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Vol. 48, No.
5 SOUTHSIDE ORACLE
April 1, 2005
The Bulletin Board
Men’s Retreat – The annual Southside men’s retreat will be at Camp
Matawa near Campbellsport on April 15 & 16. The theme will be “The Measure
of a Man” and will be led by men of our congregation. If you can go, sign
up on the men’s bulletin board. For questions contact Dale Ketterhagen .
You can visit Jerusalem
by means of a slide showing of the Holy City at the 6:00 p.m. worship hour
Sunday. Monroe Hawley will show slides of the places in biblical Jerusalem.
We change to Daylight Savings Time Sunday. Come to worship an hour earlier!
ATTENDANCE RECORD
Two
years ago Last year Last week Goal
Bible
classes 170 183
no count 170
Morning worship
251 276 *281 250
Evening worship
71 56 37 80
Contribution $3750.16
$4508.82 $4072.26 $4900.00
(*) first
service, 172; second service, 119
Our Condolences – We extend our sympathy
to A. J. White and Sandie Copass in the death last Friday of A. J.’s
grandfather and Sandie’s first husband’s father, Joel White. The
funeral was Wednesday in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
The Sick – Elfriede Wandsnider will
undergo surgery Monday at Froedtert Hospital.
The Mother-Daughter Banquet will be May
6th at 6:30 p.m. at the church building. Those who plan to attend should
sign up on the bulletin board no later than April 20th so it can be
determined how many to plan for.
The John Clayton Seminar on evolution and
Bible and conducted by Southside will be April 29 & 30 at the Greenfield
High School. Descriptive brochures will be available soon.
A record twenty people helped Monday night to
assemble and prepare the Wisconsin Challenge for mailing. The job
also got done in record time. Our thanks to those who helped.
College care packages are being prepared
for Meagan Van Handel and Andrea Eufinger. The boxes are set
up by the side entrance. If you would like to contribute, the list of needs
is posted beside the boxes.
A new attendance directory is under
preparation. A tentative listing is posted in the hallway across from the
office. Check it and make corrections for your listing. For questions, see
Cliff Copass.
Kevin and Laura Mahan are leaving for China this week to adopt a little
girl, Samantha Xiao Dan. They will return on April 13th. We wish them God’s
blessings.
Calendar of Events
April 9 –
Men’s Breakfast, Hampton Avenue Church, 8:30 – 11:00 a.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, Greenfield High School
May 6 –
Mother/daughter banquet, 6:30 p.m.
Tuned In To God
As I
lay in bed that morning before sunrise I heard the singing of robins who
often make their music before most of us get up. It occurred to me that the
one who is so familiar with this beloved bird may not even know his song.
But to the birdwatcher the robin’s song is as familiar as any song because
he is tuned in to its call. A birdwatcher involved in other pursuits will
pick up the song of the chickadee or flicker when most people won’t even
hear the bird sing.
That’s life. We hear what we are tuned in to. Mother hears a baby’s cry
while other family members sleep on. The phone awakens the husband when it
does not the wife. Our senses reflect our interests and often our values.
Paul
once wrote, “The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are
perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1
Corinthians 1:18). The dedicated disciple of Jesus is tuned in to the
Lord. The one who cares little about spiritual matters is unconcerned about
what God has to say. If we expect to receive divine blessings we must pay
enough attention to him to talk to him in prayer and to listen to his
message from the Scriptures. God can’t help you if you are not tuned in to
Him. __Monroe E. Hawley
False Alarm
A
teacher saw a group of children kneeling in the corner of the playground.
She immediately reported their activity to the principal. The principal
called the children into his office and requested an explanation. “Playing
stud poker,” they replied. “Oh, thank goodness,” sighed the teacher. “We
thought you were praying.”
Most
of these kinds of problems stem from thinking separation of church and state
means separation of God and government. You can separate church and state
without letting the government make anti-God decisions and the church meddle
in political elections. __Pulpit Helps
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