Pastor's Corner - VBS Success!
Dear Friends,
Thank you all for your encouragement last week as I was back in the pulpit and needed to address some serious matters. I am thankful to you who love reformed, expositional, Bible preaching. May God help us as we continue to be not just hearers of the Word but doers!
What an awesome week it has been as Cornerstone hosted its first ever VBS! It was a huge success with around 70 children and 50 volunteers. Special thanks to Lauren Davenport and all the volunteers who made it a special week. Let's continue to pray for our children - that they would grow in the grace and knowledge of their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Beginning Sunday, August 2nd, the Session has decided to make a change to the worship service. Announcements will now take place at the beginning of the service. The reason for this change is to ensure that we maintain a spirit of worship throughout the service. Please plan to arrive each Sunday and take your seats by 8:55am for the Prelude and announcement time. We will then promptly move into a time of quiet reflection to prepare our hearts for worship.
Finally, pray for our country. All the news is so discouraging right now. It seems that evil abounds. Let us be on our knees and active in culture. May we be salt and light.
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.” (Titus 2:11-15 ESV)
Worship Notes: July 19, 2015
- Please learn this new song that we will sing this Sunday: In My Heart
- The kingdom does not belong to everyone - this will be the focus of our sermon this week. Matthew 7:21-23.
- In preparation for the sermon: “Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” (2 Peter 1:10-11 ESV)
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Wilson's Weekly
Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, alerted us again to a troubling matter with Planned Parenthood that deserves our attention, and our knees on the ground before the Lord: click here.
What priority should sports play in the lives of our children? Here is a quick reminder from youth culture expert, Walt Mueller: http://www.cpyu.org/resource/sports-priorities/
This article is very sobering but also a request for me to ask you to pray for me and my family, that we would be protected from evil: When a Pastor Commits Adultery
by His grace and to His praise, your pastor and friend,
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. (Ephesians 6:13 ESV)