You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.
Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.
We're going to be reading a lengthy and challenging passage in Luke 21 this morning.
But before we do, I want to give you some context that I think will help us
to understand and appreciate what we're reading as we read this passage.
Jesus prophesies with remarkable accuracy in this passage
the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem some 40 years after He's speaking here.
Some of you remember December 7th, 1941, a day that will live in infamy,
the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Imagine how traumatic it would have been to be there on the island that day.
Many of you remember where you were on 9-11 because of how significant that event was.
But imagine if you'd been there in New York City with two huge buildings crumbling.
If you'd been right there, it might have felt like the end of the world, right?
If you were in Indonesia in 2004 when the huge earthquake and tsunami destroyed cities
and came sweeping over, it would have felt like the end of the world.
For Jews living in Jerusalem in the first century,
that's what the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple would have felt like.
It would have felt like the end of the world.
The temple itself was stunning.
Now, at this point, larger than a football field,
covered in shining gold,
clusters of grapes on the sides of it,
golden grapes,
the first century historian Josephus says,
are the size of a man.
The temple is huge,
but add on to that,
the temple's spiritual significance.
They're in God's holy city.
Remember, mankind was created to live in God's presence, right?
In this intimate relationship with Him from the very beginning.
But sin separated us from God.
Cast out of His presence
until God takes up residence again among His people,
first in the tabernacle,
and then where?
In the temple in Jerusalem.
This was the place where God meets with sinners.
Sacrifices and offerings bringing unworthy sinners
into the presence of the holy God.
That's what the temple means.
And it's the temple itself that sets the Jews apart from the other nations.
Yahweh dwells in their midst, right?
So when the Jews picture Jerusalem overrun
and the temple destroyed,
they are overwhelmed at the idea of being abandoned by God.
This is the end of the world.
What hope do we have now?
In Luke 21,
Jesus stands in this very temple
and He hears people praising its great glory
and isn't it amazing?
And He tells them some really bad news
that gets their attention.
Let's start reading in verse 5 of Luke 21.
This is God's Word.
And while some were speaking of the temple,
how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings,
Jesus said,
As for these things that you see,
the days will come
when there will not be left here
one stone upon another
that will not be thrown down.
Wow!
No way!
How is it even possible to imagine that?
So they asked Him,
Teacher, when will these things be?
And what will be the sign
when these things are about to take place?
And He said,
See that you are not led astray,
for many will come in My name,
saying,
I am He,
and the time is at hand.
Do not go after them.
And when you hear of wars and tumults,
do not be terrified,
for these things must first take place,
but the end will not be at once.
Then He said to them,
Nation will rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom.
There will be great earthquakes,
and in various places,
famines and pestilences,
and there will be terrors
and great signs from heaven.
But before all this,
they will lay their hands on you
and persecute you,
delivering you up to the synagogues
and prisons,
and you'll be brought before kings
and governors for My name's sake.
This will be your opportunity
to bear witness.
Settle it, therefore, in your minds,
not to meditate beforehand
how to answer,
for I will give you a mouth
and wisdom
which none of your adversaries
will be able to withstand
or contradict.
You'll be delivered up
even by parents and brothers
and relatives and friends,
and some of you
they will put to death.
You'll be hated by all
for My name's sake,
but not a hair of your head
will perish.
By your endurance,
you will gain your lives.
But when you see Jerusalem
surrounded by armies,
then know that its desolation
has come near.
Then let those who are in Judea
flee to the mountains,
and let those who are inside
the city depart,
and let not those who are out
in the country enter it,
for these are days of vengeance
to fulfill all that is written.
Alas for women who are pregnant
and for those who are nursing infants
in those days,
for there will be great distress
upon the earth
and wrath against this people.
They will fall by the edge
of the sword
and be led captive
among all nations,
and Jerusalem will be trampled
underfoot by the Gentiles
until the times of the Gentiles
are fulfilled.
And sure enough,
eventually Rome too,
those Gentiles would fall,
but in many ways,
still Gentiles trampling
in Jerusalem today.
And there will be signs
in sun and moon and stars
and on the earth,
distress of nations
and perplexity
because of the roaring
of the sea and the waves,
people fainting with fear
and with foreboding
of what is coming on the world,
for the powers of the heavens
will be shaken.
