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Worship Services

Sundays

Traditional Worship in the Sanctuary

8:30 am & 10:50 am

The Abbey in Young Hall

11:05 am

Sunday School 9:40 am

Children’s Church during 10:50 am service

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In Memory of:

Alice Hood by Zoe Ann Batten Circle 1 Stan and Dacie Rau Jim and Barbara Kell Glenda Stanfield and the Packer Family The Goddard Quilters Eric and Elizabeth Sheffer Jim and Sue Rose Jim and Jean Woodward Roger and Peggy Ross John and Melinda Lowrey Ruby Martin Susan Martin Sherrie Keating Master Vessels Life Group Class, Spring Baptist Church, Spring, TX Fred and Marilyn Scheuble Larry and Judy Loux Jimmie and Fern Daniel Renna Kelton

Anne Vinson by Pat Baskin Circle 1 Dr. and Mrs. Steve Kilpatrick Carolyn Vaught Bill and Mary Cauthron Doug Smith Bill Shockley and Judy Vinson Rachel Rhodes Joel and Melissa Johnson Jim and Jean Woodward Jimmie and Fern Daniel Renna Kelton

Our Christian Sympathy is

extended to the families of:

Modena Glidewell

Barbara Swaim

(Mother of Christian Swaim)

Al Rowton

(Cousin of Elizabeth Sheffer)

Memorials

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In Memory of:

Lucille Eubanks by Pat Baskin Stan and Dacie Rau Larry and Virginia Kennedy Carolyn Vaught Jim and Barbara Kell Johnnie Dickey Jim and Sue Rose Jim and Jean Woodward Larry and Judy Loux Jimmie and Fern Daniel George and Carole Beattie Renna Kelton

Modena Glidewell by Rev. Carr Racop and Mary Beth Sudduth Peter and Linda Lufkin Prince Drug Store Vic and Betty Campbell Dr. Edwin Coffman Rita Ramey Bill and Mary Cauthron Jim and Suzie Dunn Fred and Marilyn Scheuble Thomas Godwin Gayle Thiele Roy and Betty Nixon Jim and Sue Rose Jim and Jean Woodward Jim and Barbara Kell Fred and Kathryn Stecher Roger and Peggy Ross Harold and Barbara Braswell Renna Kelton Ben and Karen Baker

Herschel McClurkin by Jim and Suzie Dunn Larry and Judy Loux

L. Pat Steele by Cynthia Steele

Al Rowton by Suzanne Thomason

Barbara Swaim by Jim and Sue Rose

Rubinell Holland by Jim and Jean Woodward Larry and Judy Loux Jimmie and Fern Daniel

Barbara Sain by Jim and Suzie Dunn Jerry and Elizabeth Eubanks Rev. Carr Racop and Mary Beth Sudduth

Carol Barger by Jim and Suzie Dunn

David Carter by Larry and Judy Loux Renna Kelton

Betty Winesburg by

Jim and Jean Woodward

Jim and Suzie Dunn

Renna Kelton

Wallace Floyd by

Jim and Jean Woodward

Renna Kelton

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Memorials

In honor of Dr. Fudge by the Goddard United Methodist Women

In honor of Dylan Knott by Scott and Jennifer Faldon

In honor of Nancy Robertson by Jim and Suzie Dunn

Gifts Have Been Given

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Gloria Arthur

Laurel Barry

Irene Bernardo

Rick Beshears

Nancy Callaway

Jessica Clardy

Charles Click

Marilyn Click

Helen Cowan

Sammye Norvell

Cravens

Rick Dalton

Norman Davis

Jason Echols

Stacy Boerner

Forsgren

Kim Friery

Andrew Godwin

Harlan Family

Beverly Jaggers

Sam Jaggers

Jeff Jeffries

Judy Loux

Buddy Moore

Rachel Rhodes

Tracey Stecher

Nell Sullivan

Jeff Taake

Meadow Tarrant

Vinson Family

Jeffrey Williams

and our troops

Prayer Concerns

We had many women participating in United

Methodist Women Sunday. Two “kitchen cart

loads” of hygiene supplies were donated by our

church family to help the victims of Human

Trafficking. Our speaker, Jenny Sorey, from

Hub of HOPE, will be returning to Goddard to

conduct a training session on the subject of

Human Trafficking. We will invite other

United Methodist Churches in our area to

attend. We are currently working on a date for

this training session.

