Friday, January 16, 2009

01/16 - Entering "The need for God's righteousness"

Dear Cornerstone Friends and Families,

Last week, Daniel started our new book Romans. He talked the first part of this book, Introduction 1:1-17. In this section we covered following:
  • Salutation 1:1-7

    1. The writer 1:1
    2. The subject of the epistle 1:2-5
    3. The original recipients 1:6-7

  • Purpose 1:8-15
  • Theme 1:16-17
This week we are starting to enter the second part of this book, The need for God's righteousness 1:18—3:20. We will start from "The need of all people" in Romans 1:18-32.
God bless.

Monday, January 05, 2009

2009-01-09, Roman 1:1

Dear Cornerstone Friends and Families,

Happy New Year. Wish everyone had a good time during the winter break no matter you went anywhere or just stayed at home. Let's welcome this new year 2009 and our new study of God's words together....Here is our agenda for our first meeting in 2009.
God bless.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

12/19 - Merry Christmas and Evangelism ministry

Dear Cornerstone Friends and Families,

This Friday is our last meeting in 2008. Let's get together to thank our God and understand how we can help others and the Evangelism ministry. Yvonne will share Fr. Aldrich's ministry presentation with us in the meeting. Here is our reminder for this week.
Our 2009 study lead sign up sheet is ready on-line at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pZoGJjNOFo7bgMvjXKkgxGw&hl=en for your to sign up. Please add your name to lead and snack cells. The more the better.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !!

Thanks,
Vincent

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

12/12 - Christmas Party




No meeting at SJC school, but we have Christmas Party at:



See you all there!

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

2009-12-07 Luke Conclusion

Dear Friends,

This week we are going to complete Luke study. We started Luke Gospel on Sept. 16, 2006. It took us 2 years and 3 months to complete it. We studied it verse by verse, chapter by chapter. We believe it is of great worth and everyone not only learned from others, but also shared ourselves with others, enlightened others.

Fr. Olivera is coming and join our study on this Friday. Please invite our old friends who was in our study before for finishing the last verse of the Luke.

Here is our meeting information for this week:
God bless.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

11/21 - Jesus of Nazareth -- by Pope Benedict XVI (Part 2)

Dear Friends,

This week, Fr. Marvin will continue to talk about the book "Jesus of Nazareth" written by Pope Benedict XVI. Please feel free to invite your friends to join us.


Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Nazareth-Pope-Benedict-XVI/dp/0385523416

Here is our meeting information for this week:
God bless.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

11/14 - The Resurrection

Dear Friends,

This week we are going to discuss the Resurrection of Jesus Christ ....

Luke 24:5~7
  • ... and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
Matthew 28:6~7
  • He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going before you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you.
Mark 16:6~7
  • ... And he said to them, Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him. But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He said to you.’
John 20:13
  • And they said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.
Here is our meeting information for this week:
God bless.

Thursday, November 06, 2008

11/7 - 父啊! 我把我的靈魂交托在你手中

「父啊!我把我的靈魂交托在你手中」 -- 這是耶穌在十字架上說出的最後一句話,祂吐出最後一口氣,為罪人的得救自願地、完全地交付自己的靈魂,為獻給天父:獻上屬於人性的理智、意願、情感;他原是從天父而來,屬於天父,現在回到天父那裡去。

這句話的出處來自聖詠三一,描述達味在面臨大難時,祈求天主保護自己免於死亡,把自己交托給祂。


Here is our meeting summary:
God bless.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

10-31 Happy Halloween



No meeting for this week. Wish all you have a safe and happy Halloween.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

10/24 - Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

Dear Friends,

This week we are going to discuss Jesus' final saying from the cross - Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit, and the death of the Lord Jesus Christ.

In 1 Peter had said: For unto this are you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example that you should follow his steps. Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. Who, when he was reviled, did not revile: when he suffered, he threatened not: but delivered himself to him that judged him unjustly. Who his own self bore our sins in his body upon the tree: that we, being dead to sins, should live to justice: by whose stripes you were healed. For you were as sheep going astray; but you are now converted to the shepherd and bishop of your souls.
你們原是為此而蒙召的,因為基督也為你們受了苦,給你們留下了榜樣,叫你們追隨他的足跡。"他沒有犯過罪,他口中也從未出過謊言;" 他受辱罵,卻不還罵;他受虐待,卻不報復,只將自己交給那照正義行審判的天主; 他在自己的身上,親自承擔了我們的罪過,上了木架,為叫我們死於罪惡,而活於正義; "你們是因他的創傷而獲得了痊愈." 你們從前有如迷途的亡羊,如今卻被領回,歸依你們的靈牧和監督。(伯多祿前書 Chapter 2:21~25)

Why his death is so different? What is the meaning to us? Let's have a discussion and sharing in this week:
Bible Book Suggestion:
Please suggest your preferred bible book for our coming study after Luke Gospel. Please add you preferred book from Bible to the following document and let us vote it in the end of Luke discussion. http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pZoGJjNOFo7aUvnTv0WB8Sg. Again, it doesn’t need any sign-in. If you cannot edit it, please score the page down and you will see "edit page" on the right bottom corner. Click on it to add your suggestion. If you cannot find "edit page", it means you should be able to edit this page directly.

