Vol. 46, No. 15                         SOUTHSIDE ORACLE                         June 20, 2003

The Bulletin Board

Baptized – Ryan Timms and Christy Monthey were baptized after the second service Sunday morning.  Ryan and Christy plan to be married in December.  We wish them God’s blessings in their Christian life.

Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp – Southside is well represented at the junior session this week and next.  Campers are Zachary Giemza, Abby Miller, Sydney Miller, Chad Mudd, Aaron Nichols, Brandon Schraven, Brandon Threats, and A. J. Threats.  Serving on the staff are Glynda Giemza, Heather Lukas, Nina Miller, and Lori Nichols.

Scholarship help is needed for Southside children who need financial assistance in attending one of the sessions of the youth camp.  If you can help, please see Brad Stanger or Tim Shilts.

Guest Speaker – Our speaker on Sunday morning, June 29^th, will be Glenn Hawley, who currently preaches for the Holmes Road Church in Memphis, TN.  Glenn preached for Southside for ten years until a year ago.  The Hawleys will be back for a wedding and a family reunion.

ATTENDANCE RECORD

                                                  Two years ago         Last year      Last week          Goal

   Bible classes                                            132                  117                   150            170   

   Morning worship                                     221                  213                 *230             250

Evening worship                                        36                    43                       42              80

Contribution                                   $3502.59         $4038.68         $4153.23   $4200.00

                                                             (*) first service, 139; second service, 91

Service Trip – Every summer our youth are involved in a service trip to assist another congregation.  This year they will help in a three-day pre-teen camp for the congregation in Menominee, MI.  They will be gone June 25 – 29.  They need 30 packages of cookies to take with them.  If you can help, bring them to the church building by June 22.

Elders’ Forum – The next elders’ forum will be June 29^th.  At that time the elders will respond to written questions submitted in advance.  If you have questions of a biblical or ethical nature that you would like discussed, fill out one of the forms on the table in the foyer and place it in the box provided. 

Calendar of Events

June 15-28 – Junior camp, Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp, Fallhall Glen

June 15 – 21- Soul Quest, York College

June 22 – 27 – Gospel meeting, Larry Fletcher speaker, 7:30 p.m., Eastside Church

June 25 – 29 – Youth service trip to Menominee, Michigan

June 27, 28 – Teaching seminar, Richard Rose, 7:00 Friday, 9:00 – 1:30 Saturday,

         Brentwood Church

June 29 – Elders’ forum, 6:00 p.m.

June 29 – July 12 – Middle camp, Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp, Fallhall Glen

July 13 – Elders-deacons meeting, 4:30 p.m.

July 13 – Praise and palate, 6:00 p.m.

August 4 – 8 – Lake Geneva Encampment, Williams Bay

Pepsi Cans and Truth

Have you heard about the new cans Pepsi is coming out with?  They are going to have the Pledge of Allegiance printed on them.  So far, so good, right?  But in an effort to offend no one, Pepsi is leaving “under God” out of the pledge. Outrageous!   We should do just what the person who told me about this suggested: boycott Pepsi.

The problem is that the above statements, which I received by e-mail, are not true.  E-mail people tend to call such statements urban legends, practical jokes started by someone with a computer and a phone line.  I prefer to call them lies.  Fortunately the internet not only supplies the ability to spread lies quickly, but it also supplies sites like snopes.com to help us uncover lies.

As Christians we know that we must be people of the truth.  This means speaking truthfully, but it also means discerning truth.  The world is full of lies and liars.  Lies about raising children.  Lies about how to spend your money.  Lies about what will make you happy.  Even lies about what is pleasing to God.

Paul wrote to the Philippians, “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ - to the glory and praise of God” (Philippians 1:9-11). 

Paul knew that leading the Christian life can be challenging with all the lies of Satan surrounding us, tempting us to abandon what is right.  But with a strong love for the Lord and a greater knowledge and insight assisted by the Spirit, we can navigate the perilous course.  So don’t believe everything you are told.  Not all lies are as harmless as the Pepsi lie.

                                                              __Glenn Hawley in Holmes Road bulletin

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