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Shirley Burchfield: One Thing Missing, Peace
My name is Shirley Burchfield. Currently, I live in Tyngsboro with my husband, Bruce. Growing up, I was the third child in a family of four of a good Baptist mother and a non-practicing Catholic father. As long as I can remember we attended the Baptist church and Sunday School. When I became a middle schooler, I was thrilled to be able to attend youth group with my older brother and sister. I grew up learning all the stories. I…
Photo Consent Form
We would like all of our regular attenders to fill out a Photo Consent Form that gives Cornerstone permission to use a photos of you in our publications. If you haven’t done so yet, would you download the form, complete it, and return it to church? Thank you! If you also don’t want your image to be used by us, we’d appreciate a note letting us know that as well.
Saturday Worship Explained
We originally published this article on January 4th, 2016 as an explanation of why we chose to have our weekly worship service on Saturday afternoons. In September 2019 we are transitioning to Sunday mornings to better focus on discipleship as a church. If you are wrestling with the theology of Sunday worship or what day of the week you should worship on please read this article as well as The Lord’s Day: Biblical, Historical, and Theological Foundations for Sunday Worship…
Communion & Self Examination
Scripture puts boundaries and qualifications in place for many positions within the church such as Pastor, Elder, Teacher, Deacon and Deaconess, etc… and we want to be careful to follow scripture. However, where Scripture does not exclude, we want to embrace the Priesthood of all believers and not set-up man-made boundaries. One such area in the church where we see an opportunity to include more people is in the distribution of the elements during communion. If you are worthy to…
Advent Readings Weeks 1-5: Hope, Peace, Joy, Love Christ
Enjoy our Cornerstone Advent reading for the 2015 Christmas season. We read the following readings each week as we lighted candles remembering all God has given us. Use this as a devotional to reflect on Jesus Christmas day. We remember Christ’s first advent on Christmas Day and look forward to his final advent at the second coming of Christ. This advent reading is adapted from the reading available at: LYNHymns.com. For other Cornerstone Christmas Advent Readings click here.