CAREER FAIR

CORNERSTONE EASTER FUN FAIR

Today we had our annual Easter Family Service, followed by our Family Fun Fair. It was a great time of showing God's love to the community.

JUNIOR HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL

THE CROSS (2): DIE TO LIVE

Christianity is the best possible way to live in order to avoid lameness. Surrender requires us to commit. Sometimes surrender seems uncertain and scary.

“I have come that [you] may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10 NIV).

Following Jesus’ way and words will free you to live a full life.

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20 NLT).

We know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus (Romans 6:9-11 NIV).

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you (2 Corinthians 4:10-12 NIV).

Following Christ is not about following a predictable path. It’s about living a life that goes beyond expectations. Learning to die to ourselves is found when we sit at Jesus’ feet. We learn from Him how to live.

We weren’t just saved from something; we were saved to something.

We don’t just die; we die to live. Do you want a full life?

Bottom Line: The cross isn’t just where we come to die. The cross is where we come to live.

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Career Fair

CAREER FAIR

Yesterday Cornerstone had the opportunity to partner with Greensborough Public School and take part in their first annual Career Fair. It was a huge success! Thanks to all who participated.

YOUTHQUEST BASKETBALL

Winners of our 3 on 3 (senior session)

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More pictures from our 3 on 3

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Yesterday we had our 1st 3 on 3 on a Wednesday night. The boys were very excited and it was a great night. Congrats to our winning teams!

JUNIOR HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL

THE CROSS (1): LIVE TO DIE

Following isn’t easy.

Believing and following Jesus are two different things.

To follow Jesus is to walk where He walks.

Following Jesus costs us something.

Wouldn’t it be easier if we could all just believe and not follow?

[Jesus] then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men” (Mark 8:31-33 NIV).

Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels”

(Mark 8:34-38 NIV).

The cross is a place where Jesus died and where we die too.

When we follow Jesus, we submit our desires and selfish aims.

From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him (John 6:66 NIV).

Believing is the beginning, then we follow.

In order to have life, we have to lose our lives.

What in your life needs to die so you can truly follow Jesus?

Bottom Line: The cross isn’t just where Jesus died. It is where we come to die with Him.

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Series Overview

People wear a cross on necklaces, sport one on bumper stickers and even slap on across T-shirts, but what does the cross really stand for? What does it really mean? Over the next two weeks, we will take a look at the cross in a different way, a way that moves beyond gratitude and nostalgia to a way of life. The cross teaches us that we live so we can die, and we die so we can live.

YOUTHQUEST BASKETBALL

On Wednesday we had another great night as we continued our month discussing the Character Matters trait integrity, "We are truthful and sincere. We ensure consistency between what we say and what we do as well as between what we believe and how we behave." Congrats to our MVC's (Most Valuable Character) of the night. Next week, we have a special 3 on 3 tournament!!!

JUNIOR HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL

THE THIN GREEN LINE (3): Save

Putting money aside gives you more options. The reality is that it is hard to save.

Why is it worth saving money?

God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the men of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt (1 Kings 4:29-30 NIV).

He who gathers money little by little makes it grow (Proverbs 13:11 NIV).

The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty (Proverbs 21:5 NIV).

The wise have wealth and luxury, but fools spend whatever they get (Proverbs 21:20 NLT).

A man is a slave to whatever has mastered him (2 Peter 2:19 NIV).

“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me” (1 Corinthians 13:11 NIV).

Right now you have plenty and can help those who are in need (2 Corinthians 8:14 NLT).

If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person? (1 John 3:17 NLT).:

Saving helps you gain control…

Over your money. Over your wants. Over yourself.

The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought to himself, “What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.” Then he said, “This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I’ll say to myself, ‘You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.’”

But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?” This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God” (Luke 12:16-21 NIV).

Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf (Proverbs 11:28 NIV).

Saving helps you control your money rather than it controlling you.

Saving today opens up options tomorrow.

YOUTHQUEST BASKETBALL

Tonight we had 37 guys out after a week off. Our Character Matters trait for the month is integrity, "We are truthful and sincere. We ensure consistency between what we say and what we do as well as between what we believe and how we behave." Congrats to our Most Valuable Characters of the night.

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THE THIN GREEN LINE (2) - SPEND

We always see things that are better than what we have. Our wants require money and sometimes pushes us toward obsession. We are sometimes left still wanting.

There is a difference between need and want. That line becomes blurred sometimes. Stuff isn’t the problem. Our attitude toward the stuff is the problem.

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:19-21 NIV).

"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” (Matthew 6:22-23 NIV).

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it (Genesis 3:6 NIV).

"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money” (Matthew 6:24 NIV).

It’s not wrong to want something.

“Everything is permissible”—but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible”—but not everything is constructive (1 Corinthians 10:23 NIV).

Wants turn bad when you place hope of satisfaction in that want. Where do I spend my money?

Don’t allow money to consume your heart. Your heart is tied to your wallet.

How you spend your money is tied to how you see God.