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

TODAY AT OAKDALE (8-26-2007):

Nursery:  Sunday School – Greta & Clint Hogrefe

                 Church – Joleen & Doug Stout, Allison Axiotis

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

TONIGHT AT OAKDALE:

Small Groups

THIS WEEK AT OAKDALE:

MONDAY – Ladies Tea with Arlys Bohnker 7:00 pm

WEDNESDAY            - No Midweek Services in August

WEDNESDAY – Farewell Party for Clint and Hollie Oldfield 7:00 pm

NEXT WEEK AT OAKDALE:

Next Sunday Pastor Clint will return to the series on the Gospel of John.  Read John 14:1-3 in preparation for the sermon.

LOOKING AHEAD:

SUNDAY EVENING SCHEDULE:

Sep 2 – Small Groups

TAKE NOTE:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:  Amy Jo Wester (26), Reed Powers ( 28), Beth James, Vance Gregg (30), Andrew Wester, Dan Murphy (31)

MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES:

VOLUNTEERS are needed to mow the old site and Valley View Park.  A sign up sheet is in the work room.

RAG cards need to be turned in to Nancy Peterson by the first of September.

THE BALANCE OWING  to Hidden Acres for summer campers is $1500.00.  If you wish to help with this, please mark your checks accordingly and put them in the offering.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD--Save your shoeboxes.  Also remember school supplies are on sale now.

CE POTLUCK AND MEETING  today at noon.  Drink will be provided.

PLEASE JOIN US for a Farewell Party for Clint and Hollie Oldfield on Wednesday evening, August 29th from 7-8pm here at the church.  Refreshments will be served and it will be a time of Christian Fellowship as we wish our friends God's very best as they start a new job near Keokuk. 

Special Concert Announcement: This fall two special "Grand Opening" events are being planned at our new building. The Cherokee Symphony will be in concert with Oakdale's Choir on Sunday, September 30th at 7:00pm at Oakdale. Christian singers / songwriters/ worship leaders Greg & Rebecca Sparks will be in concert at Oakdale on Saturday, October 27th at 7:00pm. Please mark your calendars for these very special events.

CONGRATULATIONS! to Adam and Charity Harper in the birth of Alyssa Marie on August 16^th.  Congratulations also to grandpa and grandma Charley and Dorothy.

BUILDING BOX

Finances

Total cash received to date:                          $1,840,461.22

Total cash & pledged to date:                       $1,911.262.99

Funds borrowed to date:                               $   163,554.00

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.

Attention all Jr. & Sr. High Students!

 ATTENTION ALL JR. HIGH & HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS!!!

It's time for you to get excited about Youth Group! Our first Youth Group meeting of the new school year will be Wednesday, September 5th at 7:00pm. We've got a lot of awesome stuff planned for this year and we hope to see a lot of new faces! The beginning of the school year is a great time to invite your friends to come out to Youth Group, so start inviting! Make sure you're here Sept. 5th. There will be games, prizes, food, friends, and an introduction to our fall series entitled 20 Basics. Don't miss it.

High School Sunday School starts up again on Sunday, September 9th. We'll be starting a new in-depth Bible study of the book of James that's really cool. And to make things even more exciting Mark will be serving breakfast that morning. Yum! You'll definitely learn something from this study, so make a commitment to get up and make it to Sunday School (on time) every Sunday.

ELEVATE (formerly MTV) is a ministry training retreat for high school students that happens at Hidden Acres September 15 & 16. The focus of this retreat is to train students to be leaders in their youth groups by encouraging them to be more committed followers of Christ. If you're interested in going to ELEVATE talk to Mark Anderson as soon as possible. Funds are available to help students with the cost of this retreat so don't make money an issue when making your decision.