Dear Church Family and Friends of Southtown,

I know, you think you have moved down South or that the South has moved North. At any rate, you have to love this weather if you don't like the cold or hate this weather if you love the cold.

This week there are just two things for you to note:
On Sunday, February 12th, there will be a joint service with the Hispanic Church at 11 am. It will be great to worship together with our Hispanic brothers and sisters.

The service will be in both English and Spanish which should add a special favor to our worship. I believe you will be double-blessed by being a part of this service so make plans to be here.

We will have our regular Bible study/Sunday School/small groups time at 9:45 to 10:45.

Also there will be a potluck lunch that follows the joint service. Be sure to bring food for your family plus to share. There is a sign-up sheet in the foyer so let us know what you intend to bring. This will help our hospitality group in their planning. Some of you are known for your special dishes, so bring them to share.
One of our sister churches, New Hope Baptist Church, is hosting their Phillips West Winter Social on Thursday night, February 9th from 5-8pm. If you can help out with this outreach/meal/get-together event that brings around 400 people from the community, please see Jan Zielske or sign up on the table in the foyer.

This Sunday we continue our series in Jeremiah and finally arrive at chapter 2. We will look at "Defection."