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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 March 21st

CONTENTS

01) This Sunday @ Cornerstone
02) Thank You to Those Who Serve This Week
03) FYI
04) Holy Week Schedule
05) A View from the Chair
06) Stroller Striders
07) Pictorial Directory for Cornerstone
08) Meeting Community Needs
09) Known Birthdays in the Next Two Weeks
10) Upcoming Events
11) Submission Deadline
12) On the Internet
13) About This Email

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1) CORNERSTONE HAPPENINGS THIS SUNDAY -- March 25th

~ Connections (Seminars and classes for all ages) at 9 a.m.

~ Worship at 10 a.m. -- Scripture Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21
&
James 2:1-13

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2) THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SERVE AT CORNERSTONE THIS WEEK!

~ Audio Visual, Projection & Set-up team: Mike & Dhyan
Gilton, Greg Page, Doug Starn

~ Bus Driver: Carl Schali

~ Childcare-Nursery: 8:40 a.m. -- Stacey McCord & Stefani
Ferraira; 9:40 a.m. Stacey McCord & Cheryl Dulin

~ Childcare-Preschool: 9:40 a.m. -- Jayne & Paige Starn
Stefani Ferreira

~ Greeters: Laurel Ruddy & Marlene Stante

~ Reader: Vivian Gist

~ Signing: Karen Cuaresma

~ Ushers: Mike Gilton, Ben & Chris Lascano, Anthony
Salafia, Doug Starn

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: $4,373

~ Offering Year to Date: $85,484

~ Paul Carlson Fund: $865

~ As of last Sunday we were 22% of the way through our
budget year. Our offerings equal 18% of our anticipated
offering income for the year.

~ Attendance last Sunday: 160

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4) HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

Palm Sunday -- April 1st
~ Connections (Seminars and classes for all ages) at 9 a.m.
New adult seminar "Teaching Your Church to Pray"
~ Worship at 10 a.m. -- Dr. David Nystrom will be our guest
speaker. Communion will be held on Maundy Thursday.

Maundy Thursday Service -- April 5th -- 6:30 p.m.
~ Worship Experience with Reflective Stations of the Cross

Easter Sunday -- April 8th
~ Sunrise Service at 6:45 a.m.
~ No Connections
~ Worship at 10 a.m. with special music from our little
ones
~ Easter Egg Hunt 11:15 a.m. for little ones

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5) A VIEW FROM THE CHAIR
(This comes to us from Anthony Salafia, Church Chair)

Our pastoral search committee meets with our transition
coach Alan Forsman from the Pacific SouthWest Conference
tomorrow night to begin the review process of pastoral
candidates. Pray for safety in travel for Alan and
discernment for the search committee.

Our church council also meets tomorrow night. We will have
5 new council members that we welcomed at our
congregational meeting a couple of weeks ago (Chuck
Johnson, Lois Wilson, Alan McCord, Katy Dockter, and Ann
McNulty). Katy Dockter has just returned from the Journey
To Mosaic trip. This is an outstanding program that our
conference puts on to help reach across cultural and racial
barriers in our society. Be sure to ask Katy about her
experience.
Please come alongside our council. Make yourselves
available to help them on their committees. Your support is
vital to our church health.

In His Service,
Anthony Salafia

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6) STOLLER STRIDERS
(This comes to us from Stacey McCord)

Beginning Tuesday, April 17th, at 10 a.m. and running every
other week through the summer, women with babies, little
ones, and strollers are invited to meet at Cornerstone then
stride the college campus. We'll exercise, visit, and throw
bread to the ducks in the lakes.

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7) PICTORIAL DIRECTORY FOR CORNERSTONE
(This comes to us from Carrie de Bruyn)

Cornerstone's first pictorial directory is coming! I'm
excited and look forward to everyone's participation.
Photography sessions will be held at Cornerstone Wednesday
and Thursday, May 9th and 10th, from 3-9:30 p.m. Beginning
this Friday and running through April 7th you may schedule
your photo session online at: www.signup.olanmills.com
Following these dates you may sign-up on Sundays at church
April 8th, 16th, and 22nd. Further details forthcoming.

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8) MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS
(This comes to us from Katy Dockter, Missions Chair)

I am collecting magazines for the Turlock Adult School for
use with their homework and vocabulary needs. Please place
your magazines in the blue box in the church foyer. Thanks!

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9) KNOWN BIRTHDAYS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS

Wed, Mar 21 -- Aubrey Lascano
Fri, Mar 23 -- Kevin Byrne
Mon, Mar 26 -- Eric Bonander
Mon, Mar 26 -- Barbara Palmberg
Thu, Mar 29 -- Riley McCord
Thu, Mar 29 -- Tracy Starn
Sun, Apr 01 -- Don Johnson

Happy birthday to all of you -- and by the grace of God,
many more years!

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10) UPCOMING EVENTS

~ LOCIN@theROC -- beginning at 5 p.m., Friday, March 23.
See Pastor Greg for details.

~ Easter is right around the corner (April 8th) and we'd
appreciate your donations of plastic eggs (just the eggs,
no candy) for our annual Easter Egg Hunt for the little
ones. You may place the eggs in the white basket in the
church foyer. Thanks.

~ Cornerstone Seniors Lunch -- 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, April
11th at HomeTown Buffet. Please signup on Sunday mornings
or contact Blanche Krumm.

~ Covenant Women Spring Luncheon -- 11 a.m., Saturday,
April 28th at Cornerstone. Details forthcoming.

~ Confirmation Sunday is May 1st so be sure to mark your
calendars.

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11) 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 9 a.m. each Wednesdays.
Thanks!