Christmas Party Preparation:
Our Christmas party preparation sheet is available at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pZoGJjNOFo7ZZ6dXiUSsUSA . Please let us know what you like to do in the party.

God bless.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

10/17 -- Weep not for me, but for yourselves

Dear Friends,

This week we are going to continue on Jesus Christ’s journey of cruel death. Jesus speaks to the Daughters of Jerusalem while they lad Jesus away. Why is He telling them to weep for themselves? Let us have a deep understanding if His words ....

We stated studying Luke Gospel from September 15, 2006. Lucia was the first lead of the discussion and study. Our study of Luck Gospel is going to the end very soon. It is time to select a new book from the Bible for our continual study. Please add you preferred book from Bible to the following doc and let us to vote in the end of Luke discussion. http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pZoGJjNOFo7aUvnTv0WB8Sg. Again, it doesn’t need any sign-in, and please don’t change any other’s information there.

Summary of discussion on this coming Friday:
Thanks and God bless us.

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

2008-10-10: Jesus of Nazareth -- by Pope Benedict XVI

Dear Friends,

This week, Fr. Marvin is coming to our study and will give us a talk about the book "Jesus of Nazareth" written by Pope Benedict XVI.

Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Nazareth-Pope-Benedict-XVI/dp/0385523416

Some quotes from web sites about Pope's book:
  • "This book is . . . my personal search 'for the face of the Lord.'" -- Benedict XVI
  • From Jesus of Nazareth: ". . . the great question that will be with us throughout this entire book: But what has Jesus really brought, then, if he has not brought world peace, universal prosperity, and a better world? What has he brought? The answer is very simple: God. He has brought God! He has brought the God who once gradually unveiled his countenance first to Abraham, then to Moses and the prophets, and then in the wisdom literature–the God who showed his face only in Israel, even though he was also honored among the pagans in various shadowy guises. It is this God, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the true God, whom he has brought to the peoples of the earth. He has brought God, and now we know his face, now we can call upon him. Now we know the path that we human beings have to take in this world. Jesus has brought God and with God the truth about where we are going and where we come from: faith, hope, and love...."
Please feel free to invite your friends to join us.

Friday, October 03, 2008

2008/10/03 -- The Son of man shall be sitting on the right hand of the power of God.


Dear Friends,

This Friday Oct. 3, in our study, Jesus is going to the council and will meet Pilate. Let's experience  this cruel death of Jesus Christ together. (from Luke 22:66)
Next Friday (10/10), Fr. Deutsch will come to our meeting talking about Jesus of Nazareth - Pope Benedict's book. He is coming back to California on 10/03.

Monday, September 15, 2008

2008-09-19, Fr. Olivera visiting and special prayer

Dear Friends,

In this Friday (9/19), we are having a special guest and a special prayer for our friend.
  • Fr. Olivera will come to our meeting on this Friday. We are going to introduce Cornerstone Bible Study group and ourselves to him.
  • Special prayer for our friend 鳳文Fr. Olivera will lead us for this prayer. I will try to get detail of the prayer from Fr. Olivear and will let you know once I get anything.
Here is the information for this week's Bible study (09/19).
Time fries fast, 2008 Q3 is almost the end. Our 2008 Q4 schedule is ready for you to sign up for lead. Please follow the link and fill in your name. http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pZoGJjNOFo7bgMvjXKkgxGw&gid=3

Next Friday, St. Joseph of Cupertino School has Family Fun Festival through the end of the weekend. We don’t have bible study on that Friday (09/26).

If you like to join the Festival, please see details at school festival web page: http://sjcschool.org/carnival/. If you like to purchase the tickets for games and rides in advance, please let me know. We can help you to get them. Here us the price information.
  • Midway Ride Tickets
    • 3~6 tickets per craft activity
    • 4~6 tickets per inflatable.
    • $28.00 for 30 tickets, if you buy in the festival.
    • 50% off (i.e. $14.00 for 30 tickets) if you order in advance.
  • SJC Games, arts and crafts tickets, inflatable, and laser tickets
    • 3~6 tickets per game
    • 4~6 tickets per inflatable
    • $5.00 for 10 tickets (same price if you buy it in the festival).

