He Shall Reign Forever and Ever

TITLE: He Shall Reign Forever and Ever
PREACHER: Tim Potter
DATE: 10 June 2012 – Sunday PM

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The Incomparable Christ – Part 2 & 3

TITLE: The Incomparable Christ – Part 2 & 3
PREACHER: Mark Meeske
DATE: 10 June 2012 – Sunday AM

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How Do You Want To Be Remembered?

TITLE: How Do You Want To Be Remembered?
PREACHER: Eddie Bakker
DATE: 3 June 2012 – Sunday AM

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Finding Your Factor X – Casper Versluis

Friday, 1 June 2012

Casper Versluis is a young businessman in the church. He is a partner in three Wimpy franchises in the Gauteng area. In addition to this he took on the responsibility of leading Cornerstone’s Life Team last year.

This year he returned to the business world and has joined the Exchange team. At the latest Exchange breakfast he shared on “Finding Your Factor X”. He started by telling us that there are two purposes to finding our factor X – God’s glory and extending His Kingdom. Casper then gave us five areas in which we need to take responsibility for our Factor X:

  1. Identifying our gifts and abilities.
  2. Understanding the urgency with which these gifts are to be used.
  3. Recognising the privilege of our gifts and talents.
  4. Using them with excellence.
  5. Knowing that we have and use these by God’s grace alone.

Casper finished off with an encouragement to all that we have gifts and abilities and God is waiting for us to use them for His glory.

 

 

Courageous

Sunday, 3 June 2012

On Sunday night, 3 June, we screened the movie “Courageous” at Bedfordview. The event was very well attended by about 600 people. Thanks to all those who shared the evening with us, it was a resounding success.

Courageous tells the story of a man who, after a family tragedy, is deeply challenged by what it means to be a good father. Along with four friends, who are also dads, he starts to dig into what the Bible says about being a father. Through the circumstances that play out in each one’s life, they have opportunities to apply the things they have learned.

It is a moving film with clear challenges to all, but especially dads. I personally felt challenged to assess my role as a dad and compare it to what Scripture says. In many ways Christianity is about family, so the call to Biblical fathering is an important one. Dads, let’s take up the call and become the fathers God is urging us to be.

Report Back: Klopper Friday Club Jumble Sale

Saturday, 2 June 2012

We had a wonderful day on Saturday at the Klopper Friday Club Jumble Sale. R6000 was raised and we made some great connections with many residents from Klopper Park and surrounding areas. We gave out flyers to all the adults who arrived, and we are expecting an increase in our numbers on Friday nights now that more parents are aware of what we are doing.

Thanks to all those who made donations and those who helped on the day. Thanks to all involved for making this such a successful event.

The Incomparable Christ – Part 1

TITLE: The Incomparable Christ – Part 1
PREACHER: Marcus Herbert
DATE: 27 May 2012 – Sunday AM

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Kaleidoscope Women’s Conference 2012 – A Report-Back

Kaleidoscope Women's Conference 2012

by Justine Engelbrecht

To all you remarkable women out there…

There are certain things we experience in life that provide thought provoking encounters and get those creative juices flowing. The Kaleidoscope Women’s Conference this year was one of those encounters.

I was in the wonderful position that I had nothing to compare it with, as it is my first conference of this kind, and as such I ventured in with an open mind and open heart.

Since I came to Cornerstone just over two years ago now, I have met nothing but kind, genuine women and in fact this is one of the things that I love the most about Cornerstone – the people are welcoming and have a genuine kindness that is so often not prevalent in our friends out there in the world around us. I am not saying that they do not care; it is just that there is an integral difference in the level of honest to goodness kindness that you experience. It is what makes Cornerstone a very special place.

Listening to remarkable women speaking is not only inspiring but it allows for reflection and when one does this in the presence of the Lord, the Holy Spirit moves within us in an incredible way that He has you yearning for more of Him. On Saturday morning of the conference, me – a Christian who is not very good at public display – was  guided to the front of the church where I sunk to my knees enveloped with the infilling of the Holy Spirit. It was a beautiful time!

I would like to suggest to all of the women who did not attend Kaleidoscope 2012 to download the messages and listen to their testimonies and their encouraging stories and use this as an exercise to share your own story. Not all of us can stand up and give our testimonies and some like mine are way too long and others of us may not be quite ready to share. Writing has a profound and healing effect and writing it and sharing it on the Cornerstone blog will not only allow you to unleash all the things you may have bottled inside you, but it will also allow others to receive Hope and Faith through the words of your story.

I have written down the pertinent bible verses that were mentioned during the conference and my first exercise in the weeks ahead is to look them all up, read, listen and hear God’s messages for me. I encourage you all to do the same.

