Lesson: “More Than Meets The Eye”
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 3:1-26
Today
Evening worship is planned for 6:00 p.m. today.
The Caring Ministry is holding a meeting today after morning worship.
For Club 55; don’t forget to vote on the bulletin board for your favorite June, July and October activity.
This week
The Christian Workers’ Meeting is planned for the third Tuesday of each month, 9:30 a.m. October through May.
All ladies are invited to a Women’s Ministry ladies’ night, Tuesday, February 19, 6:30 p.m. Bring a fashion scarf with you. Soup and salad to be served while plans for 2019 are discussed. Prayerfully consider attending. Please contact Julie Shuster (julieshuster@yahoo.com or 414-517-5557) for details.
Southside Youth Rally – Saturday and Sunday, February 23 – 24. Help is needed for chaperones, adult housing, a Sunday noon sandwich potluck and for the youth rally in general.
Special Events
Special Events
Club 55 is planning a presentation about our missions in Wisconsin, the U.S. and around the world on Saturday March 30 at 10 a.m. Join us in sampling foods from our mission locations where we invest our time, funding and prayers. Please see Linda Stanger for details.
The annual Men’s Breakfast is planned for Saturday March 16 at 8:30 a.m. Please sign up if you plan to attend or can help set up the evening before.
The No Debt No Sweat seminar on getting out of debt and Christian money management is planned over three meetings: Sunday March 31, 9:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; and Monday April 1, 6:30 p.m. Childcare is to be provided, friends and neighbors are welcome.
The Brentwood church (6425 N 60th St.) has planned meetings of the Alzheimer’s Support Group, on selected Fridays at 6:00 p.m. Please contact Linda Stanger if you plan to attend. The next meeting is planned for April 5 – How to deal with fear.
Information
Group leaders; please contact the church office to update your current studies on the information Board.
When planning events, don’t forget to check the calendar in the back hallway by room 9 for conflicts and enter your own events. This is for events that involve use of the building and/or for a majority of the congregation.
Southside has an email list that is used to send congregational news to those subscribed. Please join us by emailing
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from the email account you wish to receive at and stay up to date with everything happening at Southside. This automated mail list is used for church related matters such as general announcements, prayer requests, the bulletin, and other items of interest to the congregation. Please see Laurie Giombi for details.
Mid-week Life group meetings are planned in several locations:
Ketterhagen’s home, Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m., “Believe”
Werner’s home, Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m., “Vanishing Grace”
Building, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. classes for children, Acts
Santana’s home, Wednesday 7:00 p.m., “David who?”
Morrill’s home, Friday 6:30 p.m., “Faith that Works”
Young Adults, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., dinner and Bible study at 2121A W. Tripoli Ave., Milwaukee (upper duplex).
We have an attended nursery for small children during morning worship periods in room 2. We also have a training room at the rear of the auditorium where parents can stay with their little ones while worshiping.
A children’s worship is scheduled to begin near the start of the worship lesson time. Children’s Worship is intended to provide a time of worship for children age 3 thru Grade 3 and to encourage families with children. Everyone is asked to begin worship in the auditorium (adults and children). Parents should accompany their smaller children to the basement as well as children who have not attended before. Before you return upstairs, be sure to indicate to the people at the door if you would prefer us to keep your young person till you return to get them or if it is alright to let them go after the adult worship is dismissed.
Free CD’s of the Sunday morning sermons are available from Joel Ribar. Be sure to specify the date desired. MP3 copies of sermons are also available at the church web site.
The Library is open after classes and the worship period. Don’t forget to return any overdue books to the library. There is a book return box located in the entry way next to the picture board.
Why Do We Preach
Why do we teach and preach as a part of our relationship to God and what is this intended to accomplish?
Preaching is a type of teaching, usually made as a presentation rather than by interaction. Sometimes it is called proclaiming since this has the same meaning. Jesus frequently used this style of teaching when working with groups (Matthew 4:17; Mark 1:38) and he instructed his apostles to do the same (Mark 3:14; 16:15).
Different forms of teaching have always been important for God’s followers. Teaching was one of the primary jobs of Moses when leading the Israelites (Deuteronomy 4:5, 14). It was also to be a family activity (Deuteronomy 6:6-7). In addition to common family teaching, special rites, memorials and festivals were to be used to provide teachable moments within families (Exodus 12:24-27; Joshua 4: 5-7; 21-24).
Teaching was very important when the church began, because many people were not aware of God’s directions for the church or how it applied to them (Acts 2:41-42; 5:19-21). As members of the church were persecuted or attacked for their new belief, they in turn preached the good news they had learned while in Jerusalem, as they fled to save their lives (Acts 8:4-5).
People at all times have needed the guidance of teaching or preaching about the writings of God’s representatives, so they understand the writings and how they are applied. This was needed for people in ancient times (Acts 8:30-31; 35; 14:14-18) just as much as today.
Today we understand that teaching and preaching about God’s direction for us is not limited by nationality, place or time (Matthew 28:18-20; Revelation 14:6-7). It is limited by our willingness to listen and study (Matthew 12:7; Luke 13:34) since God rarely forces anyone to do anything.
Knowledge has always been passed along primarily by teaching, and a lack of knowledge has always led to great problems (Isaiah 5:13; Hosea 4:6). There is a saying that those who refuse to learn from history are condemned to repeat it. Even today, we see the great lessons of the past being repeated in the “school of hard knocks” for those who choose not to learn from teaching.
Thus, today we preach for those who will listen and learn (II Timothy 4:1-4). It is our own decision what we do with the knowledge presented. Those that teach and preach fulfill their obligation (I Corinthians 9:16-17). It is our own choice as to what we do with the information passed on by those who teach it.
Written by Cliff Copass.