Back to school more like back to cool (a caption brought to you by human intelligence not AI, honest!). Praying for you students and teachers as the new year launches 👊

Spring Retreat was neat 🌲 DSFSB, everyone. This week at GenT we talk God's care, apologetics, and the summer scene. See you tonight!

Spring Retreat signup deadline is THIS WEEK! Check that out and more in the bio 🌻

Light/dark, faith/science, and pizza/delicious 🍕 Middle and high schoolers, see you at GenT tomorrow night for all that and more

Flashback to Spring Retreat 2024 and a 2x4 fight that ended in only minor injuries 👳‍♀️ Link in the bio to signup for Spring Retreat 2025!

We caught up with some GenT leaders to ask why they do it 🎤

We're taking over AWANA tomorrow night!

Asking questions, God's existence, and imminent takeovers 🤔 Don't miss answers and apologetics at GenT tomorrow night!

Doubts, questions, and sub sandwiches 🥪 See you at GenT tomorrow night!

TONIGHT 7-9pm | Grab a friend and come to EAHS for Gym Night! 🏀

UNITE TOMORROW to worship and eat pizza 🍕 Don't forget GenT meets at Lakeland Church tomorrow for UNITE Worship Night! Doors open at 6. See you there!

Facing rejection, gender confusion, and Bubbl'r obsession at GenT tomorrow night 🫧 See you there, middle and high schoolers!

Hope, hermeneutics, and garlic bread 🥖 at GenT tomorrow night!

Districts 2025 felt like it went by as fast as this reel. Keep living in the Good News, everyone 🙌

LEADER SPOTLIGHT || Nicole Williamson This is Nicole’s first year as a GenT leader! She did join us for Districts last year, “but what a memorable journey getting there in a blizzard! 🥶” Nicole has become quite a reader in the past few years. “I do a combination of traditional, audio and digital. In 2024, I read 29 books!” And she loves a good game night! “Some favorites include Codenames, Beyond Balderdash, Fish Bowl, Empire and Up & Down the River.” Her favorite Bible story is Noah’s. “I love seeing how faithful Noah and his family were, trusting in God, and obeying Him.”

GOOD NEWS • DISTRICTS 2025 God wants to adopt YOU into His family Romans 8:15-17

🎶 On the first day of mini-golf my true love gave to meeee a hole-in-one on the very first greeeen 🎶 Check out these festive mini-golf holes and play through the rest at the Christmas Open this Wednesday through Friday. See you there!

📢 Signup for Districts 2025 closes TOMORROW! Hit the link in the bio to signup now! 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

Mario lost a life shortly after this picture 🍄 Who stayed up all night at Nerdcon on Friday?? Special thanks to @elmer_elk for hosting us and Nate ( @stayawake2 ) for sharing God’s story with us!

Can't wait to see your costumes at the NERDCON 2.0 All-nighter, this Friday at 9pm!

A couple dozen pumpkins carved and no one got stabbed 🎃 Check them out at @camptimberlee this weekend! Plus, Nate Stenholtz taught us to share God’s story with our friends through our stories.

WHEN TEENS TAKE OVER ··· GenT students took the lead last night with the AWANA kids' games, snack, craft, and devotional about how, just like a pumpkin, God can make us into something new that shines His light. 🕯️

The Southern Lakes Dream Team made it to the championship game of DODGE THIS on Sunday 🤾 Next year that title is good as ours ☄️

These guys want to remind you that Jesus didn’t just tell His followers what love is, but He showed them what love is on the cross. See you next week 🫡

Check out the great time we had last night! Can't believe we have to wait another whole week for GenT 😌

Remember, in God's family, generosity is encouraged. When we share, not only are the lives around us changed, we are changed. See you tonight at 6!

THE GREAT JUNGLE JOURNEY 🌴🛥️🌴 Huge gratitude for these GenT friends who helped 100+ kids explore the Gospel this week

LEADER SPOTLIGHT 🔦 - Abby has been a GenT leader for 6 years! - Abby has this memory to share from Districts: "There was a call from the stage for us to seek forgiveness from and ask forgiveness of anyone we needed to. There was another leader there that I had been feeling called to talk to about something from our past. In that moment, she had the same feeling and we were able to forgive each other and there was restoration." - She loves playing the piano and Settlers of Catan! - Her favorite Bible character is Moses, "because it's such a great reminder of how God can use us even when we think we are incapable or when we don't want to or when we are inconsistent. His love is enduring and perfect. We don't have the ability to meet His perfection, but He makes a way for us to be in relationship with Him." THANK YOU, ABBY!

