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 25th
CONTENTS
01) This Sunday @ Cornerstone
02) Thank You to Those Who Serve This Week
03) FYI
04) A View From The Chair
05) Servicemen Update
06) VBS (Vacation Bible School) Craft List
07) Pictorial Directory for Cornerstone
08) Compassion International
09) Known Birthdays in the Next Two Weeks
10) Looking for Prayer Partners
11) Upcoming Events
12) Submission Deadline
13) On the Internet
14) About This Email
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1) CORNERSTONE HAPPENINGS THIS SUNDAY -- April 29th
~ Connections Classes at 9 a.m. as well as VBS
preparations, A-3
~ Worship at 10 a.m. -- Scripture Readings: Psalm 23 &
James 3:13-18
~ 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.: Amelia Taylor & Stefani
Ferreira, 9:40 a.m.: Amelia Taylor & Carrie de Bruyn
~ Childcare-Preschool: 9:40 a.m. -- Lindsay Ahlem & Lucy
Honnette, 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: $8,153
~ Offering Year to Date: $122,631
~ As of last Sunday we were 32% of the way through our
budget year. Our offerings equal 28% of our anticipated
offering income for the year.
~ Attendance last Sunday: 153
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4) 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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5) SERVICEMEN UPDATE
Congratulations to Kris Palmberg who graduated Basic
Training from the Great Lakes Naval Station in Illinois. He
moved to Pensacola Florida last week, and his current
address is listed below.
NATTC Palmberg, Kristofer, J.
USS Abraham Lincoln, #383
230 Chevalier Field Ave
Pensacola, FL 32508-5113
(Don't forget the "Donation Box for Care Packages" in the
church foyer for all five of our servicemen.)
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6) VBS CRAFT LIST
(This comes to us from Dhyan Gilton)
We have received many generous donations from the original
list (thanks!!) The following are items are all that is
still needed.
1) MOST IMPORTANT: 125 small, shallow glass jars (such as
baby food,
pimentos, bouillon, etc)
2) 125 large and 125 small dog biscuits (any brand OK)
3) 60 2" to 3" styrofoam balls
4.) 25 CDs (new or used)
5) Lots of small spare hardware parts: 1/4" to 1/2"
washers, nuts,
bolts, screws
6) 3 boxes silver paper clips 1" size
Thanks to everyone for your contributions to this important
ministry!
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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. Be sure to sign-up this Sunday as there
are only a few dates left.
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8) COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL
(This comes to us from Aileen Nelson)
Compassion International is more than a relief program. It
focuses on the real life needs of impoverished children
spiritually, physically, economically and socially in 26 of
the poorest countries in the world. Child packets will be
available on the Compassion table outside after church
again this Sunday. Stop by and change the life of a child.
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9) 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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10) KNOWN BIRTHDAYS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS
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
Tue, May 1 -- Trevor Stevens
Mon, May 7 -- Katy Dockter
Happy birthday to all of you -- and by the grace of God,
many more years!
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11) UPCOMING EVENTS
~ Covenant Women Spring Luncheon -- 11 a.m., This 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.
~ Graduates Luncheon -- 11:15 a.m., Sunday, June 3rd. All
graduates along with their families and friends are invited
for lunch following the worship service. See Ann McNulty
for details.
~ All Church Going Away Party/Baby Shower -- 11:30 a.m.,
Sunday, June 10th, for Sean & Kerry Curtis and their
soon-to-arrive baby girl. Look for sign-up sheets in the
church foyer soon.
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12) 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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13) 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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