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SPRING 2015 | VOLUME 47, NO 1
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Fostering
From the president and CEO
Our state’s most vulnerable citizens — children — need our help, and
we at The United Methodist Children’s Home are moving forward
now to help Georgia address its child welfare crisis.
Right now in our state, there are more than 10,000 children in the
foster care system. That’s up from 8,100 in October 2013.
There are too many children entering foster care in communities
throughout Georgia and far too few foster homes for them.
Thousands of children are in need of foster homes. Here at The
Children’s Home, we must turn away 30 or more children every
week because we don’t have enough foster parents. These children
include individuals and sibling groups, and they range in age from
newborn to 17 years old. All have suffered some sort of trauma, and
they are scared and confused.
If we don’t help these children and youth, we are setting them
up for failure in life. Providing excellent quality of care for foster
children as early as possible is critical, and this is why I hope that
the Georgia General Assembly and Governor Nathan Deal will work
to implement the many recommendations of the Child Welfare
Reform Council, in which I participate.
Finding a strong match between foster child and foster family will
prevent the need for switching foster homes, which causes additional
trauma for the child. Working quickly to establish permanency will
create more stability for the child, whether that is with their birth
family, a relative, or adoption. Helping to preserve families will reduce
many risk factors that cause foster care to be necessary.
If we don’t help these children and youth as early as possible, they will
be at high risk for failure in life as adults. As they turn 18 and begin to
age out of foster care, here are some statistics to think about:
We welcome your letters and comments!
Please email [email protected] or write to
Editor, Signposts Magazine, The United Methodist Children’s
Home, 500 S. Columbia Drive, Decatur, GA 30030.
Read Signposts Magazine online umchildrenshome.org/Signposts.
Signposts is produced by The United Methodist Children’s Home and
is distributed free to all supporters and people interested in the work
of the Home.
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Courtesy of Jimmy and Beth Rogers 4–5; Courtesy of The United Methodist
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Bob Bruder-Mattson cradles a newborn resident of The Children’s
Home, a daughter born to a domestic abuse survivor and family
housing resident.
Y 25 percent are incarcerated within two years,
Y More than 20 percent will become homeless,
Y Fewer than three percent will earn a college degree by age 25.
This is a real crisis, and one that The Children’s Home is uniquely
positioned to help solve.
As part of the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist
Church, we partner with members of more than 900 churches.
You have donated money or goods to support our work, and you
may know foster parents who are a part of your congregation.
Our mission is to heal
children, unite families
and change lives.
President and CEO: Bob Bruder-Mattson
Chairman, Board of Trustees: Ron Norton
Director of Communications: Deborah Hakes
Director of Church Relations: Rev. Dr. Teresa Angle-Young
Volunteer Coordinator: Sharon Brewer
The United Methodist Children’s Home was established in 1871 to care for children orphaned during the
Civil War and has evolved to help children and families as their needs grow and change. We now place
children into safe and loving foster homes while helping to restore family relationships; prepare young
adults in Georgia’s foster care system to make positive life decisions as they transition to independent
adulthood; and strengthen and preserve families, including by providing housing and support to families
at risk of homelessness.
in James 1:27, which says that pure religion before God is to look
after orphans and widows in their distress.
Throughout our 144-year history, we have changed to meet the
evolving needs of the children and families we serve in North
Georgia. If we determine that there is a gap in serving these
vulnerable populations, we work to fill it. With your help, we
can make Georgia a place where every child is raised in a loving,
compassionate, and nurturing home.
We are ready to meet this crisis — will you partner with us on this
important journey?
Let’s take that support one step further — imagine if we could
recruit 3–4 foster families from each church in North Georgia.
If we achieved that goal, every child in need would have a loving
foster home. And, what if we also could implement services to help
prevent children from needing to go into foster care in the first
place?
Bob Bruder-Mattson is president and CEO of The Children’s Home. He
also is a member of the Child Welfare Reform Council, appointed by
Gov. Nathan Deal. The group proposed concrete ways to improve the
safety, stability, and well-being of Georgia’s children, and the council
will continue its work to implement
changes in 2015.
