Dear Cornerstone Family,
I can’t begin to express what a joy it was last Sunday in our Cornerstone Family Meeting to announce the payoff of the chapel. Through your generous giving over the last three months, in response to our earnest call to reduce our debt load as a congregation, the final $655,000 dollars on the chapel was eliminated. No need to renegotiate the balloon note in March! Praise the Lord for his provision.
In addition to the good news of the chapel pay off, we heard an encouraging renovation report from Mr. Jim Smith. The Corner House updates and renovations continue and remain in budget, and the first-floor renovation of the chapel is making good headway. Sheetrock started going up this week! Barring any more significant setbacks, we will be in the new room sometime after Easter in April.
As we noted back in November, we are on the very front end of a search for another Assistant Pastor. With the job description now in place, and the Personnel Committee leading the search, we are beginning to make initial contacts with a few candidates. Please be praying for the search, for patience and wisdom, and for the Lord to lead us to the right man.
Finally, in September of last year, we opened up a nominating, training, and election cycle for new officers. After a record-setting number of nominations were received, twelve men accepted the call to begin training. As the end of phase two of training nears, we have ten men remaining in training. Please remember these brothers and their families in prayer: Mr. Jeff Alldredge, Mr. Kerry Hart, Mr. Sean Kelley, Mr. Mike Kretsinger, Mr. Tim McCoy, Mr. Matt Michaud, Mr. Matthew O’Roark, Mr. Taylor Thompson, Mr. William Tice, and Mr. Carl Ware.
As always, if you have any questions about any of these matters, do not hesitate to reach out to the church office. We will do our best to answer your questions or serve you in any way we can.
Your servant,