Monday, September 08, 2008

Cornerstone Chinese Bible Study - 2008-09-12 耶穌被捕

Last Friday, we discussed and shared about prayers (山園祈禱) in Luke 22:39~46. It seemed that“prayers” always is an endless discussable subject that never runs out of our sharing and we always feel short of discussion time in our meeting. Most of us always discovered the new meanings, methods, and attitudes of prayers in our individual life. We might have one dedicated week just for "prayer" discussion. You can visit some of following web pages for your immediate reference: 
Here is the information for this week's Bible study (09/12).
In our following meeting, we will start discuss about 耶穌被捕 and following subjects (starting from Luke 22:47).  Please visit: http://cornerstone-bible-study.blogspot.com/ for our study details. Our schedule is located at: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pZoGJjNOFo7bgMvjXKkgxGw, please select "2008 Q4 schedule" for our new Q4 schedule sign up or reference

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Cornerstone Bible Study - 2008-09-05 : Why sleep you? arise, pray, lest you enter into temptation.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

We will not have meeting on August 29 Friday due to Labor Day long weekend that most of our members will be out of town or have another plan. So, we decided to push our schedule down a week. Please reference our schedule at http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pZoGJjNOFo7bgMvjXKkgxGw for any update.

For our next Friday (September 5th) meeting, we will discuss prayers. Even we had prayer discuss couple times in the paste, but we feel it is still worth to have a deep understanding of prayers and sharing thoughts following our study content, Luke 22:39~46. Lucia will lead us to discuss prayers and Thomas will lead the following discussion (Luke 22:47~)

Here is the information for this week's Bible study.
God Bless!

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Cornerstone Bible Study - 2008-08-22 - 錢與劍

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Here is the information for this week's Bible study.
Money and swords :
  • Last time we discussed up to Luke 22:38, but we did not have time to serious looking into the true meaning of these two swords.... What is God trying to tell us and why we need money and swords today and how we use them?
  • Daniel had prepared lots of information last time. He will lead us to discuss it and share our thoughts in the beginning. Please bring his notes that he distributed last time (8/8) to the discussion.
Pray, lest ye enter into temptation :
  • After that, we will continue our discussion on 山園祈禱. Lucia will lead us for the further discussion and sharing.
. . . . 「主,看,這裏有兩把劍。」耶穌給他們說:「夠了!」 . . . . 「你們怎麼睡覺呢﹖起來祈禱吧! 免得陷於誘感。」

God Bless

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Cornerstone Bible Study - 2008-08-15 中文講座 - 夫妻溝通的藝術 - 從「忍受」到「享受」

蔡佩芬女士 中文講座

夫妻溝通的藝術 - 從「忍受」到「享受」

在教育孩子成長的過程中, 我們常常忽略了夫妻關係與溝通在無時無刻地影響著我們孩子, 而這影響在孩子心中卻是歷久彌新, 根深蒂固的一直下去. 要如何讓我們好好的享受夫妻的關係, 讓婚姻成為一輩子的情歌, 也孩子在潛移默化之間學習與成長. 請來聽聽蔡女士成功的分享. 歡迎您夫妻同來参加. It is free, please also feel free to invite your friends.
  • Time: 2008-08-15 (Friday) 7:30 ~ 9:30 PM
  • Location: Art Classroom at St Joseph of Cupertino School
  • Address: 10120 N. De Anza Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014
  • Map: Please click on the link for detailed map.
  • Please RSVP via following link:
  • We have child care during the seminar.
蔡佩芬女士 - 現任「加拿大學園傳道會」中國網路事工主任,負責編輯出版新麗人網路雜誌,丈夫王大慶牧師在北加州灣區基督之家第一家牧會,育有三位兒女,曾任美國鳳城華人基督教會中文學校校長十年。著有<別急著說再見 - 讓婚姻重燃愛之火>. 請上網 wwww.fhl.net 瀏覽她的【新麗人_阿佩姐專欄】閱讀家庭,親子,家庭的文章。

Reference links:

Cornerstone Bible Study - 2008-08-08 - 因為那有關我的事,快要終結。

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Here is the information for this week's Bible study.

. . . . 我以前派遣你們的時候,沒有帶錢囊、口袋及鞋,你們缺少了什麼沒有﹖」他們說:「什麼也沒有缺。」 耶穌向他們說:「可是如今,有錢囊的,應當帶著;有口袋的也一樣;沒有劍的,應當賣去自己的外衣,去買一把。 我告訴你們:經上所載:『衪被列於叛逆之中』的這句話,必要應驗在我身上,因為那有關我的事,快要終結。 」 他們說:「主,看,這裏有兩把劍。」耶穌給他們說:「夠了!」

God Bless

Friday, August 01, 2008

Cornerstone Bible Study - 2008-08-01 - 苦難和聖死 - 晚餐與建立聖體聖事

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Here is the information for this week's Bible study.
".... 耶穌拿起餅來,祝謝了,擘開,遞給他們說:「這是我的身體,為你們而捨棄的。 你們應行此禮,為紀念我。」晚餐以後,耶穌同樣拿起杯來,說:「這杯是用我為你們流出的血而立的新約。...."
God Bless