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Vol. 49, No
36 SOUTHSIDE ORACLE November
10, 2006
The Bulletin Board
The elders and
ministers will have a retreat at Port Washington this Friday and Saturday to
plan for our future work at Southside.
The Sick
- John Dickson broke his kneecap in a fall at work on Monday. He had surgery
Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital .... Joan McQuillen, mother of Jean Jensen,
was released from the hospital last week after procedures to stabilize her
heart rhythm. She is still dealing with some heart problems ....
Mike Sturomski will soon have a growing tumor near his liver removed ....
Elfriede Wandsnider will have back surgery on November 14th.... Tony Benson
remains bedfast at his home .... Remember all of the sick in your prayers.
Picture Board Day -
In the foyer at the side entrance we have two picture boards with the
pictures of our families. Quite a few families do not have pictures and we
want to encourage them to have them taken. Cliff Copass will take pictures
for posting on Sunday, November 19th. If your picture isn't on the board,
come prepared to have your picture taken that day.
Praise and Palate
will be Sunday at 6:00 p.m.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
|
|
Two years ago |
Last year |
Last week |
Goal |
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Bible classes |
132 |
133 |
129 |
170 |
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Morning worship |
254 |
235 |
*232 |
250 |
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Evening worship |
52 |
56 |
41 |
80 |
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Contribution |
$4412.00 |
$5550.18 |
$4920.56 |
$5200:00 |
(*) first service,
152: second service, 80
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 members. This year it will be at noon
on November 18th. Laurie Giombi is directing the meal preparation
in cooperation with the youth.
Guest Speaker -
On November 19th our speaker for the morning worship services
will be Wayne Hawley, an elder of the Oakhaven Church in Oshkosh. Southside
is his home congregation and he has preached for Southside several times in
the past.
The next Christian
Workers' Meeting will be Tuesday, November 21st at 9:00 a.m.
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
Who Are the
Christians?
(The following is from
the Epistle to Diognetus, written about 150 A.D. by an unknown author. This
is an apology for Christians who were then being severely persecuted and was
apparently directed to a Roman authority.)
For Christians are not
distinguished from the rest of mankind either in locality or in speech or in
customs. For they dwell not somewhere in cities of their own, neither do
they use some different language, nor practice an extraordinary kind of
life. Nor again do they possess any invention discovered by any intelligence
or study of ingenious men, nor are they masters of any human dogma as some
are. But while they dwell in cities of Greeks and barbarians as the lot of
each is cast, and follow the native customs in dress and food and other
arrangements of life, yet the constitution of their own citizenship, which
they set forth is marvelous and confessedly contradicts expectation. They
dwell in their own countries, but only as sojourners; they bear their share
in all things as citizens, and they endure all hardships as strangers. Every
foreign country is a fatherland to them, and every fatherland is foreign.
They marry like all other men and they beget children, but they do not cast
away their offspring. They have their meals in common, but not their wives.
They find themselves in the flesh, and yet they live not after the flesh.
Their existence is on earth, but their citizenship is in heaven. They obey
established laws, and they surpass the laws in their own lives. They love
all men, and they are persecuted by all. They are ignored, and yet they are
condemned. They are put to death, and yet they are endued with life. They
are in beggary, and yet they make many rich. They are in want of all things,
and yet they abound in all things. They are dishonored, and yet they are
glorified in their dishonor. They are evil spoken of, and yet they are
vindicated. They are reviled, and yet they bless; they are insulted, and
they respect. Doing good they are punished as evildoers; being punished,
they rejoice, as if they were thereby quickened by life. War is waged
against them as aliens by the Jews, and persecution is carried on against
them by the Greeks, and yet those that hate them cannot tell the reasons for
their hostility.
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