You and I live in a hurried world that defines success through production and power. The story that we seem to tell ourselves is that we are not enough unless we measure up to this expectation. My greatest desire is that we might stop and rest for a while in a safe place, so that we might hear a different narrative. God’s good story is that you and I are created in the image of a good Father, to reflect his presence in the world. In the church, we find a place where we are welcome and belong, no matter where our journey has taken us. When we are together we hear the voice that says “You are my beloved son or daughter”. 

I love the Living Stones Church because we recognize that our neighbors are part of our story and we desire to embrace that story as our own. We trust that God intersects our lives and creates in each and every one of us a new story.

We have been called to the South Side of South Bend. While our congregation is made up of people from many surrounding neighborhoods our focus is that those who live on the surrounding streets and communities will no longer be strangers, but friends. And through a spirit of hospitality and generosity you will find a place where we are all welcome and have a sense of belonging that identifies you as family. 

Lowell joined the Staff at Living Stones Church as the Lead Pastor in February of 2024. He has been an elder at Living Stones since 2017, and he and Katie have been “All In” at Living Stones since 2009. 

When Lowell is not at the church, you might find him enjoying time with his family, working in his woodshop, hiking a trail or fly fishing in a stream. 

Lowell and Katie have been married for 35 wonderful years and have two children, Daniel and Noah and his wife, Aspen. Lowell received a degree in Bible and Ministry from Kentucky Christian University in 1991 and was ordained the previous year. He has served in several churches as a Youth Minister and Lead Pastor, the most recent being as a Campus Minister, founding a ministry to the local universities in the South Bend area in 2009 where they welcomed university students from all over the world into their home and to their family. 

My favorite scripture verse is Galatians 6:9 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”