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1st Levi Whitson

2nd Sissie Shelby

3rd Bailey Atchley

3rd Blaine Atchley

5th Sanielle Moquett

7th Mike Gray

8th Carolyn Jo Roam-

Goembel

9th Barb Meienburg

12th Donny Dixon

14th Jim Kell

15th Jerry Eubanks

15th Cathie Jennings

16th Bary Bugg

16th Robert Long

17th Juanita Gechter

17th Peter Lufkin

18th Paige Tyler

19th James Meadors

21st Jordan Baumann

21st Trish McCully

22nd Jana Green

24th Donald Martin

25th Sarah Long

27th Freda Ogle

27th Peggy Teece

30th Matthew Dalke

31st Shaylon Moquett

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Front cover graphics by:

Rhonda Rieder

4th Jerry and Elizabeth Eubanks

6th Tom and Carol McAlister

22nd Ricky and Vickie Cross

23rd Andy and Shawn Miller

28th Bryce and Pam Dalke

30th Ronnie and Sharon Apple

30th Brandon and Kristina Green

31st Neal and Rebecca Pearson

31st John and Loraine Tarrant

Christian sympathy is

extended to the

families of:

Derek Evans, Son of

Calvin Evans

Sam Jaggers

Jerry Wade, Father of

Serena Sutton

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Goddard United Methodist

Centennial Marker

Pictured above is the centennial marker located at

the West entrance of the church. Memorial and

Honorary Bricks are available. Please contact the

church office at 479.785.1415 or

secretary@goddardumc.org for details on how to

place your order.

Cost $50 per brick.

Memorial Gifts and Honorariums

Gifts have been given to the Pantry:

In memory of Sam Jaggers

by Roger and Peggy Ross

In memory of Derek Evans

by Roger and Peggy Ross

In memory of Derek Evans

by Ben and Karen Baker

In memory of Sam Jaggers

by Ben and Karen Baker

In honor of Lynne Gustafson

by Valerie Rhoades

In memory of Sam Jaggers

by Jerry and Elizabeth Eubanks

In memory of Derek Evans

by Jerry and Elizabeth Eubanks

In memory of Derek Evans

by Jim and Suzie Dunn

In memory of Sam Jaggers

by Jim and Suzie Dunn

Gifts have been given:

In memory of Derek Evans

by Larry and Patsy Cochran

In memory of Sam Jaggers

by Larry and Patsy Cochran

In memory of Sam Jaggers

by Larry and Virginia Kennedy

In memory of Derek Evans

by Larry and Virginia Kennedy

In memory of Derek Evans

by Mary Margaret Gattis

In memory of Sam Jaggers

by Mary Margaret Gattis

In memory of Sam Jaggers

by Charles and Marilyn Click

Pastor Kim Kelton Cloninger

Contact Information:

Home: 479.648.1898

Cell: 479.719.8120

Church Office: 479.785.1415

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The Upper

Room

During this time of

anxiety and isolation

The Upper Room wants

to make it as easy as

possible for people to

find resources to

support spiritual

health. They are

providing the May/

June 2020 issue of The

Upper Room magazine,

for download at no cost.

In addition, four short

prayer resources that

address specific needs

are also available.

Please download and

share as you wish.

Peace be with you.

Where

the

World

Meets to

Pray

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https://

www.upperroom.org/

devotionals

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The Goddard

Quilters Are

Not Meeting

At This Time

Lydia No scheduled

activities at

this time due to

Covid-19.

U M Men’s Saturday Breakfast

No breakfast scheduled for May

Contact: Gregg Teece 479.883.9458

*HILLTOPPERS FRIDAYS

No activities scheduled at this time

due to Covid-19.

Contact Information:

Dave Whiteis 479.401.1133

kc5yaf@gmail.com

Linda Dickson 479.401.1132

kd5ors@gmail.com

UM News Weekly Digest See all United Methodist News stories at www.umnews.org.

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MAY Lectionary

May 3 4th Sunday of Easter Acts 2:42-47, Ps 23 (UMH 754 or 137), 1 Pet 2:19-25,

John 10:1-10

May 10 5th Sunday of Easter / Acts 7:55-60, Ps 31:1-5, 15-16 (UMH 764), 1 Pet 2:2-10,

Mother’s Day John 14:1-14

May 17 6th Sunday of Easter Acts 17:22-31, Ps 66:8-20 (UMH 790), 1 Pet 3:13-22,

John 14:15-21

May 24 7th Sunday of Easter / Acts 1:6-14, Ps 68:1-10, 32-35 (UMH 792),

Ascension Sunday 1 Pet 4:12-14, 5:6-11, John 17:1-11 / Acts 1:1-11,

Ps 47 (UMH 781), Eph 1:15-23, Luke 24:44-53

May 31 Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-21, Ps 014:24-34 35b (UMH 826),

I Cor 12:3b-13, John 7:37-39

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April 5 April 12 April 19 April 26 Total

General Fund Income $ 20,485 $ 8,377 $ 10,825 $ 5,887 $ 45,574

Pantry 1,970 155 975 270 $ 3,370

Memorials 0 0 190 25 $ 215

Other 120 10 10 110 $ 250

Total Income $ 22,575 $ 8,542 $ 12,000 $ 6,292 $ 49,409

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Contact Information Updates

If you have had a change of

address, email address or

phone number, please email or

call the office.

