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Vol. 50, No.
18 SOUTHSIDE ORACLE July 6, 2007
The Bulletin Board
Baptized - Jessica Ganiere-Breiling
was baptized into Christ Saturday by Monroe Hawley.
Contact us for her address and phone
number. We wish her God's blessings in her commitment to Christ.
Camp Notes - Our middle
campers left Sunday for Fallhall Glen. In addition to attendees listed last
week, Hannah Wagner is at the middle session.
Congratulations to Myranda Orlovsky in being
chosen the best girl camper at the junior session at Fallhall Glen.
Sunday speaker - Daryl
Miller will be our speaker at both morning services Sunday.
Praise and Palate is
Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Bring fruit salad and sandwiches for the palate part.
Address changes: Karen
Hamilton and Michelle and Tim Walker (Contact
us for their addresses and phone numbers).
ATTENDANCE RECORD
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Two years ago |
Last year |
Last week |
Goal |
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Bible classes |
119 |
112 |
no count |
170 |
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Morning worship |
251 |
226 |
* 196 |
250 |
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Evening worship |
40 |
no count |
22 |
80 |
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Contribution |
$4517.37 |
$4351.91 |
$4812.16 |
$5200.00 |
(*) first service,
123; second service 73
Mark your calendar
for the inter-congregational picnic at Kletzsch Park on August 11th.
Calendar of Events
July 1 -14 - Middle Camp, Wisconsin
Christian Youth Camp, Fallhall Glen
July 8 - Praise and Palate, 6:00 p.m.
July 15 - 28 - intermediate Camp, Wisconsin
Christian Youth Camp, Fallhall Glen
July 29 - August 11- Senior Camp, Wisconsin
Christian Youth Camp, Fallhall Glen
August 6 - 10 - Midwest Family Encampment,
Green Lake
August 11- Inter-congregational picnic,
11:04 a.m., Kletzsch Park
August 12-16 - Quest all ages camp,
Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp, Fallhall Glen
Armageddon
A few years ago the
asteroid movie, Armageddon, with its pending doom of the end of the world,
made "Armageddon" a household word. Many people are familiar with the fact
that it is a Biblical term, but don't know how it fits into God's scheme of
things.
The word, found only
once in the Bible in Revelation 16:16, is associated with the ancient city
of Megiddo, located about ten miles southwest of Nazareth where Jesus grew
to manhood. Today Megiddo is a tell, a huge mound overlooking the fertile
Plain of Jezreel. In ancient times when a city was a destroyed, a new town
would be built on the rubble of its predecessor. Over centuries of
destruction a tell would emerge like a huge layer cake of successive
occupations. Megiddo represents at least twenty-five levels of occupation
beginning centuries before the Israelites came into the land. The site was
James Michener's inspiration for his novel, The Source.
For centuries Megiddo
was the scene of countless battles because it guarded the Via Maris, the
main route between Egypt and the Mideast. Here Deborah and the Israelites
were successful in battle against the Canaanites. Here Solomon built a
fortified city to protect his domain. Here good King Josiah of Judah died in
battle with Egypt. Megiddo became the symbol of decisive warfare.
Armageddon means the
Mountains of Megiddo. In Revelation it is portrayed as the scene of a great
battle at the end of time between the forces of good and evil. Some believe
that John in the book of Revelation is depicting a great battle of warring
armies that will literally take place there. Is this the case? To correctly
answer we must understand that Revelation is written in symbolism. For
example, in chapter 1 John sees a vision of seven lampstands. In
interpreting the vision it is explained that the seven lampstands represent
seven churches in Asia Minor. Each lampstand stood for a congregation of
Christians. The entire book uses symbols to represent other
things. This makes it hard to understand because unless we can interpret the
application of the symbol we have difficulty in determining the meaning.
That being the case,
it does not seem to me that the Biblical Armageddon represents a literal
military battle, but rather a great struggle between God on the one hand and
Satan on the other. What and when that will be I do not know, but I
seriously doubt that it will involve an asteroid!
Monroe Hawley
Opportunity
God gives the milk,
but not the pail
God gives the wood,
but not the nail
God gives the seed,
but not the spade
God gives the wheat,
but not the blade
God gives the fish,
but not the hook
God gives the food,
but not the cook
God gives the horse,
but not the cart
God gives the head,
and hands, and heart
AND THE REST IS UP TO
YOU!
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