Cornerstone Connection

Monthly Newsletter Publication of CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH

VOLUME 5 ISSUE 12

AUGUST 2011

FAREWELL RECEPTION for

CINDY HUNTER & Family

Sunday, August 7 7:00 pm

Immediately following the Evening Worship Service FLC

Cornerstone Community Outreach

BACK TO SCHOOL BASH

Sunday, August 28 5:30 - 7:30
Sno-Cones Cotton Candy Popcorn Hot Dog Supper Inflatables for All Ages Dress to get WET! Tropical Splash Down Slip n Slide Bungee Run Colossal Slide Chuggy ChooChoo

Volunteers Needed to Help! Sign Up Sheets will be available in your Sunday Small Groups or call the office.

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FORRESTS NEWS

RELATIONAL OUTREACH STRUCTURE ROLLOUT

August 7th, Sunday Night Service, 6:00 PM

Sunday August 7th after a brief teaching time we will be rolling out the Outreach Structure that will begin this fall in September. During service, you will learn more about how our structure will work and how our districts will function. You will also meet the district shepherds that have stepped up for each of the areas in which you live to help us walk this out together. Come see how our church family will be mobilized to Love Others and Share Jesus right where we live. Follow-up letter on our church-wide quarterly meetings will be mailed soon.

NEW LDI FORMAT!

LDI 2011-2012 Overview: This year we will run four simultaneous tracts of study throughout the year. Each tract will contain classes
specific to the particular tract. Feel free to take any classes that are of interest or need to you. The following tentative schedule is listed so that you can know in advance what will be coming up. Prayerfully consider which classes you feel the Lord would like you to be a part of. As we are approaching the September LDI, please contact Sue or Kathy in the church office via email or phone ( sue.wrather@cornerstonesbc.org or kathy.kress@cornerstonesbc.org) to sign up in advance for the September semester as many of these classes will require the ordering of participant material. On the Wednesday before each six-week LDI semester there will be an orientation/prayer night. On this night everyone will be together for a time to hear from each teacher about the upcoming classes and to have a time of prayer over the semester and for the church. We will also be praying over individuals who express a need for prayer. These Wednesday nights will be very encouraging.

Doctrines & Teaching Tract

Sept 7thOct 19th Nov 2ndDec 14th Jan 11thFeb. 15th Feb 29thApr 4th Apr 18thMay 30th Practical Living Tract Sept 7thOct 19th Nov 2ndDec 14th Jan 11thApril 4th Apr 18thMay 30th Disciples Character Tract Sept 7thOct 19th Nov 2ndDec 14th Jan 11thFeb 15th Feb 29thApr 4th Apr 18thMay 30th Womens Ministry Sept 7thOct 19th Nov 2ndDec 14th Jan 11thFeb 15th Feb 29thApr 4th Apr 18thMay 30th Old Testament SurveyPastor Byrd Church History 1Pastor Moss New Testament SurveyPastor Byrd Beatitudes/Sermon on the MountPastor Moss Theology 1Pastor Byrd
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Doctrines & Teaching Tract

Sept 7thOct 19th Old Testament Survey LeaderPastor Rick
Pastor Rick will teach a brief overview of the Old Testament and discuss key points and how it fits together as a whole.

Practical Living Tract

Sept 7thOct 19th Marriage Built to Last LeaderPaul Kress
Marriage: Built to Last isn't a typical marriage study. You'll watch 24 real life couples from across the country share candidly about their struggles in communication, finances, sexual intimacy, expectations, and more. Whether you're newly married, remarried, or want to improve your relationship, this study gives you tools to live intentionally and love Biblically.

Marriage built to LastIngramPaul Kress Parenting/Raising TeensMichael Riccio D. R.--Financial Peace 13 weekChad Rueille Parenting the Early YearsTBA
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Witnessing-Practical Approaches-Pastor Moss PrayerGetting the most out ofTBA FastingWhat, How, When, Why HeTBA True Spirituality according to JesusTBA WorshipPersonal / CorporatePastor Moss
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Disciples Character Tract

Sept 7thOct 19th WitnessingPractical ApproachesPastor Moss
Pastor Moss will lead this class and utilize two very practical approaches to sharing Christ relationally: Share Jesus without Fear and One Verse Evangelism. This class will prepare you with practical tools to relate with people in a natural way of bringing up Christ and sharing your faith.

