South Side Speaks

Bring a friend this Wednesday to South Side Speaks! We will be talking about our third core value and get important info about our role at Light Up Night!! What an honor to be invited by the Chamber of Commerce to help with a huge event! And we’ll get to see the same parents from Kid’s Fest! How great is that! And if you know any family or friends that have children, they should come too! There will be pictures with Santa, carolling, sncaks, cookie decorating and more! Check out our Facebook page “South Side Speaks” for more details!

Woo-hoo!! Finally, tomorrow night (Wednesday) South Side Speaks will meet at the Brashear Association on the corner of 20th and Sarah St. We will be there at 7pm. Bring a friend or two, cause we’ll have plenty of room for all!!

Thank the Lord for providing in such a phenomenal way! He went before us and gave us exactly what we needed. What a loving, caring Father we have! He always provides where He leads. The fact we have a larger venue in which to grow reminds me that He already has the plan figured out.

So we continue to walk by faith, not looking at what we have or don’t have. We choose to believe  and trust in His Word. His vision. And as we take those steps, He will make a way. He will continue to do what we cannot do on our own. How wonderful to be part of His church!

If you have any questions, please email me at gretchenl@lifestonechurch.com. We will see you tomorrow at 7pm at Brashear!

So tonight at 7pm, South Side Speaks will be meeting at Brugger’s Bagels on Carson and South 18th. We will be canvasing the area to invite families with young kids (up to age to the South Side Kid’s Fall Festival! The Fall Festival is this Saturday, October 31st at 6pm at Big Dog Coffee .

Big Dog is located at 2717 Sarah Street in the South Side. If you are interested in vounteering, please contact Lori Chiapelli at lorichiappelli@hotmail.com. Lori is the project manager and would love to hear from you!

Come to South Side Speaks tonight to learn more about it! And bundle up, cause it will get into the low 50’s tonight. Not parka weather, but definitely a sweatshirt or jacket.

Tonight will be our last time meeting at Brugger’s. Next week, South Side Speaks will make two transitions. First, we will be meeting on Wednesdays at 7pm, NOT Thursdays. We made the switch beacause the Brashear Association has graciously opened their doors to us for a much larger meeting space! We will be meeting at the Brashear Association on Wednesdays at 7pm beginning next Wednesday, November 4th.

The Brashear Association is providing the space for FREE! God really gave us favor and supplied exactly what we needed! Plenty of room to bring friends and families! The Brashear Association is located at 2005 Sarah St. Pittsburgh, PA 15203.  And we will meet there starting next Wednesday, November 4th.

If you have any questions, please email me at gretchenl@lifestonechurch.com.

This Thursday, we are meeting at Brugger’s on E.Carson and South 18th at 7pm. We’ll invite families to our very first South Side Kid’s Festival!! Which will be this Saturday at 6pm at Big Dog Coffee on Sarah Street. This will be for kids ages 8 and under. The focus is families with young kids.

If you know a family with young kids, by all means bring them! It will be a great time with activities and goodies! We’re providing a safe, fun environment where kids can enjoy Fall and be loved and appreciated!

If you have any questions, please email me at gretchenl@lifestonechurch.com.

This Saturday, October 17th we will be doing our second focus night of blessing the homeless community! Meet at 8pm in the Giant Eagle parking lot. Located on Wharton and South 21st street. From there,we’ll get into distribution teams.

Please email Tiffany with your RSVP or questions at tiffanyh@lifestonechurch.com.

Also, Saturday, October 31st we are meeting at Big Dog Coffee to host a Fall Kid’s Festival. 6pm-8pm.  This will be a pre-trick-or-treat event for kids up to age 10. Any questions or ideas, contact Tiffany, our Outreach Director.

If you know anyone who also has a heart to serve, bring them! All ages and familes are welcomed!

We will be meeting tomorrow at 7pm at Brugger’s on East Carson and South 18th Street! Ron will be sharing from the Word, and we’ll hear more details about upcoming outreaches!

All ages are welcome! If you know anyone else who wants to make a difference, bring them along! Together, we will be a voice of life and transformation to the South Side!