And then they will see
the Son of Man
coming in a cloud
with power
and great glory.
Now when these things
begin to take place,
straighten up
and raise your heads
because your redemption
is drawing near.
He told them a parable.
Look at the fig tree
and all the trees.
As soon as they come out
and leaf,
you see for yourselves
and know that the summer
is already near.
So also when you see
these things taking place,
you know that the kingdom
of God is near.
Truly I say to you,
this generation
will not pass away
until all has taken place.
Heaven and earth
will pass away,
but my words
will not pass away.
But watch yourselves.
Lest your hearts
be weighed down
with dissipation
and drunkenness
and cares of this life.
And that day
come upon you
suddenly like a trap.
For it will come
upon all who dwell
on the face
of the whole earth.
But stay awake
at all times,
praying that you
may have strength
to escape all these things
that are going to take place
and to stand before
the Son of Man.
And every day
he was teaching
in the temple.
But at night
he went out
and lodged
on the mount
called Olivet.
And early in the morning
all the people
came to him
in the temple
to hear him.
It starts
in the temple.
It ends
with the temple.
It's about
the temple.
Let's pray
and ask for God's help.
Jesus,
we thank you
for your words
that will not
pass away.
And we come
to them this morning
and want to hear
your voice.
So would you speak
and teach us
and change us
we ask in your name.
Amen.
I'm thankful
even for this
hard passage
this morning
because I think
that Jesus
is speaking
to many of us
right where
we are today.
It's always true
God's word
speaks to us
but I think
especially so today
there's a lot
of chaos
in our lives
and in this world
isn't there?
Many of us
are overwhelmed.
If you've wondered
where God is
in this world
or in your life
you're not alone
in this room.
I've talked
just this week
with people
struggling
with depression
because of the
realities in their life
and their ages
span 80 years.
It's not easy.
Some of you
have lost
loved ones.
You feel alone.
Some of us
are in the chaos
of betrayal
and feeling
disoriented
after the loss
of our most
trusted relationship
in the world.
some of us
are overwhelmed
by the
political upheaval
the culture
of death
and division
in our own country.
Christians being
rounded up
and killed
in other countries
and where is God
in this?
Some of our hearts
are breaking
every morning
as we wake up
and think of the
destruction
in our kids' lives
and the pain
that that
brings us.
Some of us
just have
so many moving
pieces right now
we can't keep
our heads
above water.
Bills due
here and there
and all the
little things
I just can't
catch up on
you throw in
the flu
for a few days
and life
has devolved
into chaos.
For some of us
it's at work
where our faith
doesn't seem
to be helping.
For others
it's our families
spinning out of control.
For others
it's just our
sinful hearts
where we feel
consistently
defeated.
Everything seems
to work against us.
God doesn't seem
to be coming
through in this
chaos.
Who's for me?
If I'm not
talking about
your life
this week
when I describe
these things
praise the Lord.
But you know
these feelings
you've experienced
these feelings
or you will.
They will come
in each of our
lives.
And you can
also know
this morning
that many
around you
are feeling
this way.
Many in this
room.
Dear
Southwood family
you're not
alone
in the chaos
in feeling
overwhelmed
depressed
confused
tired
tired.
And Jesus
in this
passage
acknowledges
the trials
and sufferings
and chaos
of this life
so honestly.
He tells us
what it's going
to be like.
He starts
talking to his
immediate followers
but he includes
us too
and I'm so
thankful
that he knows
the bad
stuff
because it's
really hard
in the midst
of chaos.
Notice that
Jesus has
little time
for pretend
turn your frown
upside down
happy go lucky
Christianity.
He tells his
disciples what
it's going to be
like.
All sorts of
trials they'll
face.
Persecutions
imprisonments
betrayals
even death
natural disasters
wars
chaos
everywhere.
There will
be understandable
cause for
fear
Jesus says.
There will
even be cause
for heading
for the hills
fleeing the
city to escape
the slaughter
in Jerusalem
as many
Christians
apparently did
by the way
finding safety
in the nearby
town of Pella
when the Romans
overran
Jerusalem.
Listen to
Jesus.
People will
be against
you.
Nations
will battle
against each
other and
against God's
people.
Creation
itself will
spin out of
control seemingly.
There's a lot
of really
bad news
in this
passage.