Return to the Garden TBA Life Interrupted: Navigating the UnexpectedTBA The Fitting Room: Putting on Christs Character-TBA Life Lesson From 30 Women in the Bible TBA The Virtuous WomanProverbs 31TBA

Womens Ministry Tract Sept 7thOct 19th Return to the Garden Leader TBA
Kay Arthur's straightforward lessons from Scripture focus on love, sex in marriage, purity, modesty, and examples of how men and women should relate to each other. These timely messages are for women, whether married or single, mother or daughter.

OrientationsWednesdaysAugust 31, October 26, January 4, February 22, April 11, June 6

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MUSIC MINISTRY

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Dear Church Family, Terry and I would like to express our heartfelt and deepest gratitude to you for the special service, reception and love offering given in celebration of our 10 years of ministry at Cornerstone. We were humbled by the kind words spoken by those from the choir, youth, JOY Group and Pastor Rick. The music selected was uplifting and the slide show of our ministry was very moving. After the reception was over we went home to open and read all the kind cards and comments from so many. You will never know how much we appreciate the love that was poured out upon us. It was a night of great emotion from tears to laughter. However, I know the success of this ministry cannot be attributed to one person, for one person cannot do all that we have collectively done together in the past 10 years. We are blessed to be a part of a church family who repeatedly sacrifices time and talent to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. Serving alongside of you to honor our Lord has been a joy and privilege, My hearts desire has always been that He would increase and I would decrease. My lifes verse is found in 2 Corinthians 3:5 We are not saying that we can do this work ourselves, it is God who makes us able to do all that we do. TO GOD BE THE GLORY! Joyfully Serving Him, Dave Tomasek

LOOKING FORWARD TO FALL 2011

Cornerstone Choir kick-offs Christmas Musical rehearsals Wednesday, 9/14 Youth Dinner Drama Rehearsals start on Sunday, 9/18 (Performance dates Dec. 2 & 3) Adult Handbells resume on Sunday, 9/18 J.O.Y. GROUP NEWS

J.O.Y. Group 50s Night

August 25 @ 6:30pm

FLC

Dress as one of your favorite 50s TV characters. Prizes awarded!

50s Night

Surprise Dinner Menu

Eat all your vegetables and get your elbows OFF the table

Loads of fun and laughs!

Sign Up in your Sunday Small Groups or call the office at 665-1944

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PRESCHOOL & CHILDREN

Thank you to everyone who had a part of the Big Apple Adventure VBS 2011. This year was a huge success in many ways. With 380 children registered there was excitement everywhere. 14 children made professions of faith and seeds were planted with many more. Several families have already visited Cornerstone as a result of the week as well. Thank you for your time, prayers, and financial commitment to VBS.

YOU ARE INVITED to a RECEPTION for CINDY HUNTER & FAMILY Sunday, August 7 in the Family Life Center
Immediately following the Evening Worship Service.
Cindy has served as Cornerstones full-time Childrens Director for the past eight years.

Blumenthal Nursing Home VBS was awesome! The LORD sent an army to serve!
26 volunteers from Cornerstone shared the love of Jesus Christ with these special residents! They led them in song and did the movements, helped with the craft, served snack and cleaned up. A special thank you to: Lea Joyce, Dianne Long, Lisa, Hannah and Tyler Godat, Mary Hinton, Mary, Rachael and Lena Smith, Roena and Joe Stallsmith, Katie, Alex and Lindsay Barham, Jane and Allan Petrus, Diane, Jenna and Sarah Tomko, Sarah, Gretchen and Ethan Chaplin, Jacob Smith, Kelly and Elizabeth Martin, Joanne, Dena and Zoe Schulze.

FAMILY CAMP at TVR October 21-23

Who: Any Family with children in Grades 1-5 What: Fall Retreat at Camp TVR- no outside camping When: October 21-23, 2011 - Friday- Sunday Where: Camp TVR in Plumtree, NC Contact Person: Lynn Graham- 665-9457 Cost: Family of three-$220 - Family of four-$260 (each additional child $40) Deadline to Register: AUGUST 22 ($50 deposit due at registration) Second Payment ($75) due by September 14 Balance due: October 2 Activities include: climbing & repelling tower, horseback riding, hikes, shooting range, challenge course, disc golf, putt-putt, volleyball, ball field games, ping pong, horse shoes, gem mining. We will be staying in cabins (no tent camping) and spending time both as individual families and a corporate church family. The weekend will be filled with indoor and outdoor activities, worship, games, & teaching.

