This Week: May 5th thru May 11th

** Upcoming Events:

**Action Steps to Make Disciples - from Craig Etheridge - discipleship.org

Step 1: Engage Spiritual Explorers - An evangelist told me once, “You can’t spell gospel without spelling go.” So, disciple making begins with going to your established relationships and telling them about Jesus. John 1:40 / Mark 2:14 / Acts 10: 1-2
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Step 2: Connect With New Believers - When we come alongside new believers, we help and encourage their faith to grow, and walk with them when the struggles come. We show them an accurate vision of the “Body of Christ”. Hebrews 10: 24-25

Step 3: Grow Disciples and Disciple Makers - This phase of equipping and training involves discipline. It includes learning to feed yourself by reading God’s Word and learning to cultivate a personal relationship with Jesus through prayer. 1 Corinthians 9:25 / 1 Timothy 4:7

Step 4: Release New Disciples To Multiply - Jesus intended for disciples to make disciples. Things that are mature, multiply. A mature plant bears fruit. A mature animal produces offspring. A mature follower of Jesus multiplies disciples. That’s what happened in the early church. John 15:8 - When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.

** Pastor Mike will be in the office this Wednesday from 10 - 1. -  Pastor Mike has two events at the High School (Sidney) and will not be available in the office till Wednesday. 

** Last Sunday Worship Night was a deep emotional night filled with the Holy Spirit's presence. We were able to worship God, heal in our spirit and body, and hear from people who had a testimony to share! Our next Sunday night worship will be on May 25th at 6;00, in Quincy!!!

**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,

Packing is back, for a few weeks at least. 9:30 for setup and 10:00 am to pack! Only two more weeks left of packing!

Free Lunch in the Park will start on Wednesday, June 4th, for 11 weeks.  Open to anyone.

Thank you to all who donate time, effort, money, and for all the prayers.

We are blessed.
Darlene R

** 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 May 15th. They will be meeting at the church at 6:00 pm.

** Our Cornerstone Men's group will be meeting this Tuesday 5/6! We will meet and go through our book at 6:00. We are currently on chapter 11, The Good Man!

** 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. This group will meet once a month and will tackle a tough topic that takes some reflection. Think of it as a Bible study, but a little deeper! Want to go deeper? Let us know!

**Missions Moment - We will be looking for ways to work with the new event committee to bring events to our church for members and non-members!

** 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 boxes of cereal for the Five Loaves Food Pantry. We need 55 by May 18th. They give out meals and food boxes Wed. May. 21st at 4:30 pm. If you would like to help pack and deliver boxes.

This Week at the Church: - May 5th - May 11th

Monday: Church Open 10-12
 
Tuesday: Church Open 10-12 / G.R.A.C.E. Backpack Packing - 9:30 am / Cornerstone Men 6:00 - 8:00 / Trustees Meeting 6:30

Wednesday: Bible Study - at 10:00 am / Choir Practice 6:00 pm / Praise Practice 6:30 pm /  Pastor Mike’s Quick Shots - Facebook and YouTube 8:00 pm

Thursday: Church Open 10-12 / Senior Lunch 11:00 / Ad Council Meeting 7:00

Friday: Church Open 10-12
 
Next Sunday - May 11th - Multiply Grace - Family Multiplication - Ephesians 6: 1-9 / Psalm 121 - Sunday School 9:30 / Worship 10:45 / Carry-In Lunch After Church / Noisy Coin Offering
 

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.