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Vol. 50, No.33
SOUTHSIDE ORACLE November 2, 2007
The Bulletin Board
Baptized
- We rejoiced last Sunday
morning when Jeff Hill baptized Anton (Tony) Lesh into Christ. Contact us
for Tony's address.
Congregational Meeting
- This coming Sunday there will be a congregational meeting at about 1:00
p.m. For that day only there will be a single morning worship at 11:00 a.m.
There will be no service at 8:30 a.m., but Bible classes will begin at 9:30
o'clock. After worship we will have a sandwich lunch preceding the
congregational meeting. There will be no evening worship Sunday.
Our preachers and elders
will be involved in a retreat at Port Washington Friday and Saturday as they
work on our goals and plans for next year.
TIME CHANGE!
We return to standard time Sunday. Come to worship an hour later, but also
remember the different schedule for the day.
Family Bible Day
had an excellent program last Saturday. About 65 attended.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
|
|
Two years ago |
Last year |
Last week |
Goal |
|
Bible classes |
128 |
137 |
128 |
170 |
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Morning worship |
231 |
238 |
*218 |
250 |
|
Evening worship |
94 |
37 |
50 |
80 |
|
Contribution |
$4636.36 |
$4433.52 |
$4086.40 |
5200.00 |
(*) first service, 142; second
service, 76
There will be a Thanksgiving
Dinner for our senior members on November 10th. This is
sponsored by our youth group with adult assistance.
The sick
- Pat Young has been in St. Mary's Hospital for a week with a leg infection,
but hopes to go home soon .... Pearl Molla fell and fractured her ribs and
is recovering at home .... Teresa Matias had a heart catheterization and had
stints put in her heart. She is awaiting kidney surgery soon.... Diane
Santana's recent back surgery was a success and she is doing well .... Roger
Young has been suffering from serious migraine attacks.
We extend our sympathy to
Pat Plale on the recent death of his brother, Jim.
Picture Taking
- Periodically Cliff Copass takes pictures of our church family for posting
on our picture board. If you are not on the board or would like to have an
up-to-date picture made, Cliff will be take pictures Sunday morning,
November 11th.
Blood Drive
- Mark your calendars for a blood drive at Southside on January 19th. Sarah
Borges is making arrangements.
Calendar of Events
November 2, 3 - Ministers,
elders retreat at Port Washington
November 4 - Congregational
meeting after single worship and lunch, 1:00 p.m.
November 10 - Senior
Thanksgiving Dinner, 12:00 noon
November 11 - Picture taking
day after services
November 11 - Praise and
Palate, 6:00 p.m.
November 20 - Christian
Workers' Meeting, 9:00 a.m.
January 19 - Blood drive at
Southside
Morality
Is Not Democratic
A few years ago
Dr. Alvin Poussaint, a psychiatrist, responded in the
Milwaukee
Journal to a mother
concerned that her 21 year old daughter was living with her boyfriend
without the benefit of marriage. The heading of the article was "Attitude
Toward Sex Freer Today."
Dr. Poussaint
observed, "Let your daughter make the choice." Obviously this has to be the
case since the daughter was an adult and was going to do what she wanted
regardless of her mother's feelings. Moral decisions are personal matters
and ultimately this has to be the way it is.
However, much of
the article dealt with the benefits of living together without marriage.
Probably the key sentence was, "It is not just enough to say it is immoral
because what is considered immoral changes with the times." In other words,
right and wrong are determined by society. This is pure relativism that
governs much of today's thinking and attitudes. One writer describes
relativism as that which teaches "that everything is in flux, all knowledge
is sociologically determined, all values are shifting opinion."
Think about that
for a moment. Ancient Greeks left their girl babies on the mountainside to
die. They thought it morally proper. Does this mean that infanticide is
right if society
approves? Can we kill the
elderly when they are no longer able to contribute to the community if
society approves? What about the genocide of the Jews under German Nazism,
undoubtedly condoned by many under that regime?
No, it won't
wash. Moral values aren't determined by a democratic vote, but by the Word
of God. Whether it is morally acceptable for a couple to live together
without marriage cannot be determined by your opinion or mine or that of
society. What God says is ethically proper is the bottom line.
Monroe Hawley
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