The UM Women are working with the Mission

Team to collect and deliver household items to the

Cookson Hills Mission on Tuesday, May 9. Items

may be dropped off at the church Monday, May 1

through Monday, May 8 from 8:30 am to 4 pm.

Elizabeth Eubanks

Submitted by: Elizabeth Eubanks Our Food Pantry will be a participant in the US Postal

Carriers Food Drive on May 13. We will supply three

volunteers to help unload the canned goods from the mail

carriers’ vehicles and load them onto our trucks to bring the

canned goods back to our pantry. Our volunteers are

required to be at the Fianna Hills Post Office at 12:30 pm.

Volunteers will be needed to unload our trucks at the

church.

We have 26 people who currently serve as volunteers in our

Food Pantry. We need and are looking for two additional

people to serve to pick up the food and deliver to the church.

We are looking for two additional people to help stock our

pantry on Tuesdays. This will help us to cover vacations and

for our current team to alternate times. During of the month

of April we served 581 people. During the last week of the

same month we served 84 households. We are thankful for

your monetary and prayer support.

Births

Miles Bronson Andrews

Parents:

Jessica and Mark Andrews

Grandparents:

Mike and Paula Andrews

Oliver Ray Van Omen

Parents:

Ritne Howard and Kyle Van Omen

Grandparents:

Donny and Vicki Anderson

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The Community Rescue Mission, located at 4th and F Street, phone 479.782.1443, partners with area churches to meet spiritual and physical needs by providing meals, a place to stay, and church services. Last month, 82 clients checked in for 920 nights of shelter and 2678 meals were serves. The Mission also provides clothes, toys, and books for the homeless and their children. If you have items to donate, you can call for a pickup. For additional information about the Mission, please visit their website at www.fscrm.org. Please be in prayer for the homeless and those who work to help them.

Thanks, Harry Tommey

Community Rescue Mission Goddard Representative

Pictured above: Pastor

Kim Cloninger and Sami

Sue Welch at the river for

Easter Sunrise Service.

Right: Jana, Brandon,

Kristina and Anslee Green.

Pictures from Goddard Easter egg

Hunt 2017. Right: Easter Sunday

Member Appreciation in the parlor.

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When making monetary

gifts to the church,

please remember the

Goddard Flower

Ministry.

Carnations are placed in the

sanctuary for dates of

special importance such as:

Birth of child or

grandchild (pink/blue)

Wedding anniversaries

(40th, 50th, 60th)

(yellow)

Birthdays (90+) (red)

Deaths (white)

May Birthdays

1st Glen Taylor 1st Levi Whitson 2nd Sissie Shelby 3rd Bailey Atchley 3rd Blaine Atchley 3rd Lily Garner 6th Landy Westphal 7th Mike Gray 9th Kitty Carter 9th Barb Meienburg 14th Tracy Bugg 14th Jim Kell 15th Sue Lewis 15th Cathie Jennings 15th Jerry Eubanks 16th Bary Bugg 16th Robert Long 17th Juanita Gechter 17th Peter Lufkin 18th Joseph Swaim 18th Paige Tyler 19th James Meadors 21st Jordan Baumann 21st Kyle Conrad 21st Scott Conrad 21st Trish McCully 22nd Janice Beran 22nd Jana Green 24th Donald Martin 24th Allen Marshall 25th Sara Long 26th Jane Puffer 26th Ben Baker 26th Sawyer Walter 27th Peggy Teece 27th Freda Ogle 30th Matthew Dalke 30th Jerry Walrod

May Anniversaries

4th Jerry and Elizabeth Eubanks 6th Tom and Carol McAlister 10th Charles and Traci Bradley 13th Nick and Mary Beth Oliver 14th Myles and Deanna Friedman 22nd Ricky and Vickie Cross 28th Bryce and Pam Dalke 30th Steven and B.J. Cobb 30th Brandon and Kristina Green 31st Neal and Rebecca Pearson 31st John and Loraine Tarrant

Happy 45th Anniversary to Scott and Jean McCoubrey

on April 15th

Marriages

Congratulations to

Don and Jeannie Holland

and

Drew and Laura Patrick

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Goddard Giving April 2017

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May lectionary

May 7

4th Sunday of Easter Acts 2:42-47, Psalm 23 (UMH 754 or 137), 1 Peter 2:19-25, John 10:1-10

May 14

5th Sunday of Easter Acts 7:55-60, Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 (UMH 764), 1 Peter 2:2-10, John 14:1-14

