Women's Tapestry Event - "In His Hands"

We are excited to invite you to a special Tapestry Women's Ministry morning "In His Hands" with Rachel Raborn-Norris of Joy Pottery. In Jeremiah 18.6, God says to his people, “Like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.”

Come and explore this beautiful metaphor with other women as we observe the work of a potter firsthand and listen to her story. Rachel Norris will share her faith story while creating pottery on her wheel in this unique presentation on August 8th, 11am - 1:30 pm at the Austin Chinese Church John Sung building. Please join us as we explore the rich meaning of the potter and the clay and gain new insight into the hand of God at work in your own life. Please also feel free to invite other women as guests!

To register for the event, RSVP at tapestry.acc@gmail.com. We will be providing lunch ($5 per person), so please indicate in the message if you are allergic to any food items. We will also be having a special drawing for one of Rachel Norris's pottery pieces at the end of the presentation, so you don't want to miss out! If you have any questions or concerns, please use the tapestry email address and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

- ACC Women's Tapestry Team

"God's Longing for Community" with Pastor Walton

WHEN: Fri July 31st, 7:30pm
WHERE: ACC Carey Bldg, upstairs

Community is something we all naturally intuitively long for.

It may look a little different from person to person, but it is wired into the core of what it means to be human. Being made in the image of God means that we also reflect God's own natural longing for relationship. And God has a blueprint for what that means, especially for those who call Him Father. How can we fulfill God's dream for our relationships here at ACC practically?

Let's find out...

Community Building - Iron Chef

WHEN: Sat July 25th, 3-6pm

WHERE: meet at the Freescale Pavilion

Love watching Iron Chef? Always wanted a chance to slay Bobby Flay or take down Morimoto in the Chairman's kitchen stadium? This Saturday, Cornerstone will host its first Iron Chef Competition! Okay, so these celebrity chefs won't be making an appearance, but YOU have the opportunity to join/compete with fellow Cornerstoners and showcase your cooking skills! Meet at the Freescale Pavilion at 3pm sharp to split into teams. Teams will shop for groceries (a donation of approx $5 will be requested) and cook at nearby houses and return to the Pavilions for judging.

If you find yourself asking:

- What's the secret ingredient?

- Will I get samples of the food?

- Are you sure Mario Batali won't be there?

*Then join us and discover the answers yourself this Saturday! Grab a friend, come on out, and find out whose cooking cuisine will reign supreme!

Community Outreach: Stretching In & Out

Closing up this year's vision of "Inside & Out: To build a Christ-centered community who intentionally loves inside and outside", this week's community outreach activity is two-fold... read on!

Inward Community
WHEN: Sat July 18th, 10am-12pm
WHERE: Meet at the Barnes & Noble (Arboretum)
On Saturday we will be working together to help the Red Cross promote their Youth Leadership Development Retreat that encourages youth (8th grade through college) to learn, express their creative ideas, and engage one another in a fostering environment. We will be forming teams to post flyers in different Austin neighborhoods; this will be a good opportunity to get to know one another while we serve the community. Breakfast will be provided so please let us know by Friday noon if you are coming!

Outward Community
WHEN: Anytime between now and Fri July 31st
WHERE: You pick!
We're challenging you to deliberately get to know someone outside our Cornerstone (and even ACC) community that you usually don't interact with. We want you to initiate an activity with them where you can get to know them on a level deeper, and maybe even bring up spiritual topics. You can meet up for a 1:1 at a coffee house, talk over yardwork, eat a meal together, or take a stroll off Town Lake (ie, watching a movie/TV doesn't count!).

We ask you to commit by pledging on our second Evite. On July 31st, when we talk about community, we hope you'll share your experiences with us!

Bowling!

WHEN: Fri July 10th, 7:30 pm

WHERE: Highland Lanes, 8909 Burnet Rd

Join us at our social event on Friday, and don't forget the important part of inviting your friends! Let us know in our Evite if you can come (and feel free to forward it on) so we can reserve the appropriate number of lanes for some friendly competition! Even if you don't feel like bowling, we'd still like for you to join us and hang out!

