Lifestone Church Blog

This past Saturday was an amazing day!  LifeStone Church hosted the first annual South Side Easter Egg Hunt called, “The Big Hunt”.  They day started off at 10am for most of us with the set up of the entire event.  There was a lot to set up with food stations, sound system, games, craft tables, face painting table, prize table, registration, and of course a bunch of decoration!  We were blessed to be able to use the Armstrong Field in South Side.  This was a perfect location for this event!  the event started around 1pm, but by 12:30pm, there were already lines forming outside of the fence of the park!  It was a great site to see!  Everyone was so excited and so patient as we kicked off right at 1pm.  Parents and excited children began to file into the field where they had their choice of so many different activities.  The food line was long most of the day (go figure…lol).  But it seemed as if everyone was having an awesome time!  The weather was perfect and to top it off, Rita’s donated 5 gallons of italian ice to us.  People loved it!  Right at 2pm, people started to navigate over to the section of the field where all 7,000 of the Easter eggs were located.  As soon as we said “GO”  300 kids went crazy!  It was an amazing site!  Once they had filled their bags, they went over to the prize table to collect their candy and prizes they won.  Each egg had a number in it and that number represented a type of candy or prize they could redeem.  After they got their prizes, most people began to head home or at least leave the field.  We finished up right at 3pm and began to tear down what was one of the best if the best day LifeStone Church has had up to this point!
We want to thank all of the parents/grandparents/guardians, etc. who brought their kids to The Big Hunt!  We hope you had an amazing time and will always remember that there is a church that truly cares about you and your life!  This opportunity to host an Easter Egg hunt was not about us, it was about the families!  We did this so the families and kids of the community could have a connection point with each other and to help bring the sense of community back to South Side!

Next Up:  Our fourth monthly service on April 18th. YOU ARE INVITED!!!

WHERE: American Serbian Club (2523 Sarah St.)

WHEN: Sunday mornings @ 10:30am

WHO: YOU and EVERYONE you know!

Below are some pictures of the day!

Things covered in this video update:

• The Purpose of the LifeStone Blog
• Recap on our monthly service last Sunday
• Community Focus Night – Friday, March 26
• South Side Easter Egg Hunt – Saturday, April 3

As many of you know, we have recently finalized our search for a building to host our Sunday morning worship gatherings in (Thank you Jesus!).  We are so thankful that God has opened this door and are so excited about the future of LifeStone Church in Pittsburgh!

During this process of working with the great people of the ASC, there is one slight adjustment that we are going to have to make.  Most of you know that our launch date has been schedule for May 16, 2010, right?  Well, the ASC previously scheduled an event on May 16, 2010 that is unchangeable and Memorial Day is the following weekend.  So that means that the earliest we can launch into our weekly services is June 6, 2010.  In fact, that is precisely what we have done.  OUR NEW LAUNCH DATE IS JUNE 6, 2010! Please spread the word to as many people as you can that LifeStone Church will not be launching on May 16 anymore.  Rather we will be launching our weekly services on June 6.

PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR AN UPDATED LIST OF EVENTS.

We are so pumped!  “God is building His church and the gates of Hell will NOT prevail”!

GREAT NEWS EVERYONE! LifeStone Church has found a place to meet for our weekly services!  This facility will be a perfect location for us.  It has everything we need to offer relevant and life-giving services on Sunday mornings:

• A large space for KidsLife to meet (separate spaces for elementary, and for pre-k/babies).
• A large meeting space that seats up to 300 for the weekly LSC worship gatherings (built in stage, chairs, and tables).
• A large amount of off-street parking.
• The facility lay out is set up perfectly for a church.
• The facility is in a great location in the community (located on Sarah Street in between 25th and 26th streets).  This location is in the residential part of South Side and is also several blocks away from the South Side Works (the Works is where most of the expansion and growth of South Side is happening)!
• The management of the ASC are amazing people!  Vince, who is the manager of the club, is already becoming a friend of mine!  I am so thankful for the awesome relationships God is starting to develop!

Now that we have a home in our community, we can start to move forward with designing promotional materials for upcoming preview services and our Grand Opening!  So many doors have begun to open because this piece of the puzzle is in place now.  God is so faithful!  A HUGE Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us in our search!

This Sunday is LSC’s second monthly service and we couldn’t be more excited about it!  It is going to be an amazing service!  We have everything available for you and your family if you choose to worship with us.  We even have an awesome kids ministry called “KidsLife”.  Any child ages five and under will be taken care of and taught from God’s Word in a relevant way!   If you are reading this blog, consider yourself PERSONALLY INVITED to our service.  Below is the information that will help you get there:

Location: 2201 Duncan Avenue, Allison Park, PA 15101

Time: 10:30am

Date: This Sunday, February 21

If you have any questions regarding who we are as a church, please visit our church website at www.lifestonechurch.com.

Look forward to seeing you Sunday!