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12) 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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13) 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

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Mar 28, 2007, 2:17:42 PM3/28/07

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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 March 28th

CONTENTS

01) This Sunday @ Cornerstone
02) Thank You to Those Who Serve This Week
03) FYI

04) A View from the Chair
05) Stroller Striders
06) Pictorial Directory for Cornerstone
07) Doing Church 2007 Conference
08) Known Birthdays in the Next Two Weeks
09) Upcoming Events
10) Submission Deadline
11) On the Internet
12) About This Email

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1) CORNERSTONE HAPPENINGS THIS SUNDAY -- April 1st -- and
through Holy Week

~ Connections (Seminars and classes for all ages) at 9 a.m.

~ Worship at 10 a.m. -- Scripture Readings: Psalm 118:1-2,
19-29 & John 12:12-19

~ ROCIN' @ the ROC -- 4:30 p.m.

~ Youth Night @ the ROC -- 6 p.m.

Maundy Thursday Service -- April 5th -- 6:30 p.m.
~ Worship Experience with Reflective Stations of the Cross

Easter Sunday -- April 8th
~ Sunrise Service at 6:45 a.m.
~ No Connections
~ Worship at 10 a.m. with special music from our little
ones
~ Easter Egg Hunt 11:15 a.m. for little ones

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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, Don Wilkey

~ Bus Driver: Carl Schali

~ Childcare-Nursery: 8:40 a.m. -- Marny Fern & Stefani
Ferraira; 9:40 a.m. Marny Fern & Dee Wilkey

~ Childcare-Preschool: 9:40 a.m. -- Chas McNulty & Amy
Phillips
Stefani Ferreira

~ Greeters: Stan & Ethel Olson

~ Reader: Karole Palmberg

~ Signing: Karen Cuaresma

~ Ushers: Todd Anderson, Ben Bergman, Eric Muller, Josh
Bernard (alternate)

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3) FYI

~ Offering last Sunday: $3,683

~ Offering Year to Date: $89,167

~ As of last Sunday we were 24% of the way through our
budget year. Our offerings equal 19% of our anticipated

offering income for the year.

~ Attendance last Sunday: 179

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4) A VIEW FROM THE CHAIR

(This comes to us from Anthony Salafia, Church Chair)

Two weeks ago I joined the Jr. High youth group as they
served dinner at the Modesto Gospel Mission. We had 10
youth and 3 adults, a huge difference from last summer when
my daughter Hannah and I drove up to tell the mission that
Cornerstone needed to go off the rotation due to a sharp
decrease in participation. It was great to hear about the
“LOCIN @ the ROC” (a trip to FunWorks in Modesto and a
sleepover with 19 youth and 4 adults) at Cornerstone last
weekend, as well as the numerous upcoming events including
a 5 day camping trip this summer. Our youth program is
definitely growing and going in the right direction.

Last Wednesday we had a strong turnout of 21 people at our
worship team meeting. We had a chance to discuss our needs
and concerns during this season of transition. I was
pleased to hear the open discussion. This was a
constructive meeting that allowed for identification as to
how and where we can make the best use of our gifts and
talents in worship leadership.

Ministries such as worship and youth require strong,
gifted, and devoted staff as well as lay leadership. Greg
Oppenhuizen has proved his excellent leadership qualities
in our youth program as well as in our worship services
during the 7 months he has been with Cornerstone. With
Pastor Sean Curtis moving on in 3 months and Jeremy Curtis
leaving for graduate school, Pastor Greg’s leadership will
be of even more tremendous importance. Our congregation
needs to take the step of faith with our finances in order
to retain the services of Pastor Greg on a permanent, full
time basis. We are blessed with a rare talent in Pastor
Greg and need to show the Oppenhuizen family in a tangible
way that we value them and their service.

In His Service,
Anthony Salafia

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5) STOLLER STRIDERS

(This comes to us from Stacey McCord)

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6) PICTORIAL DIRECTORY FOR CORNERSTONE

(This comes to us from Carrie de Bruyn)

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7) 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!

What is DC7 all about?
Doing church isn't easy in the 21st Century. We struggle to
thrive in such a place and time and are tempted to retreat
into safe seclusion and irrelevance....

But the Head of the Church won't let us. His plan,
conceived in eternity, and operational over two millennia
calls for renewal and redemptive involvement in our
neighborhoods, our communities, our world.

It's time for our faith to become dynamic, active and
applied 24/7. This radical, powerful and biblical way of
living will send us beyond the walls of what we call
"church" and out into the world as we live this Everyday
Faith.

We will be registering as a group to receive a discounted
rate. See the Dockters or Giltons for details. For more
information about this conference go to:
www.renewalproject.org

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8) KNOWN BIRTHDAYS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS

Thu, Mar 29 -- Riley McCord
Thu, Mar 29 -- Tracy Starn
Sun, Apr 01 -- Don Johnson

Fri, Apr 06 -- Sean Curtis
Sat, Apr 07 -- Johanna Muller
Mon, Apr 12 -- Rodney Fern
Mon Apr 12 -- Claudia Taylor

Happy birthday to all of you -- and by the grace of God,
many more years!

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9) UPCOMING EVENTS

~ Cornerstone Seniors Lunch -- 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, April
11th at HomeTown Buffet. Please signup on Sunday mornings
or contact Blanche Krumm.

~ Covenant Women Spring Luncheon -- 11 a.m., Saturday,

April 28th at Cornerstone. Sign-up on Sundays in the church
foyer.

~ Confirmation Sunday is May 1st so be sure to mark your
calendars.

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10) SUBMISSION DEADLINE

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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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