"Unfortunately, we don't know the timing of this as well as we know the eclipse," Bill Cooke, lead for NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office said, but it will be visible to the "unaided eye" at some point in 2024.

Today's category: DeathA Dying Wish? ? ? ? ? ? There was an elderly man at home, upstairs, dying in bed. He smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies baking. He wanted one last cookie before he died. led down the stairs and crawled into the kitchen where his wife was busily baking cookies.? ? ? ? ? ? With his last remaining strength he crawled to the table and was just barely able to lift his withered arm to the cookie sheet. As he grasped a warm, moist chocolate chip cookie, his favorite kind, his wife suddenly whacked his hand with a spatula.? ? ? ? ? ? Gasping for breath, he asked her, "Why did you do that?"? ? ? ? ? ? "Those are for the funeral."View hundreds more jokes online.Email this joke to a friend

Today's category: MothersYou're a Mom When? ? ? ? ? ? You know you're a mom when you're up each night until 10 PM vacuuming, dusting, wiping, washing, drying, loading, unloading, shopping, cooking, driving, flushing, ironing, sweeping, picking up, changing sheets, changing diapers, bathing, helping with homework, paying bills, budgeting, clipping coupons, folding clothes, putting to bed, dragging out of bed, brushing, chasing, buckling, feeding (them, Not you), PLUS swinging, playing baseball, bike riding, pushing trucks, cuddling dolls, rollerblading, basketball, football, catch, bubbles, sprinklers, slides, nature walks, coloring, crafts, jumping rope, PLUS raking, trimming, planting, edging, mowing, gardening, painting, and walking the dog. You get up at 5:30 AM and you have no time to eat, sleep, drink or go to the bathroom, and yet ... you still managed to gain 10 pounds.View hundreds more jokes online.Email this joke to a friend

What a great fellowship we had celebrating our great countries Declaration of Independence. We enjoyed the fellowship of one another with a cookout right in front of the church followed by some sporting activities. We ended the night with a firework show that everyone enjoyed.

While necessary right now and important in the future, we can't close our eyes to the downsides of online church.It’s a whole new ballgame.In a matter of just a few weeks, churches all around the world have a new standard for measuring ministry success.And I’m trying not to be cynical about it.So here’s my best shot at a non-cynical (but certainly skeptical) take on this.What’s Good About Online ChurchI’m grateful every time I hear that a church now has as many or more people watching their online services than they had attending their in-person services.Better that than a drop-off of numbers, for sure.But let’s be honest about what’s happening here.Recently, there’s been a lot of helpful information about how engagement is a better metric than attendance. I fully agree with that assessment.But if engagement is a better metric than attendance, eyeballs on a screen is a worse one. At-home viewers are far less engaged than bodies in the room ever were.Online And DistractedWe all know how online viewing goes.We watch while we’re cooking, eating, chatting, Tweeting and working out.Even if we lay all of that aside, people who sit at home and watch a screen are far less engaged in the experience than when they were in the room together.An Incomplete MetricObviously, that’s all we have right now. And I’m truly grateful we have it.Even when we’re able to meet together again, keeping an online presence will be an important way to reach new people and keep connected with absent members.But.Let’s be careful not to replace one incomplete, even unreliable metric (attendance) with one that’s even less reliable (online viewership).Online church is here to stay. Our congregation does it, and we’ve learned how to do it even better because of the necessity of this ...Continue reading...

What a great fellowship we had celebrating our great countries Declaration of Independence. We enjoyed the fellowship of one another with a cookout right in front of the church followed by some sporting activities. We ended the night with a firework show that everyone enjoyed.The post July 4th Fellowship appeared first on Cornerstone Baptist Church.

Round 2 of the CCC:Iron Chef is complete. Both teams made a competitive bid to advance to the final round, but only one team’s food reigned competitive. The team known as Culinary Cooking Crescendo, led by Sarah (a temporary replacement for Helen), brought forth a competitive lineup of three competitive dishes. They were “Rafting [...]

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UPDATE- The Fall Extravaganza was a lot of fun! The teachers did a great job putting this together; thanks for all your hard work! Join us on Saturday, November 15th for our Fall Extravaganza. The Sunday School Department will be hosting this day at the church from 10am-3pm, enjoying: Games: Balloon Sculpting, Cookie ...