Amy, Gabe and I spent a few hours setting up the new Children's Wing for our Grand Opening on Sunday. Let me tell you that the transformation was wild. I am so happy that we can offer a first class kidZone and hide all the "classrooms." Here are a few pictures from our nursery.
This Sunday will be the grand opening of our new kidZone wing. Yesterday, all but one of the pieces fell into place as we will have all the equipment, carpet, security, and signs. We were hoping that the school would be done waxing the floors in that area as well, but I guess it is slow going. On Friday, we will be passing out invites in several neighborhoods and if anyone wants to join us give me a shout. We also now have our
We have been going fast and furious as we prepare for our open house on this coming Sunday. The banners will be shipped today, we have the new nursery furniture, yard signs are on the way, the drapes are almost complete, the website is up, the security station was in pace last week, we pick up the new carpet today, and we will be passing out fliers on Thursday. It has been a lot of work, and many of you have given great amounts of time and money to see our kidZone go first class, but I am asking for one more thing. PRAY. Please pray that our efforts will bring glory to God by bringing children to Jesus. Everything we do is to that end. Please pray for us as a staff, and for the remaining details to fall into place. As your pastor, I need your prayer. God is at work, and where God is at work, you can be sure that the spirit of this world is at work as well. Pray that we will not lose focus on what God is doing. Pray for good weather as we put invitations out, pray for new families to come out this Sunday to share in the excitement. Pray that our kids will see this and know that they are valued.
Our team has been working on some of the design for the Tabernacle Project and it is going to rock! Here is a sneak peak. We will have the full reveal for you on Mother's Day. Also, be sure to take part in this special offering by marking your envelope special.
Cornerstone began with a clear vision from God to provide a place of worship for the people of Four Corners. With US 27 and 192 in the cross hairs we set out to find a place of meeting. I still remember the afternoon when a real estate agent told me of the Four Corners Charter School. Driving down the winding road I prayed for God to open doors. The principal at that time was a believer named Sam. He showed me the elementary lunchroom, which amazingly came painted in our color scheme. Our rent would cost us $500 a month and our contract was a handshake. The first Sunday we used the benches like pews and had 16 in attendance. 7 were my family members, Mike Bartlett & Jeremy Leget, the Mitchell family all of whom came to help start the church, and two lost German tourists. From there God has done an amazing work.
We knew going in that we would need to transform our school each week in an efficient and cost effective way into a place where kids and parents can worship. Over the years we have made many improvements to our process, but now we believe that it is time to leap ahead again. As many of you know, we use classrooms for our nursery, preschool and children's department. While at set up last week, I was reminded of how dangerous a 3rd grade classroom can be for toddlers. The set up team, as well as our children's workers, child proof each room each week. However, desks full of pencils and scissors abound. We must do better.
Enter, the Tabernacle Project. The Tabernacle was commissioned by God as the Children of Israel were in route to the Promised Land. It was a tent of meeting. A portable church that could move with the 2 million people through the wilderness. In a lot of ways, we at CBC are a Tabernacle. Each week, a team of dedicated individuals help their best Friend move. In thinking about the Tabernacle of the Old Testament, I was reminded of how much they accomplished with drapes. Without going into great detail, we have the ability to completely transform our school, with a number of well placed drapes.
Beginning in May, we will turn our attention to improving our tabernacle. It is our goal to raise $2,000 to totally overhaul our children's area. The project will include:
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