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Dr. Rick Byrd
Reflecting with Rick...
Senior Pastor
walls surrounding the city. money...we must acknowledge
Rev. Dave Tomasek
Assoc. Pastor of Worship
Nehemiah unburdened his our complete dependence on
& Senior Adults heart to God for five months, God. The task is huge! We
Rev. Forrest Moss
from “Chislev” (November) have only one shot to get it
Assoc. Pastor of Church Growth (1:1) until “Nisan” (April) right. We can’t afford any
(2:1), he prayed and fasted; he mistakes. It is too important
Rev. Jim Scott
Assoc. Pastor to Youth
knew this project was so big, for us to do it alone. We need
only God could accomplish God’s help!
Mrs. Cindy Hunter what needed to be done.
Director, Children’s Ministries
So, we have planned
Nehemiah was a man of an Outdoor Worship Service
Mrs. Sherri Howard prayer who depended wholly on Sunday night April 25.
Director, WEE School
On Sunday night on the Lord to help him We will gather on the area
SUNDAY SCHEDULE: March 7, our church family accomplish whatever task he where our new facility will be
8:00 am Worship voted to license Terry Smith was given. He succeeded in erected. We will sing and lift
9:15 am Sunday School to the gospel ministry to this project because he our voices in praise to God. I
Worship preach God’s Word. Terry depended on God. Too often will call our people to a time
10:45 am Sunday School shared his conversion we plan projects or take on of prayer and fasting. Then we
Worship experience with our deacon responsibilities and then ask will spend time holding hands
6:00 pm Evening Worship body and also his call to God to bless them. However, in unity in a circle around the
Children’s Choirs ministry. Terry is a humble, Nehemiah didn’t make that spot praying to God for His
& Discipleship joy-filled servant of the Lord mistake; he sat down and wisdom and the faith to trust
Youth Discipleship and we are blessed that we are wept, he knelt down and Him to see this awesome task
able to share in this way with prayed, then he stood up and accomplished.
WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE: his call to ministry. Our worked because he knew he George MacDonald
5:15-6:00 pm Fellowship Meal prayers will continue to be had the blessing of the Lord
6:15-7:30 pm
said, “In whatever man does
with Terry and Tammy and on him. without God, he must fail
Life Development Institute
their children as they seek the Friend, if we are to miserably, or succeed more
Mission Friends (ages 2-K)
RA & GA (Grades 1-5) Lord’s will as to where He pay off our remaining debt, miserably.” Alan Redpath
MAXIMUM lMPACT may be leading them down raise the funds to start said, “There is too much
(Grades 6-12) the road. construction on a new, larger working before men and too
C.A.R.E Ministry On another note, a worship facility to meet our little waiting before God.”
Cornerstone Choir couple of weeks ago I goals for corporate worship, We must wait and pray!
preached on Sunday night men’s and women’s seminars,
5736 Inman Rd from Nehemiah chapter one Christian concerts, etc., build
Greensboro NC 27410 In Christ Alone,
where Nehemiah is called by the right type of facility and
Phone: 336.665.1944
God to return to Jerusalem begin at the right time to get Pastor Rick
FAX: 336.665.0801
Web: www.cornerstonesbc.org and rebuild the broken down the most building for our
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J.O.Y. GROUP
PA/DC TRIP! Arlington Cemetery, Smithsonian (by bus) to host a lunch (cookout
Institute and the Capitol Building. with missionaries and our church
Please remember the 36 Senior We will be heading home on team workers), paint a deck/stain
adults (including our newest Friday, April 9 arriving late in the a Gazebo or just spend time with
member Pastor Rick) who are evening. Pray for good weather and the missionaries and their families.
travelling this month to PA clear roads!
and Washington DC. We
will be departing very early COMING IN MAY…
Wednesday April 7 and FAMILY MINISTRY
heading to the Sight & Sound Looking Ahead
Theater in Lancaster, PA of their WEEKEND
THURSDAY, MAY 13
newest production: JOSEPH. On 6:30 PM FLC
APRIL 16-18 JOY DINNER & VBS
Thursday, April 8 we head
to Washington DC for 2 Also, coming up this month . . .the SERVICE NITE
days of guided tours of JOY Group will participate with the Join us as we eat and then
Washington DC’s famous FAMILY MINISTRY WEEKEND assemble 2,000 invitation bags to
memorials, including the as we travel together to the this year’s VBS.
