May 24th, 2020 – Order of Worship

May 24th, 2020 – Order of Worship

10:15am Facebook Live Service

Our Sunday service begins at 10:15am using our website page or Facebook Page: Cornerstone Congregational Church – Westford, MA (no account needed). Whether you regularly attend Cornerstone or this is your first time we hope you can join us. 

9:00am Christian Education

Join us for our Christian Education hour from 9:00-10:00am using Zoom. Please contact terry@cornerstonewestford.com for the Zoom number.

Order of Worship 

Welcome!

Welcome to our church and new friends tuning in! You can find our Order of Worship on our website.

Announcements

1) For any in need, please email need@cornerstonewestford.com

2) Church fellowship:

Parenting Zoom Group – Meeting Monday at 6:00pm to discuss summer plans.

College Zoom Group – Tuesday at 8:00pm
(for anyone already in or going into college)
Pastor Jonathan will be leading this group.

Zoom Church Fellowship – Wednesday at 7:00pm

Contact jonathan@cornerstonewestford.com to get connected.

3) Cornerstone Annual Members Meeting:

Sunday – May 31st at 11:30am over Cornerstone’s Zoom account.
All members please attend. All are invited.

4) Prayer needs:

If you have a prayer need, please email prayer@cornerstonewestford.com. I’d like to take a moment and thank Karyn for all the hard work she put into forwarding these prayer requests. Thank you! We are looking for a new volunteer to forward prayer requests. Please let Pastor Jonathan know at jonathan@cornerstonewestford.com if you are interested in helping.

5) When are we going to start worshipping in person again? Pastor Jonathan sent out this notice this week:

Dear Church, 

You may have heard that on Monday, May 18th, Governor Baker announced the limited reopening of churches who abide by the Places of Worship guidelines. Our Elders and Deacons met Monday evening to discuss plans for returning to gathered worship. While we are eager to see each other in person, we do not want to rush back in and risk spreading sickness among ourselves. For that reason we have decided to wait at least until June to have gathered worship at Cornerstone, but may decide as things develop that it’s better to wait to phase 2 or 3 of Massachusetts Four-Phase Approach to reopening. 

We do hope to worship together again soon. It will be really nice to see you all in person, but for now let’s hold tight and see how things go. Our Annual Meeting will still be held via Zoom on May 31st at 11:30am, where we can talk further about what reopening might look like. Also, feel free to reach out to any one of the Elders or Deacons if you have any questions. As always, we are continuing to LiveStream our Sunday 10:15am worship service on both our website and Facebook page. We hope to see you there. 

In Christ, Pastor Jonathan
CornerstoneWestford.com 

Prayer of Invocation

We invite the Holy Spirit to come and fill our lives and time together.

Scripture Reading

Scripture reading of Psalm 34:1-22.

Worship through Music

Time of worship through a recording from a previous worship service.

Pastoral Prayer

Pastor Jonathan prays for our church family.

Reading of Sermon Text

Please turn to Acts 6:8-15 (NIV). 

Sermon: The Way of Jesus

Pastor Jonathan Romig introduces us to Stephen, the first Martyr.

Benediction

Numbers 6:24-26 (ESV)
The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Offering

Thank you for giving to Cornerstone. Offerings can be mailed by check or set up a direct pay option with your bank to:

Cornerstone Congregational Church
Attention: Collectors
32 Graniteville Road
Westford, MA 01886

We now have an Online Giving option for those who need it, which accepts debit, credit, or e-checks. You can download the tithe.ly app on iOS or Android. Please be aware of transaction fees.

Thanks for coming!

If you’re new and have questions about God, please message Pastor Jonathan through Facebook or email him at jonathan@cornerstonewestford.com.