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Vol. 47, No. 8
SOUTHSIDE ORACLE April 23, 2004
Celebrating God’s
Family
Several years ago we began having two
Sunday morning worship services because of space limitations. On May 16th
only we will have a single service in order that we may enjoy the fellowship
of the entire congregation at once. We are aware that we will be crowded,
but we will for one day put up with the inconvenience for this occasion.
Bible classes will begin at 9:30 a.m.
followed by fellowship time at 10:30. Worship will begin at 11:00 a.m.
There will be a children’s worship at the same time in the basement. Then at
12:30 we will enjoy a meal together. A congregational meeting will begin
about 2:00 p.m. followed by a devotional and song service. There will be no
regular evening worship, but there will be a devotional at 6:00 p.m. for
those unable to be present in the morning.
The Bulletin Board
New Classes – Three new Sunday morning adult Bible classes will begin
May 2. They will be:
The
Sermon on the Mount taught by Dana McMillion.
His
Needs, Her Needs (on marriage) taught by Bobby Valentine, Wayne
Alexander.
How We
Got Our Bible taught by Monroe Hawley.
Men’s Retreat – About twenty attended the annual Southside men’s retreat
at Camp Matawa last weekend.
Moved – Steve and Mercedes Sebestyen have moved to Delavan.
Contact us
for their new address and phone number. Mercedes has been a member of
Southside since 1981. She will be worshiping with the Elkhorn Church. We
will greatly miss her.
Southside Retreat – Those interested in going to the Southside Retreat
at Fallhall Glen May 28-31 should sign-up on the sheet on the bulletin
board. There is a choice of cabins/lodge rooms on a first come basis. See
the Alexanders for questions.
The Sick – Gertrude Bahn has completed chemotherapy treatment and is in
cancer remission. She still has considerable pain in her shoulder….Martha
Sepulveda fell twice recently and hurt her foot and wrist….Cheryl Morgan
will have surgery April 29th at Froedtert Hospital.
Address Change – Eddie and Rhonda deBie,
contact us
for details.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
Two years ago Last
year Last week Goal
Bible classes
145 132
128 170
Morning worship 253 #311 *234 250
Evening worship
80 79 66 80
Contribution $4620.67 $4042.81 $4178.24 $4500.00
Calendar of Events
May 7 – Mother/Daughter Banquet, Southside, 6:30 p.m.
May 16 – Southside combined morning worship, 11:00
a.m.
May 16 – Congregational meeting, 2:00 p.m.
May 18 – Christian Workers’ Meeting, 9:00 a.m.
May 28-31 – Southside retreat, Fallhall Glen
June 20 – July 3 – Junior camp session, Wisconsin
Christian Youth Camp
July 4-17 – Middle camp session, Wisconsin Christian
Youth Camp
Good Eyesight
Near my home there is a little restaurant
where I like to eat. The surroundings are pleasant, and there is present an
atmosphere of friendliness. Also, the dining room is decorated in good
taste.
One evening I was affected favorably by
some good pictures that were hanging on the wall. I remarked to the owner
that she was fortunate in her choice of new furnishings. She looked at me
in surprise and then told me that these same pictures had been hanging there
for over two years. I was embarrassed.
Eyes that see not, ears that hear not. It
appears that these words describe most of us part of the time. The most
obvious objects escape our notice because we are looking without seeing.
There is no particular mental interest to cause us to examine carefully.
It could be that some of us read our
Bibles with the same attitude of carelessness. The truth escapes us because
we are not sufficiently concerned. The words that we read, or hear, fall
upon insensitive ears. We do not see the pictures that they paint even
though they have been hanging on the walls of our experience for many
years. Then, all of a sudden, we receive some kind of shock. We see for
the first time a truth that has been before us all the time.
Without adequate perceptiveness and
understanding we are sure to lose the message that God has for us.
__J. H. McCaleb in What Is Your Life?
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