Vol. 46, No. 25                         SOUTHSIDE ORACLE                      August 29, 2003

The Bulletin Board

            New Fall Bible Classes – September 7^th will be promotion day for our children’s Sunday Bible classes.   It will also mark the beginning of new classes for the adults that will continue until the end of the year.  Bobby Valentine will teach “A Study of Christian ethics,” Monroe Hawley will teach “Discovering Our Spiritual Roots” (the influences through the centuries that have shaped our spiritual thinking), and Wayne Alexander will teach a study of “The Book of Galatians.”  The start of this class will be delayed until October 5th.  From September 7 – 28 Daryl Miller will teach a class entitled “Instilling Faith” designed for our youth and their parents.  It will deal with our youth ministry and how families can work together to make it a success.    

            Tween Activity – The interest among the tweens (pre-teens) is exciting. Wednesday of last week 23 tweens and six adult chaperones had an overnight at the church building.  It was a great success.  They learned something about astronomy as they looked at Mars with the help of Bobby Valentines’ telescope.  The large number of tweens and their interest in bringing their friends to tween events bodes well for the future as they will soon be our teenagers.

            Attention Young People – York College will sponsor Fallhall Days at the Wisconsin Christian Youth Camp September 5 - 7.  This is a youth rally program.  See the bulletin board for details.

            The annual Labor Day Encampment is this weekend at Fallhall Glen.

ATTENDANCE RECORD

                                                  Two years ago         Last year      Last week          Goal

   Bible classes                                            142                  149                   140            170   

   Morning worship                                       233                  241                *229            250

Evening worship                                        71                    59                     76              80

Contribution                                   $3762.90         $3635.64          $3661.67   $4200.00

                                                             (*) first service, 146; second service, 83

      Moved – We will miss Martin and Susie Boldus who moved last week to Tennessee.

      Sign – We are installing a permanent illuminated sign.  The old sign has been removed to put in a base, and we are waiting for the delivery of the new sign.

      Men’s Activity – Our men are invited to some special activities September 5 & 6.  On Friday at 6:00 p.m. they will meet at Romines, 6125 S. 27^th St., for a meal and recreation and on Saturday will have special activities at 3:00 p.m. at the Corey Hoze home, 11008 W. Green Tree Road.  See the bulletin board for specifics.

      Announcing!  Southside Ladies’ Retreat at Camp Matawa near Campbellsport, September 26 & 27.  The speaker will be Debbie Cleveland from Oshkosh who will speak on “The One True Thing.”  Contact Cathy Ribar for details.

      Our Family Bible Day will be September 20^th and will be directed by Danny Giombi.  Danny has a table regarding the program in the fellowship room together with a sign-up sheet for those who would like to participate.  Be sure to put your name down if you can help.

      Our fall Give-Away will be Saturday, October 11^th.  Denise Eppler will direct it, but lots of help will be needed earlier that week in sorting items to be given away.  Items to be donated can be brought after Labor Day.  Clothing should be clean and household items should be in good repair and workable.  Please do not bring things that have to be repaired before they will work.

      Daryl Miller will preach Sunday evening.

      The 40^th annual Midwest Preachers’ Retreat will be at Fallhall Glen September 22 – 24.  Michael Armour of Dallas, TX will be the featured speaker and will have five presentations dealing with the book of Acts.  The retreat is open to everyone and we had several from Southside who attended last year.  If you have an interest in the retreat, see Monroe Hawley for details.

      Sarah Chukka has returned to Milwaukee after spending six weeks in India.

ADDRESSES AND TIMES OF MEETING OF MIDWEEK STUDY GROUPS

      Alexander home, 5316 Millshire, Greendale, Wednesday, 6:45 p.m.

   Gray home, 27564 Pheasant Lane, Pewaukee, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.

Hawley home, 5626 S. Lorene Ave., Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.

Saunders home, 304 N. State, Rochester, Thursday, 7:00 p.m.

Turman home, 9353 Robert McDonald Ct., Franklin, 6:30 p.m., Wednesday

 Call 427-9744 for information regarding class location

Windell home, 26563 Marion Court, Wind Lake, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.

Church building, 1933 W. Grange Avenue, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.

Young adults, J. R. Frost home, 6388 S. 35^th St., # 3, Franklin, 7:00 p.m., Thursday

Calendar of Events

August 29 – September 1 – Labor Day Encampment, Fallhall Glen

September 5, 6 – Men’s activity weekend, 6:00 pm., Romines

September 5 – 7 – York College, Fallhall Days for high school students

September 13 – Teen/Tween Fall Kickoff

September 13 – Annual prayer breakfast, Hampton Avenue Church, 8:30 a.m.

September 14 – Elders & deacons meeting, 4:30 p.m.

September 14 – Praise and Palate, 6:00 p.m.

September 20 – Family Bible Day, 9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

September 22 – 24 – 40^th annual Midwest Preachers’ Retreat, Fallhall Glen

September 26, 27 – Southside Ladies Retreat, Camp Matawa

September 26, 27 – Unity Family Encampment, Camp Y-Koda, Sheboygan

October 11 – Annual Southside Give-Away, 9:00 a.m.

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