That's mostly
what it is.
Just being
honest.
Jesus'
forecast for
the future
circumstances
of his
followers
is bleak
at best.
The world
as they know
it will be
ending
and God
will be
hard to
find in
the midst
of it.
But he
offers hope
too.
Comfort
in the
chaos
that we
need this
morning.
Not
comfort in
avoiding
all of it.
Not in
circumstances
actually being
better than
predicted.
But right
there in the
midst of your
overwhelming
life there's
good news
that you and
I need to
hear.
As we look
at that I
want to show
you briefly
the controversy
surrounding this
passage.
This is a bit
academic which
neither of us
enjoys.
But hang
with me.
The reliability
of God's
word really
matters.
Okay?
See in this
passage Jesus
talks through the
first half at
least through
verse 24
about the
destruction of
the temple
that happens
in 70 A.D.
That's a huge
historical event.
He appears
then after that
to move beyond
that date with
some apocalyptic
language about
the end times
and his second
coming in a
cloud with
power and
glory.
And that's
okay, right?
Except then he
also says in
verse 32
that this
generation will
not pass away
until all
has taken
place.
And at least
the surface
reading of that
verse seems
out of place
doesn't it?
Because Jesus
didn't come back
and consummate
his kingdom in
the first century,
right?
We're still here.
So how do we
understand this
passage?
Well some have
said it's easy,
Jesus was just
wrong.
He was confused
about how things
would play out.
No!
Don't take that
view, not just
because I think
it's a bad idea.
That's a terrible
and simplistic
reading of this
passage where he
so clearly
predicts accurately
so many future
realities.
That's lazy
and easy.
There's really
good ways to
understand what
Jesus is telling
us here that we
need.
There's a group,
many people who
think that Jesus
doesn't actually
talk at all here
about his second
coming.
This is a reasonable
possibility that
the coming of the
Son of Man on the
clouds in verse 27
is really a picture
of a first century
event.
It's clearly
referencing Daniel
chapter 7 as we'll
see in just a minute
where Jesus comes
on the clouds but
where does he come?
He comes to God
himself, to the
ancient of days.
not coming on
clouds to earth
and so some
say this all
happens during the
life of this
generation of Jesus
followers that he's
speaking to.
There's some pretty
compelling reasons to
read it that way
in which case if
that's true all the
comfort that's given
here is specifically
to Jesus followers
right there but we
can apply the
principles from it
to our lives.
Okay?
That's one good
option.
But I do think in
Luke that Jesus has
been consistently
pointing us beyond
today to eternity
hasn't he?
In conversation after
conversation more and
more as we get to the
end of his life on
earth and so with the
majority of scholars
with many others I
think the destruction
of Jerusalem seeming
like the end of the
world is at least a
picture of those last
days.
There's strong language
here indicating that
and if that's the
case then we just
need to know how to
understand verse 32.
There's a lot of
really good reasonable
ways.
One that I like
notices that this
generation that phrase
Jesus uses is a very
common phrase in Luke
and every single time
it's used it's used
to refer to this
wicked generation.
Not so much to a
group of people who
live at the same time
and place but a
group of people whose
hearts are opposed to
the rule and reign of
God.
It's more about an
attitude of the heart
than it is a
particular time.
Does that make sense?
And so Jesus would be
saying here that it's
that wickedness, that
opposition to God that
will continue on earth
until he has returned
fully and finally in
glory and dealt with
chaos completely which
does seem to be what
he's saying here.
That's the way I'm
approaching the passage.
I want you to know
that but regardless of
that or whether you
think I'm crazy, Jesus'
focus is not on when
all of this will happen
is it?
You know it's funny
that is the direct
question he's asked
isn't it?
They're scared about
what's going to happen
when Jesus so I can be
ready and he never
directly answers when
all this will happen.
He says much about the
historical events of
the first century but
people who use this
passage merely to fill
in their end times
chart are missing the
point.
This is to be comfort
for us secondarily or
directly.
So let's get to the
good stuff.
Come back with us if I
lost you for a couple
minutes.
There's good news and
the good news is tucked
in the midst of all the
bad news which is
actually going to make it
even better good news.
Where's our comfort in
all of this?
If life is chaos and
overwhelming and I'm out
of control where's
comfort?
comfort, it's in Jesus
himself.
