CU Donor and Friends e-Newsletter
April, 2011 | 7th Edition
Happy Easter Let us celebrate the resurrection of our Savior! This week, let us remember God’s son, Jesus, who was born as a baby, lived a perfect sinless life, was persecuted, abandoned and crucified with the weight of our sin on his shoulders. He was thinking of us when he was on the cross. He died the death we deserved and on the third day he rose again so that anyone who believes in him will not perish, but have ever lasting life. What an awesome God we have! Meditate on this great truth. We serve the living God that conquered the grave. And, the same power that conquered the grave lives in us. Praise God! John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
Matching Gift Opportunity for Donors
Table of Contents Save the Date Athletic Events Music Events Theatre Events Happy Easter Matching Gift Opportunity for Donors Students Thank You Chapel Schedule Commencement Big Ticket Festival
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Matching Gift Opportunity for Donors Now your gift is worth double to us! We have a donor commitment to match dollar for dollar any size pledge you make to either the Cornerstone Student Fund or the Seminary Fund until May 31. That’s right. All charitable contributions made must be postmarked by May 31 and will be matched up to $60,000. To give, please visit www.cornerstone.edu/give
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Students Thank You
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35 Annual Cornerstone University Golf Invitational Pilgrim’s Run Golf Club Aug. 1, 2011 Help make a difference in our students lives and Register here
Thank you for taking the opportunity to make an impact on our student’s lives and truly helping build lives that matter. Your financial support to the Cornerstone Student Fund and Seminary Fund has helped offset tuition costs for students, allows us to have quality professors, improve technology and enhance classrooms to aid students. These students lives are directly impacted because they are able to receive a Christ centered education so when they graduate and are sent out into the world, they will be able to influence others through the transforming power of the gospel. Thank you for changing lives! A special thanks to those of you who donated during the Spring Student Phonathon. Hillary Mason, a sophomore at Cornerstone, has expressed her gratitude.
"Thank you to all the donors who have been so generous in their support of Cornerstone. Your gifts will have tangible effects on our campus and students! Speaking with you has been a great blessing to me and my team members." Hillary loved being able to connect with people that love Cornerstone and is overwhelmed with the generosity of their gifts.
Athletic Events April 15 Women’s Softball v. Concordia University April 16 Women’s Softball v. Madonna University April 16 Men and Women’s Outdoor T & F @ Benedictine University Eagle Invitational April 17 Men’s Golf @ Furniture City Classic April 19 Women’s Softball v. Calvin College April 20 Women’s Softball v. Indiana Institute of Technology April 22 Women’s Softball v. Aquinas College April 22 Men and Women’s Outdoor T & F @ Eastern Michigan University Twilight April 23 Men and Women’s Outdoor T & F @ Eastern Michigan University Twilight For more information about athletic events, visit http://www.cugoldeneagles.com/
We congratulate our men's basketball team for winning the NAIA National Championship.
Chapel Schedule Come and worship with us. Please contact our office if you would like to be our guest at an upcoming chapel.
Music Events
When: 10 a.m. Monday, Wednesday & Friday Where: Hansen Athletic Center APRIL 4/17 Evensong 4/18 Awards, Chapel 4/20 Fouad Masri, The Cresent Project 4/27 Dr. Joseph Stowell, President 4/29 Praise Chapel MAY 5/1 Evensong Chapels will resume in September when students return to campus. For now, Listen Online to past chapels.
Commencement We are thrilled to see students invest a few years of their lives here at Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary and in our Professional and Graduate Studies Program. We will gladly send off hundreds of students this May. We pray that they will be prepared to excel as influencers for Christ in whatever path and profession the Lord leads them in. Thank you for all of your support and prayers! May 6 @ 7 p.m. GRTS Commencement May 7 @ 10 a.m. Undergraduate Commencement May 7 @ 3 p.m. PGS Commencement
April 17 CU Brass at Fellowship Reformed Church in Hudsonville Red Letter Edition at Christ Community Church April 19 Honors Convocation – CU Brass performing April 26 Willows April 27 Contemporary Christian Music Spring Concert April 28 Spring Chamber Concert For more information, please visit our calendar
Theatre Events The Death of Zukasky (Student Directed Show) By Richard Strand Three sales associates, A.C., Anne and Barry discover their supervisor, Zukasky, dead, with his feet up on his desk. All three of them are next in line for Zukasky's job. Their department head, Marlino, announces that Barry will, indeed, take over. A.C.
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May 7 @ 3 p.m. PGS Commencement
Big Ticket Festival Cornerstone University is partnering with the Big Ticket Festival again this summer. The Big Ticket Festival is a Christian music festival designed to be a celebration for Christ! Its mission is to create an experience for every member of the family to feel and know the love of Christ. The three-day event features more than 100 Christian artists, speakers, performers and various entertainment for children. Dates: Thursday, June 23 – Saturday, June 25 Location: Ionia, Michigan
For more information visit here
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