new National WWII Memorial, SILOAM MISSIONARY HOMES
CHILDREN’S CHOIRS
WOW!!! We really heard about the Mary Smith
GOOD NEWS of Jesus’ life, death Combined Children’s Choir—Donna
and resurrection Sunday night, March Adams, Tom Carrigan, Darlene Boan,
21. Over 51 boys and girls presented Sharon Riccio and Marilyn Smith
the GOSPEL in a unique way to the
congregation. GREAT JOB! Thank
you to every parent that supported the CHILDREN’S CHOIRS
Music Ministry throughout the 3 long resume on Sunday, September
months of winter and brought their
children to choir rehearsal. A special
12 as we prepare for our
thanks to our Music Leaders: CHRISTMAS MUSICAL,
Music Time Choir—Lynn Graham, Sunday, December 12!!!
MISSIONS UPDATE
Tim & Marsha Judy and his wife Allah. Pastor Andrashko MORE MISSIONARY UPDATES!
It’s been a busy month and Allah have become key partners Patrick and Diana Williams— just
for us in Ukraine – but, with the work we’re doing in the Kiev moved to Bangkok to work with more
oh ….. have we seen God oblast. than 500,000 Burmese who are seeking
working! Praise God that He uses We have another busy month before us. safe haven and work. Pray for the final
everything to accomplish His will. We With being in America for 3 weeks in translation of materials that they will use
April for our daughter’s wedding, we’re to the book of Philippians and Spiritual
understand that He doesn’t need us to Formation.
trying to accomplish as much as we can
accomplish His will – but we are
grateful that He allows us to serve Him in March. We have 2 business Dave and Terri Mcinnis—have
conferences and one quilting outreach. recently moved to the Czech Republic
in this dear country! for Dave to work in a support role to
We participated in two Marriage We have committed to new discipleship the missionaries serving there. Pray for
Conferences, two Business conferences relationships and will be meeting with them as they undertake learning their
and one MotherWise Conference with two young people each week. 4th language and look for ways to
Denise Glenn in February. We hosted We thank you so much for your minister in a new culture.
groups from Atlanta, Houston and partnership in the gospel! Cornerstone Scottand Cindy Hunter—continue
Australia. Praise God that He is at work has been generous in many ways and we to work on partnership development
in people’s hearts throughout the world. absolutely could not have done all that and have raised more than 10% of their
The photo was taken at the Kiev we have without your partnership. We needed monthly support. Pray for Scott
love you! We pray for you! And, we as he continues his seminary classes
Marriage Conference. Tim and I are and for the sale of their home.
with Senior Pastor Mikael Andrashko thank you for praying for us.
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DNOW 2010—INHABIT
On March 19th more than 100 students gathered at Cornerstone to participate in this
years Disciple Now weekend. For those of you who are not familiar with Disciple Now,
let me quickly explain. DNOW is a weekend designed to take students out of their
environment and place them in host homes where they will be led in four powerful Bible
Studies. This years theme was INHABIT—Allowing God to Totally INHABIT your
Life so that You Can be SET-APART. The Bible studies were concentrated on the book
of Daniel where they studied the lives of Daniel and his friends.
Someone asked me how do we measure the success of these types of events. I told
this person that there are at least two measuring sticks that help us to see if the event was indeed a success.
First, there is evaluation of what God is doing in the hearts of those teens who attended. That observation comes when you
see them whole heartedly worshipping and praising God after the event. The Wednesday night after DNOW the youth met as
usual; however, there was a sense of deep worship in the FLC that has not been present as of late. The evaluation continues
when parents call me and tell me what a tremendous weekend their child had. One mom told me that her son who usually does
not offer his opinion very often told her that he was so disappointed that the weekend was over. And finally, you can evaluate
the weekend by the decisions that were made. Although DNOW is truly not an evangelistic event, we still saw two young men
make professions of faith; furthermore, many students when challenged, stood before their peers and more importantly before
God and confessed that their walk has not been pure, holy and set-apart. These students committed to change their walk and
accept the challenge to be sanctified.
