Resources (Page 14)

Resources (Page 14)

“God Is Here”: How to Provide Pastoral Encouragement for the Frontlines (Alison Gerber)

Each Sunday, Alison Gerber remembers that many people are coming to her church extremely tired. It’s one of the challenges of life on the frontline in her New England context, where productivity is put on a pedestal. It’s also a reality that points to the need for encouragement from the church community for everyday faithfulness. With this in mind, one of the ways that she encourages her congregation for their everyday Kingdom work is an awareness of people’s time. “I…

Discipled in the Everyday, For the Everyday – How to do Life-on-Life Discipleship

“When I met them, I was in a season that I didn’t have anyone to guide me,” Leigh Hamlet says about the couple who first discipled her. She was in high school at the time, full of questions and unsure how to fully live out her Christian faith. That’s when she met Dan and Lisa (you can read more of Dan’s story here), and their relationship has been pivotal in her life as a disciple of Jesus. Leigh says her…

The Simple Practices of Missional Discipleship (B.L.E.S.S. model)

“Discover life with God for the good of the world,” is the mission statement of Grace Chapel, where Tim Ghali serves as the Pastor of Group Life. The church has embraced the call to make disciples, nurture disciples, and equip them to live on mission in their everyday lives. “We want to invite people to see the deeper way of Jesus,” he says. Tim knows that people are approaching discipleship from different places. Some people are already sold on it…

How Do Relationships Equip Whole-Life Disciples?

When Dan Sylvia reflects on his own discipleship journey, he can’t help but mention his friends. The communities that have been formative in his growth have not been about a revolutionary Sunday morning service but about the relationships that have focused him on the reality that “every day, all day, you’re never not a Christian.” This vision of whole-life discipleship has shaped the support and relationships he seeks out as a pastor. A few years ago, he and another pastor…

Cornerstone COVID-19 Update / Feb 23, 2022

Cornerstone will be following state and town guidelines in regard to COVID-19 mitigation measures.  We will relax the mask requirement as of February 28th with mask-wearing optional for members and attenders beginning with the March 6th service. We strongly suggest that those who are not vaccinated continue to wear masks. We welcome others to wear masks as they feel the need. For the time being, we will maintain the current chair spacing configuration in the sanctuary. We suggest masks when in close proximity…

The “Great Outlet” – An overflowing work of God

A few years ago, Paul Ragusa had an encounter with God that changed his life. Though he had gone to church for most of his life, he found himself missing something critical. But then he had an experience he can only refer to as being “born again,” dramatically transformed into a new person in Christ. “I feel as though I have become an entirely different species of man with completely different capabilities,” he says. “All of the interactions that I…

What Does Discipleship Really Mean? Whole-Life Discipleship

What does discipleship really mean? It’s been a question Stephen Johnson has been on a journey to answer for years. “Whatever discipleship means,” he says, “it must be relevant to everyone, everywhere, at all times, or it isn’t real discipleship.” The model of whole-life discipleship has offered this all-inclusive vision of life to Fellowship Bible Church, where Stephen has pastored for the last eleven years. It has also made discipleship very relational and situational, inviting everyone to ask what the…