Light the Night is a great way to be out in your neighborhood on the busiest night of the year! You (or your group) supply the driveway, decorations, and food or drink and SLCC will provide the cups, napkins, and candy bags.

Get more information or sign up to host or help HERE

You can RSVP here

Parent Lab is a gathering for parents of children birth - high school held 2-3 times a year. It typically includes a time of sharing information, data, and resources on a subject, a question and answer time, and time to contemplate a write down a step you want to take. Some sections include discussions or idea sharing with other parents at your table.

Over several parent Lab gathering, we will be going over the book Habits of the Household by Justin Whitmel Earley. The book looks at how our daily habits can be a tool in guiding us and our families closer to God. This session, we’ll start with the chapter on habits immediately after waking and how you can use them to connect yourself, and in turn, your family, to God.

Also at this session, we’ll start a multi-session segment on Gender & Identity, what the Bible has to say, and how to influence your kids regarding the subject.

Our regular service on Sunday, September 29 will include family worship!
This means Kids' City will be closed for the beginning of the service.

After the first set of songs, Kids' City will open.

1. Please check your children into Kids' City before worship

2. Worship together as a family

3. After the first set of songs, Kids' City will open

4. Take your child and their extra sticker to the double doors that lead from the main room into the Kids' City hallway.

• Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers will all meet in the Zoo Room.

• Kindergarten - 5th grade will meet in Kids' City Park to do a service project

If you'd like to read more about why we're taking opportunities to include children in our group worship, you can do that here:
Why Intergenerational Worship? And Why Now?

Kids who will be Kindergarten age in the fall, will move up to the Kindergarten-2nd grade classroom. Kids finishing 2nd grade, will move up to the 3rd-5th grade classroom. Kids finishing 5th grade will graduate from Kids’ City into the big room for church and The Flood on Wednesday evenings starting on June 7. 

We know that parenting can be hard, stressful, and frustrating - as much as it can be amazing, rewarding, and life-giving. Here at South Lansing Christian Church we want to equip you by:

• Giving you helpful resources to use immediately.

• Encouraging you as you parent in today's modern culture

• Connecting you to a community of parents who are in the same situations as you.

This is not a "you need to be a better parent" kind of event. Parent Lab exists to come alongside you as you raise your children in the community and Kingdom of God. Join us for teaching, conversation, and collaborative Q&A.

You can RSVP here

We know parents and caregivers are their children’s primary faith influence and want to encourage, assist, and challenge you in that role. When the church and family work together, we make a bigger impact in kids’ lives! Our child dedication is a chance to make a public declaration to work to raise your child to be a follower of Christ and for the church to commit their support.

After the sermon, we will introduce and pray for all the families participating.

If you are interested in participating, please email greta@seekstudyserve.org

5th graders who will soon be 6th graders are invited to visit The Flood, our ministry for 6th-8th graders!
A typical schedule for their meetings is:
7:00 - 7:30 - Hangout Time
7:30 - 8:00 - Group Game
8:00 - 8:30 - Lesson Time
You can read more about The Flood HERE

Sunday, April 28th in Serve Day. We will meet at the church at 10am for a short gathering (probably about 15 minutes) of songs, communion, and prayer. Then we will go into our community and serve. Because of the short gathering, Kids' City will be closed.

We encourage you to find a serving opportunity where your kids can serve too.

• The projects at City Rescue Mission and Advent House are not ones children can help with.

• Closely-supervised children can help at Homeless Angels. Please be aware children should not be left unattended, particularly girls. Homeless Angels provides services to anyone in need, including people whose language or choices could be troubling to children who are easily upset. Please take your own child into account when deciding whether or not to serve here.

• Children can help with The Good Neighbor Initiative. Possible projects include yard work and minor home repairs.

• Other ideas for serving with younger children include checking if a nearby neighbor would like help with yard work, picking up trash along a favorite walking route, or making and delivering cards for someone who is not able to leave home often, residents in a senior home, or someone in the hospital

Rain or Shine
In the event of rain, the event will be moved inside.

The Angel Breakfast is a special morning for three to five year olds and their families!

They are invited to gather for fun crafts, a retelling of the Christmas story, a delicious breakfast and a visit by singing angels!
 
The Christmas season carries with it a great sense of wonder, excitement and joy; who better to welcome this with wide eyes and hearts than preschoolers? This event is designed specifically with these children in mind.  

We hope you will join us on Saturday morning, December 14th in Kid's City Park at 9:00 am. 

Please RSVP here!

Email Josh with any questions!

On Sunday, July 31st our worship service will look a little different. There will be more kids in the big room than most other Sundays! In Kid's City, The Aquarium and Zoo will be open for babies and toddlers, but the K-5th rooms will be closed for the morning. Why? There's several reasons.

• First, we want to create time for families to worship together.
• Second, Josh and Walter, our Children's and Youth ministers are going to share South's vision for partnering with families to raise godly kids.
• Finally, the annual church picnic will be right after the service and Kid's City Park will be used as a staging area to prepare for this event. We're expecting a big crowd, we've invited our SLCC family and friends from the community! 

If you have younger children, we believe it's vital for you to explain the different elements of the worship service to them as they participate with you. We will have activity totes at the Kid's City Check In Station for you to pick up. These will have various activities for them to engage in while listening to the sermon. 

Our hope is to create space and time for your family to worship together and share our hearts on partnering with families!

We believe it's important for parents & kids to worship together. To sing the same songs, hear the same message and engage together in worship as a family. 

Over the next 9 months, we've planned out 3 of these family worship events to help your family Seek, Study and Serve together. 

We look forward to Seeking with you in just a few weeks!

RSVP at 
https://southlansingcc.ccbchurch.com/form_response.php?id=92

Questions? Email josh@seekstudyserve.org

Bring your lunch and enjoy an afternoon connecting with other Kid's City families at South! We'll set up at the playground.

Bring your lunch and enjoy an afternoon connecting with other Kid's City families at South! We'll set up at the playground.

An afternoon of faith, fellowship, and baseball at Cooley Law School Stadium

Parents & kids are invited to join us for a time of worship and creative teaching!
After our time of worship, there will be fun activities for kids and an informational meeting for parents concerning the direction of Kid's City over the next 3 months.  We hope you will join us!

Click here to RSVP.

What could a movie about a racing slug have to do with real life? Great question. Drop your kids off, go out to dinner and find out when you pick them up!

Movie & discussions are geared toward children K-5th grade. Childcare will be provided for infants & toddlers. Snacks will be provided for all ages.

Questions? Email Josh Antonopulos