Lead Pastor’s Blog I.VII

It’s happening! We said back at the beginning of the year that our vision is to change the world. We said we are going to work through four different avenues to see this happen. Let’s check it out:
1. The weekend of September 25th to 27th we have Charlie Fordham from Capernwray Bible School coming to Cornerstone and we will kick off our fall Men’s Ministry where we will give men a chance to get involved in a small group of men to grow in their relationship with Christ and each other. Our Friday morning Men’s Breakfast at Johnny Boy’s Diner (what a great name for a place for men to meet!)continues to have a solid turnout of 15 to 20 men even during the summer months. Men are memorizing scripture and being challenged to take their faith to the workplace. Lives are being changed.
2. We said we would be a place where prodigals are welcome. In the months of May and June our average attendance has been up significantly over previous years. The second Sunday in July saw us have over 300 people in church. During the past ten years we have only had more than 300 people in a July service twice. God is at work and lives are being changed. I have had conversations with a few people who have thanked me for the way God has reached out to them when they were not walking with Him.
3. We said we are going to surprise seekers with the grace of God. This is tougher to evaluate but as we as a body focus our attention on the goals at hand we unite around Christ and allow his grace to flow through us to others.
4. We said we would meet practical needs in our world. At Easter we raised $10,000.00 to fix water wells in Haiti one of the poorest countries in the world. We just received a report this week saying that we fixed four wells which will service over 4,000 people in four separate communities. Fresh water literally changes lives. Fresh water changes the world for people who did not have that basic need. Our church has assisted in bringing over one more daughter from the Baw family who was in a refugee camp. Their lives have been changed. This is great news. Our young people just returned from a mission trip to Trinidad and Tobago where they engaged people with the life changing news of Jesus offer of salvation. This just touches on a couple of highlights from this summer alone.
It is happening. Stay tuned and get involved…we are changing the world.