Happy Fourth of July!

We will not be meeting for Cornerstone this week. Have a fun and safe weekend! We'll see you next week... or this Sunday for Lunch Service! (read on!)

Chinese Food and Pizza!

What do these two things have in common? ACC lunch! In the month of July, Cornerstone has the privilege and responsibility to serve lunch at ACC. We need 14 people each week to set up the food, serve lunch, sell pizza, and help clean up from 12:00 until about 1:15pm. If you can help out on any week, sign up on our spreadsheet. Please consider helping out if you are available!

Joint Cornerstone/Quest/Youth Event - Photoscavenger Hunt

WHEN: Sat June 27th, 10:30am

WHERE: ACC John Sung Bldg

So you think you know ACC?

Do you know where the church library is? How many windows are there in the Carey Building? Come join us, Quest, and Youth on a photoscavenger hunt around ACC. Learn things you never knew about ACC while getting to know the other fellowship groups. Lunch will be provided while we view all the pictures, poses, and photographic masterpieces from each team!

Outreach - Capital Area Food Bank

WHEN: Sat June 20th, 8:50am-12:00pm (8:20am to carpool)

WHERE: Capital Area Food Bank (8201 S Congress Ave, Austin); Bear Rock Cafe to carpool (4005 W Parmer Ln, Austin)

We will be serving the city of Austin by sorting food down at the Capital Area Food Bank from 9am-12pm. We will be providing savory breakfast foods for those of you who can come help!  Please wear closed-toe shoes (it is a dress code requirement).

If you would like to carpool down together, meet at the Bear Rock Cafe parking lot by 8:20am. If you will be driving on your own, meet at the food bank by 8:50am.  An Evite will be sent out shortly - let us know if you didn't receive it; we hope to see you there!

Promiseland Children's Sunday School Teachers Wanted

Children are very important to us at ACC.

We are recruiting teachers for the new term, Jun – Nov 2009, for Children’s Sunday School. As you may know, we ask for a 6 month commitment as this is the best way to build a relationship with the children and to establish a safe and secure learning environment for them to see and feel God’s love. There are 2 time sessions for serving, 9:00–10:45am and 10:45-12:25pm. We understand that during the summer months, it may be difficult to commit for such a period of time. So even if you can serve for one month at a time, we would love to hear from you. We are especially in need in the 2 year old classes.

Please prayerfully consider and reply to me if you can help as soon as possible. Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. Thanks for considering to serve the youngest members of our church.

God Bless You,

Sibyl Lee

ACC Children’s Deacon

Bags of Grace

WHEN: Sat June 13th, 1pm

WHERE: ACC John Sung Bldg

We're going to hold our Bags of Grace event, involving all the different English fellowships this Saturday. We'll be packing bags of food and supplies for the homeless. We'll also be selling the bags for $2 each the following Sundays so you can give them out while you're around town to someone who could use this practical gift of grace.

"Finances" with Steve Luong

WHEN: Fri June 5th, 7:30pm

WHERE: ACC Carey Bldg, upstairs

In the world we live in, everything involves money. We use money for necessities (food, housing, transportation, and savings) as well as indulgences (hobbies, luxury items, and vacations). As Christians, we are often faced with many dilemmas as to how we should wisely use the money that God blesses us with. Should we buy a nice car or give the extra money to the poor? How much money should we keep for ourselves and how much to give to others? This week, Steve Luong from Branch will share with us some guidelines as how we can have a healthy perspective on this complicated topic.

So You Think You Can (Ballroom) Dance?

Our youth will be celebrating the graduation of the high school seniors Sunday, June 7th.  And as part of their theme, “Masquerade Ball”, they were hoping to have someone come in and teach them how to ballroom dance :).  If any of you have any experience with ballroom dancing and would be interested in teaching our youth how to dance on Saturday, please let Marilyn know!

Tapestry Summer Kick-off: Swapfest

WHEN: Sat June 6th, 1-4pm

WHERE: ACC John Sung Bldg

Tapestry, ACC's women's ministry, is having a clothing swapfest to get to know women across life stages, celebrate the spirit of repurposing items, and raise money for our summer missions teams. 