Want to help the homeless in the South Side? Come to Brugger’s at 7pm. East Carson and S. 18th- we’ll be organizing items in the back parking lot.

Bring a friend or two! Everyone is welcome! Also, if you have any blankets or clothing from home to donate bring it all! There will be a team at Brugger’s at 6pm to help organize items, so feel free to come over a little early.

NOTE- tonight is the Penguin’s opening game. Make sure you allow yourself plenty of time to get through traffic.

We get to bless those who are usually forgotten. If you have a heart to make a difference, tonight is for you! Dress warm and wear a smile.

This Thursday at South Side Speaks is going to be very special! We will be getting ready for Friday night- our very first outreach to the homeless community! If you have been looking for an opportunity to make a difference, here it is!

Thursday night at 7pm at Brugger’s we will meet to go over important details for Friday. It will also be a time to be encouraged and strengthened by the Word and get to know the team! Then Friday, we meet again at Brugger’s at 7pm to organize teams and items for the homeless.

If you have items you want to donate, please bring them with you on Thursday. If you have any friends, relatives, co-workers or strangers you meet at Giant Eagle who enjoy helping others, bring them with you on Thursday! What a great time to invite those around us! If you’re not sure if they’d like to go, ASK!  No harm done if they say no. 

How interesting in Mark 16 when Jesus gives the Great Commission, He starts by “sending” them to their home town. Right where they live. Their city. Then He says to work outward from there to the ends of the earth.

We get to follow the Great Commission in a very real way on Friday. Actually, we have the opportunity to do that every day, but Friday we are joining corporately and focusing one particular area.

I also love how anytime Jesus served others, He never really said “So that you’ll join my synagogue” or “Because you are so needy”. No. Everything He did was to show people who exactly God is. And that He’s not far away. He’s very personal, approchable, huggable.

First and foremost the people we encounter Friday(and every day) are God’s treasures. His reason for living and dying down here. They are His sons, His daughters. Our brothers and sisters.

The word Andy preached about personal ministry this weekend at APC was confirmation of what God’s been speaking to and through South Side Speaks! Great faith comes from great service!

By stepping out in faith, we increase our dependence upon Him! In our own strength, none of us are capable or qualified. But because of His call, His strength and His Spirit we have everything we need.

Personal minitry is a practical way to grow your faith. At South Side Speaks, we’re doing just that! Everytime we meet, we always achieve the goal of figuring out how to serve the community. This week, you have the opportunity to grow your faith.

All it will take is you showing up. Giving of your time, giving of yourself. Friday, October 2 at 7pm- Brugger’s Bagels we will be teaming up to be a blessing to the homeless community. Have an extra sweat shirt or jacket? Bring it. But most importantly, bring yourself and others who want to be a voice of life and transformation.

For more info, contact Adam Stein at amstein@pointpark.edu or Tiffany at tiffanyh@lifestonechurch.com.

This Thursday and Friday, Oct. 1-2, South Side Speaks is going to live out some Scripture. We’re taking God seriously and helping His dreams come true.

What is your reaction when you see a homeless person? Pity? Annoyance? Indifference? Or maybe is it one of compassion, a desire to do something to help our fellow brother or sister? Jesus made it quite clear in Scripture that everyone is our neighbor, and this week South Side Speaks is springing into action.

Thursday is very important, because we will be going over everything in detail that will occur Friday. Anything you want to donate- blankets, sleeping bags, winter clothes you know you won’t wear- bring it all Thursday.

Friday we will go out in teams to where the homeless community lives. We will be giving them more than just a shirt or shoes, we’ll give them hope. Life. Compassion. Most importantly, we will give them Jesus. We’ll show He is still the God of the poor. No matter what we look like, where we live- He died for us all. We are all the same in His eyes.

Here is some Scripture if you’d like to dig into what God thinks about those who have no home.   Leviticus 25:35         Isaiah 61         Luke 12,14,18        Acts 9,10,24

And look at your own life. We were all poor till Jesus came into our lives. Everything we have physically is from Him. Everything.

If you know anyone who would like to make a difference, this is the place. Bring them Thursday and Friday. I promise they will walk away more blessed than they can imagine. God is just like that.