The Children’s Home is
currently wrapping up a
strategic planning process,
which means we have been
taking a hard look at what
we can better do to serve
this population in need. We
believe that we are being
called to address this urgent
problem in our state and we
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protect his privacy) has been placed with the
Rogers for a year now and feels settled and
loved - he feels “home.” Reunification with
his birth family is no longer possible, and the
Rogers are in the adoption process to make
him a permanent member of theirs.
he DFCS case worker gathered her belongings and walked
from the living room toward the front door of Jimmy and Beth
Rogers’ home in Covington, GA. A two-year-old boy followed
behind her, calling out, “I want to go home now too.” Kneeling down,
she told him that this was his new home. The boy’s face fell, resigned,
as he simply whispered, “Okay.” Quinn (name changed to protect his
privacy), now three years old, came into the foster care system at 13
months old and spent time at two foster homes before being placed
with the Rogers through The United Methodist Children’s Home.
“We knew right then that we wanted him to stay with us until he could go home to
his birth family,” said foster parent Jimmy Rogers. “He had seen so much change in his
little life.”
Quinn is one of three children that the Rogers currently foster through The Children’s
Home. They seek to do whatever is best for each child, even if it means heartbreak for
them as foster parents.
“It can be tough,” said Beth Rogers. “If we get attached and our heart breaks, but it
means a child goes back to a strengthened family — it is a good thing. There are times
we still talk about our first placement and tears come to our eyes more than a year later.
But the whole purpose is for the kids, not us.”
Children experience trauma when they are removed from their home — leaving parents
and often siblings behind while also losing their community and friends.
“There is additional trauma every time that they receive a new case worker through
DFCS or if they must switch to a new foster home,” said Denise Peacock, foster care
recruiter for The Children’s Home. “Our goal is to find the best foster placement for each
child, together with siblings whenever possible, so that they have consistency and love
in their life, people working hard to do what is best for them.”
“We do not foster with the intent to adopt,
but obviously we are open to it. As foster
parents, our goal is to provide comfort and
love to these children, to do what is best
for them, not us. And there are so many
children in need.” — Jimmy and Beth Rogers
During 2014, The Children’s Home served 148 foster children and worked with 57 foster
families and hopes to boost both numbers this year in an effort to help reduce Georgia’s
child welfare crisis. More than 10,000 children are in the state’s child welfare system,
according to Georgia’s Division of Child and Family Services, and the shortage of foster
homes results in children being separated from siblings, living far from home, and
staying in inappropriate placements such as hotels.
“We spend time in churches and other organizations every week actively trying to
recruit foster parents,” said Peacock. “I ask everyone I meet: ‘Have you ever considered
fostering a child?’ and while many people have, they often are intimidated by the
unknowns. I explain that foster parents have a profound chance to positively affect the
rest of a child’s life.”
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The Children’s Home provides strong support to every foster family
they work with, guiding them through challenges such as hospitalizations, court visits, or behavioral issues.
“When our foster baby was hospitalized for 20 days, our Children’s
Home caseworker spent a night with her when neither of us could,
and others from the Home sat with the baby during days when I
had to work and Beth had appointments that could not be missed.
She was never by herself,” said Jimmy Rogers.
At the same time, The Children’s Home works toward establishing
permanency for every foster child placed — 88 percent of children
who left the Home’s care in 2014 transitioned toward permanency.
The ultimate hope is to reunite children with a rehabilitated family
or approved relative. When that isn’t possible, the Home helps
foster families with the adoption process.
Quinn has been placed with the Rogers for a year now and feels
settled and loved — he feels “home.” Reunification with his birth
family is no longer possible, and the Rogers are in the adoption
process to make him a permanent member of theirs.
“We do not foster with the intent to adopt, but obviously we are
open to it,” said Beth Rogers. “As foster parents, our goal is to
There are many different journeys
for youth in foster care to find home.
Here are several
real-life examples.
“Our goal is to find the best
foster placement for each child, together
with siblings whenever possible, so that they
have consistency and love in their life, people
working hard to do what is best for them.”
— Denise Peacock, The Children’s Home.
Newborn baby
girl enters foster
care — placed in
foster home for
nine months — finds permanency
through
reunification with
grandmother.
provide comfort and love to these children,
to do what is best for them, not us. And
there are so many children in need.”
