Southside Oracle Archive

Vol. 50, No. 29                    SOUTHSIDE ORACLE                    October 5, 2007

The Bulletin Board

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RUBY TURMAN

Ruby Turman, mother of Jerome Turman, died Monday at the age of 82. She had lived with Jerome and Marivel for the last six years and was in hospice care at the time of her death. She leaves behind Frank, her husband, and Jerome, her only child. The funeral will be Friday, October 5th at the Siloah Lutheran Church, 3721 N. 21st St., at 1:30 p.m. preceded by visitation beginning at 11:30 a.m. with burial at Graceland Cemetery. Our hearts go out to Jerome and their family in their loss.

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Wedding Bells - Congratulations to Holly Shilts and Brandon Thompson who were married in Milwaukee on September 23rd. They plan to live in the area. There will be a reception for them on October 28th after the evening worship.

The Sick - Maria Anguiano underwent successful open heart surgery last Friday at St. Luke's hospital .... Pearl Molla entered St. Luke's Hospital with heart problems Sunday and was scheduled for a heart catheterization this week .... Natasha Morrow is in Children's Hospital with pregnancy problems .... Elizabeth Dickson's father was taken to the emergency hospital in Appleton Monday.

Singles and Young Couples Retreat - The retreat will be at Fallhall Glen, October 5 - 7. Jason Haygood, one of the evangelists of the Janesville Church will be the speaker. The retreat is sponsored by the Richfield Church in Minnesota. Here is an opportunity for young people to establish friendships. Pick up a brochure in the foyer.

ATTENDANCE RECORD

(*) first service, 147; second service, 70

Retreat Reports - About twenty ladies attended the Ladies Retreat in Racine last week. The Midwest Preachers' Retreat had attendance of 86 with Evertt Huffard, dean of the Harding Graduate School as the speaker.

Address Change - Aline and Mike Sturomski, Contact us for details.

Mary Brown will present a special "ladies only" class at the Sunday Bible class hour on October 28th in the large basement classroom on the theme, "Men and Women In Conversation: A Christian Perspective." Mary will distribute flyers to provide ladies with the details.

The annual meeting of the Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp will be Saturday, October 20th, at the Mandrake Road Church in Madison. We hope a number from Southside will be able to attend as we have heavy involvement in the camp.

Calendar of Events

October 5 - 7 - Annual fall retreat for singles and young couples, Fallhall Glen

October 13 - Annual Southside Give-away, 9:00 a.m.

October 14 - Praise and Palate, 6:00 p.m.

October 16 - Christian Workers' Meeting, 9:00 a.m.

October 20 - Annual meeting, Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp, Mandrake Road Church, Madison

October 29 ---Family Bible Day

Southside Give-Away

For many years the Southside Church has hosted a Give-Away. This year it will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 13th. For those of you unacquainted with the Give-Away, each year our members and friends donate items that are assembled in a giant "rummage sale" except that nothing is sold and anyone can take any of the thousands of items that are brought. It is open to everyone and hundreds of community people will come to share what is offered. Next week our members, mostly ladies, will spend hundreds of hours in sorting items in preparation for the Give-Away. Denise Eppler is directing the program. Donated items can be left in the basement of the church annex, room B3.

Creatures of Habit

We are all creatures of habit.  I realize this every time I reach to fasten my seat belt when I sit in the church pew - or when I stoop down to tie the laces of my slip-on Hush Puppies!

It is good to be habitual.  Otherwise I would have a tough time typing the words of this article.  In fact, virtually one's entire life is a continual re-enactment of habit patterns.

Habits are hard to break. It takes conscious effort to do so. The smoker who decides to quit may find breaking the habit of reaching for a smoke harder than dealing with the addiction.

When one chooses to accept Christ he makes a decision to break some lifelong habits. He now develops new spiritual habits regarding his speech and the conduct of his life. His decision to worship God with his fellow Christians at stated times becomes a habit. Followers of Jesus do not stop to doubt whether to be honest or to tell the truth.  They don't have to.  You see, as children of God, this is their habit. What kind of habits do you have?          Monroe E. Hawley

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