Bring clothes and accessories you no longer wear and find treasures among others' items for just 50 cents each!  The first 5 items you bring will earn you a credit towards another item. For those not interested in the Swapfest, we're also having time for fellowship and making gospel bracelets for the Bolivia team.  If you have any questions, contact Sharon Tam.  If you can't make it but want to donate, we would love to take any items off your hands!

Ice Cream Party with Games!

WHEN: Fri June 5th, 7:30pm

WHERE: ACC Carey Bldg (upstairs)

This Friday night, join us for some FUN games with your fellow Cornerstoners!  We're kicking off the summer with some cool and refreshing ice cream and toppings, and topping that off with some ice cream themed games.  Try and top THAT!  It'll be a laughter-filled night, so invite your friends!  And if we can get your taste buds watering... we'll have different flavors of ice cream, yummy toppings, banana splits, and root beer floats!

"Never Too Far" Production (with Dance, Poetry, Music)

WHEN: Sat, May 30th, 7-9pm

WHERE: Red River Church (45th St & Red River)

You are invited to a musical production, with familiar faces including Wei Liew and Nelson Chau!  Wei's dance ministry team will be perfoming several pieces, and she personally invites all of you to come support this dream of hers.  This is a great event to bring all your friends, especially those who used to be close to God, or are on their way to knowing Jesus.  Not to mention, there's free admission!  If you have any questions, please contact Wei.

Community Outreach - Landscaping at Project Transitions

WHEN: Sat, May 30th, 9:30-12:00

WHERE: See Evite

Get out your shovel and gardening gloves!  We’ll be helping out with the landscaping at Doug’s House, a residential five-bedroom residential hospice for people in the final stages of AIDS. Part of Project Transitions, it is the only HIV/AIDS hospice facility in Central Texas.  By helping out with landscaping, we can help save Project Transitions money, and at the same time, show our support for the local AIDS community.  If you’re interested in finding out more about Doug’s House, check out http://projecttransitions.org/dh.shtml.

An Evite has been sent out for it... let us know if you have any questions or didn't receive it.  

Memorial Day Weekend BBQ Party

WHEN: Sat May 23rd, 11am
WHERE: Freescale Pavilion, 7700 W Parmer Ln (take a right once you enter from Parmer at Tamayo; the Pavilion will be on your right)

Andy's small group is hosting a BBQ party! Bring yourself, a big appetite, and a friend or two to come eat and have fun. We'll also have other activities (such as basketball, volleyball, games...etc.). If you have your own equipment, please bring it.

An Evite has been sent out so please let us know if you haven't received it yet. RSVP by Wednesday, May 20th, so they know how much food to purchase. They will be taking a donation ($5 per person) to cover the cost of food.

Youth Retreat Counselors Needed

We need youth retreat counselors this summer!  The retreat is at Camp Buckner from Thursday July 30th afternoon to Sunday August 2 noon.  We understand that you may have problems with their work schedules given the dates but you can still be a counselor--just come in on the Friday evening if you can't miss work.

So what does a youth retreat counselor do?  Counselor responsibilities include: love the teens, be godly role models to them, listen to them and hear them, get to know them, have fun with them, pray for them, have one-on-one times with them, participate in main sessions and organized activities, help enforce camp rules, defeat campers in camper/counselor challenges, etc. :)

You don't need to have extensive experience working with youth--just a willing heart.  We'll train you and show you the ropes.

If you're interested in being a youth retreat counselor, or have more questions, please let Josh Chen (ACC Youth Director) know.  Deadline to sign up: June 7th.

Visiting Buckner Villas Retirement Home

WHEN: Sunday May 17th, 9:30am

WHERE: Meet at ACC

Buckner Villas is a retirement home near ACC that we visited a few weeks ago.  On the morning of May 17th, we will be paying them another visit from 10-11am to sing to and chat with the elderly folks there.  We're looking for 10 of you guys to meet up at 9:30am at ACC and head over to Buckner Villas together. 

Please contact Marilyn if you're interested!