Siblings ages one
and two enter
foster care — spend 14 months
in foster home
when parental
rights are
terminated — in process of
adoption.
A 13-month-old boy enters foster
care — spends three months in a foster
home — is placed at a new foster home
to be reunited with two older siblings
also in care — reunited with mother after
two years.
A 14-year-old boy enters foster care and is
placed in foster home for two years — then is
placed at a group care home until 18 — then
enters a transitional living program for
youth aging out of foster care, learning life
skills to help him succeed on his own.
Her husband, Jimmy, believes this need
could be met by more churches and
families of faith taking a stand: “No matter
your denomination or faith, the scriptures
are pretty clear about caring for children. If
a family in each church in Georgia fostered,
every child in the system could have a
loving home as long as it was needed.”
Have you ever considered fostering a child?
The need has never been greater. Contact
us today to learn more: (404) 327-5864.
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changes the face of history.”
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– quote on Dr. Jesse Boring’s tombstone
magine groups of abandoned and orphaned
children wandering throughout communities in
the South, searching for food and surviving as
best they could. This was very much a reality in the
post-Civil War South, where adult survivors were
so destitute themselves that they could provide
little help to these homeless children who had been
orphaned by the Civil War.
“Jesse Boring saw this desperate need and rallied the church,” said
Dr. Harvey West, great-great-grandson of Dr. Boring and minister
Above: Children’s Home residents were taught on campus until 1951,
when they were bused to Dekalb County schools.
Left: The Children’s Home began foster care services in 1973, which
reflected a shift nationally in the philosophy on how to best help
children. No longer did war and disease orphan many children. They
were more likely to be removed from a dysfunctional or abusive home
and in need of temporary care.
Timeline of key Children’s Home events
1871: The Methodist
Orphan’s Home is officially
dedicated in Norcross.
1951: Campus schools
were closed and children
transitioned to state
public schools.
1906: The Moore
Chapel is built.
1951: Resident
population is 150
children. Campus
population peaked
in 1950s and 60s.
1873: The Home
moves to Decatur.
1912: First federal
government agency and
funding allocated to
provide health services
to mothers and babies.
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1962: All states are
required to make child
welfare services available
statewide by 1975.
1934: Name changed to the
Methodist Children’s Home,
which reflects move from
accepting only orphans.
1970: All farm
operations close.
1969: Beverly Cochran,
a trained social worker,
becomes administrator
of the Home.
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at Roswell United Methodist Church. “He said, ‘we can get together
and do something to help these children.’ The connectional system
of the Methodist church is a perfect fit to make such a difference.”
Times have very much changed since those founding years, and so
have philosophies on how to best help children in need. Thankfully,
in the United States, war and disease no longer orphan many
children, leaving them in need of care. Instead, children are likely
to be removed from a dysfunctional or abusive home. By the late
1960s, foster care became the prevailing philosophy, with the goal
of returning a child to
their original home when
possible.
More than 144 years after
Boring helped to found
the Methodist Orphan’s
Home, the institution
now known as The United
Methodist Children’s Home
is beginning the next phase
in its ongoing evolution and
mission to serve children
and families in need.
Dr. Jesse Boring’s personal Bible,
published in 1864, is dotted with
handwritten notes that reference his
idea for an orphaned children’s home.
“There are still orphans, but it’s not like it was in war time,” said Dr.
West. “Things have changed, and it makes sense for The Children’s
Home to see the needs of the day and to organize in a way that
will meet them. History informs us, guides us, and shows us that
the purpose is to meet the needs of children and their families,
whatever those may be. My great-great-grandfather was a devout
Christian and determined reformer, and I believe that he would
have wanted the same.”
1977: The Home opens first district
office, in Augusta. This is followed
by district offices in Dalton (1984),
Rome (1996), and Gainesville (2006).
1971: Home signs
the Civil Rights
Compliance Act.
Kennesaw State University preparing
Children’s Home nomination to
National Register of Historic Places
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or over 144 years, The United Methodist Children’s
Home has served the evolving needs of children and
their families across north Georgia. The institution has an
integral place in history for both the city of Decatur and also
for Georgia.