He's the one telling us
what's coming and he
says in verse 9 what?
Do not fear.
Even though all this
fearful stuff will happen
that I'm telling you
about, do not fear.
How?
What's the comfort?
First, his presence is
certain.
Verse 15, you're on
trial before kings, your
life is on the line, but
who is there?
I will give you a
mouth and wisdom.
I will, I will be there
he says.
He goes on to say that
you will be hated and
die, but not a hair on
your head will perish.
What in the world,
Jesus, if I die, what
good is my hair?
Y'all, it's the promise
of his protection.
Sometimes immediate and
physical, always ultimate
and eternal.
That no one can snatch you
out of my hand.
It's for your good.
I'm ultimately, no matter
what you endure, you will
live.
I'm with you.
And it's promises like
that, that you can take
to the bank.
His promises are
certain.
They're absolutely
sure.
Verse 33, heaven and
earth will pass away.
Can you imagine?
But my words will not
pass away.
Even if it is the end
of the world, truly,
it is not the end of
God's promises.
The mountains may crash
into the heart of the sea
all around me, but God
is my refuge and my
strength.
His words never fail.
Therefore, I will not
fear.
And maybe the most
comforting of all,
the one who is with you,
whose promises you can
trust is so powerful.
His power is unparalleled.
Verse 27, they will see
the Son of Man coming
in a cloud with power
and great glory.
There is someone in
control of all this chaos,
in complete control of it.
Jesus is describing this
vision from Daniel chapter
7.
Behold, with the clouds
of heaven came one like
a Son of Man.
There it is.
And he came to the
Ancient of Days and was
presented before him.
And to him was given
dominion and glory and a
kingdom that all people's
nations and languages
should serve him.
His dominion is an
everlasting dominion which
shall not pass away.
And his kingdom, one that
shall not be destroyed.
There's one person in
control.
Jesus says, listen,
things may be spinning
out of control for you,
but they are firmly held
in my powerful hand.
All of them.
All the things.
Forever.
Your suffering is not
random.
Your struggle is not
purposeless.
hopeless.
Your future is not
hopeless.
The comfort of this
whole message that Jesus
is giving to his
followers is that he is
in charge.
He's with them,
protecting them,
promising them hope they
can count on,
and controlling it all
no matter what.
It's kind of a long
sermon, so I want to let
you talk for a minute.
There's a beautiful
statement of this comfort
in the Heidelberg
Catechism.
I want you to say it with
me this morning and
remember that this is not
merely theoretical mumbo
jumbo.
This is practically,
truly,
your only comfort in life,
in the chaos swirling all
around you,
and in death.
So, say the answer with me.
What is your only comfort
in life and in death?
That I am not my own,
but belong,
body and soul,
in life and in death,
to my faithful Savior,
Jesus Christ.
He has fully paid for all
my sins with his precious
blood, and has set me free
from the tyranny of the
devil.
He also watches over me in
such a way that not a hair
can fall for my head
without the will of my
Father in heaven.
In fact, all things must
work together for my
salvation.
Amen.
That's comfort in Jesus.
So, how do we live now?
When the Bible tells us
about end times,
it's not usually for our
speculation,
but for our application
in our lives today.
How do we live in light of
this?
This passage from beginning
to end says comfort is
found in one place.
Jesus.
Cling to him.
That's how we live now.
Clinging to him by not
letting your focus get
distracted by anyone
else.
Saying that they're the one
you should hope in.
That's verse 8.
Don't run after them.
Or by anything else in
this world.
Saying that it will
medicate your pain and
you'll be better.
That it will calm your
chaos.
That it will fulfill
your heart.
That's verse 34.
Jesus is the one
reigning in power
and glory.
Always with you now
for your good.
And coming again for
your redemption.
So keep your focus on
him.
And confidently
trust him.
Jesus says no matter
what chaos you're living
in.
Fear
not.
You won't face
anything
that he can't care for
you in.
Never.
No one can snatch
you out of his
hand.
So don't panic.
Don't despair.
Raise your heads
he says.
Raise your heads
fearful ones.
Struggling
ones.
Overwhelmed
ones.
Raise your heads
because your
redemption
is drawing
near.
Verse
28.
Your
redeemer
is
coming.
