To say that the influence of my home church’s student ministry guided my young Christian faith would be a severe understatement. My small, Virginia church hired a full-time youth minister the summer b...  Read More

Church family! As we approach another weekend, I want to point your attention to 4 things:GROUPS!We’ve been banging the drum for a few weeks now. We will do so again when we gather this weekend. But i...  Read More

Have you noticed that sometimes when you casually ask someone, “How are you doing?”, instead of the typical greeting of “I’m good” or “Fine, how are you?”, they actually struggle to answer your questi...  Read More

A few years ago, a friend who was in my Cornerstone small group had an unexpected tragedy occur in his family. He and his family were understandably upset, shocked, and processing grief while trying t...  Read More

As we leap into August (believe it or not!), I am confident and encouraged that God is preparing before us a fruitful, meaningful, and exciting season of ministry ahead as a church.I am praying for a ...  Read More

It’s Time to “Re-Up!”Fall is right around the corner, and the continued movement toward a new normal in our church programming means it’s time to start thinking about some fall rhythms. Here are two b...  Read More

With news of a COVID variant circling and businesses and schools everywhere trying to determine their best next steps, I am continually prayerful for the church and the impact we are able to have in g...  Read More

Thank you to our Executive Pastor, Josh Mehrle for writing our note this week.I love everything about summer!  Well, almost everything.  I could live without the heat and humidity, but summer offers a...  Read More

Thank you to our Student Minister, Micah Balu for writing our Note this week.Hey Cornerstone! I wanted to take a moment to share what God did last week during CAMP(US). If you weren’t aware, CAMP(US) ...  Read More

With July 4th coming up this weekend, it seems appropriate to take a moment to celebrate some of what God is doing in our midst. Here are a few things to celebrate and keep in prayer this week.Corners...  Read More

BAPTISMS THIS SUNDAY NIGHT!One of the most encouraging and vivid pictures of baptism in the New Testament is in Romans 6, where Paul is addressing the temptation that some people apparently had to abu...  Read More

In the midst of making plans and praying through the future of Cornerstone and how God would lead us to do ministry in a post-COVID American context, I was struck by this challenging quote about the s...  Read More