On September 19 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, Lake Springfield Christian Assembly will be inviting seniors out to the annual Senior's Day Out. Head out to LSCA for cinnamon rolls, coffee, a fried chicken lunch, a camp update, speaker Don Green of LCU and a special concert by The Redemptions. Registration is $15 before September 12.

September 1 Lakeside Kids from PreK to 5th Grade will begin a two year journey through the Bible on Sunday mornings.  We will begin The Gospel Project curriculum.  The Gospel Project® for Kids immerses kids and preschoolers in the gospel through every story, theological concept, and call to mission from Genesis to Revelation. Ultimately, the gospel message changes everything; heart transformation can only take place when a child experiences the gospel. Through The Gospel Project® for Kids, kids and preschoolers will understand the Bible is not just a collection of stories, but one unified story—God’s story of redemption.  We are so excited to begin this journey through the Bible in chronological order!

Go to this website for a sneak peak video:

https://www.lifeway.com/en/shop/the-gospel-project/kids

Recent baptisms at Lakeside include Josh Gossrow, Nia Williams, and Kassidi Ashford. Please pray for and encourage these who have pledged their allegiance to Jesus and lift up those who are contemplating taking a next step of faith. If you would like to learn more about baptism, join us for our Pathway class, the last Sunday of each month.

Paul & Ginny Bunton, Tom Brunner, Cathy Moore, and Trent & Mayci Wiseman recently attended our Welcome to Lakeside class and placed their membership with Lakeside. Be sure to welcome them as they continue their involvement in community, in serving, and in growing. If you've been thinking of making Lakeside your church home, we'd love to have you sign up for our next set of Welcome to Lakeside classes, on the first and second Sundays of each month.

The current world population is 7.7 billion people and growing. Yet amazingly, there are just 3.4 degrees of separation between you every single person on the earth! Think about this amazing statistic. Right now you are 3.4 relationshps away from influencing anyone on planet Earth from the greatest to the least. This month we will unpack practical ways we can leverage our influence for God's glory. We will explore how to develop friendships, discover people's stories, and discern the next steps needed to impact people so far from God yet so near to us.

We absolutely LOVE our partnership with Lee Elementary School!

Lakeside has had the honor to work with Lee Elementary in a variety of ways this year. Weekly, we have the privilege of working with Lee Elementary in a mentorship program, where Lakesiders work with students to practice reading, have conversation, and provide stability for students. We have DOUBLED our efforts from last year and have twice the amount of volunteers come out for weekly mentorship!

Monthly, we are able to pour into teachers and supplement their meetings with gifts, encouraging notes, and, of course, homemade snacks. On top of this we have implemented an Adopt-A-Class Program this year with Lee School where Lakeside Groups and Lee classrooms are paired up together. In this Lakeside Groups get to work directly with a teacher and a classroom to focus on personal relationships, provide direct support for classrooms/teachers, and act monthly in a tangible service opportunity. This has been an AMAZING program, one that provides support and encouragement for the teachers and students at Lee Elementary!

If you have any interest in working with the amazing staff and students at Lee Elementary, contact Olivia at olivia@lakesidechristian.com for more information. There are so many people to know, ways to serve, and love to give! Let's bless our community!

Here is a note from newly hired Worship Minister, Eric Radecki! 

Greetings Lakeside! Some of you may remember me from when my family and I served this congregation from 1993-1998. During that time we had two sons and established many lifelong friendships. Lakeside was my first ministry after college and we have always cherished those days. We never dreamed we might be called to return, but we can’t be more overjoyed at the opportunity. In many ways, this feels to us like coming home. 

I have undergraduate degrees from LCU in music ministry and youth ministry, and earned my MA in worship studies from Lincoln’s seminary. I am in the process of completing a doctoral degree in worship studies at the Institute for Worship Studies in Jacksonville, FL. My passions for worship ministry are to develop worship gatherings that help to form us in the image of Christ, and raising up others to serve in worship leadership in the Church.

My wife Becky holds a BA in music ministry from LCU as well. She has been a preschool teacher for many years. She loves the children and parents of her classroom deeply—pouring into them with the love of Jesus. Becky is also a fierce soccer mom, as all three of our boys began playing soccer as preschoolers and continued through college. Parker (recently married!) is a worship minister at Indian Creek Christian Church in Indianapolis. Keaton is entering his senior year at Cincinnati Christian University as a biblical studies major. Camden is a junior worship ministry student at LCU.

I hope this helps you get to know us a little bit, and we can’t wait to grow with you in community. Thank you for welcoming us “back home,” and may God be praised for all that he will do through us in ministry.

Peace,

Eric Radecki 

Adult classes which meet every Sunday: · 9:00 am Faithweavers class in Room 109. · 9:00 am Kingdom Builders class in Room 120. · 10:30 am True Believers class in Room 120. · 10:30 am Bereans class Room 109. ·

Lakeside Young adults were able to retreat to the Shawnee National Forest to learn and experience listening to God.

Lakeside took 14 high school students to Franklin, TN for CIY. These students engaged in deep conversations through knowing that God’s story is still being written in their lives!