Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to
Believe, Belong, and Become
The Big Idea:
God Is Calling Cornerstone Community Church to
Be a Christ-Shaped Church
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to
Believe, Belong, and Become
The Big Picture: The Bowen Center
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to
Believe, Belong, and Become
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to
Believe, Belong, and Become
Cornerstone Community Church:
God Is Calling Us to Be a ChristCentered Place to Believe
In Christ Alone
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus…to the holy and
faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse”
(Colossians 1:1)
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to
Believe Joyfully in Christ’s Victory
“For he has rescued us from the dominion of
darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the
Son he loves in whom we have redemption the
forgiveness of sins” (Col. 1:13-14).
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to
Believe Joyfully in Christ’s Victory
“Because we have heard of your faith in Christ
Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints:
the faith and love that spring from the hope that is
stored up for you in heaven and that you have
already heard about in the word of truth the
gospel” (Col. 1:4-6).
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to
Believe Joyfully in Christ’s Victory
“Because we have heard of your faith in Christ
Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints:
the faith and love that spring from the hope that is
stored up for you in heaven and that you have
already heard about in the word of truth the
gospel” (Col. 1:4-6).
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to
Believe Joyfully in Christ’s Victory
We’ve Read the End of the Story:
Christ Wins!
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to Believe
Richly in Christ’s Supremacy
Cornerstone Community Church: A
Christ-Centered Place to Believe
Richly in Christ’s Supremacy
Christ + Nothing = Everything!
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all
creation. For by him all things were created: things in
heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether
thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were
created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in
him all things hold together. And he is the head of the
body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn
from among the dead, so that in everything he might
have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his
fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to
himself all things, whether things on earth or things in
heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the
cross” (Col. 1:15-20).
Cornerstone Community Church: A
Christ-Centered Place to Believe
Richly in Christ’s Supremacy
“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,
continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him,
strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and
overflowing with thankfulness” (Col. 2:6-7).
Cornerstone Community Church:
God Is Calling Us to Be a ChristCentered Place to Belong to
Christ and the Body of Christ
Cornerstone Community Church:
God Is Calling Us to Be a ChristCentered Place to Belong
to Christ and the Body of Christ
“Where Everybody Knows Your Name”
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to
Belong to the Head of the Church
“Christ is the head of the body, the church”
(Colossians 1:18).
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to
Belong to the Head of the Church
We Must Build Our Church Not from the Pastor Down,
But from Christ Up, Down, and All Around!
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to
Belong to the Head of the Church
“You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow
servant” (Col. 1:7).
“Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of
Christ Jesus, sends greetings” (Col. 4:12).
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to
Belong to the Head of the Church
“…God gave pastors and teachers to prepare
God’s people for works of service, so that the
body of Christ may be built up” (Eph. 4:11-12).
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to Belong
to the Father’s Forgiven Family
“Once you were alienated from God and were
enemies in your minds because of your evil
behavior. But now he has reconciled you by
Christ’s physical body through death to present
you holy in his sight, without blemish and free
from accusation” (Col. 1:21-22).
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to Belong
to the Father’s Forgiven Family
Without Christ, we are God’s enemies;
In Christ, we are God’s family!
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to Belong
to the Father’s Forgiven Family
“I could dismiss half of my patients tomorrow
if I could assure them that they are forgiven.”
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to Belong
to the Father’s Forgiven Family
“Once you were alienated from God and were
enemies in your minds because of your evil
behavior. But now he has reconciled you by
Christ’s physical body through death to present
you holy in his sight, without blemish and free
from accusation” (Col. 1:21-22).
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to Belong
to the Father’s Forgiven Family
Let’s be a church that crops Christ and the cross
back into the picture!
Cornerstone Community Church:
God Is Calling Us to Be a
Christ-Centered Place to
Become Like Christ
Cornerstone Community Church:
God Is Calling Us to Be a
Christ-Centered Place to
Become Like Christ
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to Help One
Another Become More Like Jesus
“We proclaim Christ, admonishing everyone and
teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we
may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this
end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which
so powerfully works in me” (Col. 1:28-29).
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to Help One
Another Become Like Jesus
Every Christian Is Capable of Becoming
More Like Jesus!
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to Help One
Another Become Like Jesus
Every Christian Is Capable of
Being a Disciple-Maker:
Helping Others to Become More Like Jesus
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to Help One
Another Become Like Jesus
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as
members of one body you were called to peace. And be
thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you
teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as
you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude
in your hearts to God” (Col. 3:15-16).
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to Help One
Another Become Like Jesus
“To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy,
which so powerfully works in me” (Col. 1:29).
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to
Become Ambassadors for Christ
“Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders;
make the most of every opportunity. Let your
conversation be always full of grace, seasoned
with salt, so that you may know how to answer
everyone” (Col. 4:5-6).
My Christ-Centered CCC
2014 Resolution
_____ I resolve in 2014 to remind myself and others of
Christ’s victory—We’ve read the end of the story—Christ
wins!
_____ I resolve in 2014 to know Christ deeply by studying
and applying the riches of God’s Word.
_____ I resolve in 2014 to be a member/attender like
Epaphras—committed to doing the work of the ministry
now while we wait for our next pastor.
My Christ-Centered CCC
2014 Resolution
_____ I resolve in 2014 to crop Christ back into the
picture—reminding myself and others that in Christ we are
forgiven, welcomed home, and cleansed.
_____ I resolve in 2014 to join my fellow
members/attenders at Cornerstone Community Church in
becoming more like Jesus by speaking the truth in love to
one another.
_____ I resolve in 2014 to be an ambassador for Christ by
wisely and lovingly sharing Christ with my friends, family,
neighbors, and co-workers.
Cornerstone Community Church:
A Christ-Centered Place to
Believe, Belong, and Become
The Big Idea:
God Is Calling Cornerstone Community Church to
Be a Christ-Shaped Church