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Vol. 48, No.
3 SOUTHSIDE ORACLE March
18, 2005
Southside Youth Rally
Attention! Our annual Southside youth rally is this weekend, Friday
through Sunday. The schedule begins with registration Friday at 6:30 p.m.
followed by the evening program at 7:30. At 10:00 housing arrangements for
out-of-towners will send them to the homes of members. Activities will run
on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. On Sunday there will be a Bible
class in the auditorium for the youth and the adults who wish to join them.
After the second worship at 11:00 a.m., there will be a potluck lunch for
the youth to which others are encouraged to participate.
The
featured speaker for the rally will be Josh Cleveland, youth minister of the
Woodbury Church in the Twin Cities. Josh is the son of Gary Cleveland who
preaches for the Oakhaven Church in Oshkosh.
Adults are encouraged to participate as many will in preparing food and
providing lodging for the rally, including the Sunday potluck. If you want
to help, contact Daryl Miller. The schedule for the rally is posted on the
youth bulletin board.
The Bulletin Board
Men’s Breakfast – The men’s breakfast Saturday was attended by
about 75 from fourteen churches. The speaker was Dale Walker from Fond du
Lac who gave a fine presentation on our personal responsibility to teach the
lost. Though the attendance was smaller than last year, it was a good
program. Our thanks to those who helped, especially Wayne Alexander who
directed the meeting and Karen Williams who directed the meal preparation.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
Two
years ago Last year Last week Goal
Bible
classes 155 153
139 170
Morning
worship 233
265 *257 250
Evening worship
69 70 60 80
Contribution $3435.21
$4436.23 $4105.78 $4900.00
(*)first
service, 156; second service, 101
The Sick – Kevin Mahan had an emergency appendectomy last week but is
now home and doing well….Cheryl Morgan was scheduled for surgery this
Wednesday at West Allis Hospital….Joe Eberle, father of Kathy Stankowski,
went home from the hospital last weekend, but still has several physical
issues that must be addressed….Marilyn Martin, mother of Rick Wagner, has
returned to West Allis Hospital and will remain there for several weeks.
We
thank Jim Coehoorn, who preaches in Elkhorn, for his message Sunday morning
while Bobby Valentine was preaching in Elkhorn.
Calendar of Events
March
18-20 - Southside Youth Rally
March 30 –
Joint meeting of midweek study groups, Southside, 7:00 p.m.
April 10 –
Elders/deacons meeting 4:30 p.m.
April 10 –
Praise and Palate, 6:00 p.m.
April 15,
16 – Southside men’s retreat, Camp Matawa
April 19 –
Christian Workers’ Meeting, 9:00 a.m.
April 23 –
Grounds clean-up, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
April 23,
24 – W.C.Y.C. youth rally with Soul Concern at Fallhall Glen
April 29
–30 – John Clayton seminar
May 6 –
Mother/daughter banquet, 6:30 p.m.
From the Elders
As
elders of the Southside Church, one of our major functions is to serve as
the congregation’s shepherds. The church is made up of people, and all
people have spiritual needs. These needs may involve such diverse things as
family problems, addiction, depression, or decision making. We would like
the members to know that we are available to counsel and encourage those who
ask for help. The elders regularly meet at the church building at 7:00 p.m.
on the second Thursday of the month and at 4:30 p.m. on the second Sunday.
We also meet at other times as the need occurs. Anyone who wishes to meet
with us can schedule an appointment with all the elders or one or two as
seems best. The meeting can be at any time that can be mutually arranged.
Let us know if we can help. __The
Elders
Sheep Don’t Wallow
The
story is told of a lamb that passed a pigpen on the way to the pasture with
his mother. Watching the pigs wallow in the mud seemed like fun, and on an
especially hot day the lamb asked his mother if he could jump the fence and
wallow in the cool mud. She replied, “No.” Then the lamb asked the usual
questions, “Why?” The mother just said, “Sheep don’t wallow.” That didn’t
satisfy the lamb. As soon as the mother was out of sight, the lamb ran to
the pigpen and jumped the fence. He was soon feeling the cool mud on his
feet, then on his legs, and soon on his stomach. After a few minutes he
decided that he had better go back to his mother, but found that he
couldn’t. He was stuck! Mud and wool do not mix! His pleasure had become
his prison. He was hopelessly bound by his own folly. He cried and was
rescued by a kindly farmer.
Sin
is like that. It looks so nice – so easy to escape whenever we wish, but it
is not so! Pleasures become our prison. Christians don’t wallow! (2 Peter
2:14-22).
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