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

TODAY AT OAKDALE (5-13-2007):

Nursery:  SS – De & Vernon Tjossem

                 Church – Pam VanderPloeg & Kristen Beier

Today’s Offg: Gen Fund/Deacon’s Fund   Next Sunday: General Fund

TONIGHT AT OAKDALE:

Small Groups

THIS WEEK AT OAKDALE:

MONDAY – Baby Shower for Greta and Esther Hogrefe 7:00 pm.

WEDNESDAY:   7:00 p.m. Midweek Ministries

Ø      Acorn Bible Club thru 6^th grade

Ø      Jr. & Sr. High Student Ministries

Ø      Adult Bible Study & Prayer

WEDNESDAY – General Board Meeting 8:15 pm

NEXT WEEK AT OAKDALE:

Next Sunday Pastor Clint will begin a new series on Raising Children for the Glory of God.  Read Deut. 6:1-9 in preparation for the sermon.

Greeters for May:    Welcome Committee

LOOKING AHEAD:

SUNDAY EVENING SCHEDULE:

May 20 – Graduation Sunday

May 27 – Graduation Sunday

TAKE NOTE:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:  Lorna Wilson (16)

MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES:

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all of our mothers and grandmothers.

DEDICATION WEEKEND SCHEDULE:

Saturday, June 9^th:                                 Sunday, June 10^th:

5:00 pm – Catered meal                          9:30 am – Continental Breakfast

7:00 pm – Service with former pastors   10:30 am – Worship Service with

                                                                               Pastor Coe preaching

                                                                 2:00 pm – Dedication Service

IF YOU DESIRE to profess Faith in Christ in Christian Baptism, please talk with Pastor Clint.  Oakdale will offer a class on Baptism in June, leading to a baptismal service on July 8^th. 

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.

YOU ARE INVITED to a baby shower for Greta and Esther on Monday May 14^th at 7:00 pm at the church.

NEW DAILY BREADS are here and can be picked up in the library.

Retirement/Farewell Open House for Ed and Jan Bettin on the 19th of May at the Laue Building in Paullina from 2-4.

OUR SYMPATHY to the family of Jeanette Peters in her home going.

NEXT SUNDAY MAY 20^TH we will have a retiring offering for HAM (Hidden Acres Ministry) scholarships.

KingdomQuest VBS is scheduled for July 9-13. Mark your calendars for this fun filled week! If you can be a KingdomQuest volunteer that week please contact Mark Anderson at manderson@oakdalechurch.com. Thanks!

Thank You to everyone who attended and gave generously at our taco dinner fundraiser. $2,000 was raised to help our team with our short-term missions trip to New Orleans this summer. Thank you so much! -Mark Anderson

NEEDED: The two large grey plastic tubs from the old kitchen are needed.  If you borrowed them, please return them to the new kitchen.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES! 

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Allison Axiotis, Michael Carlson, Jordan Hecox, Evan Lundell and Rochelle McGill who graduate from Washington High School.  To Bethany Beier and Anna Hatten who graduate from home school.  To Todd Godberson, Lauren Petersen and Kimberly Peterson who graduate from MMC. To Drew Nonnemacher who graduates from MOC and to Jeff Rohwer and Mark Wester who graduate from South O’Brien.

YOU ARE INVITED to an open house in honor of Todd Godbersen on Sunday May 20^th following the graduation ceremony at his home at 4288 I Avenue, Cleghorn IA.

YOU ARE INVITED to an open house in honor of Evan Lundell on Sunday May 20^th following the graduation ceremony until 5:30 pm at the Cherokee Community Center, Upper Level, South side, 530 W Bluff Street in Cherokee IA.

YOU ARE INVITED to an open house in honor of Kimberly Peterson on Sunday May 20^th from 4:00 – 7:00 pm here at Oakdale Church.

YOU ARE INVITED  to an open house in honor of Michael Carlson on Friday May 25^th at 5:00 pm at his home at 1691 515^th Street, Cherokee IA.

YOU ARE INVITED to an open house in honor of Jeff Rohwer on Saturday May 26^th at 4:00 at 44 North Welsh in Primghar IA.

YOU ARE INVITED  to an open house in honor of Mark Wester on Sunday May 27^th following commencement until ?? at his home at 1524 420^th Street, Larrabee IA .

YOU ARE INVITED to an open house in honor of Jordan Hecox on Sunday May 27^th from 5:00 – 7:30 pm at his home at 314 Coyote Drive in Cherokee IA.

YOU ARE INVITED to a senior recital featuring Bethany Beier and Allison Axiotis on Sunday June 3^rd at 2:00 pm followed by a graduation reception from 3:00 – 6:00 pm here at the church.

CONGRATULATIONS TO Ross Peterson who graduated from Iowa State with a BS in Agronomy, to Sarah Brown who graduated from UNI with a  BA in Health Promotions and to Preston Freed who received his MBA.  

BUILDING BOX

Finances

Total cash received to date:                          $1,623,578.37

Total cash & pledged to date:                       $1,722,733.65

Funds borrowed to date:                               $   253,800.00

Accrued Interest                                             $       9,387.00

Needed: National Conference delegates!  We are in need of members of Oakdale who would be interested in attending this year’s Free Church National Conference as delegates.  The conference dates are June 27-29 and it will be held in Minneapolis.  If you are interested or would like more information please talk with Pastor Clint or Gene Petersen.

Attention all Jr. & Sr. High Students!

Sr. High Small Group meets tonight at 5:00pm at the church. This will be session #5 in our Choosing My Religion study by R.C. Sproul. It will also be our last small group meeting for this school year. Hope to see you tonight!

Youth Group: All Jr. and Sr. High students (and their friends) are invited to join us for the last 3 youth group meetings of the school year. We'll meet this Wednesday at 7pm at the church. We'll be watching session #3 in our Revolution DVD series. This week's topic is anger. There will also be plenty of food and fun. See you Wednesday!

Summer Stuff: We may not be having youth group over the summer, but there will be plenty of opportunities for us to hang out together. Be watching your mail and the church newsletter for information on this summer's movie nights, canoe excursion, pool party, and more.

New Orleans Team: Your applications were due this week. Please turn them in to Mark Anderson as soon as possible. Thanks!