Cornerstone Connected, Spring 2011 Edition

The new issue of Cornerstone connected is now Available.  Get your copy at the info desk this Sunday or download a digital copy here

Summer Music Schedule

As the weather starts to warm up, I’ve been excited to finally get the BBQ out.Burgers, steaks, salmon, grilled vegetables, and baked potatoes; everything tastes great when it’s been cooked over a flame.  And when it’s all ready we as a family get to sit down together to enjoy the tastes and the smells, amid the backdrop of laughter as we share what’s been going on in our lives.

I must admit, it’s odd to think of worship as an event to anticipate, or to even associate with the party atmosphere that is described in these passages of scripture.  It’s hard to hold in tension that scripture reveals God as holy, awesome, and transcendent; and that scripture also reveals God as intimate, accessible and part of our lives.  But yet it’s there.  God has invited us to His feast, and we are to worship Him in this way. God can’t help but share His joy.  A real awakening has to occur in our lives, because I think we are often missing out.

Jesus tells a story in Luke 14:15-24 and describe a man who prepares this great feast and sends out these invitations, but no one seems interested in coming.  One has just bought some land and wants to take a look at it.  Another just bought somelivestock for working and wanted to try them out.  The last said they’d just got married, and so they didn’t have time.  Verse 18 says it clearly “They all began making excuses.”  The word excuse is well placed, for all of these “reasons”, were artificial.  They simply made their choice.

Henri Nouwen in his book The Return of the Prodigal says this:  “Celebration belongs to God’s kingdom.  God not only offers forgiveness, reconciliation, and healing, but wants to lift up these gifts as a source of joy for all who witness them.”  This joy is to be caught up in the eternal pleasures of Christ’s salvation.  The psalmist agrees:   “You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand” (Psalm 16:11).  So in worship God wants us to experience the joy of His presence and the blessings that come with it.  We have a standing invitation. Let’s not miss out.

Pastor Lorn

Summer Music Schedule (.pdf)

Plane Crashes Near Cornerstone

At about 6:30pm on Friday, April 1, a small geological survey plane crashed a couple blocks away from Cornerstone Church, near the 51st Street/Warman Road intersection. The pilot and co-pilot both survived the crash, but one person died at the scene. More on this story …

Please pray for the people involved in the crash.