LEADER SPOTLIGHT 🔦 PATRICK WALBY Patrick has been a GenT leader for 3 and a half years! His favorite hobby is building Lego sets. "There's nothing more relaxing yet frustrating. I've got a lot of sets to build and can't wait to dive in." His favorite Bible story is the parable of the good Samaritan. "It's a great reminder that helping someone in need is a choice. No matter what your or others' circumstances are, you are able to help anyone. You just have to choose to do so. It reminds me to keep my eyes open, to be ready for the time of those choices and that I can help those in need." And what is Patrick's favorite midnight snack? "A spoonful of Peanut Butter." Thank you, Patrick!

A giant beach ball… what could go wrong? Cameos by GenT alum @nate_dog42_ and @josiahstukenberg - - - #reels #studentministry #youthgroup #giantbeachball #relatable

Check out what happened at GenT this year! From summer kickoff in 2023 through Spring Retreat this April, God's truth has been setting us free.

SPRING RETREAT 2024 🏕️ Closing the school year with wood splitting, wall climbing, leather crafting, and praying God would send us out to share the Good News. Shout out to Haley and Scarlet for leading worship! Thanks @camptimberlee for a great weekend! 📸: @jaybirb05

💡 LEADER SPOTLIGHT 💡 | HEATHER SHEREOS Heather has been a GenT leader for 3 years! Her favorite memory from GenT is the 2022 Spring Retreat at Camp Fairwood (Ghost in the Graveyard, anyone?) She loves connecting with family and friends by doing what they love with them: coffee dates, sports, camping, and more. And she likes traveling and baking too! Her favorite board game is Candy Land 🍬🍭 "I love so many Bible stories! One that stands out to me is Hosea and Gomer. Through Hosea and Gomer’s marriage, God shows His infinite patience and love for us, that, even when we are hurting Him, He loves us enough to discipline us and bring us back into His fold. He doesn’t give up on us despite our hardened hearts and wrongdoing. There is redemption over and over, a hope for our future, and a love never-wavering." Thank you, Heather!

Series finale of Worth Sharing TOMORROW NIGHT. Remember, God invited us to share the GOOD NEWS about Jesus. Sharing starts with PRAYER, sometimes requires RISK, and can happen EVERY DAY.

Remember, you have no idea how far your encouragement can go — kind words cost you nothing to give away. So, what’s stopping you?

Over-the-top generous = over-the-top reward 🧪 We grew in our generosity so much last month, and we HAD to recognize that somehow. Sliming @jdswedberg15 seemed like a good way to do it.

Remember, to overcome distractions, we must rely on God to help us be generous and care for the people in our lives.

📢 Reminder! Tomorrow night GenerationT meets at Mt Zion Christian Church, not Southern Lakes. Can’t wait to hang out with other youth groups from our county.

Remember, sharing the good news with those around you can be as easy as telling them how Jesus is changing your life!

In case you missed it, we want to outdo each other in going over-the-top generous. See which group takes the lead in the Over the Top Challenge tomorrow night at GenT!

Remember, God invites us to be generous toward our friends, families, and each other by giving our presence and time.

Generosity is so much bigger than just money! Come and see how tomorrow night in our new series Over the Top.

Our faces after a 5-hour drive in the snow 🌨️ But DISTRICTS is worth it #districtsyc #districts2024

MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄 “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.” Philippians 2:5-7

And they say miracles don’t happen. Check out the annual Christmas Open mini-golf week at Southern Lakes Church!

CONNECT | WORSHIP | LEARN | PARTY Signup for Districts 2024 closes next Wednesday. Check our bio before Thanksgiving to register!

What if you mashed Charades and Telephone together? Your message might get lost in translation ☎️

These guys have some (good?) jokes 😅 What’s your favorite joke?

Nate traded me an AUTHENTIC horseshoe (he must mean "used") for this green squeaky thing...definitely bigger and better. Keep making your trades for the Bigger Better Best Challenge! ⤴⤴⤴

Turns out you CAN fit Summer Camp in one day ⛺ See you tomorrow for our last Sunup | Sundown of the summer!

A week of cooking, deck-building, praying for strangers, sharing Jesus with kids, and growing as leaders is halfway done already. But the work’s not done yet 🛠️

Who knew the best way to cool down in the summer heat was a frozen t-shirt? 🥶 Welcome to Summer was a blast, see you next Wednesday for SUNUP | SUNDOWN!

This group was truly COMMITTED to having a good time 🤌

Can’t wait to hike in this tomorrow. Take A Hike with us at 10:30 tomorrow morning! Info in the bio!

