Dear RHYTHM Family,

On behalf of RHYTHM leadership, we would like to wish you all a very safe & happy Thanksgiving! As we reflect upon this year, one of my favorite verses comes to mind on this particular holiday…”Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” -1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.

Our prayer today is that God will give each of us a heart of thanks for all the blessings He has so graciously bestowed upon us. And despite the storms and hard times that many of us have faced this year and may be facing currently, we still serve a loving God who cares about each of our trials and allows us to pray to Him and bring Him the desires of our heart. We are blessed to be living in a country where we can worship & fellowship freely.

Thank you for being a part of our community & family. We love each of you & look forward to sharing many more memories with you the rest of the year and into 2010!

Happy Thanksgiving!

-The RHYTHM

As we obey God in our lives, God is faithful to us most of the time, but there are those instances when we follow God, but it only leads to frustration or pain. In these situations, does God lose? Join us as Pastor Josh Anderson leads us to engage in this question when we look at the life of Stephen in Acts 7. See you in the main lobby at 7:30pm!
 
**This Saturday, November 21st we will be “sending off” the Patterson’s Rhythm-style! Join us at Discovery Park in Gilbert at 3:00pm for some sand volleyball and fellowship! The night will also continue with dinner at Waldo’s BBQ in San Tan Village and bowling afterwards. Please check the Rhythm group page on Facebook for more details!**
 
PLEASE NOTE RHYTHM WILL NOT BE MEETING ON THANKSGIVING!
HAPPY TURKEY DAY!
 
Below is a list of upcoming opportunities for community service, mission trips & social events! For more details on all of these events, please visit “The Rhythm” group page on Facebook or visit us at the Info Desk!
 
COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
Chandler Health Care
            Saturday, November 21st
            1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Volunteer at the Assisted Living Center across from Chandler Regional Hospital, where you will be able to visit with residents and work on arts and crafts projects. Maximum of 10 volunteers may sign up.
 
Thanksgiving Community Dinner
            Thursday, November 26th
            8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Want to give back on Thanksgiving? Serve dinner with the Salvation Army @ the Chandler Community Center.  Volunteers will be in one of 3 shifts, including: set-up, serving, or clean up. Each volunteer is asked to bring a store-bought pie with them.
 
MISSIONS
 
Weekend Missions
            December 4th – 6th
            Friday to Sunday
It is leaving daily life behind, and concentrating on letting God direct your time and thoughts as you help those most in need. No hard and fast deadlines, or designated schedules to observe … just service to those who have less than you do! www.weekendmissions.com.    
Cost: $129
 
Mexico Caravan
            December 10th – 12th
            Thursday to Saturday
Mexico Caravan is a quarterly trip into Tijuana, focusing on building houses. It is a great first time mission trip! www.mexicocaravanministries.com.
Cost: $250
 
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
 
Sand Volleyball with the Patterson’s
 
            Saturday, November 21st
            Discover Park in Gilbert
            3:00pm-6:00pm
 
Dinner & Bowling
            Saturday, November 21st
            Waldo’s BBQ for dinner after sand volleyball around 6 pm followed by bowling!

Don’t miss RHYTHM this week as Mick Martin concludes his series on friendship!
 
**Save the Date for November 21st @ 3:00pm for an “official” Rhythm send-off to the Patterson family! They don’t have any updates for us yet, but we would like to officially thank them for their service to us over the last year and enjoy one last group event together. More details on location to come**

If you are considering going on the Weekend Missions trip to Rocky Point or Mexico Caravan trip to Tijuana in December, details on both trips and how to get signed up will be explained on Thursday night!
 
Below is a list of upcoming opportunities for community service, mission trips & social events! For more details on all of these events, please visit “The Rhythm” group page on Facebook or visit us at the Info Desk!
 
Community Service
 
Second Saturday
            Saturday, November 14th
            8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Serve your community the 2nd Saturday of every month with Cornerstone! Bring a canned food item. Enjoy a little worship time. Choose which of the service projects of the day first you best.
 
Chandler Health Care
            Saturday, November 21st
            1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Volunteer at the Assisted Living Center across from Chandler Regional Hospital, where you will be able to visit with residents and work on arts and crafts projects. Maximum of 10 volunteers may sign up.
 
Thanksgiving Community Dinner
            Thursday, November 26th
            8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Want to give back on Thanksgiving? Serve dinner with the Salvation Army @ the Chandler Community Center.  Volunteers will be in one of 3 shifts, including: set-up, serving, or clean up. Each volunteer is asked to bring a store-bought pie with them.
 
