Neighborhood Engagement

 CornerStone began with a call and desire to go relationally deep in a specific neighborhood in West Huntsville. The goal was simply to know each person in our community and to sincerely value and love them as Christ does. In July of 2020, we hired Stephen Six as a  full-time staff member to lead our neighborhood engagement. Stephen, his wife Heidi, and their children have lived in this community since 2015 and their new role has allowed them to deepen established relationships while pursuing and engaging in new ones as well. In 2020 we also had the privilege of hiring two UAH students who live in our focus neighborhood. Our CornerStone interns bring a lot of energy and joy as well as important technical and language skills!  

The foundation of neighborhood engagement is relationships. Therefore, we value being in the neighborhood and listening to people well. As relationships form, we then have the privilege of responding to felt needs and helping people achieve their own goals. Just since this summer, that has looked like starting a learning pod to assist children in the community during distance learning, partnering with a family to form a backyard Bible club, helping a neighborhood build a backyard pool, celebrating the high school graduates from our neighborhood, providing hands-on crafts for kids during quarantine, organizing a prayer-walk through the neighborhood, distributing food, trimming trees, kayaking, installing a door, clearing out a drainage ditch, backyard worship, a men’s prayer group, and just enjoying meals and fellowship together. Our agenda is simple. Love people well and stick around even when things get tough!

If you would like to get involved with neighborhood engagement, fill out an application HERE!

Here are some pictures from this summer!