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Vol. 47, No.
2 SOUTHSIDE ORACLE March
12, 2004
The Bulletin Board
The
Southside Youth Rally will be March 26 – 28. The featured speaker
will be Grant Rathe, youth minister for the Fairview Heights, IL church.
The program begins Friday with registration at 6:30 p.m. and will conclude
following worship on Sunday. There are sign-up sheets posted on the
bulletin board for those willing and able to help in providing housing or
food for visitors. Please check them out.
The Sick – Esther Christensen has been transferred from St. Francis
Hospital to the Terrace at St. Francis for rehabilitation….Martha Sepulveda
was admitted to St. Francis Hospital Sunday for internal bleeding. She is
undergoing tests to determine the problem….Eric Harrison, father of Linda
Capitonoff, is in St. Luke’s South Hospital with heart problems….Edwin Moore
and Russ Kleinhans have both been released from the hospital.
The
Christian Workers’ Meeting will be Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. at
Southside. The speakers will be Lance Hawley and George Galvarious, both of
Madison.
Praise and Palate will be at 6:00 p.m. Sunday. For the palate part
bring Italian food.
The
elders and deacons will meet at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
Two years ago Last
year Last week Goal
Bible classes
128 145
134 170
Morning worship
224 216 *222 250
Evening worship
70 70 61 80
Contribution $4659.01
$4663.58 $4665.93 $4500.00
Men’s Retreat – The annual men’s retreat at Camp Matawa will be April 16
& 17. Those planning to attend should see the posted sign-up sheet so it
can be determined how many to plan for.
The
Fond du Lac Church will host a church growth workshop for small churches on
April 3rd. See the posted information for details.
If I Were Looking
for a Church Home
I’ve never searched for a church home.
I’ve interviewed for several pulpit positions, but that’s more like a job
search than it is trying to find a place to involve myself with a local
body. I do have some definite ideas about what I’d look for if I were
“church shopping”.
I’d look for a Christ centered church. A
Bible centered church and a Christ centered church may not be the same
thing. A group of people might be able to tell you that Amram and Jochebed
were the parents of Moses with the speed of lightning, but then drag their
feet when it comes to being crucified with Christ.
I’d look for a church where members love
each other – the kind of church in which members help one another, move
furniture, repair roofs, and clean out septic tanks. It would also be the
kind of church where members roam hospital corridors, serve meals to those
who have family members in the hospital, and make themselves available at
crisis times. I’d look for that kind of response because Jesus said, “All
men will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.”
I’d look for a church that reaches beyond
its membership with the good news of the gospel and demonstrates the
authenticity of the gospel through acts of compassion. I’d want it to be a
church that becomes a haven for people who have been slapped down by life –
the poor, the divorced, the lonely, AIDS sufferers, the homeless,
alcoholics, substance abusers. I’d want it to be a church that hurts with
people who hurt because Jesus, the great physician, came to heal those who
are sick, not those who are well.
I’m not looking for a church home, but I
do want to encourage the church I love and respect to be the kind of church
I’ve described.
__Norman Bales, Holmes
Road bulletin
Calendar of Events
March 14 – Elders/deacons meeting, 4:30 p.m.
March 14 – Praise and Palate, 6:00 p.m.
March 16 – Christian Workers’ Meeting, 9:00 a.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 3 – Small Church Growth Workshop, Fond du Lac
Church
April 16-17 – Southside men’s retreat, Camp Matawa
April 17-18 – Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp spring
youth rally, Fallhall Glen
May 7 – Mother/Daughter Banquet, Southside, 6:00 p.m.
June 20 – July 3 – Junior camp session, Wisconsin
Christian Youth Camp
July 4-17 – Middle camp session, Wisconsin Christian
Youth Camp
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