ANNOUNCEMENTS
COMING EVENTS
All Events →- Churchwide BBQ LunchSun, Jun 25When: Sunday, June 25 at 12:00pm
Where: The Lodge
Don’t miss out on the Churchwide BBQ Lunch at the Lodge this Sunday, June 25, following the worship service. Food and drinks will be provided. Please bring a dessert to share if you are able. Donations will be taken at the door (suggested $5/person, $15/family). - Jr. High Edge 2017Sat, Jun 24When: Saturday, June 24 at 12:00pm
Where: Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, GA
5 day camp for our Jr. High students (completed 6, 7, 8 grades) at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, GA. Registration is now closed, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to be put on a waiting list. - Water WarsTue, Jul 11When: Tuesday, July 11 at 11:30am
Where: East Lawn, 1000 Carl T Jones Drive, Huntsville, AL 35802
Kindergarten through 1st grade completed - 10:30am-12noon
2nd grade through 5th grade completed - 1pm-3pm
Join us for fun in the sun where kids can enjoy inflatable water slides, pools and sprinklers. Time brackets are above. Bathing suit is required, don't forget to bring your towel and sun screen! - Family Movie NightFri, Aug 18When: Friday, August 18 at 7:00pm
Where: The Lodge
All are invited! Popcorn and Grilled Hotdogs provided ($4 person or $15 family). TBD concerning movie shown. Bring a finger friendly (peanut free) dessert to share.
ARTICLES AND UPDATES
Pastor’s Note
Saying Yes (or No) to Serving Opportunities
Is it merely over-spiritualizing to say that God has at Southwood the exact people He wants with the exact strengths and weaknesses, gifts and experiences? Not from the perspective of I Corinthians 12. In that chapter… [more]
Southwood’s Core Commitments
The Alabama football team under the leadership of Nick Saban may run lots of different plays with lots of different players, but every Saturday we expect to see a disciplined, hard-nosed, tough team on the field. The Beatles have played many different songs, but we consistently recognize… [more]
Reflections
Honored. Privileged. Humbled. Thankful.
Southwood, when I think about working for this church, I am so thankful for you. It has been an honor to work here with you—an honor so great that it is not easily expressed in words, but I will try. I won’t… [more]
Praying for Peru
You probably know by now that we have 15 members and students going to Peru this summer, but did you know that you are sending them? If you are tithing at Southwood, part of that money is making this trip and ongoing partnership possible. If you ate at Big Rosie’s, joined in the… [more]
Ask A Pastor
Culture and Gospel Meet
Q) What motivates today’s Christian youth?
A) The question of motivation is one that is most readily answered by a Monday morning, armchair quarterback. Parents, coaches, teachers,… [more]
Session Update
What a joy it was to celebrate the ordination and installation of Peter Render to be set apart for the ministry of the gospel and to be our assistant pastor for youth and families! The Session encourages you to join us in following the admonition of Elder Todd Gandy, who charged us… [more]
All That Is Fair: The Serenity Prayer That Willie Taught Me to Pray
We’ve all heard it before. The serenity prayer. “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” It was written in the 1930s by Reinhold Niebuhr and later… [more]
Pastor’s Note
Living Into The Future
Last month in this column I wrote about “Living out of the Past”—not being stuck in the past, but at the same time not forgetting the character of God and the lessons learned from previous chapters of our story. It’s vital that… [more]
Hope for the Future
As winter melts away and spring weather ushers in a new season of life, the students of Huntsville have a physical reminder of the passage of time. For seniors and their families, it can be an especially bittersweet season. It is a season that with every rain as well as every sunny… [more]