A Kennesaw State University class is working to help
acknowledge and preserve this rich history by preparing a
nomination for The Children’s Home to be on the National
Register of Historic Places.
“The Children’s Home has been such an important part of the
history of the community and that’s something that should
be formally recognized,” said Dr. Jennifer Dickey, coordinator
of the Public History Program and professor of a historic
preservation class at KSU. “It’s a beautiful place and much of
its history, at least its 20th-century history, can still be read
on the landscape through the buildings and structures that
still exist.”
The project is a continuation of a partnership between The
Children’s Home and KSU that began in fall 2014 with a
class that conducted oral histories of Children’s Home alum
that offer insights into the history of the institution. The oral
histories are housed with artifacts at Emory University’s Pitts
Theology Library.
“I see lots of possibilities for continued collaboration
between our organizations in ways that will provide KSU
students with hands-on experience and help The Children’s
Home preserve and interpret its history,” said Dickey.
1980: Law requires states to
make reasonable efforts to
avoid removing children from
maltreating parents, and
concepts of permanency and
family preservation become
key drivers for programming.
2003: Georgia’s DFCS makes
critical shifts to focus on keeping
more children in homes when
abuse or neglect is reported.
1971: The Children’s
Home changes its
philosophy to also
serve families.
1970: Change in admission
policy allows children of
other faiths into the Home.
Name changes to The United
Methodist Children’s Home.
1973: Foster care
services begin at The
Children’s Home.
2010: Campusbased group care is
discontinued and family
housing is expanded.
1997: Georgia implements strict
timeliness for returning foster children
to their parents or terminating parental
right to free children for adoption.
2012: Administrator
Beverly Cochran retires,
and new President and
CEO Bob Bruder-Mattson
begins tenure.
2014: The Home expands
foster care services
to address Georgia’s
child welfare crisis.
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stacked against them, Children’s Home
youth are working hard, achieving
goals, and saving the world.
Like many other 19-year-olds, Jessica
Melford sometimes struggles to balance
school, work, and life. Petite and softspoken, she radiates both confidence and
resilience. She is a freshman at a local
college studying to be a child advocate and
works part-time. Jessica is self-sufficient
because she has to be, although occasionally
she makes a mistake, such as recently filing
three tax returns for last year instead of
only one.
“I don’t have a family to answer questions or
guide me when needed,” said Jessica. “Since
I had three W2s from jobs the past year, I
thought I was doing the right thing.”
Transitional Living Program resident Jessica Melford, 19,
talks with program director Ebony Harris about her current
challenges and needs during a recent visit. Children’s Home
Transitional and Independent Living programs give young
adults access to educational, vocational, and life skills guidance
as they transition out of foster care to life on their own.
give young adults access to educational,
vocational, and life skills guidance as they
transition out of foster care to life on their
own. It’s a chance most youth in foster care
unfortunately do not have as they age out
at 18.
In fact, every day in the United States
around 80 foster youth age out and are left
to figure out life on their own, according to
Jessica is one of 25 youth in The United
a Youth Villages study. These young adults
Methodist Children’s Home Transitional
are the most statistically vulnerable youth
and Independent Living programs, which
in the United States, and they
face an increased risk of prison,
As America’s foster youth age out social dependency, and poverty.
of the foster care system, they
face stark odds against them:
Y 25 percent are incarcerated within two years,
Y More than 20 percent will become homeless,
Y Only half will graduate from high school, and
Y Fewer than three percent will earn a college
degree by age 25.
Transitional living programs, such as those
offered at The Children’s Home, help this
vulnerable population succeed. Currently, 14 of
our 25 program participants are enrolled in high
school, college, or trade school and 12 hold
stable jobs. The rest are actively seeking employment.
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While the Children’s Home
programs provide access to
support and guidance, the
youth must be willing to work
hard and take advantage of the
opportunities.
“This is the last chance for youth
in foster care,” said Ebony Harris,
director of the Children’s Home
Transitional and Independent
Living programs. “Our programs
simulate life on their own. We
help them find stable employment, continue their education,
build support systems, and
find safe housing.”
