UPCOMING at City Life

Sunday, September 29, 2024 City Life Youth launched! City Life Youth is for all 6th-12th graders and meets every Sunday night from 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. We will be offering some fundraisers throughout the month of October and will be having our first event on Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., with a Corn Maze outing and bonfire! Be sure to watch and listen for more details coming and be sure to be a part of all the fun!

On this day, we’ll celebrate City Life’s 19th birthday, have a chili cook-off contest after the 11:00 a.m. service, and we’ll also celebrate being halfway through Kingdom Foundations with our “Kingdom Foundations: Halftime Show“! This will be a day of celebrating our commitment to our missional focus of church, neighborhood, and world and seeing how far we’ve come.

Pastor Christy, Pastor Phil, and Quese will attend a denominational gathering with our Great Lakes Region Sept. 29 through Oct. 1, Tuesday, midday. The shower ministry will function as usual, and the office will be open regular hours for the week of Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, Monday-Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

It’s not too late to sign up for a Life Group for this fall! We hope everyone will find a group that works for them! Adventure Club is our Life Group for kids’ (infant through 5th grade) that is held during many of the Wednesday night adult life groups. We hope to see all our City Life families participate this fall! Sign up in person at church or by filling out the online form at this link or via this QR code. There are also links and descriptions of the groups offered on the Life Groups page.

Join us for our first official young adults meeting Sunday, October 6, after the second service in the Youth Room! We want to connect with you and feed you! We hope to see you there! Bring your friends! (We consider someone who is between the ages of 18 to 35 a young adult.)

2024-2025 YOUNG ADULTS EVENTS CALENDAR [PDF]
CLICK HERE (or use the button below) to view, download, or print the 2024-2025 Young Adults Events Calendar!

A few members of the City Life Young Adults ministry will be traveling to Orlando from October 7 through 11 to discover new ways to grow and develop the program to make it a great space for all young adults in our church and neighborhood. We have received a significant grant this year to assist with the Young Adults program and this is the first step in utilizing that money to create a great ministry! Please pray over them on this trip that they come back equipped with the tools to help manifest God’s kingdom here in the Young Adults space.

City Life will host chapel at Mel Trotter Ministries on the 5th Thursday evenings of the month (when that occurs) over the next year. If you’d like to attend chapel on these evenings and help with serving in some capacity, please reach out to [email protected]. Besides our worship team and teaching time, we will also need people to mingle with guests, bring homemade snacks, and offer a warm welcome.

If you are currently staying at Mel Trotter, Adam Lipscomb wants to talk with you about being part of a Hospitality Team for chapels! Listen for his announcement today, and pick up a flier from Adam for more details.

If you are not currently on our list to receive communications, we would like to include you on our monthly newsletter and occasional church mailings. Cards can be turned in to the offering baskets, the Welcome Table, or by using the Online Form. Thank you!

SHOWER TRUCK MINISTRY UPDATE
We are pleased to announce that City Life will be continuing the partnership with Mel Trotter Ministries shower outreach through the end of November. We are taking the next three months to determine if we have the volunteer capacity to continue this ministry long-term. If you have considered helping out on Monday mornings (either regularly or once in awhile), we’d love to have you come and assist!
This summer we served nearly 300 people with showers, meals, clothing, and housing help. There are still people to reach through this ministry and we are looking forward to seeing where God takes us.
DATES: Mondays, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. September 9–November 25

• 9:00 a.m. Mel Trotter Ministries
• 9:05 a.m. Ferguson
• 9:45 a.m. 44th and Byron Center (Ramblewood Apartments)
• 10:00 a.m. 32nd and Eastern
• 10:10 a.m. Logan and Eastern
• City Life Church
• 10:30 a.m. Lake Michigan Dr. And Gold St.
• City Life Church

Rides home will be given after the service as well.

If you’re new to needing a ride to church, please call the church office so we can make accommodation.
Looking for a good way to meet City Lifers? The transportation team is looking for on-call, small group, and Sunday morning drivers. If interested, please write “Drive” on your Communication Card at church or use our online Contact Form and we will get in touch with you!

• Mon., Oct. 21 Community Leadership Meeting (all volunteers)
• Sun., Oct. 27 Kingdom Foundations “Half-way Home” Sunday and Chili Cook-off
• Sun., Nov. 24 Deck the Halls
• Sun., Dec. 8 Blue Christmas Service, 7:00 p.m.
• Tues., Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Service, 6:00 p.m.
• Thurs., Jan. 23 Mini-DAWG (evening only)
• Sat., Jan. 25 DAWG