Missions
 
Weekend Missions
            December 4th – 6th
            Friday to Sunday
It is leaving daily life behind, and concentrating on letting God direct your time and thoughts as you help those most in need. No hard and fast deadlines, or designated schedules to observe … just service to those who have less than you do! www.weekendmissions.com.    
Cost: $129
 
Mexico Caravan
            December 10th – 12th
            Thursday to Saturday
Mexico Caravan is a quarterly trip into Tijuana, focusing on building houses. It is a great first time mission trip! www.mexicocaravanministries.com.
Cost: $250
 
Social Activities
Dinner & Bowling
            Saturday, November 21st
            Meet for dinner @ 6 pm. Location TBD.
            Enjoy dinner followed by a little competitive game of bowling.

Don’t miss RHYTHM this week as Mick Martin continues on in his series about the importance of true friendship!
 
If you haven’t been to RHYTHM in a while, we’d like to invite you back! Featuring coffee-house style worship and new small group break-outs to help apply the sermon, RHYTHM now offers an intimate new format for worship, teaching & community!  Come check it out Thursdays @ 7:30pm in the main lobby!
 
Below is a list of upcoming opportunities for community service, mission trips & social events! For more details on all of these events, please visit “The Rhythm” group page on Facebook or visit us at the Info Desk tomorrow night!
 
**Don’t forget to bring a non-perishable food item or plastic grocery bags for the monthly Food & Bag donation!**
 
Community Service
 
Food & Bag Donation
            Thursday, November 5th
            7:30 during The Rhythm
Donate any non-perishable food item or paper or plastic bag to benefit the Cornerstone food pantry.
 
Second Saturday
            Saturday, November 14th
            8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Serve your community the 2nd Saturday of every month with Cornerstone! Bring a canned food item. Enjoy a little worship time. Choose which of the service projects of the day first you best.
 
Chandler Health Care
            Saturday, November 21st
            1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Volunteer at the Assisted Living Center across from Chandler Regional Hospital, where you will be able to visit with residents and work on arts and crafts projects. Maximum of 10 volunteers may sign up.
 
Thanksgiving Community Dinner
            Thursday, November 26th
            8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Want to give back on Thanksgiving? Serve dinner with the Salvation Army @ the Chandler Community Center.  Volunteers will be in one of 3 shifts, including: set-up, serving, or clean up. Each volunteer is asked to bring a store-bought pie with them.
 
Missions
 
Weekend Missions
            December 4th – 6th
            Friday to Sunday
It is leaving daily life behind, and concentrating on letting God direct your time and thoughts as you help those most in need. No hard and fast deadlines, or designated schedules to observe … just service to those who have less than you do! www.weekendmissions.com.    
Cost: $129
 
Mexico Caravan
            December 10th – 12th
            Thursday to Saturday
Mexico Caravan is a quarterly trip into Tijuana, focusing on building houses. It is a great first time mission trip! www.mexicocaravanministries.com.
Cost: $250
 
Social Activities
 
First Fridays
            Friday, November 6th
Experience a Phoenix tradition at First Fridays, an Art and Music festival, starting @ the Phoenix Art Museum
Meet at the church at 6pm to carpool to the Phoenix Art Museum to pick-up maps and plan the route (not all sites can be covered in one night).  There is art, music, shops, and food along the routes.
 
Dinner & Bowling
            Saturday, November 21st
            Meet for dinner @ 6 pm. Location TBD.
            Enjoy dinner followed by a little competitive game of bowling.

Don’t miss Part II of Mick Martin’s 3-week series on friendship. Last week we discussed why God intended for us to build close friendships and this week we’ll learn how to do that!
 
See you Thursday at 7:30pm in the main lobby!
 
UPCOMING EVENTS:
 
Community Service
 
Food & Bag Donation
November 5
7:30 during The Rhythm
Donate any non-perishable food item or paper or plastic bag to benefit the Cornerstone food pantry.
 
Second Saturday
November 14
8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Get out and serve your community. Bring a canned food item and enjoy a little worship time. Choose which of the service projects of the day fit you best.
 
Chandler Health Care
November 21
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Assisted Living Center across from Chandler Regional Hospital where you will be able to visit with residents and work on arts and crafts projects. Maximum of 10 volunteers may sign up and a background check is required.
 
Thanksgiving Community Dinner
November 26
8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Dinner served by The Salvation Army @ The Chandler Community Center.  Volunteers will be in one of 3 shirts, set-up, serving, or clean up. Each volunteer is asked to bring a store bought pie with them.
           
Social Activities:
 
First Fridays
November 6
Art and Music festival starting @ Phoenix Art Museum @ 6 pm.
Meet at the church to carpool to Phoenix Art Museum to pick-up map and plan trip (not all sites can be covered in one night).  There is art, music, shops, and food along the routes.
 
