Palmberg
~ Signing: Karen Cuaresma
~ Ushers: Mike Gilton, Ben & Chris Lascano, Anthony
Salafia, Doug Starn
Beginning in January there will be some changes in the
areas of service: Sunday morning Hospitality Teams and
Saturday Green Teams will be discontinued. Coffee will
still be served on Sunday mornings and our new landscaping
service will take over the Green Team's duties. A BIG
thanks to everyone who has served in these areas over the
years! Please prayerfully consider where the Lord would
have you serve now.
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3) KNOWN BIRTHDAYS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS
Sat, Dec 30 --Anne Ahlem
Sat, Dec 30 -- Eric Muller
Sat, Dec 30 -- Dan Whitmarsh
Tue, Jan 02 -- Bill Liljegren
Wed, Jan 03 -- Taylor Holt
Wed, Jan 03 -- Kurt Palmberg
Sat, Jan 06 -- LaVera Larson
Sun, Jan 06 -- Melody Phillips
Sun, Jan 06 -- Britta Walker
Happy birthday to all of you -- and by the grace of God,
many more years!
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4) FYI
~ Offering last Sunday: $15,479
~ Offering Year to Date: $350,643
~ As of last Sunday, we were 98% of the way through our
budget year. Our offerings equal 88% of our anticipated
offering income for the year.
~ Attendance last Sunday: 225
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5) OPEN HOUSE FOR BRITTA WALKER
Please join the Walker family for an Open House (306 W
Springer Dr) from 1-3 p.m., on Sunday, January 7th, to
celebrate Britta's 23rd birthday as well as her graduation
from North Park University. This will also be a time to say
goodbye as Britta will be leaving for her new job in
Michigan on January 9th. Your presence is the only present
she desires.
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6) SERVICEMEN UPDATE
Thank you to all who placed donations in the Servicemen's
Drop Box. The packages have been mailed and I know our guys
appreciate the love shown through these gifts.
Kurt Palmberg will continue to ship care packages to our
guys every other month from now on. Ideas for donations
include: nuts; beef jerky; candy; gum; cookies; various
reading materials including but not limited to:
devotionals, pocket Bibles, and inspirational books. You
may place your donations in the Servicemen's drop box at
Cornerstone.
You may also correspond year round with our guys or to our
troops in general. You may place the letters in the drop
box or mail them yourselves.
Trevor Stevens
USAF/332EOG/CSAR
APO AE 09315-9997
trevor....@blab.centaf.af.mil
Tyler Graham (will be home 12/20-29)
5755 E River Rd, #624 Tucson, AZ 85750
airman...@gmail.com
If you have a relative or friend who is in the service and
you would like them to be included in our mailings and
updates please contact Karole at the church office,
667-6768.
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7) GRIEF SUPPORT CLASSES
Beginning in January 2007 Hospice of Emanuel Medical Center
will be offering grief support classes. Pre-registration is
required for all classes. Please see the list posted on the
bulletin board at church or call Sandy Ricardo at 664-2550
for details.
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8) UPCOMING EVENTS
~ The 2007 Church Directory will go to print in February.
To ensure we have your correct information you may respond
to this email or complete the forms which will be included
as bulletin inserts for the next few Sundays. If responding
by email please include: all names (yours, spouse &
children); all birthdays and your wedding anniversary;
complete mailing address and email address; all phone
numbers you would like published (home, cell, fax, etc.)
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9) ADOPT A MISSION FAMILY
Partners in Mission is a program at Cornerstone in which
three or four families in the congregation join together in
adopting one of our missionary families (the Bosworths in
Alaska; the Boydstons in Guam; the Hayworths in Japan; and
the Reeds in Spain.) We gather on a regular basis to pray
for and encourage our adopted family as well as to learn
about their new culture and then share with our
congregation about them and their needs. Contact the
Dockter's with any questions and sign up to Adopt a Mission
Family in the church foyer.
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10) 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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11) ABOUT THIS EMAIL
If you would prefer to NOT receive these updates or if you
would like to receive them at a different address please
contact Kar...@CornerstoneCovenant.org. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
PRINT THIS OUT AND PASS IT ALONG TO ANYONE WHO DOESN'T GET
EMAIL. These emails are archived and accessible from the
church website --
http://CornerstoneCovenant.org
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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 January 04, 2007
CONTENTS
01) This Sunday @ Cornerstone
02) Open House for Britta Walker
03) Thank You to Those Who Serve This Week
04) Known Birthdays in the Next Two Weeks
05) FYI
06) Servicemen Care Packages
07) Grief Support Classes
08) Upcoming Events
09) Recycle Inkjet Cartridges
10) Adopt a Mission Family
11) On the Internet
12) About This Email
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1) THIS SUNDAY @ CORNERSTONE -- January 7th
~ Connections (Seminars and classes for all ages) at 9 a.m.
~ Worship at 10 a.m. -- Scripture Reading: Isaiah 43:1-7 &
Luke 15-17, 21-22
~ Indian Community Fellowship (Hindi/English speaking
Christian congregation) in the Fellowship Center -- 2-4
p.m.