The second measuring stick that I would use to determine if DNOW is a success is to see how many of our former students
are coming back to serve as Bible Study facilitators. This year we had more than ever before. One of my former students in
the youth and now a freshman in college said to me that DNOW impacted his life so much in his earlier years that he had no
choice but to participate as a group leader. Another former student’s mother sat in on her daughter’s Bible Study on Sunday
morning and was moved to tears to hear the wisdom coming from her daughter as she led these HS girls in a study on prayer.
Our students are graduating from the youth ministry impacted by programs like DNOW. Statistics tell us that a majority of
students who graduate from the youth ministry also graduate from church for a period of about 9 years. Although we do see
some who fall into this category here at Cornerstone, they are not the majority. College students and young adults are coming
back to serve the Lord.
So, as you can see, success of DNOW and programs alike, can be measured immediately after the event and it can be
measured years later.
CORRECTION
From the March
Connection:
The web site for
Summer Camp at
Teen Valley
Ranch should
read:
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Mulching the church during DNOW caused a few of kids to go CRAAAAAZY!
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WOMEN’S MINISTRY
Cornerstone Women’s added to the team! If you have any Oak Ridge Park/Tuesdays-7:30 pm
questions, please contact Joanne Cornerstone Church parking lot (near
Ministry - Reaching Up, Schulze. modular unit) Saturdays-7:00 am
Reaching In & Reaching Out! Bur-Mil Park/Saturdays-7:30 am
Ready to get plugged in and be a part PRAYER FOCUS for APRIL…
The theme for April is: Shower us with Monthly “Ladies Night Out”
of a ministry team? No matter your Your Spirit afresh, O God, as we humble Fellowships on the 2nd Thursday of
God-given gifts and talents, you can ourselves before You. each month—beginning...
be used to bring glory to God and Pray for the following in April: Thursday, April 8
minister to other women. Take note This week: Good Friday & Easter 7-9 pm in the church Fellowship
of all the exciting things that are Services Hall - Bring an appetizer or dessert
Weeks of April 4 & 11: Family & a drink to share. Sign up on the
happening in your Women’s Ministry. Women’s Ministry Bulletin
For more information please contact Ministry Weekend (16th-18th)
Board—& feel free to come at the
any Team Leader or Pam Carrigan, Week of April 18: Beth Moore last minute even if you didn’t sign
Simulcast (24th) up! Check the newsletter each month
Women’s Ministry Leader. Week of April 25: The Hunter for location & information about the
Family (Cindy & Scott &
REACHING UP - for a more children) & their call to the
“Ladies Night Out”.
Contact Activities Team Leader,
intimate relationship with God the mission field to Spain Sharon Riccio for more information
Father through Prayer & the study or to join the Activities Team.
FRIDAYS for HIM—in Prayer. All
of His Word. women are invited to join in prayer in
the sanctuary on Fridays from Noon REACHING OUT - to make a
BIBLE STUDY Opportunities... to 1:00 pm. difference in the lives of women in
Wednesday Nights - 6:15-7:30 For more information about the our communities and
Beth Moore’s “Believing God: prayer events listed here or future neighborhoods by sharing the
Experiencing a Fresh Explosion of Faith” - prayer events, contact either Prayer love of Jesus.
a women’s Bible study based on Isaiah Team Leader, Joanne Schulze or Service Team…
43:10. Suzanne Billips. The Service Team is currently
June - Priscilla Shirer’s newest study, establishing a “College Connection”
REACHING IN - to love and Ministry designed to encourage and
“One in a Million”—an exploration of encourage the women of minister to our college-age members.
the Israelites’ journey through the Cornerstone toward authentic To help with this project, to involve
wilderness. For information about relationships, as well as providing your Sunday School class in the
Women’s Bible Studies: contact Patsy a place for them to belong. project or for more information about
Griffin or Cassy Sampson. Hospitality Team… being a part of the Service Team,
The Hospitality Team is currently contact Naomi Zellers, Service Team
PRAYER Opportunities… planning and organizing food and Leader.
