Families! Join us on Sunday, August 13, to celebrate your kids as they POP UP! to their new Kidtown class. 

We will promote your kids to their new classes when full-Kidtown resumes following our Jesus & series. This means that your child should be in the classroom or small group based on their current grade. For pre-school and under, your child’s age as of September 1, 2023.*

Following the Gathering on August 13, we’ll celebrate with popcorn, games, and a photo booth. We’ll also have a small gift for children entering a new Milestones stage (new Kindergartners and new Preteens). To accompany our popcorn theme, we’ll have a fun guessing game to see if your kids can win a movie night for the whole family!

Our Kidtown Leaders and Volunteers will be there to introduce themselves and help connect you with our excellent team serving your kids. We can’t wait to see your family POP IN!

*If your child has a birthday after September 1, we will have another promotion following the New Year. These separate events allow us to help our kids transition as a group to help them acclimate to their new class together.

We will host a Family Fun Night at Segra Park for our Family of Churches on June 28 at 6:00pm.

Family Fun Night is a community event for kids and parents to enjoy our local minor league baseball team. We will sit together in a block of reserved seats and the game should last around 3 hours. Additionally, kids are invited to play catch on the field 30 minutes before the first pitch.

The cost is $5 per person with a $15 family maximum.

This is a great opportunity to enjoy fellowship with other Midtown families as well as invite new families to join our community!

Registration closes at noon on Monday, June 26th.

For more information, contact Kirsten Ellison or Ryan Shults.

We will host our Family Baptism Class for our Downtown Church on February 19 from 1:00pm - 2:30pm. The Family Baptism Class is a class to learn more about baptism designed for children and preteens to take alongside their parents. As the children of our church grow physically and in their faith, we want to provide opportunities for them to take their next steps. It can be hard to know when is the right time to allow your child to be baptized. We have developed some tools to help facilitate understanding and discussion as a family to know if baptism is the right step for your child.

Childcare for younger siblings will be available. Snacks will be provided and the class will last about an hour with time for questions afterward.

For questions, please contact Ryan Shults

We will host a Kidtown Family Park Day for our Family of Churches on July 16 from 3:00pm - 5:00pm at Saluda Shoals Park.

This time is for our Kidtown families to enjoy time together this summer! We will have drinks and snacks stationed at the Leo’s Landing Shelter (Shelter #1) so you can enjoy the shade while your children play. This event is a great opportunity to spend time with other Kidtown parents, as we’ll invite families that are new to Midtown to join our community. Parking and admission will be free for everyone that participates in this event!

We want to ensure we have enough treats for everyone! RSVP here!

For more information, please contact Ryan Shults.

We will host our Promotion Sunday and Open House for our Downtown Church immediately following the Gathering on Sunday, August 22 in the Kidtown Auditorium.

Promotion Sunday & Open House is an opportunity to celebrate those being promoted and specifically those hitting new milestones! It will consist of brief program and vision time. We'll then transition to an Open House event where we want to introduce you to those that have committed to coming alongside you as parents and church family to raise kids who love Jesus! The event will be from 11:30a-12:30p

For more information, contact Ryan Shults.

Kidtown Auditorium

Milestones is our family discipleship program to help you and your children be prepared for the natural stages of childhood development. It’s built on noticing and celebrating the significant points of transition that children go through on their journey to adulthood.

We will host our Milestones Classes for our Family of Churches on May 2, 9, and 16 from 1:00pm pm until 3:00 pm. Milestones is devoted to training and encouraging all of our parents, grandparents, and anyone interested in helping raise disciples in the next generation.

There will be a virtual and a live option with limited capacity available.

Registration for this event has closed.

Milestones is our family discipleship program to help you and your children be prepared for the natural stages of childhood development. It’s built on noticing and celebrating the significant points of transition that children go through on their journey to adulthood.

We will host our Milestones Classes for our Family of Churches on May 2, 9, and 16 from 1:00pm pm until 3:00 pm. Milestones is devoted to training and encouraging all of our parents, grandparents, and anyone interested in helping raise disciples in the next generation.

There will be a virtual and a live option with limited capacity available.

Registration for this event has closed.

Milestones is our family discipleship program built on noticing and celebrating the significant points of transition that children go through on their journey to adulthood.

We will host our 3-week long Milestones Class for our Family of Churches on May 2, 9 and 16 from 1:00pm until 3:00pm. Along with the class, we will be dropping off parenting encouragement and goodies that you don’t want to miss out on!

There will be a virtual and a live option with limited capacity available.

Registration for this event has closed.

On Sun, Dec 6, we will be hosting our first ever Kidtown Christmas Kickoff Drive-Thru for all Families with Kidtown-aged kids (0—5th grade) at our Downtown church. Drive your family from station to station and get Christmas snacks, goodies and gifts!  

