Lifestone Church Blog

LSC First Water Baptism Service

Jack Thomas — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:14:39 +0000

This past Sunday was such a day of celebration at LifeStone Church! We were on location at the Ormsby pool in South Side for our first, of many, water baptism services. We had a shortened service which still had worship and the word, but the main focus, as you can see, was the water baptisms! Wow, was it amazing to see people walking in obedience to God’s word! We finished the day off with a light lunch and fellowship time but the highlight of the day was obviously the work God was doing in the pool! Below are some pictures of the day! Enjoy!

Weekend Re-cap!

Jack Thomas — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:09:19 +0000

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!

The Big Hunt THIS SATURDAY!! YOU’RE INVITED!

Jack Thomas — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:19:37 +0000

You are invited to the FIRST ANNUAL South Side Easter Egg Hunt called, THE BIG HUNT!

WHEN: This Saturday, April 3 from 1pm-3pm

WHERE: Armstrong Field in South Side (Corner of 13st and Sarah St.)

COST: Absolutely FREE

LifeStone Church Video Update

lifestonechurch — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:56:03 +0000

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

Launch Date Change!

Jack Thomas — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:26:22 +0000

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”!

LifeStone Church Has Found a Home In South Side!

Jack Thomas — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:14:16 +0000

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!

Preview Service This Sunday – You’re Invited!

Jack Thomas — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:33:51 +0000

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!

An invite to the “LSC Community Focus Night”!

lifestonechurch — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:32:22 +0000

Good morning all! I want to take a few minutes today to invite you to the LifeStone Church “Community Focus Night” this Friday at 7pm. It will be held at Phillips Elementary School in South Side in their gymnasium (Click Here for Directions). You might be wondering what on earth is this “Community Focus Night”??? Thanks for asking…lol. “Community Focus” is our terminology for vision at LifeStone Church. It is the central and starting point for everything we do. Here it is: “Our community focus is that Authentic Relationships, Serving Our Community, and Spiritual Transformation would bridge all cultures to the cross”. This night is specifically geared towards what makes LifeStone Church tic? Our Lead Pastors, Jack and Jamie Thomas will be sharing their story and heart for LifeStone Church. They will be talking about the community focus of LSC and how God is compelling us to “bridge all cultures to the cross”! Here are several questions we will be answering Friday night:

How is this community focus going to be lived out and become a reality instead of just a statement?
How can I connect with what God is doing and the people of LifeStone Church?

Secondly, you will meet some great people who already call LifeStone Church their home. We will have deserts/coffee available and for all you parents out there, the leaders of KidsLife will be able to watch and connect with your children during the gathering.

This is your opportunity to learn and connect more with what’s happening at LifeStone Church! So please consider this a personal invite from us to you! If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Tiffany Hendrix at tiffanyh@lifestonechurch.com.

Hope to see you Friday night!

A New Phase For LifeStone Church

Jack Thomas — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:26:58 +0000

Next Sunday, January 3rd is going to be a monumental time for LifeStone Church! On this Date, South Side Speaks (our outreach group) will make the big transition into the LifeStone Launch Team! This is a major thing because our team will go from just doing outreach, to also forming the structure, ministries, teams, and foundation of LifeStone. This team will hit the ground running very soon to start living out our community focus, “Bridging All Cultures to the Cross”. Also on January 3rd, we will be introducing all of our staff for the first time and all of our team leaders. Each staff and team leader will be giving a full description of their ministry and how it will assist LifeStone Church in “Bridging All Cultures to the Cross”! It should be a great night! Below is a list of all church staff and team leaders we will be introducing on that night:

LifeStone Staff

Associate Pastor
Worship Leader
Administrative Assistant
KidsLife Director
KidsLife Pre-K/Babies Director
Media Director
Assimilation Director
Outreach Director
LifeGroups Director (Future Ministry)
Student Ministries Pastor (Future Ministry)

Team Leaders

Guest Services Director
Lead Service Host (Ushers)
Lead Greeter
Lead Security
Cafe Hosts
Sign Team Director
Set-up/Tear Down Director

Each of these staff members and team leaders are in place, committed, and already planning/building their ministries and teams! I have been praying for the last two years that God would assemble a FULL team and staff to launch and build the church! People thought I was crazy to believe for this! Well guess what??? He did it! As I mentioned earlier, this team will be introduced on January 3rd and the LifeStone Launch Team will officially begin! I am so proud of each of these people and thankful for their servants hearts! We have the best staff and team in the entire world and I am honored that we get to assist and cooperate with Holy Spirt to build LifeStone Church together! Please keep our team in your prayers as we are “Bridging All Cultures to the Cross”!

LifeStone Blog (www.lifestoneblog.com)

Jack Thomas — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:07:13 +0000

Well, very soon LifeStone Church will be launching its website. For the last several years, this blog has served as the online presence of LifeStone Church, but was never meant to become the actual website for LifeStone Church. This was an avenue to inform and present what God is doing to the online world. We will be transitioning in just a few weeks to a Launch Team that will launch LifeStone Church on May 16, 2010! How exciting. At that time, www.lifestonechurch.org will be directed to our main website, www.lifestonechurch.com. So now you might be wondering what happens to this blog. Well this blog will turn into www.lifestoneblog.com. It will remain a blog for the LifeStone staff to write, update, and share thoughts. I encourage you to continue to visit this blog although its purpose and structure will change a bit. We will also have it linked to our websites main page so you can access it from there also if you wish!

This change will happen sometime just after the first of the year! Thanks for all of the support and encouragement!