TeacherNeedsfor20112012ChurchYear

Sunday Morning - Preschool: (see Theresa Dorrell or Sue Wrather for more information) Sunday Night: (see a member of the Lay Ministry Team for more information)

SS Teachers at 9:15 and 10:45 SS Director at 10:45 Preschool Worship Coordinator Preschool Worship Teachers at 9:15 and 10:45 (serves one month/quarter)

Co-Preschool Childcare Coordinator (serves every other month) Sunday Night Discipleship Director (this is a Sept December position) Preschool Discipleship Teachers (these are Sept December position) Mission Friends, RA, and GA Teachers (see David Ratterree or Hilary Myers for more information) Nursery workers: these are not rotating workers (see Melissa Ratterree for more information)

Wednesday Night:

Sunday Morning - School Age: (see Nadine Griffin or Kelly Martin for more information)

SS Teachers at 9:15 and 10:45

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YOUTH GROUP NEWS

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Youth Happenings
I cannot remember the last time I experienced a Summer as busy as this one. One week after the students were released from school for Summer break I took our students to camp. There are some who think that a week of camp is a vacation for me. If you are one of those who believe this, then let me invite you to come on camp vacation with me next year and you will discover just how wrong you are. Nevertheless, I survived a week of little sleep, loud teens, camp food, being away from Kim and incredible spiritual growth. I returned to Cornerstone on Saturday only to find myself traveling once again to the same camp on the following Monday. I was afforded the opportunity not only by Camp TVR, but also by Cornerstone to be the camp speaker. As a result of Cornerstones graciousness to allow me to be gone for a week to speak, 31 teens made professions of faith and many more decisions of rededications were professed. The following week I traveled to Grand Rapids Michigan to perform a wedding for one of the football coaches I coach with at Northwest. The following week was VBS; and, the Sunday after VBS, I was traveling again to be the camp speaker at the Masters Inn located in Virginia. Once again, because of Cornerstones graciousness to share me with other ministries, 42 students surrendered their lives to Christ. When the search team called me to Cornerstone 9 years ago, I told them that I would be loyal to Cornerstone but I was about building the kingdom. Cornerstone has allowed me this opportunity through coaching at Northwest and by allowing me to speak at summer camps. I want to publicly thank those who assist me in leading our teens while I am gone and those who have consistently prayed for me throughout my time here at Cornerstone. Without this group of people, the youth ministry at Cornerstone would not be where it is today. To God be the Glory!

The Fall Retreat will be at Look Up Lodge in Taylor Ridge, South Carolina. The Camp offers so many things to do. Some of the fun adventures include the following: Paintball, Hiking, Fishing, Kayaking, Canoeing, Paddle Boats, Indoor and Outdoor Basketball, Sand Pit Volleyball and High Ropes Course. This is sure to be a great weekend

Retreat Dates: October 28 30

Cost $100
Are You Serving Him?

Registration forms are available at the information desk in the Commons

The chorus of the song, If We are the Body is:

But if we are the Body Why aren't His arms reaching Why aren't His hands healing Why aren't His words teaching And if we are the Body Why aren't His feet going Why is His love not showing them there is a way. There is a way

Sunday August 14, 4:00 PM

You still have time to order your tickets for this evening of fun and fellowship at the NewBridge Bank Park in Greensboro. Tickets are $8 for adults and $7 dollars for children (12 and under). You can order your tickets at the desk in the Commons on Sunday in between services or simply come by the office during office hours. Sunday August 7th is the last day you can order your tickets. Tickets will be made available to those who ordered them on the morning of Sunday, August 14 in the commons. If you are unable to pick your tickets up at that time, please make other arrangements with Pastor Jim.

Consider this question: Why do you come to church? If your answer does not include, to serve, let me encourage you to prayerfully consider finding a place to serve. I have several areas available where you can serve in the youth ministry right now. Pray about it! If you want to be a part of a life changing ministry, I invite you to contact me ASAP!

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WOMENS MINISTRY
Reaching Up, Reaching In & Reaching Out! WOMENS MINISTRY TRACT Wednesday Nights LDI CLASSES Beginning in September and in each semester after that, the Womens Ministry will feature a Bible study as part of the Wednesday night lineup of LDI classes. The first class that will be offered in the Womens Ministry Tract is: By Kay Arthur September 7-October 19 6:15-7:30 pm
Kay Arthur's straightforward lessons from Scripture focus on love, sex in marriage, purity, modesty, and examples of how men and women should relate to each other. These timely messages are for women, whether married or single, mother or daughter.

