PALS 2009-2010 Theme

PALS is a weekday ministry of Southwood Baptist Church. PALS is dedicated to creating a postive learning experience for preschoolers. Out goal is to meet the spiritual, emotional, mental, physical, and social needs of your child in a loving environment.

Our teachers are CPR certified and required to take yearly training.

Each classroom has two (2) teachers who plan large group activities (stories, books, games, finger plays, etc.) and small group activities using nine (9) learning centers: art, blocks, home-living, nature, books, music, puzzles, and manipulatives.

We also have music/motor skills teacher.

Additional information is shown in the PALS 2009-10 Brochure.  For enrollment please contact the church office.

• Jeremy White – going to a closed country in SE Asia to work with campus students in early September

Potential Projects:

Anyone interested in assisting with construction projects like the N.O.A.H. project in the New Orleans and Galveston areas, please contact Dave Norwood, 230-7960

Several of our men will be using their skills to help with church building projects in Trinidad – providing places of worship and ministry.  Plan to participate in this ministry by supporting our men with prayer and trip cost.

 Saturday, March 28 – State Diaster Relief Training & Orientation

8:00 am – 3:00 pm  Tulsa locations TBA

Several of our Southwood men and women have been a part of the Baptist Disaster Relief efforts throughout our country.  Through these efforts many people are touched by the Lord as we provide for their human needs in times of crisis.  If you are interested in being a part of this ministry, please plan on attending the training and you will see how God can use you.

 April 24-25, 2009 – Men’s Falls Creek Conferenece “REWIRED”

This annual event provides an opportunity for hundreds of Oklahoma Chrisrian men to gather for a time of spriritual renewal and encouragement.  Featured speakers include many leading Christian men from around the state and nation.  Plus several mini-sessions covering a variety of topics from motorcycles to outdoor sports.

At Southwood Baptist Church we are committed to tell everyone everywhere about the hope we have in Jesus. We seek to lead each of our members to be “On Mission Christians.” We base our missions strategy on the Acts 1:8 model, seeking to be involved in missions in our Jerusalem (Tulsa), our Judea (Oklahoma), our Samaria (North America), and to the ends of the earth (International). Southwood Baptist Church seeks to provide financial support, prayer support and personal involvement in missions around the world. We partner with the Southern Baptist Convention in supporting missions from Tulsa to the ends of the earth.

Local Missions

By partnering with the Tulsa Metro Baptist Association and other local ministries, we seek to reach the Tulsa Metro area with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Each year we sponsor special events to reach out to our community. Through block parties, Vacation Bible School, backyard Bible clubs, concerts, and seminars we seek to meet members of our community and demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ.

We also support various citywide ministries as they seek to meet the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual needs of local residents. Specifically, we have an ongoing partnership with DaySpring Villa Women’s Shelter where we minister to women and children coming out of abusive backgrounds. We also work with Hicks Park in ministering to families within our immediate community. Through financial support, we seek to undergird the local Baptist Collegiate Ministry as they reach out to the growing Tulsa educational institutions. Through weekly visitation and scheduled prayerwalks, we seek to stay aware of needs within our community that we can meet as a local church.

State Missions

By partnering with the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma and other statewide ministries, we seek to impact the state of Oklahoma with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Each year, several of our students invest their summers ministering to Oklahomans through various church camps, children’s homes, shelters, and other ministries. We also seek to participate in an Oklahoma-based mission trip each year as a church.

North American Missions

Southwood’s mission efforts do not stop in Oklahoma. We partner with the North American Mission Board in reaching out to the entire nation. Through mission project partnerships, such as the Arizona Partnership, our church helps undergird the work of other churches in the nation. We also mobilize our members to invest their vacation time in building God’s kingdom in North America.

Into All The World

Since Jesus included the uttermost parts of the world in His call for missions, we obey with a partnership with the International Mission Board. We support international missions through prayer, giving, and going. We currently have mission involvement in Africa, South America, and Malaysia.

Missions Education

In order to sustain an ongoing commitment to missions, we seek to raise our children with a missions sensitive education. For our youngest children this is accomplished through Mission Friends. For our children, youth, and adults this is accomplished through special training sessions and personal involvement. We believe a hands-on approach to missions education better serves to develop a heart for global missions.

It is the desire of Southwood’s Student Ministry that each student find a place to belong and an environment to grow in the Christian life. This ministry has been built around the God-given principles found in Acts 2. They help give clarity, purpose and direction to why we exist and what we need to be about. We express our purpose in this statement: We exist to REACH (Evangelism) non-believing students, to help them SHARE (Discipleship) in God’s Word, to OFFER (Worship) themselves in SERVICE (Ministry) to Christ, and to CARE (Fellowship) for one another. These five purpose areas provide a basis for our ever-growing ministries and programs designed to meet the everyday needs of students. Sunday School, summer camps, mission trips, sports and other activities are all designed to meet the spiritual needs of today’s student.

Student Ministry Newsletter

The Preschool Ministry works with expectant and new parents as well as children from birth through kindergarten. Our goal is to lay a strong foundation of love for God and Christian values. Classes for new and expectant parents, parental dedications, Sunday School, Mother’s Day Out, and Vacation Bible School are just some of the ways the Preschool Ministry reaches out to our members, our neighbors and their small children.