Discipleship (Page 27)

Discipleship (Page 27)

The Lord’s Supper

On November 7, 2015, we celebrated our first observance of the Lord’s Supper, or Communion, at Cornerstone. We at Cornerstone consider this a significant event in the life of our church. What is The Lord’s Supper? As recorded in 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, Christ commands his followers to observe the Lord’s Supper, remembering Him and proclaiming His covenant work for us. “For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and…

Acts 2:42-47 Small Group Study Guide

 Acts 2:42-47:  Small Group Study Guide, Nov 7th 2015 Community – We gather together to worship God and welcome new friends. Acts 2:42-47 Read Acts 2:42-47 together. Assign each participant to read one verse if they feel comfortable doing so. Take a moment to review last weekend’s sermon. Answer the following questions: How did God speak to you in the message? Was there anything you didn’t understand? Share a positive time you experienced community (e.g., sports team, family, church, etc.). What are…

Pat Courtemanche: Faith Enough to Go

I grew up in a French-speaking home in Auburn, Maine with a sweet Canadian-born mother and an alcoholic father. My parents were Roman Catholic, though they allowed me to go to the Vacation Bible School (VBS) every year at the little Baptist church near my house. My friend’s grandparents were true believers and after VBS would run a little Backyard Bible club. This is where I first met Christ as a 6 year old and accepted him as my Savior.…

Cornerstone Connect: October 30, 2015 Edition

This week in the Connect: This Saturday will be our 5th official service since launching the church on the 3rd of October. It is absolutely amazing to look back at what God has done over the last two years, and it is even more amazing in some ways to see what he has done in the last 4 weeks. God is clearly at work in Westford and in our new church!

Bruce Burchfield: Empty Repetition and Knowing God

I was brought up Catholic.  I went to church every Sunday.  I attended CCD.  I knew who the Lord was.  I knew who the Virgin Mary was.  I knew my prayers. I was baptized as an infant, celebrated my first holy communion, and was confirmed.   When I was in high school, I was doing the things all teenagers do.  I was dating and accompanying my girlfriends to their houses of worship and experiencing different ways of worshiping the Lord.…

Rebecca Lawrence: No, I’m Not Perfect

As a small child, this may come as a shock, but I was NOT the perfect child. In fact, when I did something wrong my parents would ask me why. “Why did you lie?” or “Why did you hit your brother?” I would answer “I dunno” and I meant it. I didn’t know why I did things I knew were wrong, but I had a sense that something was missing, I just didn’t know what. I found the answer at church. I grew up in a…

5 Ingredients for Spiritual Meal-Making

My mom is a great cook who would make three delicious meals a day for my brothers and me. I wish I could say I inherited my mom’s love for cooking, but I never did. She tried and tried to teach me how to cook, but I never wanted to learn. Now my wife is away for a few weeks and I’m counting down the days until the lasagna she made and so lovingly stored in the freezer is gone.…

Ann Ralls: From goddess Worship to Worshipping Christ

   My mother would prepare food for them, said prayers while burning incense sticks, and burn ritual paper money to appease gods and ancestors for health and prosperity. We occasionally visited temples of different gods to pray and burn more incense and ritual paper money.  My impression of the religion at that time was that we’d better do all the necessary rituals or they would come after us. I once asked my mother why we were doing all this;…

Cornerstone Connect: September 8, 2015

The September 8th 2015 edition of Cornerstone Connect is now available. It’s time for our second preview service this coming Saturday, September 12th at 5pm. We’re going to wrap up our two-part series in Ezekiel called Ready for God. You can prepare for this weekend’s sermon by reading Ezekiel 43:1-12. In our current issue, Pastor Jonathan encourages us to meditate on 1 Corinthians 3:16 to prepare us for worship, “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s…

Tithes and Offerings

One of the ways we worship Jesus and bless each other is through giving generously and joyfully in our tithes and offerings. Although money can be a tricky thing to talk about, God calls us to worship Him with our all, including our finances. I encourage you to review this Tithes and Offerings Devotional from our June 27th 2015 Gathered Worship service at Cornerstone. You can also download the Keynote and PowerPoint editions.

What is the Gospel?

What is the gospel? My first semester at seminary I showed up feeling called by God to become a pastor and I couldn’t say what the gospel was. Sure I had an idea. Isn’t the gospel that we’re “saved by faith” or that “Jesus rose again”? The word gospel comes from the Greek word that means “good news.” Mark 1:1 tells us the gospel is “the good news about Jesus the Messiah.” So what about Jesus’ life and ministry is…