Fix your eyes
on the unseen
the eternal.
He's coming
back for you.
Finally
what to do
in light of all
this?
To help you
cling
to the
comforter.
To tighten
your heart's
grip
on him.
Pray.
Verse
36.
Stay awake
at all times
praying
that you may
have strength
to escape
all these
things that
are going
to take
place
and stand
before
the Son
of Man.
It's not
just
spiritualizing
hard times.
Jesus is not
telling you to
pray because
he's a
Christian and
you have to
include that
at the end
of everything
else.
Make sure
you pray
too.
He's telling
us to pray
because there's
no other
way to
make it
through this
life clinging
to him.
Pray.
Y'all the
logic is not
hard.
Life is
chaotic
and overwhelming.
There is
only one
person in
control.
So we
have to
cry out
to him.
You have
to cling
to him.
You must
train your
heart moment
by moment
to trust
in him.
Pray.
Not that
your life
will get
better.
Not that
the chaos
will go
away.
Not that
you'll come
out looking
good on
the other
side.
Pray that
you will
stand before
the Son
of Man.
That's what
really matters.
Fix your
eyes on
him.
Trust him
no matter
what,
no matter
how dark
things seem
and pray,
pray,
pray.
That's
clinging to
the comforter.
I want to
give you an
image of
clinging to
the comforter.
In a movie
that I've
never seen
called
Twister,
there's a
great scene
where two
storm chasers,
Helen Hunt
and Bill
Paxton,
are out
in a farm
and there's
this incredibly
devastating
tornado
blowing through.
I mean,
that's why
they're there,
but this is
more than
they can
handle.
And here
it comes.
There is
debris
flying all
around them,
cows coming
by through
the air,
fences flying,
everything is
out of
control.
And they're
looking desperately
for safety.
Their lives
depend on
finding one
calm,
firm place.
And their
last hope is
an old well
house that
looks like it's
about to go
to.
They make it
inside and
there it is.
There it is.
One metal
bar bolted
to the ground
and they
strap
themselves to
it as
tightly as
they can
and then
they cling
to it and
hang on,
as he says,
while the
storm blows
everything else
away.
Listen,
life is
blowing
everything
around you
or it
will one
day.
And there
will be
a metal
bar firmly
bolted to
the ground.
And I can
already tell
you who it
is.
You can
already tell
me who it
is.
It's
Jesus.
Hymn writers
have been
telling us
this for
centuries
because they've
lived through
it.
When darkness
veils his
lovely face,
I rest on
his unchanging
grace.
in every
high and
stormy
gale,
my anchor
holds
within the
veil.
Though Satan
should buffet,
though trials
should come,
let this
blessed assurance
control that
Christ has
regarded my
helpless
estate and
has shed
his own
blood for
my soul.
Fear not,
I am with
thee.
O be not
dismayed,
for I am
thy God and
will still
give thee aid.
I'll
strengthen
thee,
help thee,
and cause
thee to
stand upheld
by my
righteous,
omnipotent
hand.
When all
around my
soul gives
way,
he then
is all
my hope
and stay.
Cling to
him.
Don't let
go.
And now I
got better
news for
you.
He's
already
holding on
to you
and he
won't let
go.
I've
told you
all in
the last
few weeks
that I've
been living
in one of
those overwhelming
chaotic seasons
of life
myself.
I'll tell you
what has been
helping me
cling to
Jesus
because I've
needed it.
I've been
over and
over back
to the vision
given to
John in
Revelation
chapter 1.
I want you
to look at
this.
I've been
dying to
share this
with you
all and
finally the
passage lets
me talk
about it.
In the
midst of the
lamp stands
one like a
son of
man.
There he is
like a
son of
man,
right?
Talking about
the same
guy.
Clothed with
a long
robe,
with a
golden sash
around his
chest,
the hairs
of his
head were
white like
white wool
like snow.
His eyes
were like a
flame of
fire,
his feet
were like
burnished
bronze refined
in a
furnace,
and his
voice was
like the
roar of
many waters.
In his
right hand
he held
seven stars,
and from
his mouth
came a
sharp two-edged
sword,
and his
face was
like the
sun shining
in full
strength.
I won't
go into
all the
details,
but it
means he's
really wise,
and his
promises are
really true,
and he's
really powerful,
and it is
meant to be
an overwhelming
picture,
so much so
that this is
what happens
to the guy
who sees
it.