Cornerstone Womens Ministry Ladies Summertime Soiree

MOMMY CONNECTION
Tuesday, August 2, 6:30 pm @ Natasha Robinsons home, 3821 Marble Dr High Point 27265 Focus of the fellowship: Intentional Parenting Read: Shepherding a Childs Heart by Tedd Tripp. Please bring a dish to share. RSVP to Emily Rehder at rehderc@bellsouth.net or (336) 644-1516.
PRAYER TEAM -

Faith, Friends & Flip Flops

Friday, August 5 7:00 p.m.
Cost $12 (includes dinner) Special Guest: Martha McDowell Lexington, NC

Sharing her humorous and relatable message: Lessons from Marthas House
Bring or wear a pair of new or gently used shoes for donation to Shoes4Souls and leave with a brightly colored pair of flip flops! Please sign up at the Womens Ministry Table!

Return to the Garden

Friday's for HIM

will meet every Friday in August. We meet from Noon to 1:00 pm in the sanctuary. For more information contact Joanne Schulze at 336-668-2502 or cjschulze@att.net.

WORSHIP TASK FORCE PROPOSAL - VOTE RESULTS

The results of the worship task force proposal vote were shared in the July 3 worship service. If you were not in attendance, the following provides the voting results: Percentage in favor: 82.6%; percentage not in favor: 17.4%, therefore the proposal passed. Additional points of interest: the voting percentage across services was: 79.6% in favor in the 8:00 service; 87.1% in favor in the 9:15 service and 85.2% in favor in the 10:45 service. Prospects were also provided an opportunity to share their perspectives although their votes were not included in the results above. Prospects voted: 34 in favor, 3 not in favor for a 91.8% favorable viewpoint. We appreciate the prayerful consideration of this important step forward in reaching the kingdom. Our hope is that the church remains united in our mission to Love God, Love Others, Share Jesus, Disciple Believers!
Breakdown of votes per service:
8:00 9:15 10:45 Absentees 8:00 9:15 10:45 Visitors YES 51 YES 143 YES 121 YES 23 338 Total Attendance Total Attendance Total Attendance YES 34 NO NO NO NO 87 228 176 491 NO 13 21 21 16 71

82.6% voted YES

91.8% voted YES

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LIBRARY CORNER - AUGUST 2011

THE AUGUST LIBRARY THEME IS Let God Direct Your Path....at the Library! This month we are featuring books from our Fiction section. Come in and check out a great book to take on vacation. Did you know? The library adds new materials monthly. If you dont see a title in the library, fill out a pink slip on the desk with the author and title and slip it into the checkout box on the counter. Attention: The library will be making some exciting changes in the coming months. Since we have limited space for new materials, we will be adding a free standing book shelf for childrens materials. This will allow more shelf space for additional books, CDs and DVDs. The library staff has been working hard to enter all books and DVDs into our computer database. This will allow for online checkout instead of the old manual checkout. Stay tuned for the new streamlined checkout procedure changes coming in 2012!
Kellie Bennett Suzy Handgraaf Your Library Team! Prisca Onwuemene Lori Rountree Leigh Ellen Salmon

Cornerstones Birthday

1st in PRAYER Augusts First-in-Prayer =

PRAYING at the Beach or Pool!

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college not fall away--but be set on fire by the LORD--and be His witnesses to the world. Pray as the Holy Spirit leads.

25 years, and weve only just begun!

September 11th Cornerstone will celebrate its 25th birthday and we hope you will be here to help us celebrate!
The celebration begins at 9:00 am under the big top, with a look back. We will celebrate the past, and remember those whose lives we shared, but who have now gone on to their eternal home in glory. We will hear from the leaders of our convention and from past pastors.

