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Vol. 48, No
24 SOUTHSIDE ORACLE
August 19,2005
The Bulletin Board
The Wisconsin
Christian Youth Camp will celebrate fifty years of youth camping on
Saturday, September 3rd with a special program from 1:30 - 3:00
p.m. at Fallhall Glen. The first camp session of two weeks was held at Camp
Bradfield northeast of Black River Falls in 1956. Five years later the
rustic resort of Fallhall Glen, seven miles south of Black River Falls, was
purchased for a permanent camp site. In 1961 two two-week camp sessions were
held at Fallhall Glen, later increased to four sessions plus a family camp.
Through the years hundreds of our Southside youth have attended the camp.
The September 3rd celebration will coincide with the Labor Day
Family Encampment. Plan to attend if you are interested.
W.C.Y.C honors -
Two of our young people were
chosen at the camp sessions for special recognition. Ian Ribar was
selected as the best boy camper at intermediate camp and Jackie Slye
was honored as Miss Fallhall Glen at the senior session.
Inter-congregational picnic -
About thirty from Southside attended the picnic at Kletzsch Park last
Saturday. Several hundred from a large number of congregations enjoyed the
festivities.
The sick -
Martha Sepulveda was released from St.
Francis Hospital in the middle of last week, but had to return two days
later with asthma problems. She went home Monday.
About fifteen of our families are camping
together this weekend at Bluemound State Park.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
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Two years |
ago Last year |
Last week |
Goal |
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Bible classes |
96 |
142 |
no count |
174 |
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Morning worship |
170 |
228 |
*220 |
250 |
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Evening worship |
74 |
80 |
91 |
80 |
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Contribution |
$4509.40 |
$3581.98 |
$4348.54 |
$4900.00 |
(*) first service,
128; second service, 92
The Southside
Ladies' Retreat will be at the Sienna Center near Racine on September lb
& 17. Nina Miller will be the speaker. The topic will be "God's Plan for
Self-Esteem." Brochures are available at the church building.
Sunday speaker -
Monroe Hawley will be preaching Sunday morning.
A note of
appreciation - "WE wish to express
our heartfelt appreciation for the honor you extended to us Sunday evening
on the occasion of our 6& wedding anniversary. We were reminded once more of
the deep love that we share with our brothers and sisters at Southside.
Thank you so very much." Monroe and Julia Hawley.
Fallhall Days
will be September 9 - 11 at Fallhall Glen. This is a youth program for those
in the 9th through the 1P grades. It is sponsored by York
College. See Daryl Miller for details.
Calendar of Events
September 2 - 5 - Labor Day Retreat, Fallhall
Glen, Black River Falls
September 3 – 50th Anniversary celebration,
Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m., Fallhall Glen
September 9 -10 - Ladies' Retreat, Waukesha
Church, Camp Whitcomb-Mason, Hartland
September 9 - 11 - Fallhall Days for grades
9-12, Fallhall Glen September 10 - South Beloit Ladies' Day, 8:30 - 2:{}0
September 11- Elders/deacons meeting, 4:30 p.m.
September 11- Praise and Palate
September 16 - 17 - Ladies' Retreat, Sienna
Center, Racine September 17 - Hampton Avenue Ladies Seminar, 9:15 a.m.
September 26-28 - 42nd Annual Midwest
Preachers' Retreat, Fallhall Glen
October 1 - Family Bible Day, Southside
October 15 - Annual Southside Give-Away
Only Paper
Several years ago a
friend of mine named Terri had the opportunity to visit the Federal Reserve
in Kansas City. If you don't know what the Federal Reserve is, it is the
place where the government keeps money. A lot of money. Stacks and stacks of
tens, twenties, and hundreds.
Terri was standing (at an appropriate
distance) and looking at millions, perhaps tens of millions of dollars in
nice neat stacks. It was more money than would pass through her hands in a
lifetime. After the first wave of awe passed, she had a different reaction.
She told me later, "I looked at all that money and realized that it was only
paper."
What a tremendous point
of view! Money inspires covetous lust and dreams of opulent living. The love
of money causes people to do things they would be ashamed of in any other
circumstances. But at another level, it is only paper. Can you imagine
anything more temporary, less fulfilling? `Do not store up for yourselves
treasures an earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in
an steal." After all, it is only paper.
__ Glenn Hawley, Holmes
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