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Vol. 51,
No.8 SOUTHSIDE ORACLE April
25, 2008
The Bulletin
Board
The Men’s Retreat last weekend
was a fine success with 17 in attendance.
The sick – Mary Anguiano and Pearl
Molla were both admitted to St. Luke’s Hospital last Sunday. Both are
improved and hope to be home shortly.
We extend our condolences to Al Gray on the
death last week of his brother-in-law, Andrew Work, in Dry Ridge, KY.
This Wednesday our midweek study groups will
meet together at the church building instead of at their usual places.
We do this once each quarter.
Ladies! If you plan to attend the
Mother-Daughter Banquet on May 9th, be sure to put your name on the list
posted on the Ladies’ bulletin board in the church foyer.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
Two years ago Last
year Last week Goal
Bible
classes 129
no count 140 170
Morning worship
219 173
*235 250
Evening worship 55
no service 40 80
Contribution $3932.31
$3052.23 $5348.10 $5200.00
(*) first
service, 140, second service, 95
Our speaker Sunday evening will be Jason
Benson.
The Green Lake Family Encampment
(formerly at Lake Geneva) will be held August 11–16 at Green Lake, west
of Oshkosh. The speakers will be Tony Ash, Bob Hendren,
Bobby Lawson, and Sylvia Rose. See the bulletin board for a descriptive
brochure.
In last Sunday’s handout sheet there was a list of books that
have been borrowed from the library and not returned. Please check to
see if you have any of them and return them to the library in room 6.
New Bible
Classes Scheduled
Four new Sunday morning Bible classes will begin May 4th. The
classes will begin at 10:00 a.m. and run through August. If you are not
now attending a Sunday morning class, this would be a good time to
start. The classes will be:
The Book of Isaiah, Jeff Hill teacher. This is a continuation
of a study that is currently being taught.
The Christian Graces, co-taught by different men as a study
of the principles of Christian living.
Learning and Teaching a Biblical World View, Chris West
teacher. This is a new class, specifically designed and limited to
young adults, including young parents.
Challenges to Our Faith, Monroe Hawley teacher. This will be an
examination of the personal faith issues that Christians face. Specific
written questions will be solicited and addressed. Questions can be
anonymous if desired.
Calendar of Events
April 30 – Joint meeting of midweek study groups at church building,
7:00 p.m.
May
9 – Mother-daughter banquet, Friday, 6:30 p.m.
May
11 – Praise and Palate, 6:00 p.m.
May
20 – Christian Workers’ Meeting, 9:00 a.m.
May
23- 26 – Southside Retreat, Fallhall Glen
June
15 – 19 – Quest family camp, Fallhall Glen
June
15 – 21 – Soul Quest, York College, York, NE
June
22 – July 5 – Middle camp session, Fallhall Glen
July
6 – 19 – Intermediate camp session, Fallhall Glen
July
12, 13 – 50th anniversary homecoming of Southside Church
July
20 – August 2 – Senior camp session, Fallhall Glen
August 3 – 16 – Junior camp session, Fallhall Glen
August 11 – 16 – Green Lake Family Encampment at Green Lake
August 12-17 - Youth and family service trip to Fallhall Glen
The Pump Must
Be Primed
Along a lonely trail in a western desert a can had been wired to
an old pump. In the can was a message written with the stub of a pencil
on two sides of a sheet of wrapping paper. It said:
This
is your only chance for water along the trail. The pump is alright as
of June, 1932. I put a new sucker washer into it and it ought to last 5
years. But the washer dries out and the pump has to be primed. Under
the white rock, I buried a bottle of water, out of the sun, cork end up.
“There’s enough water in it to prime this pump – but not if you
drink some first. Pour in about one-fourth and let her soak to wet the
leather. Then pour in the rest medium fast and pump like crazy. You’ll
get water. The well never has run dry yet. Have faith.
“When you get watered up, fill the bottle and put it back like you
found it for the next feller.”
(signed)
Desert Pete
“P.S. Don’t go drinking the water up first. Prime the pump with it and
you’ll get all you can hold. And the next time you want something,
remember that life is like this pump. It has to be primed. You got to
get your heart fixed to give before you can be given to. Pete.”
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