ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Peacemaker Seminar Audio
Click here for the audio from the Peacemakers seminar held this past weekend here at Southwood. If you would like to purchase The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict, by Ken Sande, stop by the Guest Center this Sunday morning.
COMING EVENTS
All Events →- Catechism Squares: Part 1 (grades 3 and 4)Sun, May 20When: Sunday, May 20 at 9:30am
Where: Southwood's main building upstairs in #2314 (Hwy 34 room)
Join us during the Sunday School hour (9:30-10:30am) for and exciting game show styled review of this year's catechisms modeled after Hollywood Squares. Special celebrity guests will fill the squares while teams of children will be the contestants. Mark your calendars! - Safari Challenge (grades 1 and 2)Sun, May 20When: Sunday, May 20 at 9:30am
Where: Southwood's main building upstairs in #2313 (Truth Trek room)
Make sure your 1st or 2nd grader doesn't miss out on Safari Challenge; a special event taking place during the normal Sunday School hour (9:30am-10:30am). This review game is the third of three game show styled Sundays, this school year, to help children remember and understand God's faithfulness to all His promises. - Truth Trek Party (grades 1 and 2)Sun, May 27When: Sunday, May 27 at 9:30am
Where: Southwood's main building upstairs in #2313 (Truth Trek room)
This Sunday, we will close out the school year with a party and wrap up of this year's lessons. - Catechism Squares: Part 2 (grades 3 and 4)Sun, May 27When: Sunday, May 27 at 9:30am
Where: Southwood's main building upstairs in #2314 (Hwy 34 room)
Join us during the Sunday School hour (9:30-10:30am) for part 2 of our exciting game show styled review of this year's catechisms modeled after Hollywood Squares. This time, children will be team contestants while 4th graders will be in the squares!. Mark your calendars for this fun event to finish out the school year! - Jr. High Summer Kick-OffWed, Jun 6When: Wednesday, June 6 at 1:00pm
Where: The Lodge
For completed 6, 7, 8 graders. Join us from 1-2pm for water games and all kinds of craziness. 6th graders come early at 12:30pm. - VBS 2012 - SkySun, Jun 10When: Sunday, June 10 at 9:30am
Where: Southwood Presbyterian Church
This summer's Vacation Bible School is June 10-14 (Sun - Thu). We will kick off VBS during the regular Sunday School hour and then continue Monday through Thursday from 9am - 12pm. You won't want to miss our Sunday start! To register, visit southwood.org/vbs. - CLIMB 2012Sun, Jun 10When: Sunday, June 10 at 9:30am
Where: Varies locations in the greater Huntsville area
CLIMB is a service ministry of Southwood for students who have completed the 5th and 6th grade and will take place June 10-14 (Sun-Thu). This is an opportunity for students to experientially learn about putting feet to faith as they serve their community in very tangible and sometimes sweaty and dirty ways. We will begin on Sunday during the Sunday School hour with devotional and other prep. Monday - Thursday from 9am - 12pm we will be meet at the Southwood, travel to service locations and them return to Southwood. Register at southwood.org/climb - Jump!Sun, Jun 17When: Sunday, June 17 at 9:30am
Where: Southwood's main building upstairs in #2303 (Promise Path room)
For PreK & K completed. June 17 - Aug 5 is Jump! our summer Sunday School for PreK/K completed. Jump! focuses on the verse from Luke 10:27 - "Love the Lord our God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and all your mind ... AND love your neighbor as yourself." Through a castle-themed environment with a court jester, princess and a lively green frog named Sir Jumps-A-Lot, kids will learn Bible stories about David, Daniel, Esther, the good Samaritan and what it means to LOVE and SERVE God. No registration required. - MetamorphosisSun, Jun 17When: Sunday, June 17 at 9:30am
Where: Southwood's main building upstairs in #2314 (Hwy 34 room)
For grades 1-4 completed. Each Sunday from June 17 - Aug 5, grades 1-4 completed will combine during summer Sunday School for Metamorphosis, an exciting hour each week in which kids will focus on the book of Proverbs while learning about the transformation or "metamorphosis" described in Romans 12:2 - presented by the Insect-Inside Theatre Company. No registration required. - Water Play DayTue, Jun 19When: Tuesday, June 19 at 10:00am
Where: Southwood's lawn
For PreK/K completed. From 10-11:30am, join us for water games and fun in the sun. Bring a towel, sunscreen and $2 for the Ice Cream Truck. This is also a wonderful opportunity for moms to spend time with each other at the church while children play.
Last Sunday
- When the Ordinary Meets the Extraordinary | Will Spink
- Resurrection Reflections (4 of 4), John 21:1-25
ARTICLES AND UPDATES
Pastors Note
Joy in Serving
I’m not much for yard work. If you have seen my yard, you would agree. Whether it is cutting the grass, edging, trimming the bushes or even raking leaves, these are things I just don’t look forward to on Saturdays. I would much rather spend my… [more]
temporary session update
On Monday, April 2, 2012, the Temporary Session of Southwood (TSS) met for our first meeting following the resignations of the remaining Ruling Elders and the voluntary sabbaticals taken by the Associate Pastors. All members of the TSS were in attendance. Jean Larroux moderated our… [more]
Covenant Belonging
RUF points students back to local church
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” —Proverbs 22:6
This is the wisdom we as parents invest in, cling to, hope for and count on as we raise… [more]
Jr. High Summer
As the days get longer and continue to get warmer, we look with anticipation towards a another summer of ministry in Jr. High-Life. As the summer months approach, we first praise God for his faithfulness during the past school year of ministry amongst our 7th and 8th graders. … [more]
Sr. High Summer
“And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.”—Ephesians 2:6
At High-Life we like to see heavenly realities meet earth. We see this in kingdom environments throughout the year. Kingdom environments… [more]
Summer with Southwood Kids!
Some of my fondest memories growing up come from summer time as a child. Growing up on the East coast of South Florida has it’s summer advantages. There were many an evening we would picnic at the beach and play frisbee as the sun went down. Inviting friends was… [more]
new sunday seminars begin may 13
We are upon our summer Trimester of Sunday Seminars. Our goal hasn’t changed: to teach seminary level class curricula in a relaxed, interactive environment.
The summer trimester of Sunday Seminars (May 13 - August 26, 2012) will begin Sunday morning, May 13 at 9:30 am, with… [more]