This Week: June 2nd thru June 8th

** Upcoming Events:

**Action Steps to Walking With God

Step 1: Acknowledge your sin and need for a savior: Romans 10:9 - “If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Confess your belief in Him!

Step 2: Believe in Jesus' sacrifice: 1 Peter 3:18 - “Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.”
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Step 3: Commit to following Jesus: Matthew 16:24 - “Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.” Are you ready to throw off everything and follow Him today?

** 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.

** 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!  All the videos from the Annual Conference are now posted on their website!

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

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

Our Wednesday Free Lunch in the Park will begin THIS WEEK! See the schedule below!

Schedule:
June 4 - G.R.A.C.E. (tentative Subway sandwiches)
June 11 - Stony Creek Church (finishing discussion for that week)
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!

** 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 5th. They will be meeting at the church at 6:00 pm.

** Mother/Daughter Women's Tea was a rousing success and God's Spirit was there with our ladies group as they shared in fellowship with each other! Thank you so much to all who made such an amazing day possible!

** 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!

** Our Cornerstone Men's group will be meeting this Tuesday 6/3! We will meet and go through our book at 6:00. We are currently on chapter 13, The Respected Man!

** Junior High / High School Youth Event - We had an amazing Youth Event over the weekend!! We are hopeful that the Holy Spirit is moving and prevailing as we enter a new season of starting again! Thank you so much to all who made this weekend possible! I know our youth had a great Youth Class during church this week and are excited about what God is doing, and about to do!

** 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!

** 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 going on until Father's Day. Please fill your baby bottle with change and be sure to bring it back on Father's Day Sunday, June 15, 2025. Also, the free community produce stand is open and receiving donations of produce and non-perishable foods for anyone needing them.

** 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 2nd - June 8th

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 8th - Pentecost Sunday - Power - Acts 2: 1-8 / Psalm 27: 1-5- Sunday School 9:30 / Worship 10:45 / Noisy Coin Offering / NO CARRY-IN / Pat Bonar Celebration of Life from 2-5
 
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.