Wednesday, Jul 16th 2008

My Helping Hand

This Sunday I am going to put my helping hand to work again.  Pastor Curt will be bringing the morning message.  I really hope that you will make it this week.  Curt plans to roll out our plan for this fall.  We have so many new people who call Cornerstone home and it is Curt's job to get everyone involved in ministry!  Services are at 9 and 11 a.m.

Tuesday, Jul 15th 2008

Welcome

We welcomed Curt and Kendra's baby into the world this morning at 3:19. His name is Kenan Joel.  He is 7 lbs. 12 1/2 oz. and is 20 3/4" long. He has dark hair and a fair amount of it. The delivery went well.  Both baby and momma are doing well. Lord willing, you will see the Bowman family of four on Sunday. Thanks for your prayers.

Monday, Jul 14th 2008

A Great Weekend!

I would call this weekend one of those mountain top experiences.  jamie Morrison from The Power Team was here for a one day crusade.  We witnessed nearly 40 first time decisions for Christ and 10 baptisms this weekend!  God is good.

I was especially blessed to see one man that I have been praying for several months go forward to the altar!  If you have someone you are praying for, don't give up.  Keep praying!  God is still in the miracle business!

Sunday, Jul 13th 2008

A Great Night

Last night Cornerstone Church hosted Jamie Morrison from The Power Team for a one-night only event. It was absolutely awesome. This must be the strongest man that I have ever met in my entire life. In fact, he is so strong that he carried me on his back for 2 or 3 minutes. That is no small feat!

By the end of the night we witnessed a couple dozen people go to the altar and give their hearts to Christ. many of them will be baptized this morning. Please join us for worship this morning at 9 or 11 a.m. as Jamie shares with us about the vision of The Power Team.

Friday, Jul 11th 2008

The Power Team

One night only! Saturday at 7:00 p.m. we will host Jamie Morrison from The Power Team for a very special show. Jamie is here to speak to the principals from various local schools about our upcoming March '09 Power Team crusade.

There is no admission for the show and the doors will open at 6:00 p.m. If you thought what happened here in 2007 was awesome, wait until you see what Jamie will do on Saturday evening. Whatever you do, don't come alone. Please bring a friend...or two!

Thursday, Jul 10th 2008

New Windows

The church is having new windows installed in the parsonage this week.  The old windows are broken and lose so much energy.  Cindy and I are very happy that we are able to have them replaced before the Bowman family moves in next month.

Getting new things is always fun.  The Bible tells us that once we are in heaven that our old worn out bodies will be replaced with new ones that are perfect.   Can you imagine, no more bumps and bruises, no more headaches, no more arthritis.  Heaven will be perfect and everyone in it will be perfect as well!

Tuesday, Jul 8th 2008

Bocce Ball

One of the things that I did while I was away in Hawley was to learn how to play Bocce Ball.  I was creamed at the game, but I think that I could learn to be pretty good.  We played with four teams of two.  One person throws the little yellow ball, and everyone else tries to get to be closest to the yellow ball by throwing their designated ball at it.  It is pretty fun

Learning new things is very scary to some people.  They like to just stick to the things that they know best.  By stepping out of our comfort zone and experimenting with new things is how we learn to grow.  Are you willing to step out and learn something new?  Great things are happening at Cornerstone.

Monday, Jul 7th 2008

Time Away

For those of you who are regular readers of this blog, I'm sorry that it has not been updated as of late.  We were away to our former church in Hawley, MN for the last several days.  We were completely away from the internet, so updating was impossible.

We pastored in Hawley, MN from 2001 until 2006.  It was so much fun to go back after being gone for two years and seeing our friends in MN.  It was truly like going home again.  We love them all so much and it was very difficult leaving them.  God is so good though.  They have a wonderul pastor who loves them very much.  The church is continuing to grow.

Hopefully this week I'll fill you in on some of our activities we were a part of.

Wednesday, Jul 2nd 2008

Another Softball Game

Our softball team played Ames Evangelical Free Church for the third time last night. We lost again... for the third time! Man do I want to beat those guys! Maybe we will meet again in the tournament. It is pretty humbling to get beat by the same team three times. The bad thing is that every single game we have just one bad inning and then cannot recover to come back and win.

We did have some bright spots. Mark Klatt pitched well and made some very good defensive plays at pitcher. Shane Dickinson has mastered his position defensively at short stop. Joby Clauson hit a long ball to get a triple. All in all it was a very good game. We play two games next week in Nevada. We hope you can come out and cheer us on.

Tuesday, Jul 1st 2008

Opening Countdown

Over the past several months we have been usung a countdown to show how much time there is before the service begins. We have used trivia, games, music videos, and even smiley faces. We get these countdowns from a company called, Sermonspice. They are rather inexpensive and when we purchase them, they are ours to use whenever we wish. I asked around on Sunday a little bit about the smiley faces. It seems that they "creep" our teens out a little bit!

We like to use video to help aid in our service. Do you like that? Do they help to set the stage for where we are going each week? Please submit a comment so we can gauge your interest level.