Dear Cornerstone Family,
We are interrupting our regularly scheduled Christmas programming for a special announcement…
Mark your calendars! On February 6-8, Cornerstone will host our first-ever Missions Conference Weekend. Supported missionaries will join us for the special occasion. From prison ministry to planting churches and everything in between, you will hear from a wide range of our supported missionaries both local and abroad. Together we will be inspired by stories of the gospel’s advance among the nations as well in our own backyard right here in middle Tennessee.
The weekend will kick off on Friday evening, February 6, with a church-wide program, followed by a Men’s Breakfast and a Women’s Luncheon on Saturday, February 7. Each event will feature food, fellowship, and interactive panels with a variety of our supported missionaries.
On Sunday, various missionaries will lead us during the Sunday School hour while my friend, Dr. Gabriel Fluhrer, Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Chattanooga, TN, will open God’s Word during worship. Dr. Fluhrer will encourage all of us—no matter your gifts or abilities—to embrace the call of the Great Commission. More than this, he will equip us, showing us how to practically carry out our missionary call in our day to day lives.
The theme for the mission conference weekend is: That All Peoples May Know. As Jesus told his disciples in Mark 16:15, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” The Great Commission was first entrusted to the disciples, but the mission continues with us today. You are God’s plan for the advance of the gospel in this generation.
I’m so grateful for John Millard, our Mission’s Chairman, and the hard work he’s put in planning for this conference. He’s pulled together a strong team of Cornerstone volunteers to help make this inaugural Missions Conference Weekend super special. Please do not let anything get in the way of fully participating over February 6-8.
On that note, we need your help! We are looking for persons and families who would be willing to extend hospitality to one or more of our mission supports during the Missions Conference Weekend. Do you have a spare bedroom or two? Or maybe an extra chair or two around your dining room table? If you’re willing to help in any way, John Millard wants to hear from you! You can reach him at johnfrancmillard@gmail.com.
We’re literally two months away from this special weekend! It’ll be here before you know it. Please start praying now for God to renew our commitment to be joyful participants in Christ’s Great Commission!
Your servant,
