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Vol. 47, No.
9 SOUTHSIDE ORACLE April
30, 2004
The Bulletin Board
New Arrival – Congratulations to Bryan and Tara Frost on the birth of
Cael Thomas on April 23rd.
Bobby Valentine is speaking next week at the annual Pepperdine
University Bible Lectureship in California. He will be gone for ten days.
Speakers Sunday – Monroe Hawley will preach Sunday morning and Daryl
Miller will speak in the evening.
New Classes – Three new Sunday morning adult Bible classes will begin
this Sunday. They are:
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.
Celebrating God’s Family – On May 16th we will have a single
morning worship service at 11:00 a.m. accompanied by a separate
children’s worship. There will be no service at 8:30 that Sunday. Bible
classes will begin at 9:30 followed by a fellowship period prior to
worship. We will share a meal together at 12:30 p.m. and will have a
congregational meeting at 2:00 p.m. After this there will be 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.
Though we know we will be very crowded, this will provide a wonderful
opportunity for the whole church to worship together at the same time.
There will be no Praise and Palate at 6:00 p.m. on May 9th because of the
special program the following Sunday. Worship will be conducted as usual at
that time.
The
Mother/Daughter Banquet will be at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 7th. A
capacity attendance is again expected.
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 is not doing well, but is at home….Martha
Sepulveda is suffering from bronchitis, but is improved….Leo Parry, father
of Linda Stanger, is hospitalized and not doing well….Cheryl Morgan is
having surgery this Thursday.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
Two years ago Last
year Last week Goal
Bible classes
134 124
127 170
Morning
worship 228
206 *244 250
Evening worship
65 62 48 80
Contribution $4687.21
$3921.00 $3917.68 $4500.00
Calendar of Events
May 7 – Mother/Daughter Banquet, Southside, 6:30 p.m.
May 7, 8 – Youth Rally, Fond du Lac Church
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
Touchy Christians
In a church with which I once worked the
treasurer would ask another man to assist in counting the contribution. One
Sunday the treasurer, somewhat deaf, asked the help of another brother, also
hearing impaired. The second man replied affirmatively, but was momentarily
diverted. In the meantime the treasurer, failing to hear the reply, secured
the assistance of another.
The incident offended the brother who had
been asked to help. Though it was pointed out that deafness caused the
misunderstanding, he was not placated. In the following weeks it often fell
my lot to straighten out some trifling matter that had offended him. It was
for naught. He and his wife left the church and never returned.
The brother was hypersensitive. Every
little incident hurt his feelings. I have known other Christians with the
same shortcoming. Often they are fine people in other ways, but others must
walk on eggs around them. They do not realize that their wounded feelings
lie within themselves rather than in the actions of others.
Most of us are sometimes too touchy. We
see others quietly talking. We presume they are talking about us. A fellow
Christian passes without speaking. We think he is intentionally ignoring us
when in fact he didn’t see us. A preacher makes some points that hit home.
We knew he was aiming at us. Actually he wasn’t. In each case we were
offended.
If I am constantly offended by the actions
or words of others, it is time for me to look within myself to see if I am
overly sensitive. And if I still blame another person for some slight, I
should go to him and seek to clarify the situation rather than nursing that
“hurt” feeling. __Monroe Hawley, reprinted from a previous
Oracle article
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