Welcome to 4KC 2022! It is one of our favorite times of the year to focus on who we are and what we want to become as a church. It is always good to remember our mission, our core values and our desire to grow, connect, serve and share.

For the month of October, we will dig into God’s word to learn about our mission as God’s people. God designed us to be His disciples, witnesses, harvesters, and ambassadors. We are his salt and light in the world. It is amazing that God uses us to build his kingdom!

As a response to our KC message series, we take the opportunity to express generosity to our city. Every October, we have taken a $50 challenge to help our mission partners with strategic projects. This year, we're partnering with City Union Mission's Thanksgiving Dinner initiative. By taking the $50 Challenge, you're providing 20 Thanksgiving meals to those in need. Our goal is to raise $5,000 (2,000 thanksgiving meals)! We ask that every person that attends Cornerstone to sacrifice a meal out or night at the movies and instead use that money to serve our city.

To make your $50 donation, click here and select "4KC $50 Challenge" from the "Fund" dropdown menu. You can also mail your gift to Cornerstone at: 13300 Kenneth Road, Leawood, KS 66209 (please write "$50 Challenge" on the memo line).

New this year, we will provide ways for you and your family to pray for God’s kingdom to come and His will to be done here in our city. Check out our website and social media feeds for the opportunity to pray with us each week.

We look forward to seeing you at Cornerstone at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. or 10:00 a.m. online!

This Sunday, our services will include celebration of the Lord's Supper. We'll also be collecting our Deacons' Fund offering as an outflow of our worship. This fund is designated to assist people in our congregation and community who are struggling financially. You can place your offering in one of the boxes in the Worship Center or give securely online (select "Deacons Benevolence" in dropdown menu).

Dear Cornerstone Family,

I do not know where September went, but here it is, already October! Over the last month, we've been working with the transitions in the traditional music ministry and I wanted to share some of that with you.

The Lord has always blessed us with people to meet the needs we have when they arise. We have a wonderful team of people who have worked hard to keep everything moving forward without many hitches. They have responded with a great spirit and great generosity of time and talents!

Deb Harris, who is fairly new to Cornerstone and comes from a sister congregation in Wichita, has gladly stepped in to lead our choir and bell choir. Her vast experience teaching and directing music has made the transition go smoothly. Susan Mitchell has become our lead piano accompanist in rehearsals and in worship. We will be working with organists to temporarily help us through this time. Kim Alley has graciously provided the administrative support to keep the day-to-day operation going smoothly and Darlene Smikahl will work alongside of them with various duties.

We have long standing choir librarians in Jill Pearson, Terri Dunmire and Roberta Dewitt. They work behind the scenes to keep our library organized and up to date. The Interim Choir Council is a team of volunteers that meet regularly to manage the weekly details for the choir. The following are representatives on the council: Kim Alley, Dale Ellis, Lynn Horton, Ellen Long, Lisa Long, Jeff Roskam, Darlene Smikahl, Zach Stengenga and Vicki Woirhaye. I meet with this team once a month. We are truly blessed by the many that have offered to help us in this time of transition!

Now that we have the day to day operations in place, we will begin to search for our next traditional worship director. We will be posting our position nationally and within our denomination. We want you to be in prayer with us as we seek our next team member. Ask the Lord to lead us to the right person who will fully engage themselves into our work and mission at Cornerstone.

For God’s Glory,

Sheldon

Our annual Fall Work Day will be held Sat., October 8, from 8:00AM to Noon (rain or shine)! This is an opportunity for all of us to pitch in and care for our beautiful church grounds and building. Projects inside and outside will be available. No need to register, just show up! We look forward to serving with you!

Our next community event, Trunk or Treat, is around the corner! Dress your children (or the whole family!) in costume and enjoy strolling through rows of decorated car trunks to collect candy. We'll also serve dinner and enjoy a bounce house, a funnel cake dessert truck and even a visit from the Chiefs' KC Wolf!

To make this event a success, we need your help! Help us reach our goal of having 25 "trunkers", help prep/serve food, manage the parking lot or monitor the bounce house. Click the button below to sign up!

New month, new mission! For October, we're collecting individually wrapped candies for our community event, Trunk or Treat, on Friday, October 28th. Last year, we had nearly 1,000 participants at this event. Help us supply candy for all the eager costumed kiddos!Drop your bags of candy in the Missions Bin in the church lobby. Thank you for donating!