IMPORTANT COVID-19 INFORMATION

We are currently in Phase 2 of our COVID Response Plan.

Four-Phase COVID Response Plan
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Should I Attend Church?
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Not finding what you're looking for? Try clicking the COVID-19 Archive tab above!
A message on continued giving
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Online Giving Instructions
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Simply Giving Form
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FAITH FORMATION - FALL 2020

Kingdom Kids (age 3 - 4th Grade) &
Breakfast Club (5th & 6th Grade)

​Confirmation (7th - 9th Grade)
Once-a-month meetings in person
  • Begins Sunday, Sept. 13 with future meetings on Oct. 11, Nov.15 & Dec. 13
  • Meets 8:45 - 9:15AM (we plan to keep our current 8AM & 9:30AM service schedule into the fall)
  • All Kingdom Kids (age 3 - 4th Grade) will meet in the sanctuary unless numbers necessitate us splitting the group.
  • Breakfast Club (5th & 6th Grade) will meet separately in the youth room during the same time slot.
  • No registration is required this year, but we are requesting that families RSVP on our website for in-person meetings to give us a better handle on group size ahead of time.   
  • Masks are required in the church building for children over 5.

Weekly virtual resources
  • Provided each Sunday we do not meet in person. Include bible story videos, at-home crafts/snacks/coloring sheets, prayer cards
  • Available here on our website - current week's content will be on our home page, past weeks under COVID archive tab 
  • In-person meetings will also be recorded and posted on the website for any students unable to join 

Other Notes
  • Long-term, we will plan to reassess Kingdom Kids programming after Christmas, but we are also keeping things flexible as local COVID numbers change.  
  • Speaking of Christmas, the kids' Christmas program is still up in the air. We will make a decision on that front in early November. If an in-person program isn't advisable at that time, we will make plans for a virtual one!  
Meetings in person once every three Wednesdays
  • Begins Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 6:30PM for all students
    • This first meeting will be to get oriented to our flow this fall and reconnect with small groups.
    • We will not meet in a large group.  Instead, each small group will meet in their own classroom.
  • After 9/16, our 6 small groups will be split into 3 pairs, roughly by grade.  Each small group pair will meet every third Wednesday at the church, 6:30 - 8PM.  Full schedule of Wednesdays will be handed out on Sept. 16th.
  • Each Wednesday, we will have approx. one hour of mixed lecture/discussion, followed by worship.

Small group check-ins
  • On "off-weeks," students will meet with their small groups, either virtually or in person.  Time and format of these meetings are up to the group and their leader.
  • These meetings are for check-ins/devotions and are required as part of the confirmation curriculum this fall.
  • The Wednesday night worship will be live-streamed for any community members who wish to participate.  All students not meeting in person are encouraged to attend worship virtually.

​Other Notes
  • Long-term, we will plan to reassess Confirmation programming after Christmas, but we are also keeping things flexible as local COVID numbers change.  In the event of another shutdown, in-person lessons will continue virtually.
  • Incoming 7th graders and new students, please register below.  Last year's students do not need to re-register.

Senior High Group (10th - 12th Grade)

​Our Senior High group will meet in person at the church beginning on Sept. 23rd at 6:30pm.  They will meet every other Wednesday throughout the fall, with gap weeks featuring an online engagement of their choosing.  The virtual elements of this group will be discussed at the first meeting.

Wednesdays, 6:30 - 7:30PM in the youth room, followed by worship
September 23
October 7 & 21
November 4 & 18
​December 2 & 16 

    Confirmation New Student Registration

Virtual Sunday Service

Sunday, September 27: The Forgiver and the Forgiven - Genesis 50

Kingdom Kids Resources

9/20: It's Palm Sunday in September! Let's review the story of the people praising Jesus as King from Luke 19!
Luke 19 Activity Pages Age 3+
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Luke 19 Activity Pages Age 7+
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Crown Craft
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WEEKLY WORSHIP

​SUNDAYS at
8 AM - Drive in Service
9:30AM - Sanctuary Service​​
or HERE for virtual service

Learn more about us:

SOME OF OUR MONTHLY
​STEWARDSHIP PRACTICES

Stewardship--the spiritual faith practice of applying our time, talent, and treasures toward God's mission of love and mercy in this world--is a SIGNIFICANT theme here at SSLC.  Here are a couple of ways that we, for the sake of the world, practice good stewardship of what God has given us: 

1st Sunday Food Pantry Offering

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On the 1st Sunday of every month, we set out our Food Shelf collection box to receive the gifts from any and all who are willing and able to give. 

4th Sunday Noisy Offering
September 2020 Newsletter
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Our 4th Sunday Noisy Offerings, something that you would have to experience to truly appreciate. Try to imagine, though, what a hundred dollars or more in change might SOUND like hitting the bottom of a metal paint can!! It is music to generous ears, and we believe it is music to God's ears too!!

Our Noisy Offerings are applied to other missions and ministries apart from South Santiago locally (within the Sherburne-Wright-Benton-Stearns County area), state- or nation-wide, and globally. Past recipients have included Minnesota Food Share, Lutheran Disaster Relief, and Becker Backpack Buddies.

Join us in constructing your own Noisy Offering box in whatever creative way you can dream up. Use it to collect your daily change. And because of God's overwhelming love revealed in the resurrection of Jesus, help us be CHANGE in our world! 
You can Support the Ministries of South Santiago through a secure PayPal donation.
​Thank you for your gifts.