Posts from 2020 (Page 3)

Posts from 2020 (Page 3)

June 14th, 2020 – Order of Worship

10:15am Facebook Live Service Our Sunday service begins at 10:15am using our Facebook Page: Cornerstone Congregational Church – Westford, MA (no account needed). Order of Worship  Welcome! Welcome to our church service and anyone new who is joining us. Announcements 1) If you need prayer, please email prayer@cornerstonewestford.com. Thank you Kayela and Susana for continuing the Prayer Network ministry. 2) If you have a need, please email need@cornerstonewestford.com.  3) Our tentative in-person worship-service reopening date is July 5th (more info…

Esther Discussion Guide/Questions

Thanks for checking out our college group’s discussion guide of the book of Esther. I hope this helps you study and reflect on the book as we prepare to discuss it together. Here are some helpful resources for studying the book of Esther (PDF download at bottom of page): The Bible Project: Esther Video & Discussion Guide For Such a Time as This article by Bethany Jenkins Esther and the Silent Sovereignty of God article by Bethany Jenkins  How to…

VeggieTales: Esther – Small Group Discussion Questions

The following are discussion questions for VeggieTales: Esther, the Girl Who Became Queen (free version with commercials). Please feel free to use these questions in your small group, Bible study, Sunday school, and adult, college, youth or children’s group for a fun and lively discussion. What similarities and differences do you notice between the VeggieTales version and the biblical text? Why do you think they added those differences in their retelling of the story? Some changes were made to make…

June 7th, 2020 – Order of Worship

10:15am Facebook Live Service Our Sunday service begins at 10:15am using our Facebook Page: Cornerstone Congregational Church – Westford, MA (no account needed). There is no LiveStream directly on our website this week. 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. We don’t have…

The Gospel & Social Justice – Where to begin?

Dear Church Family,  Many of us are wrestling with how to respond to the tragedy of George Floyd’s death and our current cultural moment. We don’t know what to do about it, or even where to begin. Your elders, Mark, John, and I have all listened to a sermon called “The Gospel & Social Justice” by Pastor Tom Sparling of The Journey Community Church in Worcester. If you are able, would you listen to it? His sermon starts at about…

May 31st, 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…

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…

May 20th, 2020 – Our current thoughts on re-starting our weekly worship service

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…

Discussion Questions for the Bible Project’s Esther video

The Bible Project created an animated overview of Esther as part of their Read Scripture series.  Please feel free to use these questions to discuss the video as part of your small group, Sunday school, Bible study, or personal time. GroupLeaders.org has also created a discussion guide. Study & Application Questions: When you think of the book of Esther, what do you typically think of? Did anything from the Bible Project video of Esther change how you think about this…

May 17th, 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…