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Vol. 50 No
25 SOUTHSIDE ORACLE August 24, 2007
The Bulletin Board
Baptized - We rejoiced
last Sunday morning when Bryan Frost was baptized into Christ.
Contact us for the Frost's address.
New Arrival -
Congratulations to Tony and Jennifer Biermann on the birth of Reid Michael
on August 16th. All are doing well.
The Sick - Tony Benson is
in Waukesha Memorial Hospital.
Jeff and Holly Hill now have a
phone number.
Contact us if you need it.
The annual
Labor Day Encampment at Fallhall Glen will be August 31 - September
3. Wayne Alexander is directing the encampment that is attended by people
from all over the state.
New
Directory - A new attendance directory will be published soon. Names and
addresses are posted on the hall wall adjacent to the offices. Please check
and make corrections or additions as necessary.
The Waukesha congregation is
hosting an area-wide congregational song service on Saturday, September 15th
beginning at 3:00 p.m. We urge you to attend.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
|
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Two years ago |
Last year |
Last week |
Goal |
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Bible classes |
88 |
88 |
108 |
170 |
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Morning worship |
178 |
182 |
*22I |
250 |
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Evening worship |
45 |
36 |
41 |
80 |
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Contribution |
$3471.00 |
$2612.58 |
$4117.91 |
$5200.00 |
(*) first service,
126; second service, 95
The
Northtown Church is conducting a two-day seminar with Joe Beam on "Love,
Sex, and Marriage" on September 21 & 22. For information contact Keith
Brumley. Space is limited, but there is still room.
Class Promotion -
Children in our Sunday morning Bible classes will be promoted on September
9P. Three new Bible classes for adults for the fall trimester will also
begin at that time. Among the choices will be a class "Basic Christian
Teachings" co-taught by the elders. Those whose knowledge of the Bible is
quite limited may be interested in being a part of it.
Calendar of Events
August 31- September 3 - Labor Day
Encampment, Fallhall Glen
September 15 - Inter-congregational song
service, 3:00-5:00 p.m., Waukesha Church
September 24 -26 - Midwest Preachers'
Retreat, Fallhall Glen
September 28 - 29 - Ladies' Retreat, Sienna
Center, Racine
October 13 - Annual Southside Give-away,
9:00 a.m.
Counseling the Troubled
Marriage
The phone rang. A total stranger
informed me that his wife was divorcing him. "Would you please talk to her?"
he begged. I knew her, but didn't even know they were married. I was hardly
in a position to approach her unbidden. I suggested they needed counseling
and I would be glad to help if she would agree in advance. Without the
cooperation of both mates no marriage can be saved.
Our
disruptive society is wrecking more and more marriages. Some of these
involve Christians. We can lament the forces that cause this to happen, but
how much better it is to reclaim a marriage that is teetering on the edge.
Some observations are in order:
1. Many
marriages cannot be saved without the counseling of someone else. Both
partners are too emotionally involved, and perhaps too inexperienced to
solve the problems.
2. Most
people wait until the ship is ready to sink before calling for assistance.
While the marriage may yet be saved, it is easier to help at an earlier
stage of difficulty.
3. The wife is more likely to
seek help. Perhaps she has more to lose if the marriage breaks up. Perhaps
it is the "male ego" that is unwilling to seek help.
4. Both mates must be willing to
seek assistance. Almost invariably there is fault on both sides. You don't
solve the problem by saying, "Please talk to him (or her)."
5. A counselor should be chosen
in whom both have confidence, or at least, who both believe to be impartial.
6. To
solve most troubled marriages a spiritual solution must be found. Even with
Christians it is often true that one or both are not trying to solve the
problems in Christ's way.
7. Failure to solve the problem
may cause one or both to turn from Christ. Is it worth jeopardizing your
soul not to seek a solution.
8. Given enough counseling and
time, most marriages can be saved if (a) both parties give it their best,
and (b) a Christian solution is applied.
Monroe Hawley
The clock of time is
wound but once,
And no man
has the power
To tell just when the
hands will stop,
At late
or early hour.
Now is the only time
you own.
Live,
love, toil with a will;
Place no faith in
tomorrow, for
The
clock may then be still.
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