Jessica came into the foster
care system at age 13 and
lived at The Children’s Home
when it provided group care
until age 15. She returned
to the Home at 17 years old
and successfully transitioned
to living in an off-campus
apartment in December. A
Children’s Home case worker
visits every week to answer
questions, provide guidance,
and check on her.
She has good and bad days,
days when she struggles
with emotions and anger,
and days when she’s just too
busy to get mad.
“I never dealt with my emotional trauma
from the past, I ignored it,” said Jessica. “But
recently it’s been kicking my butt.”
Anger issues used to get her in trouble, but
now she can recognize when she’s getting
mad and walk away from a situation instead
of escalating it. It’s part of growing up, and
part of her strong commitment to make a
better life.
The Children’s Home has helped Jessica
recognize and develop a support circle that
she can trust to help her through difficult
times, people that “love her on her best and
worst days,” she said.
Jessica loves the idea of superheroes,
especially female ones who have overcome
a troubled past to help others. If you get her
voicemail, you’ll hear her cheerful voice: “Hi
it’s Jessica, I’m out saving the world.”
“I was put in foster care for a reason,” she
said. “It wasn’t great, it was a big struggle.
I’ve been in the shoes of foster kids. I can
help them, and I want to give back.”
Life will continue to throw challenges at
her, but she is ready to conquer them like a
superhero. And with the support of The Children’s Home, she just may save the world.
“Success can be scary for this population of youth
because what they know well is struggling.
They have many ups and downs, and their
journey to success continues long after they leave
our programs.”
— Ebony Harris, director of the Children’s Home
Transitional and Independent Living programs
Former program participants regularly stop by The
Children’s Home to say hi, see old friends, or ask
for guidance.
“We try to keep connected with them, our door is
always open,” said Harris. “The
Children’s Home is their family.”
“When I come here, I feel
free. This is my home, and
these people are my family.
I learned here who I wanted
to be.”
— Jerrod, 24, has held a stable job
for more than one year and wants
to go to college for business.
“Sometimes I will drive to The Children’s Home
and just sit out by the baseball fields to think.
I remember good times, playing baseball, and
just reminisce.”
— JR, 28, who has
struggled with
homelessness
but has found
stability and
employment over
the past year.
“The Children’s Home instilled a work ethic that
still drives me today. Every day after school we
worked — mowing the lawn, raking leaves, and
so on — and we were paid for it. I learned that if
I wanted something, I need to work to achieve it.
— Alfred, 31, withdrew from the Independent Living
Program but later asked for a second chance. The
Children’s Home
helped him attend
culinary school, and
he now works at a
well-known Atlanta
restaurant.
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news
&
Free Children’s Home themed Vacation
Bible School mission kits available
Looking for a free and fun way to connect your VBS children to
the wider mission of the church? The Children’s Home mission
kit is back and this year we have created a new version for older
students. The Kids Helping Kids and
Students Helping Students mission kits
work with any VBS theme and give all
your students a hands-on way to help
other children and youth living right
here in North Georgia. The kit includes
everything you need to:
Y Teach lessons of empathy, compas-
Y Help students understand the needs of other children and youth
in the community;
Y Raise funds for The United Methodist Children’s Home through
fun, easy to implement ideas; and
Y Create a new generation of Christian supporters for United
sion, and stewardship;
Methodist agencies and causes.
Our mission kits are flexible, work for any size church, and can
be customized to fit your needs and resources. Both kits include
videos, flyers, stickers, letters, and more for your 2015 Vacation
Bible School program.
Contact the Rev. Dr. Teresa Angle-Young,
director of church relations, at
(404) 327-5837 or tangle-young@
umchildrenshome.org to learn more
and to sign up, or register online
at www.umchildrenshome.org/
vacation-bible-school-sign-up.
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Get involved at The Children’s
Home this spring
Volunteers are a crucial part of The Children’s Home. We offer
meaningful opportunities for individuals, groups, and organizations
with diverse interests and schedules. Please consider us for your
2015 Great Day of Service! Contact Sharon Brewer, Children’s
Home volunteer coordinator, at [email protected] or
(404) 327-5832.
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notes
The Children’s
Home offers
meaningful
volunteer
opportunities
for individuals
and groups
young and old,
from tutoring
to gardening
to helping with
special events.