Not getting your One Calls?

or

You no longer have

a land line?

Please let us know your current

primary number.

Office 479.785.1415

To add someone to the Prayer Chain,

contact Donny Anderson 479.522.3080.

To be a member of the Prayer Chain,

contact Debbie Moore 479.785.1415.

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Easter Season… I have been asked to

write about different symbols and times of

our worship together at Goddard. Jerry

and I, like many of you, have a great deal of

time on our hands thanks to Jerry’s illness

and to Covid-19. So here are our thoughts

from Eubanks Island about the Easter

Season …

Easter Season is also known as the

Great Fifty Days, or Eastertide, or Pas-

chaltide, or Paschal Time. Easter Season begins at sunset on Easter Eve and continues through the

Day of Pentecost. For Christians, this is the most joyous and celebrative season of the Christian

year as we celebrate the resurrected, living, and ascended Christ!

During Easter Season, we remember Ascension Day on the 40th day after Easter when Christ

ascended into heaven. (Acts 1:1-11). Although Ascension Day is the 6th Thursday of Easter; we

generally celebrate the Ascension in our church on the following Sunday.

During Easter Season we also focus on the giving of the Holy Spirit to the disciples on the first

Easter as told in John 20:22-23 “...Jesus breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy

Spirit”. We also celebrate the Day of Pentecost as told in the 2nd chapter of Acts. What a glorious

day that must have been! Pentecost Sunday is often referred to as the birthday of the church. As a

children’s Sunday School teacher, we often celebrated Pentecost by eating birthday cake and singing

Happy Birthday to the Church (any excuse for eating cake will do, right?)

During Easter Season, the paraments we use on the altar, the pulpit, and the Bible bookmark are

white, a color for joyous and festive seasons in the church. Did you know that the pulpit fall (Jerry

says it should be called the pulpit scarf) is also called the antependium? Don’t you just love that

word?

On Pentecost Sunday, the paraments will be changed to red, symbolically the color of fire and

the Holy Spirit. How wonderful it is that our United Methodist symbol is a cross and flame!

Easter Season is the time of new life. Our Savior's in the first place, living for ever a life which

belongs no more on earth but in heaven; and a new life for us that we shall share with Him in

heaven one day! The Easter Season is about finding and claiming our identity in the Risen Lord and

preparing for our ministries in the body of Christ. During these 50 days we are reminded in 1 Peter

3:15 to “in our hearts sanctify Christ as Lord and to give an account of the hope that is in us.” The

Easter Season allows us to think deeply and to pray broadly about what the resurrection of Jesus

means to us and to our world.

So there you have it….Jerry and I wish each of you a healthy, peaceful and joyous Easter Season!

Thank you for your continued prayers for us. Jerry is feeling much better! We can’t wait to see

each of you and to worship together in our beautiful Goddard sanctuary!

- Jerry and Elizabeth Eubanks

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Columbarium

Please contact the church office if you are

interested in information regarding the

Goddard Columbarium.

Call Debbie Moore at 479.785.1415 or

email secretary@goddardumc.org

Sunday Worship 10:50 AM

Weekday Evening Devotionals 6:00 PM

Online at www.goddardumc.org

Goddard UMC Pastor and Staff

Rev. Kim Kelton Cloninger — Senior Pastor

George A. Mann — Choir Master/Organist

Sami Sue Welch — Associate Director of Music

Jenni Crawford — Preschool Director

Keri Cousins—Children’s / Youth Director

Michelle Greenfield — Financial Administrator

Deborah Moore — Administrative Assistant / Buildings and Grounds /

Grapevine Editor

Timothy Peerbolte, Dave Whiteis, Jennifer Roller, Mistii Elmore—

Audio/Visual

Altar Flowers

Sunday, May 10

Flowers given to the glory

of God and in honor of

Mary Margaret Gattis

and in memory of

Bob Gattis by their son

Keith and Family.

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UMW Report

All conference, district, and local UMW activities are still being postponed until our

bishop gives the okay to resume. Circles will not meet on the regularly scheduled date

this month - May 5, 2020.

Please be in prayer for those who are sick, those who have lost their jobs, those who are

separated from loved ones, and those who are homeless and hungry.

Stay safe,

Suzie Dunn

(479) 651-3008

The Goddard Food Pantry is in

need of the following items:

1 pound bags of white rice,

pinto beans or black-eyed

peas. Also needed are individual

packages of nonfat dry milk.

Please call the church office when

you are coming to drop off your

pantry items. The pantry is open

Wednesdays and Thursdays from

9-11:30 AM during Covid-19.

Please note: The church office is

closed on Fridays.

Thank you for your

continued support of the

Goddard Food Pantry.

Pantry Report

Because of you, our Goddard Family, and our dedicated staff, we have been able to keep our pantry running on a limited basis. In the first 4 months of 2020 we have served 790 families and a total of 1835 family members.

We are fortunate to be part of a generous and caring congregation, and we ask for your continued prayers and financial support.

The Post Office Food Drive has been postponed. It was scheduled for May 9, 2020.

The Pantry Committee

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Volume 57 May 2020 Number 5

Goddard United Methodist Church

1922 Dodson Avenue, Fort Smith, AR 72901

www.goddardumc.org

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