God Moments

My passion for families grows each year as I work with your children here at Cornerstone.  Recently we challenged our elementary kids to read their bibles every day and I was taken aback by the resistance I got from the kids.  This was simply a reminder to me that each childs spiritual development can not happen at church alone.  On average the most I or the volunteers have to invest in your kids is 40 hours a year.  That is not much time to rely on us as the sole teacher of your child’s spiritual lives.  Our C-Kids theme Sunday mornings is “first things first” and it is important that you join us as we teach your child(ren) what should be first in their lives.  Our relationship with Jesus Christ.

I have heard from parents and kids that ‘we just don’t have time for that’. I agree we do live in a very busy culture and as a result time as a family suffers.   The bible tells us “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” (Romans 12:2 NLT)

This short video talks about how you can teach your children in todays busy world and it’s importance.  Family Role

Jessica

Great resource sites for parents.  They give you ideas and conversation starters.  Check it out…

Rio Family

D6 Family

Plan to Protect

Thank you so much to those volunteers that have made Plan to Protect a priority this year!

It is important for the church body to understand that this is a legal document, passed by church leadership to be implemented to ALL volunteers working with Youth and Children.  The process and the documents accumulated for each volunteer are for the safety of the children, as well as protecting the volunteers.

If you still have not completed your application package please take the few moments needed to fill out the forms and make this a priority.

We understand that if you have been volunteering at Cornerstone for years it seems strange and frustrating to have to fill out these forms.  Asking you to fill out these forms does NOT mean we don’t trust you as a volunteer.  It is simply the reality of our world today, the reality of running a public facility with children & youth and we are legally responsible for the children placed in our care.

This process does not need to be difficult if we all work together to complete the necessary paperwork!

Thanks again to the majority of our volunteers who have made this a priority!