Today's the last chapter of John! What are we learning about Jesus from the end of the book? 📖

Everything changes today! What did you learn about Jesus from the chapter when He rises from the dead? 🙌

Today we're reading from John 19, the chapter about Jesus' crucifixion. There's so much to learn about Jesus here, so what stood out to you? ✝

Did you read John 18 yesterday? What did you learn about Jesus?

John 17 today! What do we learn about Jesus? 🙏

We're almost there! What did you learn about Jesus from reading John 16 today?

Today let's read John 15. We're almost there! What do we learn about Jesus from this chapter? 🌱

Today we're reading John 14 together, and Jesus has a lot to say! What did you learn from Him? 🏘

Reading John 13 today! What did you learn about Jesus? 🧽

Yesterday was John 12! What did you learn about Jesus?

If you missed this weekend, time to catch up! What did you learn about Jesus from John 11?

Let's read John 10 today! 📖 What did you learn about Jesus?

We're reading John 9 today! What did you learn about Jesus?

We want to be a truth generation, and truth about Jesus will set you free! Comment what you learned about Jesus from John 8! 📖

This duck is ready for Summer Camp next week... Check the bio to register!

Hey, GenT! We’re talking about loving others at #doughnutsanddevos tomorrow! Can’t wait to see everyone! 😁🍩

How’s your Bible reading been lately? @jdswedberg15 gave us great advice at the WKND! Keep it up! If you missed a day or two or have fallen a little behind, no worries! Re-start today! #biblereading #growingfaith #reallife #nevergiveup

We’re talking about “Goals” tonight @GenT,ll! Don’t forget, your goals are only as good as your commitment in accomplishing them. How are you committing your life and all of its avenues to the Lord?? #newyearsrevolution #committedtochrist

I know the WKND is the rear view mirror, but this truth couldn’t be more relevant today. Don’t forget what you were designed to do! #realliferevolutions #godlychange

Committed is starting a brand new study this Sunday! It’s a series adventuring through the Gospel of John! They meet every Sunday in the Hope Cafe from 7-8:30p! #newyearsrevolution #diggingdeep #knowthetruth

Don’t forget what you learned @the WKND! We are to continuously revolve around Christ. He is our center! #christinme #livingforchrist #revolutionarychristian

What an awesome WKND!! Thank you to everyone that served and participated in making it so absolutely incredible!!! #liveschanged #friendshipsstrengthened #jesusglorified #revolutionstarted

Getting ready for SERVE! Thank you Kunes for blessing us with this beut!! #thechurchbeingthechurch #servingJesus

#1johnchallenge

It’s Saturday! How are you spending it? Like, comment, and share! #lazysaturday #adventurousweekends

1 John says so much about what we are called to as the redeemed Sons and Daughters of God. Where do you place your love? #lovingJesusmorethananythingelse #thingsarejustthings #OnlyJesus

#1johnchallenge #lovethewordofgod #giftcardgiveaway

This week, we @GenT are taking the 1 John Challenge! We are reading all five chapters, highlighting/underlining key passages, answering questions, memorizing 1 John 1:9, and (all through it) learning more about Jesus! Excited to see our students spending time in the Word of God. #1johnchallenge #lovingJesusmorethananything

A tough one today! Comment and share. What do you think? #eternallifewithjesus

Happy Monday! Like, comment, and share! #funconversationstarters

Tag someone “who has helped make your life better!” Like, Comment, and Share! #loveothers #familyofGod

Like and share! #Godinoneword #shareChrist

Like, Comment, and Share with your friends either in person or via social media (or both!). #nomaskcankeepusdown #gettoknowme #gettoknowyou

STARTING TOMORROW watch our Facebook or Instagram as we post questions for you to answer and share with your families, teachers, bosses, coaches, friends, or whoever else you know. Please like, tag your friends and share! #tabletalkchallenge #startafaithconversation #sharingJesus

The GenT students posted “new things” that they can do to stretch their faith. Many of our students are making new commitments to follow Jesus and grow in loving others and loving God! So cool to see! 😊 #jesusfollowers #loveourstudents #newcommitments

Come join us tonight as we “STRETCH” our faith together! Are you committed?? #stretchyourfaith #committedtoChrist #Truthornothing

Can’t wait to launch next Tuesday!!! We start a brand new series...are you ready to be stretched in your faith this year!? #stretchyourfaith #truthwillsetyoufree #growingtogether

Hey, Everybody! So excited to be able to share my first ever Truth Talks! Go on over to YouTube and check it out! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWJ6sev3Iw

Working on something pretty cool @southernlakeschurch Stay tune for details! #livestream #truth #connectingwithstudents