Volunteers needed for Kids Club
Kids Club is a Tuesday evening worship program for families living
at The Children’s Home. The families are invited to eat and worship
together and then while parents have a Bible study, children participate in an engaging Bible lesson with related games and crafts.
We need Kids Club volunteers to help in three main areas:
1. Deliver a nutritious meal from your church for our families on
Tuesday evenings. A stipend for meals is available.
2. Assist with Bible stories, games, and crafts during Kids Club,
which meets on Tuesdays from 6:30-8 p.m. at The Children’s
Home, 500 S. Columbia Drive in Decatur.
3. Volunteer your musical skills for our worship time.
Contact Sharon Brewer at [email protected] or
(404) 327-5832 for more details.
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Learn about fostering a child at
monthly informational meeting
The Children’s Home holds an informational meeting on
becoming a foster parent that is held the first Monday of each
month at 6:30 p.m. in Decatur. Please contact Denise Peacock at
(404) 327-5864 for more information or to RSVP.
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Register for parenting skills workshops
and engage with other parents
We teach parents about child development, making good choices,
discipline methods, and how to build a strong, positive relationship
with their children. Parents ask real questions and share their
struggles with our professional staff and other parents. Parents
Children’s Home Auxiliary donates
$100,000 to Foster Care Program
realize they are not
alone in their journey,
and it is okay to seek
support. Classes are
free, and the Active
Parenting Now curriculum, which you keep,
is $15.00.
Thank you to the Auxiliary, who donated $100,000 from flea market
funds raised during 2014 to our Foster Care Program, which will help
us expand our foster care services and serve more children in need
in 2015.
Next Children’s Home Auxiliary Flea
Market to be Held April 10-11
Classes are held every
Wednesday from 10
a.m.-12 p.m. at our
offices in Decatur and
Gainesville.
To register or for
more information, call
Bonita Hardwick at (404) 327-5860 in Decatur or Sondra Rogers at
(770) 531-3063 in Gainesville.
Please join us on April 10-11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for our next flea
market, which also will feature a plant sale by the Dekalb County
Master Gardeners and a bake sale. A huge variety of items will be
sold in and around two buildings on our Decatur campus, including
clothing, furniture, home décor, crystal, china, books, toys, electronics, jewelry, and more. All major credit cards are accepted.
Please bring your own bags or purchase a reusable bag at the sale.
Learn more on our website, www.umchildrenshome.org or call us at
(404) 327-5820.
Q&A with Children’s Home Auxiliary President Joann Cain
Q. What is the Auxiliary?
A. The Auxiliary was established in 1940 to support The Children’s Home, and right now the primary way we do it is by hosting
a flea market at the Home three times a year. Throughout the year,
our group sorts and tags donated flea market items in two large
buildings on campus. Auxiliary members meet once a month at The
Children’s Home, and then they share the Home’s work and latest
news with their local congregations.
Q. What is something unique about the Auxiliary that
people may not know?
A. We have longtime members who have volunteered at The
Children’s Home for 30 years or more. These individuals are an
invaluable source of history for the organization, and they are
incredibly devoted.
Q. What are your goals as Auxiliary president?
A. We want to keep improving as an organization, and thus help
The Children’s Home reach more children in need. Right now, the
best way we can do this is by managing the flea markets, which
raise on average
around $100,000 a
year. I hope to bring
in new Auxiliary
members and to have
more active members
regularly helping at
The Children’s Home
to grow and improve
the flea markets.
When Children’s
Home President
and CEO Bob Bruder-Mattson asked
the Auxiliary to consider donating $100,000 to the Foster Care
Program, we were thankful that we had that money in our account.
We talked about it in our meeting, asked a few questions, and then
unanimously passed the motion. Raising and donating this money
is our goal and our privilege.
Q. How can people join the Auxiliary?
A. To learn more or to join, contact The Children’s Home at
(404) 327-5820.
Q. Is there anything else that you’d like to add?
A. There is no greater need right now than to help children, and I
am thrilled to work with my fellow Auxiliary members for this very
worthy cause. We have a great group of people and a wonderful
relationship with The Children’s Home. We all are working toward
the same goal — to help children — and it is very rewarding.
