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Vol. 47,
No.30 SOUTHSIDE ORACLE
October 8, 2004
The Bulletin Board
Baptized – Rebecca Dickson was baptized at the second service Sunday
morning. We pray that God will bless her in his service.
Congregational Meeting – Sunday, October 17th, will be an
important day at Southside. We will follow the schedule that we had in our
May meeting:
(1) There
will be a single Sunday morning worship at 11:00 a.m., no service at 8:30.
(2) Bible
classes will begin at 9:30 a.m. followed by a fellowship period before
worship.
(3) During
the worship hour we will have a children’s worship in the basement.
(4) After
worship we will share a potluck at about 12:30 p.m.
(5) The
congregational meeting will follow the meal.
(6) There
will be no Sunday evening worship at 6:00 as usual.
Christian Workers’ Meeting – The first meeting of the fall will be at
Southside at 9:15 on Tuesday, October 12th. The themes center on the
church. Monroe Hawley will speak on “Identity and the Non-Sectarian
Ideal” and Bobby Valentine will discuss “The People of God in Acts.”
The meetings are open to all and are regularly attended by people from about
eight churches.
The Sick – Mrs. Marilyn Martin, mother of Rick Wagner, is still in West
Allis Hospital and has had additional surgery. She is not doing well….Jo
Zielinski had recent surgery on both feet and is now home and doing
well….Barbara Dawson had recent knee surgery and is also doing well….Connie
Hall will have surgery October 11th at St. Lukes’ Hospital.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
Last
year Two weeks ago Last week Goal
Bible classes
166 154
132 170
Morning worship
229 257 *210 250
Evening
worship 70 59
no count 80
Contribution $4425.87
$4054.14 $4037.40 $4500.00
Praise and Palate will be at 6:00 p.m. Sunday. Bring soup and chili.
There will be a Ladies’ planning session on Sunday, October 24th. A
light lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. in the fellowship room.
Why Do Teachers
teach?
Why do they do it? They do it for a
number of reasons:
It starts with duty. These good people
know that God chose to fit people for heaven by teaching them. Although
many things have been said negatively about duty, the Bible does not
hesitate to mandate the teaching responsibility. “And the things that
you have heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit to faithful men
who shall be able to teach others also” (2 Timothy 2:2).
It thrives on the reward principle. One of
the greatest joys I’ve known in teaching is that of seeing a student obey
the gospel, or seeing a former student become a deacon or elder. To hear a
former student preach the gospel sermon is pure ecstasy. This invisible
paycheck keeps the teacher going back to the classroom again and again.
It endures because of love. The teacher
does not teach classes. He/she teaches Johnny, Mary, Susie, and Billy who
have immortal souls briefly encased in mortal bodies. Once when Paul’s
motivation was called into question, he answered the charges against him by
saying, “For Christ compels me…” (2 Cor. 5:14). That’s what keeps the
teacher in the classroom year after year. __Norman Bales in Pulpit
Helps
Calendar of Events
October 8-10
– Singles and Young Couples Retreat, Fallhall Glen
October 10 –
Elders/Deacons meeting, 4:30 p.m.
October 10 –
Praise and Palate, 6:00 p.m.
October 12 –
Christian Workers’ Meeting, 9:00 a.m.
October 16 –
Annual W.C.Y.C. meeting, Fallhall Glen, 10:00 a.m.
October 17 –
Congregational meeting following second morning worship
October 22-23
– Family Encampment, Camp Y-Koda, Sheboygan
October 23 –
Annual fall Give-Away at Southside
October 24 –
Ladies’ planning luncheon, 12:30 p.m.
November 13 – Senior dinner sponsored by our youth,
12:00 noon
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