In This Issue. Greetings, Cornerstone Family!

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1 CO R NE RSTO N E N E WS The vision of Cornerstone Community Church is to be full of Christ s love and see souls saved through the power of the Holy Spirit. March 2017 Cornerstone Community Church Newsletter Greetings, Cornerstone Family! It looks like winter outside my office window as I write for this newsletter, but thankfully it won t last long. I think all of us are ready for spring! Hopefully March will not disappoint us. Speaking of March, we have an exciting theme beginning on Sunday, March 12th. It is called I Love My Church! This is the second series in our yearlong campaign to Come Grow With Us! This past Sunday, I finished a short, 3 week sermon series on Growing in Faith. If you missed any or all of those sermons, you can find them on our church s website; either in video format on the SERMON page or in audio format by clicking on the link near the bottom of the HOME page. Faith is essential for growth spiritual growth and numerical growth. The Bible tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God. We need faith for salvation. Without a saving relationship with God through faith in Christ, it is impossible to grow spiritually and thereby please God. We need faith to pray; for ourselves, others and our church. Without prayer it is impossible to rightly determine God s will for our lives and the ministry of the church. Prayer is absolutely essential if we want to please God. And we need faith to trust in God to provide for us; for each of us individually and for our church. Without this faith in his providence we will take matters into our own hands and likely bring much pain into our lives and our church. A mark of spiritual maturity is when we increasingly trust God to provide for our every need. Without this faith/trust it is impossible to please God. Now, having looked at Growing in Faith, we move our attention to Growing in Love. We are going to look at this from a number of different perspectives, especially when it comes to loving the church. This series will be 5 weeks long and take us up through Palm Sunday. I will begin this series by clarifying what we mean (or ought to mean) when we say I love my church! Please pray for a number of things as we continue in this year of growth: 1) Pray for me as I lead us through this year of growth and my preparation for each series I develop, and each sermon I write and share with you. 2) Pray for our church leaders as they not only help me in this year of growth, but also that they may grow as well! 3) Pray for yourself, that you will recognize areas in your own life (especially in terms of your relationship with God) where you need to grow and mature. 4) Pray for God s mighty protection over each of us and our church as we grow, for the devil does not want to see any of us grow and mature, and he certainly doesn t want our church to grow either. May God grow our faith in Him, and our love for Him and others! Pastor Bill s Office Hours Tuesday-Thursday 9:00-2:00 Contact information Cell Phone: (218) Home Phone: (360) PastorHelland@comcast.net... without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.. Hebrews 11:6 To listen to Pastor Bill s sermons please go to our In This Issue Word from the Pastor Birthday s & Anniversary s Events Calendar / How to stay connected

2 God s Provisions through his people at Cornerstone for the month of February 2017 Offerings $ 10, Expenses $ 14, Thank you all for your continued support of the ministry here at Cornerstone Community Church. March Birthdays William Marshall Ellie Enstrom Bill Stoebe Sally Helland Kevin Dougherty Edna Kyllingmark 3rd 5th 7th 9th 21st 24th Happy Birthday from your Cornerstone family! No March Anniversaries Cornerstone March Schedule of Events Tuesday, 7th - Game Night RaNdOm & FuN!!! CCC Tuesday, 21st - Dessert and Dialogue Night Come on out and eat some YUMMY dessert play some games and have a life changing convo! CCC Contact Nancy Dale for more information, Nancydale87@gmail.com Monday, March 6th Schedule of Events for March :30 8:30 pm DVD Lesson at the Dale s Sunday, March 26th 7:00 pm Mt. Baker lanes $6.75 per game Ages Contact Nancy Dale for more Nancydale87@gmail.com

3 Men s BREAKFAST Saturday, March 8:00 am All are welcome, invite your friends and family! Men s Bible Study Going Deep a Study of 1 & 2 Timothy Tuesday, March 14 & 6:30 pm All are welcome, invite your friends and family! Contact Tim Blomquist or Pastor Bill for more information Women s Bible Study Ephesians Tuesday March 7 & 14 New 12 Week Study Overcoming Worry Women of Faith Begins March 7pm All are welcome, invite your friends! Contact Kendy Stoebe or Lu Dotinga for more information

4 Pre-school volunteers Needed! We are looking for more volunteers to help in the preschool room during the adult message on Sunday mornings! Please prayerfully consider if you can commit to help out Cornerstone's Children s Ministry. Talk to Nancy Dale or Pastor Bill for more information! 5 We ek CHURCH SERIES S t a r t ing Sunday Morning M arc h 12th Free Wristbands for everyone On March 12th We will be taking T-shirt orders for anyone who would like to purchase one. Wristbands are being donated by Cornerstone! Sizes available for T-shirt orders are: S-XL $8.99, 2XL $9.99 & 3XL $11.99 T-Shirts available for purchase

5 A huge thank you to all who made this night possible! We had a wonderful turnout and many request to do it again! Stay tuned for the next one! CCC s Worship Leader Peter Marshall & Guest Soloist Bill DeGroot PIE FELLOWSHIP 70 Pounds to the Food Bank

6 March 2017 Church Events Friday March 3-5 LEAD Retreat Pastor Bill will be attending so he will we gone for the weekend. Saturday, 4th 8:00 am Men s Breakfast Sunday, 5th Monday, 6th 6:30 pm Young Adults the Dale s Tuesday, 7th 5:30 pm Trustee Board Meeting 6:30 pm Youth Night 7:00 pm Women s Group Study on Ephesians Friday, 10th Travis Trueman & Jewel Middleton s Wedding Rehearsal at the Church Saturday, 11th 4:00 pm Travis Trueman & Jewel Middleton s Wedding Day Sunday, 12th Communion Sunday Tuesday, 14th 6:30 pm Men s Group Bible Study 7:00 Women s Group Study on Ephesians Our mission is to win souls for Christ by the preaching of the Word and personal witnessing, and to strengthen the believers through Worship and Christian fellowship. Contact Us Give us a call for more information about our Services and Events Cornerstone Community Church 5732 Olson Rd Ferndale, WA Phone: (360) Cornerstonecommunityoffice@comcast.net Visit us on the web: Office Hours Tuesday Thursday 9:00-2:00 For your information, Cornerstone is currently renting the church out to an AA group on Thursday s from 6:30 8:30 pm Wednesday, 15th Elder Board Meeting Friday 17th & 18th FYI The Church building will be rented out to Bridgeway Christian Academy for their Annual fundraiser event. Sunday, 19th POTLUCK SUNDAY 11:30 am Potluck Tuesday, 21st 5:30 pm Church Council Meeting 6:30 pm Youth Group 7:00 pm Women s Group New study begins Overcoming Worry by Women of Faith Sunday, 26th 7:00 pm Young Adults Bowling Tuesday, 28th 6:30 pm Men s Bible Study 7:00 pm Women s Group Friday, 31st 6:00 pm Ladies Craft Night See Kendy for more information.