Mar 5: Youth and Women’s Group are canceled due to weather.
Feb 5
No Cornerstone Youth
Feb 5 » Feb 12
Mar 5: Youth and Women’s Group are canceled due to weather.
Feb 5
Feb 5 » Feb 12
God created you to contribute. Whatever your strengths, using your gifts to serve others makes a big church feel small while leaving a Kingdom impact. People see Jesus in the way we serve and we can’t wait for you to be part of it!
On Sundays, every smile and every act of service helps people feel seen and loved. We want to live out the gospel in the way we welcome and lead people into weekly worship.
Choir Sundays are some of our favorite Sundays on the Worship team, and we’re always looking to build on this great group of vocalists. Consider auditioning to join the Cornerstone Choir!
Serve guests and members by keeping a clean, welcoming space to grab a hot drink.
Help guests and members feel seen and valued with a welcoming smile and friendly conversation.
Help make sure that every child who walks into our kid’s classrooms feel seen and loved and learn more about Jesus!
Help guests and members feel cared for with a welcoming smile and clear guidance to a parking spot.
Help with audio mixing, lyric support, live video capture, and lighting cues to support our gatherings.
Help ensure a safe and secure environment for our guests, members and children.
Help guests and members feel seen and navigate our auditorium to find a seat.
Help our church connect with God through musical worship as a gathered church.
SERVES ON
Sundays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays
Beyond Sunday mornings, there are ample opportunities to jump in with Cornerstone’s outward-facing ministries.
Cornerstone Recovery has several different ways to jump in and serve within the ministry. You can serve alongside others by greeting, setting up and tearing small group break out rooms and the cafe, joining the tech team, serving in worship, bringing food to share, driving and riding along in the van, or working in the cafe setting up and serving the food.
SERVES ON
Monday evenings
Looking for an opportunity to live out the Great Commission right here in Ames, but don’t have the opportunity to lead in a weekly International Friendship Connection (IFC) family group? The English Conversation Partners program is lower commitment way to meet a great need in our city. Sign up to get paired with a same-gender international student, meet with them once per month at any time and place convenient for you and your partner, and just simply create a context for your friend to practice his or her English. We’ll send you monthly discussion prompts and tips on helping this relationship be as fruitful as possible.
SERVES ON
Varied days and times
We want our overseas workers to know and be known by our church family! Join a Sending Team to care and advocate for those we have sent and continue to support!
SERVES ON
Varied days and times
IFC Family Group leaders welcome the nations through inviting international students into relationship and providing a space for them to explore who God is. Once a week for a few hours, we share a meal, open the Bible, discuss our beliefs, play games, and build friendships!
SERVES ON
Varied days and times
With the many events happening at and around Cornerstone, we need help capturing these moments with intention and skill.
SERVES ON
Varied days and times
We need fall semester childcare workers to serve during Cornerstone’s Thursday morning Women’s Group. This position is paid: $25.00 for adults (ages 16+) and $15.00 for youth (ages 12-15).
SERVES ON
Thursday mornings, Sep 14 to Nov 16 from 8:15–10:30a
Cornerstone Youth small group leaders are called to love and lead middle or high school students and inspire them to know, love, and follow Jesus. By creating a sense of belonging for students, small group leaders cultivate an environment for the gospel to be received in the hearts and lives of the next generation.
SERVES ON
Wednesdays
As members of the Ames community, we want to be servants to the people and systems that make up our city.
Connect with those seeking help, listen to their story, share encouragement and the gospel, and discern practical ways our church can support them.
SERVES ON
Varied days and times
This email comes out periodically and shares about practical needs within our church body and also amongst the ministries that we serve. Sometimes the need is a stop by the store (think diapers for the struggling mom) and other times we are looking for volunteers (think school supply drive).
SERVES ON
Varied days and times
An ally is a relationally-focused opportunity to partner with someone in need in our local community. Home For Awhile is a transitional housing program helps to establish families in our community through finding work and affordable housing. Allies partner with the tenant families to be an encouragement and often an invitation to church.
SERVES ON
Varied days and times
Attend the 12 week Faith and Finances class with someone who has struggled to make ends meet. The class meets after the first service on Sundays, so there is an opportunity to worship alongside your partner before attending the class where you both can learn about God’s heart for our finances.
A group of mechanics donate their time to help repair vehicles of people in our community that don’t have the resources to do so. If you have been gifted in this area, consider donating your time to loving families in our community in this way.
SERVES ON
Varied days and times
We desire to mobilize Cornerstone members to be a faithful presence in our local schools. Each school has an established liaison that connects with leadership at the school to share our desire to help meet needs and to coordinate periodic teacher appreciation events. The public school volunteer team helps to meet needs as they arise and bans together to care for the staff throughout the academic year.
SERVES ON
Varied days and times
Sign up to drive the van that picks up local individuals and families so that they are able to attend church on Sundays or Cornerstone Recovery on Monday nights.
SERVES ON
Sundays and Mondays
Cornerstone’s youth mentoring program connects youth that could use some extra investment with Cornerstone mentors that have a desire to be an encouragement for youth in our ministries. Mentors and mentees meet at the church a couple of times a month, frequently connecting during Cornerstone youth on Wednesdays or between Sunday morning services.
Access all our available resources like sermons, podcasts, reading plans, and classes.
The Stories of Cornerstone series is dedicated to showing how God is moving in the lives of members.
Learn more about Cornerstone’s values, ministries and staff.
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