Prayer Walking: getting hospitality for the Beth Moore Missions Team…
spiritually & physically healthy! Simulcast on April 24. This Team will The Missions Team will identify ways
plan for future events, in addition to to serve our surrounding community
For the month of March, we as a creating “Welcome/Information and our church body with the gospel
congregation were challenged to packets” for visitors/new members. and love of Jesus Christ. If you would
prayer walk around a school. The If you have a heart for hospitality and like to be a part of this team or for
walks are invigorating and refreshing! would like to plug in to this team, or information, contact Jamie Simmons.
Don’t stop as we go into April. We for more information, contact Tammy
can keep walking FOR HIM! Go as a
McKinney. SPECIAL EVENTS - a vital part of
Communications Team… our Women’s Ministry is Special
family or with friends and prayer walk Events. We encourage you not to
around a school, your neighborhood The purpose of the Communications
Team is to keep our congregation in miss these opportunities to reach
and city. the loop and informed of all out to friends in the community
Prayer Team via Email gets New happenings within the Women’s and see lives changed!
Address! Ministry at Cornerstone. Beth Moore Simulcast—April 24
The Women’s Prayer Team is in touch Contact Tara Dollyhigh if you would Ladies Summer Fun Night
via email with over 120 women on the like to join the Communications Team
prayer list. The prayer list is available Going Beyond...A Spiritual
or for more information. Awakening Event w/Priscilla
for your requests too! Submit your
prayer requests to this address: Activities Team… Shirer, Oct 8-9, 2010, Columbia SC
prayerteam121@gmail.com. The Activities Team comes together Women of Faith “Over the Top”
to offer various opportunities for Nov 12-13, Greensboro Coliseum
If you would like to be a praying exercise and fellowship. Meet up with
member of the team and receive For more information about these
others to enjoy God’s creation around events or to plug in as a member of
prayer requests, please email the same us while getting more physically fit.
address listed above, and you will be the Special Events Team, contact
Activities Team opportunities include: Kristin Moss.
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Rick’s Picks
Each month, the Library Corner these and other parables of Jesus Bible has to say about God, creation,
column will feature a recommended break through mere words -- pushing temptation, salvation, relationships,
reading list from Pastor Rick. So us to make real changes in our lives. finances, work, health, purpose, and
“giddyup” to the library to check out In this compelling commentary, heaven. Joined by "teammates"
these “Rick’s Picks” for April: Boice closely examines Christ's Randy Alcorn, Chuck Colson, Ron
parables of the kingdom, salvation, Blue, Os Guinness, and others, he
Moses: A Man of wisdom and folly, the Christian life, walks you through the greatest
Selfless Dedication and judgment. playbook ever written.
by Charles Swindoll -
Every day another so- Mark’s Story by Tim The Man God Uses
called "hero" falls from LaHaye & Jerry Jenkins by Henry & Tom
grace. But in his Great - Mark's Story is a Blackaby - Anyone
Lives from God's Word thrilling account that who has ever been
series, Charles Swindoll introduces vividly depicts the last called by the voice of
you to true heroes who trusted in day before Jesus' crucifixion and the God or touched by His
God to help them successfully meet danger that early believers faced as hand is eager to know and
the challenges of life. Swindoll's they boldly proclaimed Jesus as understand His will for their life. The
candid portrait of Moses, a man who Christ the Lord. Their bravery laid Man God Uses is a daily study guide,
overcame his doubts about his the foundation for the early church, encouraging Christian men to
leadership abilities when he and their fervent passion for the examine personal encounters with
surrendered to the Lord, will show Word reverberates throughout the the Father and to follow His will in
you that God can work through you, world today. all areas of life---at home, work,
too---in spite of your insecurities! church, and in the community.
Game Plan for Life by Through seven weeks of incisive
The Parables of Jesus Joe Gibbs - A Super study, Blackaby explains God's
by James M. Boice - The Bowl and NASCAR process of refining and shows how
Seed and the Soil, the champion, Gibbs His powerful touch can transform
Rich Fool, the Lost Sheep diagrams an "average ordinary men into extraordinary
--Boice observes that Joe's" guide to what the forces for good in the world.
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