As our Summer begins to wind down and with a return to school close at hand-let us make intentional use of this time in praising and petitioning our LORD. Augusts First-in-Prayer event is a month-long focus on three specific areas and can be done in the quietness of your home, by the pool, or at the beach! Yet, may it be a daily commitment. First, let us pray for our staff. Pastor Dave celebrates his 10th anniversary at Cornerstone and Pastor Jim has been here 9 years this summer! Please pray for each staff member for God's wisdom and strength. Pray for their families. Second, let us pray for the families of our church. May the LORD hold families together. May He breathe new life into them. May they bring Him much glory. And lastly, let us pray for those returning to school. May the LORD pick out teachers and roommates. May our students not only grow academically this year, but may they grow spiritually in leaps and bounds. May those going off to

BUDGET Q & A POLICY & PROCEDURES Q&A Sunday, August 7 4:30 PM

In the Sanctuary

QUARTERLY BUSINESS Meeting - Sunday, August 21

Immediately following the Deacon Ordination. Vote on Budget, Lay Ministry Report & Policy/Procedures Proposal.

service, a catered lunch will be available for additional fellowship time. Please

Beginning at 10:00 am well enjoy a time of fellowship and at 10:45 am our celebration worship service will begin. At the conclusion of our

put September 11th Celebration Sunday on your calendar as a Additional must attend day.
information will be provided in a letter the second week of August but its important for you to make plans now to attend.

AUGUST Staff Anniversary!

JoAnn Hampton
16 years - Admin Assistant to the Senior Pastor & Office Manager (August 22, 1995)
The Personnel Team thanks you for your faithful service to the Lord and to the people of Cornerstone.

STAFF: Dr. Rick Byrd, Senior Pastor Rev. Dave Tomasek, Worship/Senior Adults Rev. Forrest Moss, Church Growth/Outreach Rev. Jim Scott, Youth Ministry/Recreation Mrs. Cindy Hunter, Childrens Ministries Mrs. Sherri Howard, WEE School Director Web Site: www.cornerstonesbc.org

SUNDAY SCHEDULE
8:00 am 9:15 am 10:45 am 6:00 pm Worship Sunday School & Worship Sunday School & Worship Evening Worship Childrens Choirs/Discipleship Youth Discipleship

WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE 6:15-7:30 pm Life Development Institute Mission Friends (ages 2-K) RA & GA (Grades 1-5) MAXIMUM lMPACT (Grades 6-12) Cornerstone Choir CARE Ministry (Sept-May)

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CORNERSTONE SINGLES!

MORE IMPORTANT INFO!

August 6--Saturday--4 pm--Bullock's & Bulls!! Meet at church at 4:00 to carpool to Durham. Dinner at Bullock's Barbecue (3330 Quebec Drive, Durham, NC 27705-great Eastern NC barbecue!) and then on to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. August 13--Saturday--6 am--meet at Weaver House & serve breakfast to the homeless. After that, we'll head off & enjoy breakfast together. August 14--Sunday--4 pm--Cornerstone's going to see the Hoppers!! Church-wide activity to go & watch the Greensboro Grasshoppers play baseball. Tickets on sale in the Commons on Sundays. August 26--Friday--6:30 pm--Singles dinner at Shane's Rib Shack (4217 W. Wendover Avenue)!! If you have questions about any Singles event, contact Jeff Colbert (288-4616) or mjcolber@uncg.edu.

CORNERSTONE SINGLES AUGUST HAPPENINGS!

DEACON ELECTIONS
Sunday, August 7 Morning Worship Services

ATTENTION: ALL ADULT Sunday School Teachers

(for the year 2011-12) All Adult Sunday School teachers are urged to attend the meeting on Sunday, August 7, 5:00 PM in the Overflow. Please put this date on your calendar if you are teaching adults in the new church year (2011-12). Questions: contact Forrest Moss.

DEACON ORDINATION
Sunday, August 21 6:00 PM
Reception in the FLC immediately following the service and the

Quarterly Business Meeting.

CHECK OUT THIS BLOG SITE!

Sign up on the bulletin board across from the Fellowship Hall. Deadline: August 7 Contact Tommy Grant for information.

CORNERSTONE BOWLING LEAGUE Starts in Mid-August

toughquestionsanswered.org
If you have wanted to dig into the Christian faith and seek answers to tough questions, check out: Tough Questions Answered blog. The blog addresses theology, difficult Bible passages, evolution/creation, biblical archaeology, proofs for God's existence, and more! This site is designed to help clear away intellectual barriers to the Christian faith. See you at the blog! For more information, contact Billy Pratt.

BLUE BARRELS for FOOD Collection!

Each month a food item is collected in the blue barrels (located in the hallway by the WEE School office) and donated to those in need.

MACARONI & CHEESE

FOOD ITEM:

AUGUST