May 21

6th Sunday of Easter Acts 17:22-31, Psalm 66:8-20 (UMH 790), 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21

May 28

7th Sunday of Easter Acts:1-6-14, Psalm 68, 1-10, 32-35 (UMH 792), 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11, John 17:1-11

Welcome to Goddard

Shanna Davis

Keri Cousins

Aiden Cheyne

Linda Kimbley

April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 Total

General Fund Income $24,453 $10,690 $10,380 $5,868 $9,405 $60,796

Budget Expense - Weekly $12,933 $12,933 $12,933 $12,933 $12,933 $64,665

Income Over/(Under) Ex-

pense $11,520 $(2,243) $(2,553) $(7,065) $(3,528) $(3,869)

Pantry 2,199 1,330 690 438 290 $4,947

Memorials 250 0 395 245 0 $890

Other 384 300 345 210 448 $1,687

Total Other Income $2,833 $1,630 $1,430 $893 $738 $7,524

Sunday dollars -

apportionments* $41.00 $49.00 $67.00 $59.00 $50.00 $266.00

*Included in General Fund above

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W.O.W. What’s On Wednesdays?

Keri Cousins

Children’s

Director

"God loves us on the inside no

matter how funny we look on the

outside!"

Save the Dates:

May 10th End of School Bash

and Church Picnic

May 14th Young Musicians and

Children will sing in the

10:50 a.m. worship service

End of School Bash

and Church Picnic

May 10th Loads of Fun!

3:30—5:30 pm

5 pm Cookout

Goddard Park

Sign - Ups

for Summer W.O.W. &

Vacation Bible School

Summer W.O.W.

June 14th

June 21st

June 28th

July 5th

July 19th

July 26th

July 9 - 12th Vacation Bible School

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Hilltoppers in May

*Lunch at Cracker Barrel

Friday, May 5

Leave church at 10:30 am

*Lunch on Top of the Mountain

Mount Magazine

Friday, May 19

Leave church at 10:30 am

Pot Luck at Church

Monday, May 22 at 12 noon Bring items for food pantry

Hilltoppers Contact: Bryce Dalke 918.235.4516

*RSVP 479.785.1415

End of School Bash and Church Picnic

Wednesday, May 10th

Goddard Park

Cook out 5-5:30 pm

Hotdogs & Chips

The Quilters meet each Thursday

in May at 10:30 am.

Ministry Team Meetings

Wednesday, May 10

at 5:30 pm

Lydia Bible Study Wednesday, May 10

1:30 pm Susan C. King Classroom

Lydia Birthday Lunch Wednesday, May 24

11:30 am at The Egg and I Restaurant

United Methodist Women

Circle Meetings

Tuesday, May 2 Circle 1 10 am / Parlor

Circle 2 1:30 pm / Parlor

Joy Goddard 6 pm / Parlor

Circle 3 7pm / Parlor

GriefShare sessions will

begin again at Goddard

UMC in the Fall.

Submitted by: Cindy Peevy GriefShare Coordinator

The United Methodist

Men will resume the

monthly Saturday

Breakfasts in the Fall.

Pictured at right are the

men serving hotdogs

during the 2017 Goddard

Easter Egg Hunt.

