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Vol.
46, No. 47 SOUTHSIDE ORACLE
February 13, 2004
The
Bulletin Board
The Sweetheart Dinner will
be Saturday, February 14, at the church building. A large number have
signed up to attend.
The Christian Workers’ Meeting
will be Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. The speakers will be Wayne Hawley of the
Oakhaven Church in Oshkosh, and Bobby Valentine. The meeting is attended by
people from a number of congregations. Everyone is welcome.
Men! Sign up for our 14th
annual area-wide Men’s Breakfast on Saturday, February 28th.
The speaker will be Bobby Valentine whose topic will be “God’s Spirit and
God’s Man.”
The Wisconsin Christian Youth
Camp Silent Auction will include a dinner and will be February 21st at
6:00 p.m. If you have items you would like to donate to be auctioned for
the camp, see Wayne Alexander or the posted announcement.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
Two years ago Last
year Last week Goal
Bible classes
144 146 173
170
Morning worship
195 227 *227 250
Evening
worship 73 88
60 80
Contribution $3478.66
$4519.01 $4660.04 $4500.00
The Oakhaven Church in Oshkosh is
hosting a youth rally February 13 – 15. Josh Cleveland of the Woodbury, MN
congregation will be the speaker. Some of our youth plan to attend.
A
Congregational Meeting is planned for February 29th. It will follow the
second service and a sandwich lunch to
follow.
February 29th will also
be picture-taking day. Our display of church families on the
bulletin board needs considerable up-dating. Probably 40% of our families
are not on the board, so come prepared to have your photo taken.
The Sick. Remember the sick in
your prayers including Elfriede Wandsnider, Hank Karbiner, and Jose Valdez
who are recovering from various problems.
Why
Women Cry
A little boy asked his
mother, “Why are you crying? “Because I am a woman,” she told him. “I
don’t understand,” he said. His mom just hugged him and said, “And you
never will.”
Later the little boy asked
his father, “Why do women seem to cry for no reason?” “All women cry for no
reason,” was all his father could say.
The little boy grew up and
became a man, still wondering why women cry. Finally, he put a call in to
God. When God got on the phone, he asked, “God, why do women cry so
easily?” God said, “When I made woman she had to be special. I made her
shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough
to give comfort. I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the
rejection that many times comes from her children. I gave her a hardness
that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of
her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining. I gave her the
sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when
her child has hurt her very badly. I gave her the strength to carry her
husband through his faults, and fashioned her from his rib to protect his
heart. I gave her the wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his
wife, but sometimes tests her strength and her resolve to stand beside him
unfalteringly. And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers
exclusively to use whenever it is needed.”
“You see, my son,” said God,
“the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she
carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen
in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart – the place where love
resides.” __Holmes Road Church bulletin
Calendar of Events
February 13-15 – Youth rally, Oakhaven
Church, Oshkosh
February 14 – Sweetheart dinner,
Southside, 6:00 p.m.
February 17 – Christian Workers’ Meeting,
Southside, 9:00 a.m.
February 21 – Wisconsin Christian Youth
Camp dinner & silent auction, 6 p.m.
February 28 – Southside area-wide men’s
breakfast
February 29 – Picture taking day after
morning worship services
February 29 – Congregational meeting
after second worship and sandwich lunch
March 14 – Elders/deacons meeting, 4:30
p.m.
March 14 – Praise and Palate, 6:00 p.m.
March 26-28 – Southside Youth Rally
March 31 – 5th Wednesday combined meeting
of midweek study groups
April 2-4 – York College High School Days
April 16-17 – Southside men’s retreat
April 17-18 – Wisconsin Christian Youth
Camp spring youth rally, Fallhall Glen
May 7 – Mother/Daughter Banquet,
Southside, 6:00 p.m.
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