................What's Happening at Oakdale

TODAY AT OAKDALE (3-16-2008):

Nursery:  Sunday School  - Dixie Anderson & Jan Carlson

                 Church – De & Vernon Tjossem

Today’s Offg: General Fund  Next Sunday: General Fund  

Greeters: Frank & Jill DeMilia, Gene & Joanne Petersen, Dave & Candy Wester

TONIGHT AT OAKDALE:

Seder Meal 6:00 pm

THIS WEEK AT OAKDALE:

TUESDAY  – Women’s Bible Study 9:30 – 11:00 am or 6:45 – 8:15 pm

TUESDAY- General Board Meeting 7:00 pm

WEDNESDAY – No Midweek Service

FRIDAY – Good Friday Service 7:00 pm.

NEXT WEEK AT OAKDALE:

Next Sunday Pastor Clint will focus on The Resurrection.  Read John 20:1-23 in preparation for the sermon.

LOOKING AHEAD:

SUNDAY EVENING SCHEDULE:

Mar 23 – Small Groups

TAKE NOTE:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:  Barbara Ivarson, Nora Anderson (16), Merle Wester, Eleda Wester, Jenae Lundell (17), Pam Vander Ploeg (18), Alice Anderson, Ava Anderson (20), Eleanor Lundell (21), Joel Ivarson, Paul Van Dyke (22)

MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES:

Men’s Theological Reading group will not meet this week.  Our next meeting will be Friday, March 28, at 6:30 PM at the Family Table in Cherokee.  Please read chapter 11 of “Knowing God” in preparation for the discussion.

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE will be at 7:00 PM, March 21.

CHRISTIAN SEDER MEAL tonight at 6:00pm. All ages are invited to experience the Christian significance to the Jewish Passover celebration. There is a sign up sheet in the foyer.  A free-will offering will be taken to defray the cost of the caterer.  Plan now to attend and see how Christ is foretold throughout the Passover story.

NO SUNDAY SCHOOL next week.  Please come for the fellowship time at 9:30 am.

THERE WILL BE NO WEDNESDAY NIGHT MINISTRY this week.  Please plan on attending the Good Friday service at 7 PM.

Burn The Mortgage - A celebration is being planned for April 13^th to burn the mortgage on our building. There are two things you can do. First, as God leads, give to the building fund so that we have a zero balance by April 13^th.. Second, hold the evening of April 13^th  at 6:30pm open so you can celebrate with the Oakdale family what God has done.

Free Women’s Conference.  “Just Give Me Jesus” women’s conference featuring Anne Graham Lotz is April 18 and 19 in Des Moines.  A 7 week Bible Study that will follow the conference is planned  for a  later in the year.  If you are interested in going to the conference or being a part of the Bible Study there is a signup sheet in the foyer. 

LIBRARY UPDATE: Just a reminder for when you shop at Family Christian Bookstore in Sioux City to please ask for the library stamps with your purchase and donate them to the church library.

THE OAKDALE FAMILY has been invited to the marriage of Joshua Hancock and Bethany Peters.  Please see the bulletin board in the work room for the invitation and details.

OUR SYMPATHY TO           Lance and Jill Freed and family in the passing of Jill’s father Arnie Berglund.

WOMEN’S MINISTRY LEADERSHIP TEAM:

Coordinator: Mavis Weaver          Assistant Coordinator: Joleen Stout          

Secretary: Karen Louscher           Financial Secretary: Jeanette Johnson

Treasurer: Pam Vander Ploeg         

BUILDING BOX

Funds borrowed to date:                               $    19,000.00

Capital Improvement Fund - The General Board has set up a capital improvement fund in the budget. Any money given to the building that exceeds the amount we owe will go into that fund. Once the debt is paid off we will use this fund for unfinished projects i.e. stained glass, bell tower, sign, etc.

IF YOU DESIRE prayer or spiritual counsel, following the service there will be a couple available to meet with you on the right hand side of the platform.

18^TH ANNUAL SPORTSMEN’S RETREAT “24 Hours With The guys & More” at Hidden Acres Christian Center March 28-30 or April 4-5, 2008.  If you are interested, stop in the secretary’s office for more information and a registration form.

HELPING HANDS has several items which need to be delivered to Touch Global in Rockford IL.  If you are going that way in the next few months and would be willing to do this, please contact Evelyn Kludas.

Attention all Jr. & Sr. High Students!

No Youth Group this Wednesday Night- Join us for our Good Friday service this Friday at 7:00pm.

Remedy Drive Concert- If you want to go to the remedy Drive concert at Summit EFC on Sunday, March 30th you need to get $10 to Mark Anderson as soon as possible. Talk to Mark to get more information on this event.

Senior's Night Out is Sunday night, April 6th. Don't miss it!