Vision Statement
For individuals and families. For those more or less fortunate. For young and old. For re, yellow, black, and White. For blue collars, white collars, and no collars. We are the voice of Love and the hand that encourages people to change their lives. "It is the dream of a place where the hurting, the depressed, the frustrated, and confused can find Love, acceptance, help, hope, forgiveness, guidance, and encouragement. It is the dream of sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with the hundreds of thousands of those seeking to find the Lord. Yes, the Church that I see is so dependent on the Holy Spirit that nothing will stop it nor stand against it, a Church whose people are unified, praying and full of God's Spirit. The Church that I see is a Church so committed to raising, training and empowering a leadership generation to reap the end time harvest that all its ministries are consumed with this goal. YES, THE CHURCH TAT I SEE COULD WELL BE OUR CHURCH - CORNERSTONE OF LIFE.
For individuals and families. For those more or less fortunate. For young and old. For re, yellow, black, and White. For blue collars, white collars, and no collars. We are the voice of Love and the hand that encourages people to change their lives. "It is the dream of a place where the hurting, the depressed, the frustrated, and confused can find Love, acceptance, help, hope, forgiveness, guidance, and encouragement. It is the dream of sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with the hundreds of thousands of those seeking to find the Lord. Yes, the Church that I see is so dependent on the Holy Spirit that nothing will stop it nor stand against it, a Church whose people are unified, praying and full of God's Spirit. The Church that I see is a Church so committed to raising, training and empowering a leadership generation to reap the end time harvest that all its ministries are consumed with this goal. YES, THE CHURCH TAT I SEE COULD WELL BE OUR CHURCH - CORNERSTONE OF LIFE.
Our Mission
We Are a Welcoming and Caring Community of Christians Who:
- Worship God with beauty, warmth, and vitality, empowered by the presence of the living Christ.
- Grow in faith, knowledge, and Christian commitment, equipping each other for ministry in all of life.
- Give by living a life of loving service, reaching out with compassion for those in need and revealing to the world the good news of Jesus Christ.
To us, these words and phrases embody both what Cornerstone of Life is and what it hopes to be:
Welcoming suggests the open-armed welcome that Jesus showed as he invited people to follow him without regard for their qualification or merit. The church is and should be a place of acceptance, forgiveness, and peace.
Caring tells that the love of Christ is present as the people of the church look not to their own interests and needs, but to the interests and needs of others out of genuine compassion and a Christ-like choosing to love.
Community speaks of our need to love and be loved by others as friends in faith. Cornerstone of Life's intent is to be a true community of people who are drawn together by the love of Christ and who live according to his purpose.
Christians are followers of Jesus Christ who walk together on the road of their spiritual journey under the lordship of Christ, sharing that journey with each other as they learn from their teacher and Lord and live according to his purpose.
Who means that all the people of Cornerstone of Life are called to live according to this mission statement. It states our shared hopes and expectations for ourselves and for each other both in our church life and in our daily living.
Worship God means that our worship is centered on the one God, whose three-fold nature is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This mission statement contains the words "God," "Jesus" and "Spirit," thereby stating our understanding of God's nature as Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer. In God's very nature, there is love: the three persons of the Trinity are in loving community with each other, a mystical communion that is beyond our comprehension but is revealed to us in the pages of scriptures. This is the theological foundation for the team-based ministry of Cornerstone of Life. All of us are called to be ministers; we participate in the ministry of the church by sharing that ministry with each other.
Beauty, warmth and vitality are distinctive elements of our worship. We worship God with all of our senses. We share a strong and ongoing commitment to the aesthetics of worship by way of the church's excellence in music and the architectural integrity of the sanctuary and church campus.
Empowered signifies our understand that Jesus is not dead but alive; he comes to us as the Spirit of the living Christ. God's powerful presence as living Spirit enlivens our worship, encourages us in our spiritual journey and empowers us to live according to God's purpose.
Grow in faith, knowledge and Christian commitment represent a three-fold arena for growth. All Christians should be growing Christians. We never know enough to be able to claim we have "arrived" at a resting place in our spiritual journey; our journey is ongoing. Each of us has a unique experience of God's presence in our lives. We grow as we experience God's living presence day by day. We are committed through and group Bible study, participation in adult education opportunities, and the practice of attention to the movement of God's Spirit in our life together in the church and in the world.
We Are a Welcoming and Caring Community of Christians Who:
- Worship God with beauty, warmth, and vitality, empowered by the presence of the living Christ.
- Grow in faith, knowledge, and Christian commitment, equipping each other for ministry in all of life.
- Give by living a life of loving service, reaching out with compassion for those in need and revealing to the world the good news of Jesus Christ.
To us, these words and phrases embody both what Cornerstone of Life is and what it hopes to be:
Welcoming suggests the open-armed welcome that Jesus showed as he invited people to follow him without regard for their qualification or merit. The church is and should be a place of acceptance, forgiveness, and peace.
Caring tells that the love of Christ is present as the people of the church look not to their own interests and needs, but to the interests and needs of others out of genuine compassion and a Christ-like choosing to love.
Community speaks of our need to love and be loved by others as friends in faith. Cornerstone of Life's intent is to be a true community of people who are drawn together by the love of Christ and who live according to his purpose.
Christians are followers of Jesus Christ who walk together on the road of their spiritual journey under the lordship of Christ, sharing that journey with each other as they learn from their teacher and Lord and live according to his purpose.
Who means that all the people of Cornerstone of Life are called to live according to this mission statement. It states our shared hopes and expectations for ourselves and for each other both in our church life and in our daily living.
Worship God means that our worship is centered on the one God, whose three-fold nature is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This mission statement contains the words "God," "Jesus" and "Spirit," thereby stating our understanding of God's nature as Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer. In God's very nature, there is love: the three persons of the Trinity are in loving community with each other, a mystical communion that is beyond our comprehension but is revealed to us in the pages of scriptures. This is the theological foundation for the team-based ministry of Cornerstone of Life. All of us are called to be ministers; we participate in the ministry of the church by sharing that ministry with each other.
Beauty, warmth and vitality are distinctive elements of our worship. We worship God with all of our senses. We share a strong and ongoing commitment to the aesthetics of worship by way of the church's excellence in music and the architectural integrity of the sanctuary and church campus.
Empowered signifies our understand that Jesus is not dead but alive; he comes to us as the Spirit of the living Christ. God's powerful presence as living Spirit enlivens our worship, encourages us in our spiritual journey and empowers us to live according to God's purpose.
Grow in faith, knowledge and Christian commitment represent a three-fold arena for growth. All Christians should be growing Christians. We never know enough to be able to claim we have "arrived" at a resting place in our spiritual journey; our journey is ongoing. Each of us has a unique experience of God's presence in our lives. We grow as we experience God's living presence day by day. We are committed through and group Bible study, participation in adult education opportunities, and the practice of attention to the movement of God's Spirit in our life together in the church and in the world.