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Remembrance List
Gifts in Memory or Honor of a loved one or a friend
are a lasting tribute to that person and at the same time
provide help to a child or family. A Remembrance card
is sent to the person you request on your behalf. (The
amount of your gift is never disclosed.)
A Remembrance gift envelope is enclosed (pages
10 and 11) or you can make your gift online by
visiting umchildrenshome.org/give.
OCTOBER–DECEMBER 2014
IN MEMORY OF:
INFANT LOLA ACKER
Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Y. Dyrenforth
SARAH ADAMS
Mr. Hugh G. Adams
JAMES ADKINS
Mrs. E. Russell Holladay
MR. ROYCE ALLEN
Mrs. Malinda Erwin
ROSEBUD AND T. W. ALLEN,
GRIFFIN
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton C. Presley, Jr.
REV. DR. CHARLES ALLRED
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Posey, Jr.
WILL ALSTON
Henry, Lynn and Anna Birdsong
MR. OSCAR WILLIAM ALTON,
COLLEGE PARK
Mr. Robert Carlson
BILL AND CAROLYN ANDERSON
Ms. Celia Anderson
MS. CHERYL L. ANDERSON
Mrs. Nina H. Anderson
MR. JOHN ANDERSON
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald G. Lowery
MRS. RAY C. (PAT) ANDERSON
Mr. Joseph M. A. Ledlie
MRS. CAROLYN P. ARMISTEAD
Mr. and Mrs. L. Tom Gay
Ms. Carol Jackson
Miss Joyce Paris
Mr. and Mrs. William Pirkle
Mr. Lou Trotti and Mr. Henry
Finkbeiner
MR. BEN ARMISTEAD, JR.,
DECATUR
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Armistead
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Armistead
MR. DONALD ARMSTRONG
Purnell and Babs Davis
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MR. LEONARD ARNOW
Mrs. Ruth W. Arnow
MRS. FLORENCE B. ATKINSON,
OCEAN SPRINGS MS
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hilbers
MR. DAVID AUSMUS
Ms. Deborah Ausmus
PAT BACCUS
Mrs. Marian Baccus
JANE BAILEY
Mrs. Helen P. Taylor
MS. VIRGINIA BAILEY
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Palmer
WAYNE AUBREY BAILEY
Dr. J. Leon Smith
DWIGHT AND BETTY BAKER
Brenda Ables
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh D. Baker, Jr.
Marsha and Jimmy Bidgood
Penny Britton
Mrs. Cherrie Carse
Ms. Shirley W. Flynn
Mr. and Mrs. Harland Geiger
Ms. Debbie Kee
Ms. Nancy May
Ms. Nancy Mcphee
Mr. Scott Miller
Pinkston Family
Ms. Joy Ray
Mr. William Sandberg
Pam Steelman
Ms. Jean Whittemore
HENRY BAKER
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Folmsbee
MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM
BALDWIN
Kevin Richardson
MS. HELEN BANKS
Mr. Horace Banks
MR. WILLIAM BARBER
Geraldine Williams
HARRY AND FRANKIE BARNES
Susan Babb
Rebecca Barnes
Harriet Treadway
MR. WILLIAM E. BARNES
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Argo
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Schneider
MR. JIM BARTLETT
Ms. Joanne Bartlett
MS. MARY BARWICK
Ms. Dorothy Gilbert
MILDRED BATCHELOR
Tucker First UMC Wesley
Fellowship Class
MASTER BUCKY ALAN BEGGS
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Beggs
MR. AND MRS. RAY BELL
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney A. Bell
MRS. SARAH BELL
Mrs. Ellen Broome
MR. BEN BENOIT
Ms. Pat B. Wadley
MRS. MARY BERRY
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Proctor
MR. JOHN PAUL BLAIS
Mrs. Elizabeth Blais
MS. ANNIE BONE
The Rev. and Mrs. Bob Lamar Bone
MRS. MARY JIM BOSWELL
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Blackwood
MR. LEONARD EDWARD BRAND,
CLEVELAND
Ms. Marviene M. Brand
MRS. GAY BRASELTON, BUFORD
Mrs. Elsie Roberts
MS. EMILY FRANCES BRASWELL,
MCDONOUGH
Brad and Pam Boyd
REV. AND MRS. HAROLD E.