~ Rocin' @ the ROC (Youth band and leadership practice) --
4:30-6 p.m.
~ Youth Night @ the ROC -- 6-8 p.m.
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2) OPEN HOUSE FOR BRITTA WALKER
Please join the Walker family for an Open House (306 W
Springer Dr) from 1-3 p.m., on Sunday, January 7th, to
celebrate Britta's 23rd birthday as well as her graduation
from North Park University. This will also be a time to say
goodbye as Britta will be leaving for her new job in
Michigan on January 9th. Your presence is the only present
she desires.
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3) THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SERVE AT CORNERSTONE THIS WEEK!
~ Audio Visual, Projection & Set-up team: Phil Dwight,
Loren Holt, Johanna Muller
~ Bus Driver: Carl Schali
~ Childcare-Infants: Julie Lascano, Dee Wilkey
(arrive @ 8:40)
~ Childcare-Toddlers: Hannah & Tance Salafia (arrive
@ 9:40 a.m.) Stefani Ferreira (Staff)
~ Communion Servers: Chris & Julie Lascano, Jack & Pat
Wilkey
~ Greeters: Phil & Margery Dwight
~ Reader: Karole Palmberg
~ Signing: Karen Cuaresma
~ Ushers:Todd Anderson, Ben Bergman, Eric Muller, Josh
Bernard
If for some reason you are not available please find a
replacement and let your crew leader (in some cases the
office) know who that will be. If you're not currently
serving but would like to give of yourself to one or more
of the important ministries at Cornerstone please respond
to this email. By the way, there are not age limitations in
serving the Lord.
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4) KNOWN BIRTHDAYS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS
Sat, Jan 06 -- LaVera Larson
Sun, Jan 07 -- Melody Phillips
Sun, Jan 07 -- Britta Walker
Thu, Jan 11 -- Madi Mayol
Fri, Jan 12 -- Georgia Wilcox
Sat, Jan 13 -- Chris Daugherty
Sat, Jan 13 -- Topper Dulin
Mon, Jan 15 -- Kent Boydston
Mon, Jan 15 -- Tim Daugherty
Wed, Jan 17 -- Aileen Nelson
Wed, Jan 17 -- Mark Stevens
Happy birthday to all of you -- and by the grace of God,
many more years!
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5) FYI
~ Offering last Sunday: $16,733
~ Offering Year to Date: $367,376
~ As of last Sunday, we were 100% of the way through our
budget year. Our offerings equal 90% of our anticipated
offering income for the year.
~ Attendance last Sunday: 177
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6) SERVICEMEN CARE PACKAGES
We ship care packages to our servicemen on an every other
month basis. If you would like to share in this new
ministry, please place your donations in the dropbox in the
foyer. Donations may include snack foods such as nuts, beef
jerky, candy, gum, cookies, etc, as well as reading
materials such as devotionals, inspirationals, pocket
Bibles, and other positive materials.
You may also correspond year round with our guys or to our
troops in general. You may place the letters in the dropbox
or mail them yourselves. Listed below are the current,
known addresses of our guys.
Trevor Stevens
USAF/332EOG/CSAR
APO AE 09315-9997
trevor....@blab.centaf.af.mil
Tyler Graham (will be home 12/20-29)
5755 E River Rd, #624 Tucson, AZ 85750
airman...@gmail.com
If you have a relative or friend who is in the service and
you would like them to be included in our mailings and
updates please reply to this email or contact Karole
directly at the church office, 667-6768.
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7) GRIEF SUPPORT CLASSES
Beginning in January 2007 Hospice of Emanuel Medical Center
will be offering grief support classes. Pre-registration is
required for all classes. Please see the list posted on the
bulletin board at church or call Sandy Ricardo at 664-2550
for details.
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8) UPCOMING EVENTS
~ Jr & Sr Hi Girls Overnighter with Chelsea Gibbs -- Friday
night, January 12th. Call Chelsea for details.
~ The 2007 Church Directory will go to print in February.
To ensure we have your correct information you may respond
to this email or complete the forms which will be included
as bulletin inserts for the next few Sundays. If responding
by email please include: all names (yours, spouse &
children); all birthdays and your wedding anniversary;
complete mailing address and email address; all phone
numbers you would like published (home, cell, fax, etc.)
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9) RECYCLE INKJET CARTRIDGES
Don't forget that Cornerstone is an authorized recycling
center for used inkjet cartridges. We receive up to $4 for
each cartridge deposited in the collection box in the
foyer. Last week we received our second check in the amount
of $65 ~ thanks for giving!
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10) ADOPT A MISSION FAMILY
Partners in Mission is a program at Cornerstone in which
three or four families in the congregation join together in
adopting one of our missionary families (the Bosworths in
Alaska; the Boydstons in Guam; the Hayworths in Japan; and
the Reeds in Spain.) We gather on a regular basis to pray
for and encourage our adopted family as well as to learn
about their new culture and then share with our
congregation about them and their needs. Contact the
Dockter's with any questions and sign up to Adopt a Mission
Family in the church foyer.
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11) 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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12) ABOUT THIS EMAIL