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Seek and Send 2026

Aug 1 @ 8a - 9p
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A one-day family conference designed to help your family seek God together and be sent out with renewed hope and practical direction.

With breakouts for parents, students, and kids, family worship and prayer, plus fun, games, and shared meals, we're creating space for every age to connect, be equipped, and encounter God together.

Also featuring a keynote session with Pastor Keithen from Church of the City New York.

ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation is available upon request. Please let us know when you register.

Who This Is For

For the whole family. Parents, teenagers, and kids, all growing in faith together. Whether your family feels strong or stretched thin, this day is designed to meet you where you are and help you move forward with renewed hope.

You'll Leave With

  • Practical tools for discipling your kids
  • Clear next steps for your family rhythms
  • Confidence in navigating hard conversations
  • A renewed sense of hope and direction
  • Shared prayer & worship

Registration Includes

  • Coffee, juice, and donuts
  • Chick-fil-A lunch
  • All sessions and breakouts
  • Kids programming
  • Evening worship gathering
  • Activities, games, and inflatables

Cost per family: $135.00

If cost is a barrier, please contact [email protected] — scholarships are available.

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Pastor Keithen Schwahn

Church of the City New York

Pastor Keithen is passionate about seeing the next generation follow Jesus in a real and lasting way. He works to challenge the narrative that young people are a "lost cause," helping students and families build faith that is rooted, resilient, and lived out in everyday life.

Conference Schedule

  1. 8:00 a.m.
    Doors Open & Check-In

    Juice, coffee, and donuts available.

  2. 8:45 a.m.
    Welcome Session

    Sanctuary

    Welcome, worship, prayer, and games — for all ages, kindergarten through parents.

  3. 10:15 a.m.
    Break
  4. 10:30 a.m.
    Morning Breakout Sessions
  5. 11:45 a.m.
    Lunch + Activities

    Yard games and bounce houses.

  6. 2:00 p.m.
    Afternoon Breakout Sessions
  7. 3:15 p.m.
    Afternoon Dismissal

    Families dismissed for rest and dinner on their own.

  8. 6:00 p.m.
    Doors Reopen
  9. 6:30 p.m.
    Closing Session

    Sanctuary

    All ages begin together in the Sanctuary for worship.

    Children (K–5th) will be dismissed after worship to the NSK Wing for a kids message. Pastor Keithen will teach in the Sanctuary for 6th grade through adults.

Morning Breakout Sessions

Parents

Biblical Discipline That Reaches the Heart

A biblical framework for discipline that moves beyond behavior to the heart — helping your children grow in obedience, wisdom, and love for Jesus.

You'll learn how to:

  • Respond with clarity, consistency, and calm authority
  • Ask heart-probing questions that point to Jesus
  • Avoid common discipline traps (empty threats, repeated warnings)
  • Use simple, effective consequences
  • Build a home shaped by truth, grace, and love
Parents

Guiding Your Kids in God's Design for Sex

Approach conversations about sexuality with clarity, confidence, and a strong biblical foundation. Move from uncertainty to intentional, age-appropriate conversations that grow with your child — from early childhood through the teen years.

You'll learn how to:

  • Start and sustain healthy, ongoing conversations
  • Share age-appropriate truth about sex and the body
  • Prepare your kids for puberty, attraction, and dating
  • Address cultural challenges like pornography and identity with wisdom
  • Build a vision for sexuality shaped by God's design, not just rules
Parents

Reclaim Your Family

In a world of constant hurry, distraction, and digital noise, slow down, be present, and build rhythms that center your home on what matters most.

You'll learn how to:

  • Create intentional rhythms that bring your family together
  • Set healthy boundaries with technology and busyness
  • Cultivate meaningful connection in everyday moments
  • Lead your home with purpose, not just survival
NSK · K2 (Boomtown) Classroom

Every Day Obedience

In this fun and interactive session, kids will discover that obedience isn't just about following rules — it's about trusting God and following Jesus.

Kids will learn:

  • What obedience is and why God asks us to obey
  • How listening to parents is one way we follow Jesus
  • What to do when obedience feels hard
  • How Jesus helps us choose what is right
6th–8th graders

Following Jesus in Middle School

We'll talk about the real situations students face every day, and how faith connects to all of it.

We'll look at how to:

  • Follow Jesus around your friends
  • Navigate pressure, comparison, and the need to fit in
  • Make wise choices in what you say and do
  • Treat people the way Jesus would
  • Stay connected to God in the middle of a normal school day
9th–12th graders

Following Jesus in High School

An honest conversation about identity, pressure, and the small choices that shape your future — and who you're becoming because of them.

We'll look at how to:

  • Know who you actually are (Identity)
  • Decide who you're really living for (Allegiance)
  • Live your faith openly, even when it's hard (Courage)
  • Navigate real-life decisions with clarity (Wisdom)
  • Stay connected to God in everyday life (Habits)
  • Handle anxiety and pressure without being controlled by it (Resilience)
  • Choose friendships that shape you in the right direction (Community)

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Parents · Q&A

Guiding Your Kids Through Life's Ups and Downs

Better understand your child's development and respond with clarity and confidence to meltdowns, social challenges, transitions, and questions about what's normal.

Together, we'll explore:

  • How do I respond when my child is overwhelmed or struggling?
  • How do I help my child handle rejection or being left out?
  • When should I step in — and when should I let them grow through challenges?
  • How do I parent each child's unique personality and wiring?
  • How do I help my child bring their struggles to God — and model that myself?
Parents

Shepherding Through the Teenage Years

Stay engaged, trusted, and spiritually influential in one of the most critical seasons of your child's life.

Together, we'll explore how to:

  • Stay connected to your teen as independence grows
  • Turn everyday moments into meaningful conversations
  • Address heart motivations without constant correction
  • Navigate resistance, tension, and pushback without losing relationship
  • Lead your teen toward wisdom, identity, and ownership of their faith
Parents

Parenting from Overflow

Lead your family from a place of depth, presence, and genuine relationship with God. A life rooted in Christ is the foundation beneath everything else.

Together, we'll explore how to:

  • Cultivate a steady, personal walk with God in a busy season
  • Parent from identity, not pressure or performance
  • Model repentance, humility, and dependence on God
  • Lead your home spiritually without overcomplicating it
  • Stay anchored in grace when you feel like you're failing
K–2nd · K2 (Boomtown)

What's Filling Your Heart

Younger kids begin to see that what goes into their hearts matters, and that following Jesus means choosing what fills them.

Kids will learn:

  • How screens, friends, and habits shape who they're becoming
  • Why it matters to choose what they watch and listen to
  • How to recognize what helps (or hurts) their hearts
  • That Jesus cares about what's happening on the inside
3rd–5th · 35 (Threshold)

In The Potter's Hands

Kids see that their choices matter, and that Jesus is forming them into someone new.

Kids will learn:

  • How friends influence who they become
  • How screens and media shape their thoughts and choices
  • How small habits can lead them in the right (or wrong) direction
  • Why following Jesus changes everything
6th–12th · with Pastor Keithen

Not A Lost Cause

Pastor Keithen Schwahn brings a hopeful and challenging vision for the next generation, one rooted in the way of Jesus.

This breakout will encourage and equip students to:

  • See themselves as part of what God is doing right now
  • Build a faith that is real and lasting
  • Live with purpose, conviction, and clarity

Childcare

Childcare for ages 0–4 is available throughout the conference. Register for childcare when you purchase your conference ticket. Childcare will be closed during the lunch break.

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