Dinner & Bowling
November 21
Meet for dinner @ 6 pm (Location TBD)
Enjoy dinner followed by a little competitive game of bowling.

Don’t miss this week’s RHYTHM back at Cornerstone in the main lobby at 7:30pm! Mick Martin, Director of Cornerstone’s Guest Services team & a former senior pastor, will be kicking off a series on the importance of friendship and why God created us to be relational creatures!

 Please also note that childcare WILL be provided this week!

 UPCOMING EVENTS:

Below is a list of upcoming events for the week. Please visit “The Rhythm” group page on Facebook for more details on these events!

 Saturday, 10/24

Live Love Day

7:00am to 3:00pm

www.whatislivelove.com

 Saturday, 10/24

Brain Tumor Walk

8:00am to 12:00pm

An inspirational fundraising walk and community day to support the brain tumor cause. The proceeds support research and patient programs at the National Brain Tumor Society.

 Wednesday, 10/28

Ravi Zacharias “Is Faith Delusional?”

ASU Gammage @ 7:00pm

This will be an interesting forum hosted by Ravi Zacharias, a world renowned Christian apologist. He will be challenging atheist Richard Dawkins’ book “God Delusion” with solid Christian teaching.

www.rzim.org

Hi Everyone!

For those of you who are wondering what the future of your Thursday night’s will look like…we have an update! Although Cornerstone cannot continue to financially support a designated single’s pastor or a ministry budget for Rhythm, they would still like to help support us in any way that they can. They have offered us space to meet on a weekly basis as well as providing guest speakers for us as often as possible. In combination with their guidance and a very devoted team of leaders, we are excited to share that Rhythm will continue every Thursday night at 7:30pm back at Cornerstone church!

The format for Rhythm is going to look a little different than before, however we will still be able to offer community, fellowship, teaching and worship on most weeks. We have requested to meet in the lobby of the main worship auditorium providing the same coffee-house feel that you have experienced previously. Worship will likely consist of acoustic guitar. We are thrilled that we can offer the opportunity to still worship together! Cornerstone will rotate pastors to speak and will assist in providing guest speakers as well, so we are excited that God’s word will still be shared!

As we work to refine the “new” look of Rhythm, we hope that you’ll support and join us! We have many exciting ideas that we look forward to sharing with you soon, including: personal testimonials, community service projects, missions trips, small groups, fun events and MUCH more! Please bare with us as this will be a learning process for a little bit as we continue to improve and modify aspects of the new Rhythm until we get it right.

Aaron McRae will be speaking to us this Thursday and sharing his & Cornerstone’s heart for singles and our ministry…don’t miss it!

We look forward to seeing you all back at Cornerstone in the lobby on Thursday @ 7:30pm!

God Bless!

Although we are very sad about the news that the Rhythm won’t be led by James anymore, we are determined to honor what he has started by keeping the movement going!
 
This Thursday (10/8) we are meeting at Tumbleweed Park in Chandler at 7:30pm! We have reserved the McDowell Mountain Pavilion, so come out and enjoy the nice weather and your Rhythm community! James & his family will also be there, so please come and fellowship with us!
 
This is a large pavilion, so feel free to bring your kids if you want or need to. Dogs are also welcome as long as they are kept on leashes.
 
There are plenty of grills at the pavilion, so you can also feel free to bring your own food if you’d like to grill out. Volleyball courts are reserved on a first-come first-serve basis, so you can bring volleyballs, Frisbees, bocce, or anything else you’d like to play!
 
**If everyone can pitch in a couple of bucks for the facility rental that would be greatly appreciated since we are now a self-supported ministry!!**
 
Address & Directions are below:
 
Tumbleweed Park
2250 S. McQueen Rd.
Chandler, Arizona 85249
*SW Corner of Germann & McQueen
 
Hope to see you all there!!
 
“Not just a venue, but a movement”

We regretfully announce that due to financial concerns at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, the Singles Pastor position has been eliminated.  As a result, The Rhythm (as a formal ministry event) will no longer meet as usual.  A large group of singles participating in The Rhythm will continue to meet as often as possible (weekly is the goal).  The location of these meetings is still undetermined.  Please stay tuned to this web site for updates and email any questions and/or your contact information to jointherhythm@gmail.com.  In addition, singles in their 20’s are encouraged to check out Camber.  Singles in their 30’s and 40’s are encouraged to check out MOSAIC.  Lastly, if you would like to contact Pastor James directly, you can email him at jpatters13@gmail.com.

There will be no childcare provided for The Rhythm next week and the following week; 10/8 and 10/15.  We apologize for the inconvenience.