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Vol. 47,
No.19 SOUTHSIDE ORACLE
July 9, 2004
The Bulletin
Board
Youth Service Trip – Eleven people including seven youth led by Daryl
Miller are in Menominee, MI this week on a service trip to help the church
there in a youth camping session. They plan to return Sunday afternoon.
The Lake Geneva Family Encampment will be at Williams Bay August 9
– 13. This is open to families or individuals. Bobby Valentine will be
one of the speakers. If you are interested in attending, see the brochure
on the bulletin board. The daily sessions are open to those who are not
staying at the camp.
The elders/deacons meeting will be at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Praise and Palate will be at 6:00 p.m. Sunday. Bring salads.
Blood Drive – There will be a blood drive on July 24th at
Southside like the one we had in January. If you would like to donate
blood, see the sign-up sheet in the foyer or contact Trevona Parker for
information. The same day our tweens will have a car wash at the church
building.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
Two years ago Last
year Last week Goal
Bible classes
118 110
127 170
Morning worship
193 175 *224 250
Evening
worship 54 69
44 80
Contribution $3731.66
$4201.95 $4426.26 $4500.00
“I would
rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of
the wicked.” Psalm 84:10
Calendar of Events
July 4-17 – Middle camp session, Wisconsin Christian
Youth Camp
July 6-11 – Menominee (MI) Youth Service Trip
July 11 – Elders/deacons meeting, 4:30 p.m.
July 11 – Praise and Palate, 6:00 p.m.
July 18-31 – Intermediate camp session, Wisconsin
Christian Youth Camp
July 24 – Blood Drive at Southside
August 1-14 – Senior camp session, Wisconsin
Christian Youth Camp
August 9-13
– Lake Geneva Family Encampment, Williams Bay
Discouraged?
Discouragement is one of those difficult things to explain and almost an
impossible thing to handle. Nations have fallen, teams have gone down to
defeat, and churches have been back-set by discouragement.
Discouragement acts on the individual, but is often passed on to others by
contagion. It is a destroyer and must be handled with care. There are
several points about discouragement that we need to note.
Discouragement saps the energy from an individual or a group. It takes
away incentive. It causes men and women to become disheartened and
confused. When these things occur, we become very difficult to get along
with. Irritation at the slightest things comes when we are discouraged.
Discouragement causes us to “major on minors” and “minor on majors.” When
we are discouraged, we tend to pick at little things. Had we not been so
discouraged, the little things would never have bothered us. In fact, if
we would have had the sense of mind to sit down for a moment and see what
all the fuss is about, we would surely see that the thing over which we
made so much commotion has almost no permanent significance.
Discouragement is the leading cause of breakdown in the home. When
father, mother, and/or children get discouraged, they begin to pick at one
another, the things that are objects of friction have always been there
and will probably always be there, but when we are discouraged, we can
make “minors” into “majors.” Great care must be taken that we do not
become a “nation of discouragement.” Let’s be careful!
__James A. Hinkle
The Teacher
Lord, who am I to teach the way
To little
children day by day,
So prone
myself to go astray?
I teach them knowledge,
but I know
How faint the
flicker and how low
The candles of
my knowledge glows.
I teach them
love for all mankind
And all God’s
creatures, but I find
My love comes
lagging far behind,
Lord, if I
still their guide must be,
Oh, let the
little children see
The teacher
leaning hard on thee.
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