Southside Oracle Archive

Vol. 51. No. 9                      SOUTHSIDE ORACLE                                May 2, 2008

The Bulletin Board

New Adult Classes Begin Sunday.  Our Sunday morning adult Bible classes are scheduled on a trimester basis, that is, they are taught for four months each.  The classes change this Sunday and four classes will be offered. The class on Isaiah taught by Jeff Hill that began in January will continue for the next four months. Several different men will co-teach a study of the Christian graces.  Challenges to our Faith will be taught by Monroe Hawley.  A fourth study designed for young adults entitled Learning and Teaching a Biblical World View will be directed by Chris West.  If you haven't been in our adult classes, this would be a good time to start.

Remember that the Mother- Daughter Banquet will be Friday, May 9^th at 6:30 p.m. For additional information, contact Sandi Copass.

The annual Spring Youth Rally of the Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp will be held at Fallhall Glen May 10-11. The information about schedule and cost is posted on the youth bulletin board.

ATTENDANCE RECORD

(*) first service, 155, second service, 82

The congregation was introduced last Sunday morning to Samuel Tyler Wilson of Monroe whom Southside is financially assisting as he goes to South Africa to do mission work as part of the AIM program. We appreciated his visit and wish him God's blessings.

A reminder!  Quite a large number of books have been checked out of the church library and have not been returned.  A list of them is posted on the bulletin board in the foyer.  If you have one of them that you forgot to return, there is receptacle in the foyer in which you can leave the book.

Calendar of Events

May 9 - Mother-daughter banquet, Friday, 6:30 p.m.

May 10 – 11 – W.C.Y.C. Spring Youth Rally, Fallhall Glen

May 11 - Praise and Palate, 6:00 p.m.

May 17 - 21 -- Evangelism and Church Growth Seminar, Sheboygan Church

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

"Are Fathers Unnecessary?"

A few years ago the Journal Sentinel ran an article entitled, "Are Fathers Unnecessary? Hogwash! " It seems that the journal, American Psychologist, published by the American Psychological Association, had carried a cover story entitled, "Deconstructing the Essential Father. "  Ms. Parker quoted the authors as reasoning that "Fathers as we have known and loved them are more or less obsolete" She stated that the writers weave just enough truth into their hypothesis to distort the entire picture.

The reasoning is that (1) some studies show that divorce isn't always bad for children, and (2) some other studies suggest that children of divorce suffer more from life disruption than the absence of a parent. From this they conclude that a single-­parent home is just as good as two-parent families.

Biblical teaching aside, it is clear to every thinking person that contemporary society is going through a moral crisis reflected in drugs, crime and juvenile  delinquency.    The root cause of much of the problem is the breakdown of the home.  Having two parents in a home does not ensure that the children will not have difficulties, as every parent knows.  A lack of parental time with children is clearly a major problem, whether children live with one or two parents. And, as the psychologists point out, divorce is not always bad for children, especially when alcohol and violence are a continuing part of the children's home life.

However, ask those sons and daughters who have not had a good father, perhaps because of death, if they do not feel a void for having only one parent. And can we reasonably conclude, as the authors seem to indicate, that two lesbian mothers of a son are just as good for him as one mother and one father?

The fact is that two parents properly performing their parental roles each have something to contribute to the rearing of children that the other lacks.  No father can give to his children what a good mother can contribute.  Conversely, there are things that fathers put into a home, beyond the bread winning, that cannot be done as well by the mothers.  No, fathers are not obsolete. There will never be a time in which all homes have two parents, let alone two good parents, but a father fulfilling his proper role means everything in the rearing of children.                                                                                                                                                                                                       Monroe Hawley

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