As a part of the 2012 vision I shared with our church on January 1, we will be launching our Generations Movements in just a few months. Over this last year, we have had a steady influx of college students and teenagers begin to attend our church thus creating the need for youth and young adult movements to form. Let me take just a minute to explain in even greater detail why we feel so passionate about beginning these Movements this year and what is to come:
Real Life Youth Movement – I believe that God desperately wants to and is raising up a younger generation that is completely sold out for Him. His heart is that this generation would not be ashamed of the gospel but seek to live it, share it, breathe it and own it! Young people today are pulled and stretched from so many directions that without God in their life, it’s almost certain a downward spiral will occur. This is the kind of world we live in but I believe God has a greater plan for today’s generation. Because of that, we will be launching the “Real Life Youth Movement” in just a few months. Our desire is to build up young people in Christ, then release them to make Him known. We currently don’t have an official vision, logo and all that jazz in place. However, we are praying and really seeking God’s heart during this time of foundational development. God has blessed our church with a good core of young people ranging from 6th-12th grades. We are excited to kick off our Youth Movement and give them a place to belong where they can grow in Christ and be sent out to make a difference for God in their world!
Young Adult/College Movement – LifeStone Church is a younger church with many college students and young adults that call it home. We have attracted college students from several local institutions such as: Point Park University and the University of Pittsburgh. Many of these students are on fire for God and ready to begin reaching their campuses for Jesus. Our desire for this movement is to see three things happen on a regular basis: 1) A weekly small group discipleship system. 2) A bi-weekly “connection or social” event. 3) A monthly worship experience right on one of the campuses. We currently have tremendous leadership in place along with many of our college students and other young adults in the church stepping up to develop this. Our hope is that over the next few months, our hard work combined with God’s supernatural favor, power and direction, we will see this (un-named a this point) Young Adult Movement be set in motion with the purpose of reaching the lost, discipling the saved, and creating genuine opportunities for authentic relationships to develop. Not to mention, having a blast while doing all of it. 
10 prayer focus points for Youth and Young Adult Movements:
1. We are in need of the RIGHT and “God-chosen” Student Ministries Pastor to oversee, lead, build and develop both movements.
2. Pray for a venue for our young adults to meet in on a monthly basis for worship.
3. Pray for those on leadership that they would continue to fuel the fire in them to reach teenagers and young adults for Christ.
4. Pray for favor with the universities we will be trying to get on and do ministry.
5. Pray for Holy Spirit to open doors that no man can shut.
6. Pray that our hearts would be in tune with Him and we would have clear vision for the future.
7. Pray for our current teenagers that they would own this and continue to grow in Christ!
8. Pray for our college students that they would own this and continue to grow in Christ!
9. Pray for those teenagers that have not been connected at this point! Pray for the teenagers we will be reaching this year!
10. Pray for those college students and young adults that have not been connected at this point! Pray for all of those that we will be reaching this year !
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