This Week: June 16th thru June 22nd

** Upcoming Events:

**Action Steps to Allowing God to Help Us Through Trials

Step 1: Trust in Him: James 1:3 “For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.” God will help you, and let you grow! Trust is key.
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Step 2: Pray and Study: Matthew 6:33 - “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.” God will provide and lead you through with knowledge of Him and His plan.

Step 3: Worship with Power: Acts 16: 25-26 - “Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off!” There is power in our worship!

** Pastor Mike will be in the office this Tuesday from 12 - 2. I am looking at potentially not having office hours this summer, but making contact with you and setting time to visit with you this summer. I will also be attending the annual conference from Wednesday through Saturday this week! Prayers are appreciated for this move of the Holy Spirit that we call The Global Methodist Church and our Allegheny West Annual Conference.

** Women's Conference - Empowered By The Holy Spirit - Was an incredible and powerful move of the Holy Spirit for our women! Keep praying and keep moving in the Spirit!

** Last Sunday Worship Night was, yet again, an emotional night filled with the Holy Spirit's presence. What an amazing time of worshiping our amazing God! Our next Sunday night worship will be on June 29th at 6;00, at Cornerstone Fellowship of DeGraff

**Grief Share Group - Our grief group is currently on hiatus. If you would like to be a part of a grief sharing group, please let Pastor Mike know and we can get it back!

** How to find all things Cornerstone Fellowship of DeGraff. https://www.cornerstonedegraff.org/ is online but still a work in progress. You are hopefully using the new [email protected] for the church email.

The active Facebook page is found at: https://www.facebook.com/CornerstoneDeGraff
The active YouTube channel is found at: https://youtube.com/@CornerstoneFellowshipDeGraff

** Did you know that God has blessed you with a special set of skills and gifts? He has also called you to be involved and belong to this body of believers. Be prayerful over the possibilities that God is desiring to use you. 

- We are looking for a Lay Leader for the church! - Reach out to me if you are interested in what that means and if you want to think about how God might think you fit.

There are many more ways in which you can get involved. Reach out to Pastor Mike with the ways in which God is calling you to be active!

** Cornerstone Fellowship of DeGraff is a Global Methodist Church, and we are in the Allegheny West Conference and you can visit their site at https://alleghenywestgmc.org/ if you are wanting more information!  Live feeds from the Annual Conference will be available later this week. Check back to their page for more information!

** G.R.A.C.E. notes for this week.

G.R.A.C.E. volunteers,

Our Wednesday Free Lunch in the Park is back THIS WEEK! See the schedule below!

Schedule:
June 18 - Philadelphia Lutheran Church
June 25 - Cornerstone Fellowship of DeGraff
July 2 - Quincy Methodist Church
July 9 - Cornerstone Fellowship of DeGraff
July 16 - Philadelphia Lutheran Church
July 23 - Stony Creek Church (burgers on the grill)
July 30 - G.R.A.C.E. (tentative sloppy joe sandwiches)
August 6 - Quincy Methodist Church
August 13 - G.R.A.C.E. (not yet determined)
May God's blessing follow you each day!

** Light Hours is a small group for our college age, young adults and would like a Bible study for your age group, let me know. We can get something started that fits your schedules! Let us know how we can meet your needs!

** Our Cornerstone Women's group is planning to meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month. The next meeting will take place on June 19th. They will be meeting at the church at 6:00 pm.

** Men's Pancake Breakfast - Join us as we celebrate all of our fathers, including those who may not be our biological fathers. Come and have a full breakfast on us! - June 21st from 9-11!

** Cornerstone Family Campout! - Be sure to check your schedules for July 19th. We will be having our first family campout! Bring your tents and camping gear and spend the night around the campfire before church the next morning! Stay tuned for details.

** Our Cornerstone Men's group will be meeting this Tuesday 6/17! We will meet and go through our book at 6:00. We are currently on chapter 15, The Leader!

** 5th Quarter Team had a meeting last night to discuss our upcoming youth event as well as what 5th Quarter will look like this year. If you are interested in being involved, let us know, we can always use the help! A planning meeting will be held on June 19th at 5:00 pm to look at the details for the upcoming season!

** Looking for people to join a new small group. Let me know what your availability is and we can find a way to start something new, or get you plugged into something that will fit your schedule!

**Missions Moment - The baby bottle campaign is now over and hopefully you can get your bottles back as soon as possible.

FREE SALE - Aug. 2 from 10am-2pm. We will be taking donations and sorting July 28-31 from 6-8pm ONLY! We will NOT be accepting items ahead of time!!!

** If you would like to purchase a Cornerstone Fellowship of DeGraff shirt you can follow this link and purchase your Cornerstone Fellowship swag! -  https://exodus-shirt-company.myshopify.com/collections/cornerstone-fellowship-of-degraff

** We are now collecting instant mashed potatoes (mashed, au-gratin, scalloped) for the Five Loaves Food Pantry. We need 55 by June 15th. They give out meals and food boxes Wed. June 18th at 4:30 pm. If you would like to help pack and deliver boxes.

This Week at the Church: - June 16th - June 22nd

Monday: Church Open 10-12 
 
Tuesday: Church Open 10-12 / Cornerstone Men 6:00 - 8:00 

Wednesday: Bible Study - at 10:00 am / 11:30-1:00 Lunch In The Park /  Pastor Mike’s Quick Shots - Facebook and YouTube 8:00 pm

Thursday: Church Open 10-12 / Senior Lunch 11:00  / Cornerstone Women 6:00

Friday: Church Open 10-12 
 
Next Sunday - June 22nd - Children of God - Galatians 3: 23-29 / Psalm 100 - Sunday School 9:30 / Worship 10:45
 
Two years ago we were On Mission! Worship - Reflect - Pray - Study - Serve - you can still use these methods! In 2023 we used the 5-S Method of Being The Church - Surrender - Surrounded - Spirit-Led - Self-Fed - Sent - All of these things are timeless and will always be helpful for us to measure whether or not we are "being" the "church".

Please pray this week for those who are sick and need healing, and those who you can share the love of Christ with! Do not forget to pray for your church, your community, and your pastor.