Southside Oracle Archive

Vol. 45, No. 51                         SOUTHSIDE ORACLE             February 21, 2003

The Bulletin Board

      Congregational Meeting – Our next congregational meeting will be this Sunday after a sandwich lunch following the second worship.  We should get started about 12:30 p.m.  Reports will be made about different facets of the work of the church and opportunity will be given for input and suggestions on the future of the congregation.  Plan to attend.

      Camp Dinner and Auction – About 100 attended the annual dinner and silent auction for the Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp last Saturday evening.  A total of $4090 was raised for the camp.  It will be applied toward the cost of the new washhouse currently under construction.

      Address Change – Matt and Jessica Ondrejka, 12550 W. National, Apt. 203, New Berlin 53151

ATTENDANCE RECORD

                                       Two years ago         Last year      Last week          Goal

   Bible classes                                        146                  145                   130            170   

   Morning worship                                   222                  218                  *218            250

Evening worship                                      40                    68                     71              80

Contribution                                   $3028.90         $3744.61         $3430.93   $4200.00

                                             (*) first service, 114; second service, 104

      The Southside Men’s Breakfast will be at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, March 1.  We are expecting a large turnout from sister churches as well as our own membership.  Men and boys, plan to attend.

     The last Parent to Parent 2000 video/discussion groups will be at 6:00 p.m. Saturday.  If there is sufficient interest, the program will be offered again.

The Empty Seat

      The story is told about a man who won a company ticket to the Super Bowl.  He was ecstatic until he found that his seat was in the nose bleed section, actually closer to the Goodyear blimp than it was to the field.

      About midway through the first quarter he saw an empty seat not ten rows from the front.  Making his way down to the seat, he asked the old man sitting next to it if anyone was going to be sitting there.  “No,” the old man said, “I bought it for my wife.  Football was one of the passions we shared in our marriage.  In fact, we have been to every Super Bowl together in the last thirty years.  But she is dead now.  You might as well sit down.”

      “But,” the younger man protested, “don’t you have any close friends or family that you might have given the ticket to?”

      “No,” said the old man.  “They are all at the funeral.”

      We all have choices about where we will be at any given time.  Those choices are based on the priority we give to the events of our lives.  At a particular time you may choose to be at a football game or a funeral, a concert or a car wash, at work or at worship.  You may choose any one of these, but never two.  The choices you make will reflect the importance you put on them.     __Glenn Hawley, Holmes Road

                                         The Teacher

                                 Lord, who am I to teach the way

                                 To little children day by day,                           

                                 So prone myself to go astray?

                                 I teach them knowledge, but I know

                                 How faint the flicker and how low                                                               

                                 The candles of my knowledge glows.

                                 I teach them love for all mankind

                                 And all God’s creatures, but I find

                                 My love comes lagging far behind.

                                 Lord, if I still their guide must be,

                                 Oh, let the little children see

                                 The teacher leaning hard on thee.                          __Selected

                                 Calendar of Events

February 21, 22 – Northtown Church women’s retreat, Kohler, WI

February 22 – Parent to Parent 2000 video/discussion, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.

February 23 – Congregational meeting after second worship

February 23 – Sunday Night Live youth activity, Oakhaven Church, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

February 28 – March 2 – Northtown Church Youth Rally

March 1 – Southside Area-wide Men’s Breakfast, 8:45 – 12:00 a.m.

March 9 – Elders – deacons meeting, 4:30 p.m.

March 9 – Praise and Palate, 6:00 p.m.

March 18 – Christian Workers’ Meeting, 9:00 a.m.

March 28 – 30 – Southside Youth Rally

April 4 – 6 – York College high school days

April 12, 13 – W.C.Y.C. youth rally at Fallhall Glen

April 29 – May 2 – National Assoc. of Christian Camps workshop, Fallhall Glen

May 9 – Mother-Daughter Banquet, 6:00 p.m.