Southside Oracle Archive

Vol. 49, No. 35                          SOUTHSIDE ORACLE                    November 3, 2006

The Bulletin Board

Camp News -The annual meeting of the Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp was at Fallhall Glen on October 21st. Joe Roerkohl of Southside was elected to the board of directors. Re-elected were Jim Coehoorn, Jim Frost, and David Kinzer. Joe joins Bobby Valentine in representing Southside on the board.

The Sick - Joan McQuilllen, mother of Jean Jensen, is hospitalized in Crystal Lake, IL where she was to have had heart surgery this week. However, there is a different problem than originally diagnosed so the procedure to be followed is yet to be determined .... Martha Sepulveda was hospitalized for five days last week, but is now home .... Tony Benson remains bedfast at his home.

Address Changes - Shirley Arnott,.... Joel and Cathy Ribar. Contact us for details..

ATTENDANCE RECORD

(*) first service, 133: second service, 105

Leaf Raking - Congratulations to our young people, both teens and tweens, who spent last Saturday raking leaves for others. Seventeen of the youth plus ten adults participated in the project and raked twelve yards.

The monthly Tuesday ladies' Bible class will meet Tuesday, November 14th, at 7:00 p.m.

New Directory - A new attendance directory is now being prepared and is posted in the hall opposite the church office. Please check it for accuracy.

Senior Thanksgiving Dinner- Each year our young people sponsor a dinner for our senior citizens. This year it will be at noon on November 18^th. Laurie Giombi is directing the meal preparation in cooperation with the youth. The dinner has been given for about the last eighteen years.

Calendar of Events

November 10, 11- Elders/ministers retreat, Port Washington

November 12 - Elders/deacons meeting, 4:30 p.m.

November 12 - Praise and Palate, 6:00 p.m.

November 15 - Christian Workers' Meeting, 9:00 a.m.

November 18 - Senior Dinner sponsored by youth group, noon

December 3 - Sunday Night Live Youth Worship

Is the Home Out of Date?

(Editor's note: The following article was written 29 years ago. Is it out of date?)

I listened with interest the other day to the interview on a local radio station of a well-known feminist and author. The discussion centered on the women's liberation movement, particularly as it relates to fulfillment in the lives of women.

The function of the home with parents and children was discussed. The lady being interviewed stated that she feels the home as we understand it is no longer valid. She discussed the alternatives of living together without benefit of marriage and of communal living in which, I presume, everything including children would be pooled. I wanted to ask some hard questions which the interviewer as a friendly questioner (he said he was a feminist) didn't seem to want to pose. But he did inquire how the children would be cared for if the home as we know it no longer operates. She responded, "Now you are trying to back me into a corner." Instead of answering the question she shifted to a bunch of sociological double talk and the interviewer didn't pursue the query.

But the question must be asked. What happens to the children if we repeal the home? One alternative is to do away with children altogether, which, incidentally, would cause the human race to self-destruct. Does anyone seriously believe that children raised by two people living together ^-who are unwilling to make a commitment to one another will be as well off as those raised within the institution of marriage? What about raising the children in a communal environment like chicken farmers raise their chicks without knowing the love of a real mother? Would you want that for your children? Personally, I don't think of any half-way satisfactory solution to the problem of child rearing outside of marriage.

A lot of people have made messes of their marriages and also of their children. Unfortunately, many of these children, having never known love in their homes, have made a mess of their own marriages. But as a general rule, good homes produce stable marriages in the next generation. The home is not invalid because some people have failed. In fact, it is the kind of propaganda I heard from the feminist that destroys the personal commitment of husbands and wives which is so essential to happy homes.

As I reflect on the radio conversation, it seems to me that the interviewed, whose own marriage had gone on the rocks, was concerned about only one person - herself. I think she is against marriage because it requires people to put others first - husbands before wives, wives before husbands, parents before children. Maybe this is the reason that as a rule, Christian marriages are more stable than among those who do not embrace the principles of Jesus. You see, when you follow Jesus you learn to put others first.

Monroe Hawley in the Oracle, 10/21/77.

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