Cornerstone All You Need Is Love ESL Classes for Women

Beginning March 2024, Cornerstone will provide English as a Second Language classes to women. Our focus will be teaching conversational English and culture as well as building relationships and sharing our lives.

Raleigh Rescue Mission

Habitat for Humanity

Each year local presbyterian churches come together to work with Habitat for Humanity to build a new home for a family in the greater Raleigh area. Cornerstone is an active participant in these builds. We want to encourage you to participate. We will have information in the narthex when builds are taking place, but each participant, 16 years old and older, must sign-up with Habitat. Here is the link where you can gather more information and sign-up to help: www.habitatwake.org/faith/presbyterian

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Update from Jason Kennedy Mission Project

Thank you for your support through prayer and donations which allowed me to go on my summer mission trip.  I could not have done this without you.  Everyone who contributed played a larger role than they might realize. 

I learned a lot about how the Holy Spirit works, the power of prayer, and trusting God. I also had a ton of fun and made a bunch of friends!

I traveled to Brooklyn, NY for one week and Warsaw, Poland for two weeks. The rest of my time was spent at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary learning more about God! The Brooklyn trip was amazing, and I learned how to share the Gospel there! My leader was incredible also, both as a friend and leader. Poland was cool, but difficult because of the language barrier. We spent a lot of time on prayer walks.  I met and shared the Good News with some Polish college students! While in Poland I really came to understand the value of prayer, not only in prayer walking but I learned the importance of praying throughout the day, which I still do now. 

Thank you again to everyone who supported me through prayer and donation! Here are some pictures! 

Jason Kennedy Mission Project, Summer 2022

Jason Kennedy is taking part in a summer mission trip with his college church called City Project! City Project is an eight week discipleship program from May 24th to July 13th where he’ll spend five weeks training in Wake Forest at a seminary college, one week at a domestic church plant, and the last two weeks serving at a church in Poland. If you’re interested in supporting his mission, visit the church website for more information.

As message from Jason...I am excited to announce that I’ll be taking part in a service project this summer called City Project as part of Summit Church! City Project is an eight week discipleship program from May 24th to July 13th where I’ll spend five weeks training in Wake Forest at a seminary college, one week at a domestic church plant (location TBD), and the last two weeks serving at a church in Poland.

You’re probably wondering why I’m spending my summer learning about and serving God instead of working as a lifeguard again. I’ve tried my best to focus on putting God in the center of my life, and I was praying about my summer because it’s a long stretch of free time and I wasn’t quite sure what to do with it until recently. I had been told about City Project before, but it sounded so radical, like do I really have to go somewhere far away to spread the Gospel? But when I began to seriously consider City Project, it made so much more sense than my other options in spite of my doubts. I wanted to be open to how I might serve God after graduation, and at City Project I’ll learn how to share my faith effectively, answer tough religious questions, and lots of other things that I’ll need regardless of what I end up doing later in life. Not only that, but I’ll see what church planting and missionary work is like firsthand to see if those are paths I’d like to pursue.

And this is all before I found out I’m going to Poland. As you know, there is war going on right now between Russia and Ukraine, and many Ukrainians are fleeing to neighboring countries as a result. Poland borders Ukraine, and is currently holding over 1.5 million refugees. I didn’t choose Poland as my international location; they were randomly selected, and I was unsure about going there at first. I wondered if doing City Project was the right decision after all. Why couldn’t I just go to Amsterdam or London, do my thing, and return?

However, in trying to justify to my parents why they should let me go to Poland, it hit me suddenly that helping the humanitarian effort is what I feel Jesus would be doing, and that it will likely be a rewarding and humbling experience. Perhaps God is sending me to Poland for that very purpose—that I could develop a deeper sense of compassion for the underprivileged while doing God’s work—both from an evangelical and humanitarian perspective.

All of this being said, I can’t do this on my own. Will you prayerfully consider partnering with me? I need your support, both in prayers and financial donations. The total cost of the mission is $5,200, which will cover travel expenses, lodging, food, and any resources during the entirety of the program. I am truly grateful for donations of any size. 

If you feel called to support my mission financially, please give online at https://summitchurch.com/page/2739?GroupMemberId=1817410&AccountIds=213. Please make sure it says City Project (3290) and Jason Kennedy on the two drop down lists. If you prefer to donate by check, it should be payable to The Summit Church, and mailed to The Summit Church, City Project, 2335-114 Presidential Dr, Durham, NC, 27703. However, my name should not be written on the memo line. Instead, please include a note saying “This donation is given to support City Project, and was made at the request of Jason Kennedy.” For your financial privacy, the church will tell me that you have contributed, but they will not disclose the amount.

And I really do need prayers, I’m not just saying that. Pray that God would use this experience to transform me and use me for His work. Pray for the City Project team as a whole, that we could be well prepared for our mission spiritually so we could change lives this summer according to God’s purposes. And I don’t like scripting your prayers, so any other prayer is appreciated as well!

I’d love to talk to you on the phone or in person soon to tell you more about my mission! I’ll send you updates as I learn where I’m going in the US, if the war causes me to be sent elsewhere, how City Project goes, or anything else that I feel you should know. 

Thank you so much for your time and support,

Jason Kennedy

Food Security

Cornerstone maintains a First Fruits Community Garden and our little red wagon to collect food for our friends at the Western Wake Crisis Ministry. We also enjoy group service at the Foodbank in Raleigh

Do you like to Knit or Crochet? Stitch Together meets the first, third, and fifth Fridays of each month from 9:30 – 11:00 a.m .Come join us as we knit and crochet shawls, baby hats, and blankets to be donated to Wake Med. Beginners always welcome.

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Angel Tree

Each year Cornerstone partners with New Horizon Church to provide Christmas gifts for boys and girls who might not receive anything.

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Hurricane Relief

Cornerstone works with the United Methodist Church in eastern North Carolina to help those who have been negatively affected by recent hurricanes and tornadoes.

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