ANNOUNCEMENTS
COMING EVENTS
All Events →- Water WarsWed, Jul 17When: Wednesday, July 17 at 10:00am
Where: Southwood Lawn
Join us for water fun on Wednesday, July 17!!! Water guns, water balloons, giant slip n slide and a water slide! Bring $1 for ice cream.
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade 10:00am-11:30am
*One parent/guardian MUST be present with child(ren).
3rd Grade to 5th Grade 1:00pm to 2:30pm
- Ice Cream SundaySun, Jul 21When: Sunday, July 21 at 6:00pm
Where: Southwood Presbyterian Church
Make plans to enjoy a fun evening together at Ice Cream Sunday on July 21 at 6pm. Bring a half-gallon of ice cream or toppings to share. Also, be sure to bring a lawn chair or blanket to enjoy this churchwide outdoor fellowship. - Southwood Kids Fall Parent PreviewSun, Aug 4When: Sunday, August 4 at 11:00am
Where: Southwood Presbyterian Church
Join us during the Connect Communities Hour. More details coming soon! - Slugs & Bugs Family ConcertFri, Aug 23When: Friday, August 23 at 6:30pm
Where: Church Sanctuary
Get your tickets now! More information at http://www.southwood.org/slugsandbugs
Last Sunday
- Teach and Admonish One Another | Will Spink
- One Another: Living in Gospel Community (7 of 10), Colossians 3:12-17
ARTICLES AND UPDATES
Pastor’s Note: The Summer of “One Another”
I was talking recently with a young man who has a good job in a good city with a good family. But he admitted to me, “I just don’t have any really good friends. There’s no one I really connect with that’s passionate about the things I believe really matter and really gets me.”… [more]
Toward Gospel Community: The Beauty of Relationships with Others Needing Jesus, Too
The Root
The epidemic of loneliness has invaded our culture in a manner that is unprecedented in Western history. While we can simplify this reality and blame cell phones and other amazing innovations of technology, I would suggest that there is something much… [more]
Serve with The CornerStone Initiative
Last summer, I had the opportunity to serve as an ally for the CornerStone Initiative’s first Faith & Finances class. The Cornerstone Initiative is one of Southwood’s local ministry partners, and they are focused on breaking the cycle of poverty in Huntsville’s Westside neighborhood.… [more]
Pastor’s Note: The Benefits of the Resurrection
“For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be… [more]
VBS: Who’s the Hero of Your Story?
In the movie Superman Returns, Superman is having a conversation with Lois Lane and it goes like this:
Superman: “Listen; what do you hear?” Lois Lane: “Nothing.” Superman: “I hear everything. You wrote that the world doesn’t need a savior, but every day I hear… [more]
The Unifying Savior: How Jesus helps us connect word and deed in his Church’s mission
What does the Bible mean when it talks about “justice,” and is that really a “Gospel issue”? Isn’t the Church supposed to focus on spiritual matters and not get distracted by other concerns? Is it possible we’re losing sight of the Gospel in an effort to pursue mercy ministry… [more]
Our Seniors
As we prepare for our seniors to go off on their new adventures, we desperately long for them to be fishers for community. Most of your children look forward to becoming nurses, architects, or lawyers, but first they are fish and called to be fishers. High-Life exists because believers… [more]
Ask a Pastor with Derrick Harris
How is God’s power “made perfect” in our weaknesses, sufferings, and hardships as written in 2 Corinthians 12:9?
Excellent question! First, let’s take a look at this verse in context. When we do that, I hope that… [more]
All That’s Fair: Elvis Presley Blues
“You must have the humility to work out your own salvation in a darkness where you are absolutely alone … And so it takes heroic humility to be yourself and to be nobody but the man, or artist, that God intended you to be.” - Thomas Merton
When I was young, my… [more]