Along with the Christmas lights, snacks and gifts, the Kidtown Christmas Kickoff Drive-Thru will be your first chance to meet our new Kidtown Director, Ryan Shults!

The Kidtown Christmas Kickoff Drive-Thru will be a night to remember! To keep an even flow of traffic, you will be asked to reserve a 20 minute time slot when you register. These time slots have a limited capacity so sign up soon!

To reserve your spot, RSVP below. For more information, contact Emily Harrell, our Kidtown Admin.

We will host our Promotion Sunday Extravaganza for our Downtown church at 10am on Sunday, May 17! Promotion Sunday is when we celebrate all kids moving up to new classes and Milestones Stages! This year, we will have one big Promotion Ceremony for all our kids at 10am in Kidtown, followed by a party behind Kidtown.

You can pick either of the following options for you and your family:

• Option 1: Attend the 9am Gathering. You’ll be dismissed at the right time to attend the Promotion Ceremony in Kidtown. Enjoy the party afterwards!

• Option 2: Come to the Promotion Ceremony in Kidtown at 10am. Enjoy the party and then attend the 11:15am Gathering after!

For more information, contact Jonathan Pritchard.

We will host our Milestones Parent Commissioning for our Downtown church on Sunday, May 10 during the 9am and 11:15am Gatherings at 1800 Blanding Street.

In order to be commissioned, you must meet three requirements:

1.) You must be a missionary member of Midtown. (Find out more about becoming a member here!)

2.) You must have attended Milestones Weekend on May 1-3.

3.) You must have added a new child to your family within the past year.

For more information, contact Jonathan Pritchard.

Midtown Parents! We will host a brief Milestones Parent Missional Training to kick off the semester on Sunday, January 12 at the end of both the 9am and 11:15am Gatherings in the Kidtown Building. You will be dismissed early from the Gatherings to Kidtown. There we will talk about the events coming up in the Spring and get excited about inviting in our neighbors.

For more information, contact Jonathan Pritchard.

Bad news: Parenting is hard.

We rarely feel ready for the non-stop demands, obstacles and challenges that children bring. And as soon as we begin to feel like we’ve figured it out, the target changes and we often feel lost again.

Good news: We’re here to help.

Milestones is our family discipleship program to help you and your children be prepared for the natural stages of childhood development. It’s built on noticing and celebrating the significant points of transition that children go through on their journey to adulthood.

We will host our Milestones Weekend for our Family of Churches on May 4th-5th. Milestones Weekend is a weekend devoted to training and encouraging all of our parents, grandparents, and anyone interested in helping raise disciples in the next generation. It will consist of a conference on Saturday from 8:30-2pm and additional free family coaching during the 9am and 11:15am gatherings at our Downtown church.

Pre-registration for the Milestones Conference 2019 is closed. However, you can still register for the event at 8:30am on Saturday!

Join us on Sunday, February 17 for our Family Worship Night. Our Kids and Families ministry works by partnering with parents to raise kids who love Jesus. One way we do that is by hosting events that help support family discipleship and keep our families connected with one another. At our Family Worship Night we want to equip you to spiritually lead your family at home - we’ll sing songs, pray, read Scripture and a enjoy a meal together.

Schedule of Events

• 4pm-5pm Kidtown Family Worship | Kidtown at 1800 Blanding St.

• 5pm-6pm | Family Connect Dinner | Kidtown at 1800 Blanding St.

• 6pm-7pm | Student Groups Family Worship | Student Groups Building 1819 Taylor St.

What Should My Family Attend?

Pick on attending the portion that best fits your family:

• Kidtown Family Worship + Dinner: 4:00pm-6:00pm
  (I only have kids in Kidtown.)

• Student Groups Family Worship + Dinner: 5:00pm-7:00pm
  (I only have kids in Student Groups.)

• Both Kidtown & Student Groups Family Worship + Dinner: 4:00pm-7:00pm
  (I have kids in both Kidtown and Student Groups.)

*If you have children in Kidtown and Student Groups, your older kids are invited to participate with their younger siblings during Kidtown Family Worship and childcare will be available for your younger kids during Student Groups Family Worship.

If you have any other questions, feel free to email us here. 

Our Kids and Families ministry works by partnering with parents to raise kids who love Jesus. One way we do that is by hosting events like our Family Fun Night coming up Sunday, September 23 from 5:00pm-7:00pm.

Throughout the night, families will play fun, competitive games together and share a meal. We hope this helps families in our church form relationships with one another and be encouraged as they disciple their kids.

If you have any other questions, feel free to email us here.