Verse 17,
when I saw
him I fell
at his feet
as though
dead,
but he laid
his right
hand on
me,
saying,
fear not,
there it is
again,
I am the
first and
the last
and the
living one,
I died,
and behold,
I am alive
forevermore,
and I have
the keys of
death and
Hades.
Do you
hear him?
He's got his
hand on your
shoulder,
and he says,
I know what
you're going
through,
I've been
through worse,
I died,
and I'm
alive,
and now I
have the keys
over the
things that
are driving
you crazy,
over death
itself,
over Satan
himself,
I control
them,
trust me,
I've got
you,
and then
the best
part,
last thing,
verse 20,
as for the
mystery of
the seven
stars that
you saw
in my
right hand,
wow,
isn't that
amazing,
seven stars,
but look
what they
are,
the seven
stars are
the angels
of the seven
churches,
representing
all the
churches,
the seven
lampstands are
the seven
churches,
he's walking
around in
the midst
of his
people,
he's there
with you,
and he
holds you
in his
hand,
he holds
us in
his hand,
powerful,
kind,
unwavering
hand,
he's holding
you,
he's not
letting go,
ever,
the
destruction
of the
temple was
going to
leave God's
people feeling
that he
had abandoned
them,
how could
they ever
get back
that relationship
they were
made for,
and Jesus
stands in
this very
temple,
and says,
when it's
gone,
God has
not abandoned
you,
God still
meets with
sinners,
something greater
than the
temple is
here,
as he says
elsewhere,
if I had to
put 34
verses into
one sentence,
and you wish I
did it earlier,
it's this,
cling to
Jesus,
because no
matter what
happens,
he is the
place God
still meets
with sinners,
and still
clings to
sinners,
he is,
see him,
offering himself
to fearful
followers in
the Jerusalem
temple,
that's what he's
doing here,
see him
being a firm
foundation that
is holding on
to persecuted
Christians in
Revelation chapter
one,
see him
meeting with
sinners,
men and women,
boys and girls
in Huntsville,
Alabama,
through his
body and
blood given
for you,
that's what he
says is happening
here,
the Lord Jesus
on the night
that he was
betrayed took
bread,
he broke it,
and he gave
it to his
followers as
I'm ministering
in his name,
give this bread
to you,
and he said
take,
eat,
this is my
body,
do this in
remembrance of
me,
I want to be
there with
you,
and in the
same way he
took the
cup and
said this
cup's not
like any
other,
it's the
new covenant
in my
blood,
shed for
many for
the remission,
the forgiveness
of sins,
drink from
it,
and I'm
there with
you,
for as often
as you eat
this bread
and drink
this cup,
you proclaim
his death
until he
comes again
and he's
coming,
that's why
he gives
this to us,
that we
will cling
to him
afresh
again today,
that's why
we need to
do this
so often,
that we'll
be strengthened
to cling
to him
as he
clings
to us,
if you see
him here
at this
table,
and you
trust him
in the
midst of
everything
in your
life,
come and
be strengthened
knowing he
holds you
and you
can hold
on to
him,
if you
don't trust
him,
if he's
not the
place where
you've
cast yourself
in the
midst of
difficulties
of life,
don't come
and eat
at this
table,
but we'd
still invite
you to
come and
talk with
us,
if you
come forward
you can
ask us,
we'll pray
with you,
we love
that,
or we'll
talk with
you after
the service,
we're thrilled
that you're
here,
and there's
nothing we
would want
you to
know more
than the
only place
of refuge
and safety
in this
world that
any of us
has found
that holds,
and it's
Jesus,
and he's
here to
meet with
you,
God meets
with sinners
now,
not in the
temple,
in Jesus,
let's pray
and we'll do
that together,
Jesus,
thank you
that we
can know
our father
again because
of what
you've
done,
thank you
that you
are with
us,
no matter
what,
and as we
eat this
bread and
drink this
juice,
would you
use very
common elements
for a very,
very sacred
purpose,
that we
would be
strengthened in
our hearts
to see you
clearly,
and to hold
on to you
more desperately
and firmly
than when we
came in.
We ask it
in your name.
For more
information,
visit us
online at
southwood.org.