On Sunday, December 11th we will celebrate our second round of baptisms as a newly forming church – we can’t wait! We invite you to join us at Court in the Square as we celebrate God’s grace in forgiving real sin, in the real lives of real people. To learn a bit more about baptism go here or email us at if you’re interested in being baptized. More information regarding our regular Sunday gatherings can be found here. Save the date!
Advent, beginning Sunday, November 27th, is a season of expectation and anticipation of Jesus’ joyful arrival on Christmas Day. Join us as we celebrate our coming King and continue our sermon series through the book of Acts.
Sunday, Dec 4th | 2nd week of Advent
> Baby dedication
> DCC Financial update
Sunday, Dec 11th | 3rd week of Advent
> Baptisms!
Sunday, Dec 18th | 4th week of Advent
> Deacon installations
Sunday, Dec 25th | Christmas
> Family-style service @ 10:00am, Court in the Square
More information regarding our regular Sunday gatherings can be found here.
PARKING WARNING: The LAST Seahawks Sunday home game will be this Sunday, November 27th so parking will again be an issue for our Sunday gathering. We recommend arriving early to help set-up, enjoying breakfast in Pioneer Square, or carpooling. Also, try parking on Yesler in between 2nd Ave & I-5, under the viaduct, or in the International District, all of which are just a short walk away from Court in the Square. Hope to see you there!
For more info about our Sunday gatherings, go here.
If you’re not busy on Thanksgiving morning, you’re invited (rain or shine!) to participate in DCC’s First Annual Turkey Bowl. We’ll gather near the playground on the south end of Judkins Park on Thanksgiving Day at 8:00am for festive fall foods, games for kids, and a friendly game of co-ed flag football for those interested. Basically, this is just a good reason to hang out on Thanksgiving amidst friends, lawn chairs, blankets, shouting fan(s), laughter and good food. Bring a favorite fall breakfast treat or drink to share (hot chocolate, cider, coffee, etc). Don’t forget to dress warm and invite friends!
Judkins Park is at 22nd Ave S and S Norman, click map below to get directions.
We recently added a Resources page to our website where you can find an ever-growing list of resources intended for the encouragement, edification and equipping of the saints of Downtown Cornerstone Church. Currently it houses our:
Check it out as we continue to update it with more resources!
We need all the help we can get. The Launch Documents are a compilation of the various resources we created, synthesized or adapted during the Launch Community development phase (June-Dec 2010) of Downtown Cornerstone Church (DCC). Some of you will remember these! We formatted them for clarity and unity, but otherwise they were left untouched. Original sources are notated throughout, though admittedly there may be exceptions. Honestly, I can’t remember. We never planned to compile them. It’s messy…just like church planting.
First, for those that are new to DCC who would like to better understand where we’ve been as a newly forming church. Second, for those that have been a part of DCC from the beginning who need a refresher. Third, for those that are planting a church (or involved in a church plant) and are looking for a resource on how to cultivate their initial launch community. This is not the way to do it, but it is how we did it. It looks polished and put together, but that’s not how it felt when we were in the thick of it.
MAY ’10 We began with an initial prayer gathering which marked the start of our launch team recruitment and development. From there, we met every Sunday night and engaged the community on some level during the week (Happy Hours, service opportunities, city events, etc).
JUNE We took the first month (June) to discuss and debate our vision, mission and values (pp 5-22).
JULY-SEPT Then, we transitioned into a three month (July-Sept) study through the Gospel-Centered Life material from World Harvest Mission. This was crucial in setting a gospel-centered trajectory. We supplemented this material with tangible ways to live out our vision as a newly forming church (pp 23-26).
FALL ’10 In the fall of 2010 we held four preview gatherings. The first of these was a vision night for friends, family, neighbors, coworkers or anyone who was remotely interested in joining or supporting this work. We explored our core values over the course of the next three preview gatherings. We continued to meet as a launch community on the Sunday evenings in between. I also created a study that merged elements of Total Church, Tangible Kingdom and Gospel in Life (pp 27-66). After the “Loving the City to Life” material (pp 67-76) we transitioned into the next season.
JAN ’11 In January we went into “soft launch” mode with weekly Sunday semi-public gatherings in the AM.
APRIL On April 4th we marked our birth as a newly forming church in the heart of downtown Seattle.
Jesus gave us Great Commandments (Mat 22:36-40) and a Great Commission (Mat 28:18-20). Amidst the great joys and tribulations of planting, if you cultivate a vibrant relationship with Jesus, grow in community and mix-it up with non-Christians you’ll do well – and you and the city will be the better for it, no matter the outcome. Love God. Love people. Make disciples.
For Jesus’ Fame,
Pastor Adam