Sunday School Perfect Attendance

March 2017

Gathering Disciples

Betty Bodine, Rick Bodine, Royce

Coleman, Betty Morkemo, Rick Pittman

April 2017

Genesis

John Bernardo, Barbara Rumage, Dick

Taylor, Polly Taylor, Barbara Kennedy

Men’s Bible Class

Robert Neufell, J.R. Lewis

New Beginnings

Becky Mallard, Ronnie Mallard, Bill

Moore, Debbie Moore, Eric Settle

Pairs and Spares

Gina Alder, Elizabeth Eubanks, Jerry

Eubanks, Sharon Freeman, Carol

McAlister, Tom McAlister, Pat Singleton,

Gayle Tindall, Jim Tindall

Susan C King

Ron Garner, Linda Porter, Sherry

Stockton

Wesley

Betty Campbell, Victor Campbell, Tom

Godwin, Fred Stecher, Kathryn Stecher,

Helen Wilson, Claudia Szendre, Ruth

Szendre

Information Booth

8-10 am 10 am-12 pm

May 7 Betty Campbell

May 14 Mike Mankin Betty Forrest

May 21 Helen Toney Doris Beaty

May 28 Mary Margaret Gattis

June 4 Barbara Kennedy Mary Margaret

Gattis

Acolytes

May 7 Senior Acolytes: Emma Sayers, Kaleah Gray

May 14 Jessica Meza, Isabel Torres

May 21 Elijah Friery, Evan Carlson

May 28 Julian Bradley, Wyatt Pair

June 4 Senior Acolytes: Sarah Long, Harley Garner

Sanctuary Greeters

8:00 am Jan and Jerry Walrod, Sharon Freeman, Pat Singleton

10:20 am Betty and Rick Bodine

Ushers

8:30 am Jerry Walrod, Tillie Loudermilk, Scott McCoubrey, Jessie Lewis

10:50 am Charles Smith, Capt., Gary Hawthorne, Evan Hawthorne, Philip Milligan, Carter Milligan, Gregg Teece

April Worship Attendance

8:30 am 10:50 am The Abbey

04/02 124 132 54

04/09 135 128 37

04/16 134 187 70

04/23 105 115 34

04/30 93 107 37

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May Worship Assistants

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Front Door (Bluff Ave) Greeters

8-10:30 10:30-12:15 May

Becky Mallard

Lisa Gray 7th

Roger Ross

14th Linda Porter

Barbara Kennedy

21st Lisa Gray

Roger Ross

28th Linda Porter

Becky Mallard

June 4th Lisa Gray

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Please contact Debbie Moore at

479.785.1415 to be included in the greeter /

information booth rotation schedule.

Thank you!

Health Ministry

May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month Submitted by: Frankie Allred

Regular physical activity is good for everyone’s health, and people of all ages and body types can be physically active. Did you know that regular physical activity increases your chances of living a longer healthier life? It also reduces your risk for high blood pressure, heart disease, and some types of cancer. Yet in Arkansas only 41.2% adults achieved the equivalent of at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity per week and 27.5% of adolescents were physically active at least 60 minutes per day on all 7 days in the past week. (Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion. Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Data, Trends and Maps website. Accessed April 17, 2017.) That means that over half the population in Arkansas don’t get the recommended amount of physical activity.

Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recom-mend that adults: Aim for 2 hours and 30 minutes of moderate aerobic activity each week. Moderate activity includes things like walking fast, dancing, swimming, and raking leaves. Do muscle-strengthening activities – like lifting weights or us-ing exercise bands – at least 2 days a week. To maintain a basic level of health, children and young people aged 5 to 18 need to do: at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day – this should range from moderate activity, such as cycling and playground activities, to vigorous activity, such as running and tennis on three days a week, these activities should involve exercises for strong muscles, such as push-ups, and exercises for strong bones, such as jumping and running Children and young people should reduce the time they spend sitting watching TV, playing computer games and travelling by car when they could walk or cycle instead.

Older adults aged 65 or older, who are generally fit and have no health conditions that limit their mobility, should try to be active daily and should do a mix of moderate and vigorous aerobic activity every week. For example, two 30-minute runs, plus 30 minutes of fast walking, equates to 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity, and strength exercises on two or more days a week that work all the ma-jor muscles (legs, hips, back, abdomen, chest, shoulders and arms). A rule of thumb is that one minute of vigorous activity provides the same health benefits as two minutes of moderate activity.

You should also try to break up long periods of sit-ting with light activity, as sedentary behavior is now considered an independent risk factor for ill health, no matter how much exercise you do.

In honor of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, the health ministry of Goddard United Methodist Church challenges all adults to get 30 minutes of physical activity every day.

Physical activity is for everyone. No matter what shape we are in, we can find activities that work for us. Together, we can rise to the challenge and get more active during the month of May!

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Rev. Gary E. Mueller— Bishop

Rev. Steve Coburn--- District Superintendent

Rev. Kim Kelton Cloninger — Senior Pastor

George A. Mann — Choir Master/Organist

Sami Sue Welch — Associate Director of Music

Sue Peerbolte — Preschool Director

Greg Pair—The Abbey

Dylan Knott — Youth Director

Keri Cousins—Children’s Director

Michelle Greenfield — Financial Administrator

Deborah Moore — Administrative Assistant/

Buildings and Grounds / Grapevine Editor

Timothy Peerbolte and Mistii Elmore— Audio/Visual

Volume 55 May 2017 No. 5

Goddard United Methodist Church 1922 Dodson Avenue

Fort Smith, AR 72901

Goddard United Methodist Church

110 Years of Serving and Caring