If you are a member of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, you’ve been receiving e-mails for the last couple of weeks about the new platform for our Cornerstone directory, Church Community Builder (CCB). I’m pleased to say: the wait is almost over! Tomorrow (Nov. 4) you will receive an e-mail from Cornerstone with an activation link. That link is your ticket to create a sign-in to CCB and become an active (and avid!) user of the new Cornerstone directory!
If you’ve been reading through our e-mails and watching the introductory videos about CCB, then you already know that this new platform is far more than a directory. You will certainly be able to access the profiles of Cornerstone members, but it’s also a place where you can access the church calendar, contact your Home Fellowship Group or Bible study, register for an event, volunteer for a ministry team, and much more. Beyond pictures, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses, CCB is a ministry tool that will help you stay better connected to the ministry of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church.
When you receive the e-mail tomorrow, go ahead and click on the link and set up your log in. Your basic profile has already been set up by the church staff. Please check your information—phone, e-mail, and address—and make sure everything is current. Then, as soon as possible, upload a picture to your profile, so we can see your smiling face! Also, we recognize that there might be some of you who really aren’t computer folks and may find it tricky to get used to an online system. If you, or anyone else, has any questions about the software, please do not hesitate to contact us at directory@cstonepres.org! Anneke Seely, our Discipleship Assistant, who has been spearheading the implementation of the software, will be glad to help you view and edit your profile, upload photos, and answer any questions that you might have about the software.
We would encourage you to add as much information to your profile page as you are comfortable. Your leaders and staff are able to view all the content on your profile page and knowing more about you—birthday, anniversary, vocation, etc.—helps us better serve you. But the only information that is publicly viewable to a Cornerstone member is your name, phone number, e-mail, and picture. If you’d like more or less of your profile to be seen, you can change your privacy settings yourself in CCB. But, again, that’s completely up to you.
Before I go, I’d like to thank Greg Wilbur and Anneke Seely, for all they did to get CCB set up for Cornerstone. Anneke especially has dedicated untold hours learning the program, troubleshooting tech issues, shepherding the migration of information, and training ministry leaders on the platform. We wouldn’t be at this place if it weren’t for her faithful labors. Thank you, Anneke, we are so grateful for you!
I’m really excited to see how CCB will help us stay connected as a church and become a tool for increasing effectiveness in ministry. Toward that end, be on the lookout for tomorrow’s e-mail. I look forward to seeing you online!