As Lydia said in her opening talk, we must know what is written.

  • Proverbs 18 vs 22
  • Proverbs 12 vs 12
  • Psalm 139 vs 14
  • Genesis 2 vs 18
  • Proverbs 31
  • Exodus  5
  • Judges 4
  • Judges 5  vs 7
  • Ruth  1 vs 16
  • Kings 2 vs 4 – 8
  • Ephesians 5
  • Luke 14
  • Acts 4 vs 5
  • 1 Corninthians 12 vs 14 – 26
  • Genesis 17 vs 5-7
  • Genesis 17 vs 15 – 16
  • Proverbs 31 vs 11 – 12
  • Proverbs 31 vs 23

Download the Kaleidoscope 2012 messages here

Eldership Couples at Cornerstone Church Throughout its History (for Prayer)

This last Wednesday (23 May, 2012) at our prayer meeting, Mark Meeske felt led to have us both celebrate and pray for the couples that have been on eldership at Cornerstone and have moved to plant a church, moved into Apostolic ministry, or moved with the possibility of a future church plant, and so on.

Here’s a list that was put together by Barry Farr that highlights these couples. Note that this list only highlights couples that have been on eldership (either at Cornerstone or supported by Cornerstone) and doesn’t include deacons and others that have gone on church plants or planted churches.

It would be great to keep this list and regularly pray for these couples that are conducting ministry in other areas of the world and have relationships and friendships with us. If you’d like, you can download the list (click here) and print it or keep it stored on your computer.

Eldership couples at Cornerstone Church
1983

Eldership couple Info Dates
Leon & Pat Van Daele From Wychwood Baptist – Now translocal & based in Australia 1983
Pat & Linda Berning Went to France. More involved in a worship role than leading a church. 1990
Wayne & Rene Neuper Planted in Benoni & then in Germany. 1990
Gert & Debbie Dolk From Bedfordview Baptist – Planted in Holland 1992

Eldership Couples at Cornerstone Church
1995 – 1998

Eldership couple Info Dates
Ian & Bernadine Weeden Planted in Kempton Park. 1995
Jim & Margaret Lamont Led Cornerstone: 1995 – 2000 1995
Alan & Noelle Hackney Planted in The Hill (South of Jhb) 1998

Eldership Couples at Cornerstone Church
2000

Eldership couple Info Dates
Ian & Bernadine Weeden Planted in Harare, Zimbabwe 2000
Marcus & Adele Herbert Took over leadership of Cornerstone church 2000
Michael & Alison Nicholas Took over a church in Auckland, NZ 2000

Eldership Couples at Cornerstone Church
2002 – 2003

Eldership couple Info Dates
Jim & Margaret Lamont Went to LA, USA – apostolic 2002
Bruce & Myra McAlpine Planted in Norwood 2002
Wayne & Nicole Zastron Relocated to UK (didn’t plant) 2003
Abe & Vanessa Vos Planted in Lambton 2003
Wayne & Heather Carr Planted in Belfast, N. Ireland 2003

Eldership couples at Cornerstone Church
2004 – 2006

Eldership couple Info Dates
Alexi & Delene Wadman Planted in Amsterdam Holland 2004
Gavin & Gail Clark Took over a church in Casino, Australia. Now on eldership in Adelaide 2005
Mark & Nicky Goodfellow Planted in Modderfontein 2005
Mark & Natie Bouffe Planted in Portugal 2006
Wayne & Natalie Rabie Planted in Bertrams 2006

Eldership couples at Cornerstone Church
2008 – 2009

Eldership couple Info Dates
Dave & Cretia Du Preez Planted in Sandton 2008
Alan & Meg Jones Moved to Seattle, USA 2008
Corrie & Gerda Volshenk Planted in Cordeba, Argentina 2008
Ian & Bernadine Weeden Moved back to Cornerstone 2009
Kirk & Jan Slow Planted in Ottawa, Canada 2009
Reg & Sonet Joubert Planted in Stellenbosch (back in JHB now) 2009
Terry & Wendy Archibald Planted in Upington 2009

Eldership couples at Cornerstone Church
2010 – 2012

Eldership couple Info Dates
Derek & Heidi Chester-Brown Transitioned a church in Secunda 2010
Ian & Bernadine Weeden Now going to Nelspruit 2012
Barry & Charlene Ward Moved to Durban (possible future plant) 2012
Ndaba & Skikuhulewe Ndlovu Eldership at a church in Fish Hoek (Connections Church) ?

Ukwakha Isizwe Newsletter May 2012

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