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Vol. 48, No.
17 SOUTHSIDE ORACLE
July 1, 2005
The Bulletin Board
Youth Service Trip - Every summer, our youth,
led by Daryl Miller, take a service trip to assist others in doing good. The
trip this year is next week at Fallhall Glen. From Tuesday, July 5, to
Sunday, July 10, a group of nine teens, four adults, and one pre-teen will
be at the Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp. They will be doing work projects
for the camp and also lead the campers at the middle session in service
projects. Please remember them in your prayers.
Camp News - The junior session at Fallhall Glen
of the Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp concludes this Saturday. Hannah
Schraven has been one of the campers in addition to those previously listed.
The two-week middle camp begins Sunday. Campers from here that we know plan
to attend are Zachary Giemza, Sydney Miller, Rachel Orlovsky, Brandon
Schraven, Hannah Shilts, Hailey Slye, and Kassanda Valencia. Nina Miller and
Connie Slye will be serving on the staff.
The Labor Day Retreat at Fallhall Glen
September 2 - 5 will feature Dale and Vicki Hawley who will be presenting a
program called "The Balancing Act." Information and registration forms are
available on the camp bulletin board. Further information can be secured
from Wayne Alexander who is directing the session.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
Two years ago Last
year Last week Goal
Bible classes
127 117
106 170
Morning
worship 246
173 *248 250
Evening worship
72 30 54 80
Contribution
$3395.02 $3233.49 $4093.05 $4900.00
(*) first service,
153; second service, 95
The Sick -- Cheryl Morgan is not recovering
from her recent surgery as quickly as had been hoped for. Anyone who can
help her at home can call her at home.
Study Groups - The new midweek study group that
meets in the Parker home in Trevor at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays is being very
well attended by about five area families plus several neighbors. Since our
membership is drawn from seven counties, we would like to start other groups
in other areas. Any who would be willing to host such a group should contact
Rocky Slaughter who is the deacon in charge of our small group program.
Our thanks to Kent Britton for his fine sermon last
Sunday in Bobby Valentine's absence.
Calendar of Events
June 19- July 2- Junior session, Wisconsin Christian
Youth Camp
July 3 –16 – Middle session, Wisconsin Christian Youth
Camp
July 5-10 Youth Service trip, Wisconsin Christian
Youth Camp
July 10-
Elders/deacons
meeting, 4:30 p.m.
July 10 - Praise and
Palate, 6:00 p.m.
July 17 – 30 – Intermediate session, Wisconsin
Christian Youth Camp
July 31 – August 13 – Senior session, Wisconsin
Christian Youth Camp
August 14 – 18 – Quest, all ages session, Wisconsin
Christian Youth Camp
September 2 – 5 – Labor Day Retreat, Fallhall Glen,
Black River Falls
“What is W.C.Y.C?
Recently a number of new families have become a part
of Southside. Additionally we have many visitors who have been attending our
services. Sometimes we assume that newcomers know what is going an when we
make announcements about activities. Actually, they may be in the dark about
these things. Since the Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp is in this category,
we would like to explain what it is.
In 1956 a group of Christians from different parts of
Wisconsin established a Christian youth camp to help our young people. The
camp was organized as a nonprofit organization. Though not a part of the
church, the camp provides a real service to churches in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, and Illinois- For five years camp sessions were conducted at Camp
Bradfield near Black River Falls. In 1961 the camp organization purchased
Fallhall Glen, a rustic resort seven miles south of Black River Falls. It is
about 440 acres of wooded hills with Robinson Creek cutting a glen
through the heart of the camp as it rushes over two waterfalls. Four
two-week sessions annually serve as many as 400 youth. Fallhall Glen also
serves numerous other activities including Quest, a family camp in August, a
family encampment over Labor Day weekend, and the Midwest Preachers' Retreat
the last week of September. Southside has its own retreat over the Memorial
Day weekend.
Southside members have actively participated in the
camp since it began. Currently Bobby Valentine is a member of the
thirteen-member board of the camp. A number of our members are serving an
staff this year including Tim Shilts who directed this year's junior
session. Many have given of their time to serve as registrar, work on staff,
build bunk beds, or do other maintenance projects. Others have contributed
financially to the camp's success, including those who have participated in
the annual February dinner and auction at Southside. Hundreds of young
people have been baptized in Robinson Creek. Countless lives have been
changed in the last fifty years of the camp. If you would like to pay the
tuition for a child who cannot otherwise afford to go to camp, give your
donation to Wayne Alexander. Any child among us who needs a scholarship to a
camp session will be given one. Those who need help should not hesitate to
apply for a tuition scholarship and should also contact Wayne.
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