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Pastor Scott and his wife Kim started New Story Church in 2020. They are passionate about building the local church and inviting all to discover the new story God has for their life. Scott and Kim live in Kenmore, NY with their sons Clark and Bruce.
3200 Elmwood Ave, Tonawanda, NY 14217
Every Sunday at 10:00am
Join us for our 65 minute service. In addition to free coffee, you can expect worship music and uplifting messages every week. Story Kids is available for children birth-5th grade.
Our leadership is passionate about helping people discover the new story Jesus has for their lives. Made up of both staff and volunteers, our team serves together with a shared heart for Christ and His church.
Scott Lackey
Lead Pastor
Neil Friedman
CEO + Pastoral Care Board Member
Joy Wielo
Worship Pastor
Aaron Wielo
Production Director
Dan Paterson
Story Kids Coordinator
Heather Paterson
Story Kids Coordinator
Jason Pappas
Pastoral Care Board Member
Lisa Griffiths
Pastoral Care Board Member
We exist so that people can discover the new story that Jesus wants to tell through their lives.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Practice - We commit our lives to imitating Jesus. Following Him is not just an idea, but a new way of life. We let go of old habits and adopt the practices Jesus Himself lived out—such as prayer, generosity, fasting, and community—so that we can become more like Him every day.
1 John 2:6
Participate - We embrace meaningful community with Jesus and His church. Faith is not a solo journey—we are saved into a family. Every person has a gift and calling, and together we grow, serve, and live out God’s mission as active participants in His Kingdom work.
1 Corinthians 12:27
Proclaim - We declare and demonstrate the gospel of Jesus. As ambassadors for Christ, we share the good news of reconciliation with God—both in our words and in the way we live. We bring hope and peace to a world that desperately needs to experience the love of Jesus.
Mark 16:15
Jesus is completely human and God. The fullness of God is in Christ and revealed through Christ. Jesus came to earth, lived a perfect life, and defeated death for humanity’s salvation. Any person who chooses to follow Jesus is a new creation—participating in His new Kingdom.
Colossians 1:15 | Hebrews 1:3 | Colossians 1:19; 2:9 | John 14:7-9 | John 14:6 | John 10:10 | 1 Corinthians 15 | Matthew 6:9-13 | 2nd Corinthians 5:17
God created humans in His image and likeness. Humanity fell into sin, and our only hope of restoration to our original intent and abundant/eternal life is through Jesus Christ. Jesus is the true image bearer, He demonstrates to us how to become truly human.
Gen. 1:26-31 | Gen. 3:17 | John 10:10 | John 14:6 | John 17:3 | Romans 5:12-21 | Colossians 1:15
Salvation for humanity comes through Jesus Christ alone. Once we have salvation in Christ, we are renewed and restored by the Holy Spirit dwelling within us. Salvation is not just about the afterlife. It is a work that begins in this life and equips us to be beacons of salvation, hope, and life. Salvation promises eternal life, but eternity starts when we know Jesus.
John 14:6 | Ephesians 1:13 | Ephesians 2:8-9 | Titus 2:11 | Titus 3:5-7 | Luke 24:47 | John 10:10 | Colossians 1:14-15 | John 17:3
There is one God, eternally existing as three members; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Genesis 1:1 | Matthew 28:19 | John 1:1 | John 4:24 | Romans 1:20 | Ephesians 4:5-6 | 2 Corinthians 13:14 | Romans 8:9-11
We believe the Bible to be the only inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. The Holy Spirit inspired human authors to write both the Old and New Testament. The Bible contains the true story of God renewing and resurrecting his creation in Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 3:16 | 2 Peter 1:20-21 | John 5:39 | John 5:46-47
As followers of Jesus, the same Spirit that lived within the living Christ lives within us. The Holy Spirit empowers us to live out the fruit of the Spirit, gives us supernatural gifts to build others up, set’s us free, and reminds us of the way of Jesus. The Holy Spirit leads us in the process of sanctification.
1 Corinthians 6:19 | Romans 8:11 | Galatians 5:22 | 2 Corinthians 3:17 | John 14:26
The church is not a building. The church is the people who have given their lives to Jesus. The church is the body of Christ, the spiritual house of God. The church is the vehicle by which God brings about his Kingdom work on earth as it is in Heaven.
1 Peter 2 | Matthew 5-7 | Ephesians | Romans 12
God desires for all to be saved. Some will reject that desire. God does not impose his will on these people, therefore, they will end up eternally separated from God in a place of torment called Hell. Followers of Christ await a transformed Heaven and Earth that reflects the nature of the original garden of Eden. The story of the Scriptures is not about us getting to Heaven, but about Heaven coming to the earth to renew all of humanity and all of creation. The resurrected life that begins in the present age will exist in the age to come.
1st Timothy 2:4 | Matthew 25:46 | 1 Thessalonians 1:9 | Revelation 20:10 | 2 Peter 3:13 | Revelation 21:1 | 1 Corinthians 15:58