Newsletter May 2, 2025

Newsletter May 2, 2025

Dear Cornerstone Family,

One of the great blessings we have as elders is to meet with children who are ready to publicly profess their faith in Christ and be admitted by the Session to the Lord's Table. In preparation for this, we offer a communicant's class each year. The class is similar to the new members’ class for adults in some ways, although the kids prefer to eat stuffed-crust pizza while learning about the five membership vows!

During the class, we spend time talking about the Gospel, what it means to follow Christ and grow as a Christian, what it looks like to be part of the church, and we spend a lesson in the sanctuary talking about communion. The class is a partnership with parents, as a parent attends each session with their child. The kids work through a workbook called "Understanding the Faith: A Workbook for Communicants Classes" by Pastor Stephen Smallman at home during the class and after the class has ended. 

Once they have completed the class and are ready, the child and a parent will meet with a couple of elders to be interviewed for membership. One thing that we discuss in class is that kids may sometimes take a little longer to be ready to meet with the elders as they work through things at home. To that end, we have a few communicants from last year's class who will be joining Sunday, along with some from this year's class. There will also be some others from this year's class that you might see standing up front later this year.

After the communicants are approved by the Session, they are presented before the congregation and will affirm the membership vows. If there are any who have not yet been baptized, we do the baptism at that time. 

This Sunday we will welcome several new communing members! We are thankful for the privilege to come alongside their parents in ministry to these children. Members of Cornerstone commit at infant baptisms to "undertake the responsibility of assisting the parents in the Christian nurture of the child" and to pray for the child. This Sunday is a time for celebration as we give thanks to God for His work in the lives of these children and continue to uphold the commitment we made to assist parents and pray for these children. 

Thank you, Cornerstone, for your ongoing ministry to these children and their families!

See you Sunday!

Pastor Brian 

Preparation for Worship

May 4, 2025

This Sunday's Sermon:

The Sermon on the Mount
pray Like This - the Fifth petition

Matthew 6:12, 14-15  

Cornerstone Prayer Requests

Pray for church members caring for family - Diana Akridge, Susan Dupré, Deborah Fitzsimmons, Kyle Mosier, Audrey Russ, Paul Poppe, Mike and Carol Wellfare.

Pray for healing - Dawn Chenault, Marc Goldmon, Tim and Gayle Ricks, Butch Taylor, and others.

Pray for our homebound friends - Betty Baldwin, Bill and Suzi Bolton.

Pray for our expectant mothers - Andrea Mace (May), Rebecca Nunley (June), Morgan High (August), Grace Piercey (October), and the Kawell family (adoption).

Pray for our Missional Partnerships - Mike and Eli Sabin - Transworld Radio and Decatur Presbyterian Church, Decatur, AL (Pastor Scott Phillips).

Pray for our men’s ministry - Pray for our men as they lead their families. Pray for the upcoming men’s dinner.

Announcements

Communion - Communion will be observed next Sunday, May 11.

May is Foster Care Awareness Month! - Information is available in the narthex to learn more about foster care and how you can support the foster care community in Madison County through The Forgotten Initiative. 

Ladies’ Prayer Group - Resumes Thursday, May 8. We’ll gather for a time of prayer at 10:00 am at the home of Micki Smith.

Graduate Recognition - On May 18, during the second service, we will be honoring our high school and college graduates. If you have a graduate that you’d like to be recognized, please contact Morgan High.

Men’s Steak Dinner - Come hear from some Rocket City Legends as they share their wisdom and experiences on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 6:00 pm in the FLC. The cost is $15 per person. Registration is open now; click here to register!

VBS Upward Bound 2025 Registration - VBS is June 2-5 from 9-11:30 am. To register your child, please click here. Please contact Mary Cooper with any questions.

MNA Disaster Response School Kits - At VBS, the children will assemble school kits to help disaster-affected areas. We are collecting: blunt metal scissors, 24-count crayon boxes, one-subject notebooks, packs of loose-leaf paper, hand-held pencil sharpeners, rulers, unsharpened pencils, erasers, and two-gallon ziploc bags. Donated items can be dropped off in the Gathering Room.

Women’s Summer Bible Studies - There will be three studies offered in June and July. More information and registration will come soon.

Hurricane Helene Donation Information - To donate to affected churches, you can give to our benevolence fund or directly to MNA Disaster Response here.

Missions Moment

Each week we want to highlight one of our missional partnerships. Please take a moment to learn about these wonderful ministries that Cornerstone has the privilege of serving alongside.

This week's highlighted ministry:

Mike and Eli Sabin - Transworld Radio

The Mission of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church is to be a community of Christ's followers who worship, grow, and serve together to glorify God in Huntsville and throughout the world.

Please contact the church office by Thursday for changes or additions to prayer requests.

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Jordan BuskCornerstone Presbyterian Church (PCA)