BRASWELL
Mr. and Mrs. Morris E. Braswell
MR. LAWRENCE L. BRAY, AUSTELL
Ms. Grier Bray
CLIF AND CHRISS BRINKLEY
Mrs. Ellen Brinkley
MRS. MARY KATE BROWN
Mr. Warren Roberts
JACK AND MARTHA BRYANT
Mr. John Groover
MRS. BETTY BUCKNER
Mr. Andrew J. Buckner, Jr.
MRS. MAE K. BURGE, SUWANEE
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Dillard
MR. EDWIN BURGESS
Mrs. Malinda Erwin
MRS. JENNIFER SEAGO
BURKHALTER
Mr. Robert L. Seago
DR. THOMAS W. BURNETT
Ms. Betty Jean Burnett
SEN. JOE BURTON
Mrs. Bessie W. Burton
W. R. AND GLORIA CALLAWAY,
ATHENS
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scroggs
TAYLOR CAMPBELL
Keith and Terry Campbell
MRS. THOMAS (AGNES)
CAMPBELL
Mrs. Mary Campbell
CARRIE E. MAULDIN CARLTON
Mr. Wesley Kennedy
MS. JENNIE L. CARROLL
Mrs. Beverly C. Daniel
LEE AND ELIZA CARTER
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Carter
ROBERT CARTER
Mrs. Patsy Carter
W. CHARLES CATO
Anonymous
MRS. LOUISE CHAMBERS
Ms. Angie Murgas
HAROLD AND THELMA CHENEY
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin W. Prellberg
MRS. EVELYN CHILDERS
Mr. W. A. Childers
MRS. JULIA BARNES CLARDY
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Hellman
GARRY CLARK
Mrs. Betty T. Clark
MS. BLANCHE CLAY,
MONTICELLO
Mr. and Mrs. H. Ron Hanson
MRS. CHERRY W. CLEMENTS
Mrs. Catherine C. Bradshaw
MR. HAL W. CLEMENTS, ATLANTA
Mrs. Catherine C. Bradshaw
MR. TOM P. CLEMENTS
Mrs. Catherine C. Bradshaw
DR. JIM CLIFTON
Bill and Marilyn Sherry
MRS. JANE S. COCHRAN,
AVONDALE ESTATES
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Strauss
PAUL COCHRAN
Ms. Linda Penfield
BARBARA AND JOHN COOTS
Max and Rebecca Wright
DR. TED B. COTTRELL
Mrs. Shirley C. Howell
MR. AND MRS. EZELL COWAN
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby G. Goolsby
MRS. JANE CRAFT
Ms. Pamela Giesler
EMILY W. CRAWFORD, HARLEM
Mr. Peter I. Crawford, Jr.
DOLLIE CROWDER
Mr. Robert Crowder
GEORGE B. CULPEPPER, III
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Snapp
LEE AND LUCY DALE, PENNEY
FARMS FL
Dr. Robert R. Dale
MR. AND MRS. N. V. D’ANDREA
Mr. and Mrs. George H. D’Andrea
CHERYL DAVIS DANIEL
Snapping Shoals UMC
JIM DEAS
Teresa and Tom Deas
MS. BERTIE LEE DEMORE
Mr. Bill DeMore
JAMES HENRY DOBBS
James Bell
MRS. FRANKIE A. DOBY,
CUMMING
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
CINDI WHITE DONG
Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. White
MS. BETTY DOSTER
Mr. W. T. Doster
MR. JIM DRYDEN
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Wigley, Jr.
C. V. DUNCAN
Mr. and Mrs. Brent C. Duncan
MR. EDWIN DURYEA
Mrs. Lillian Duryea
MR. STANLEY E. DYAL, HAMPTON
Mrs. Jan E. Dyal
DEAN ALVIN DYE
Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne A. Dye
HAROLD O. DYE
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Hauff
STACY EARLY
Kay and Tom Young
MS. RUTH EASLEY, ROSWELL
Ms. Ellen Wright
MRS. FRANCES EDWARDS
EDRINGTON, TUCKER
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Crawford
REV. AND MRS. C. W. EDWARDS
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Edwards
HUBERT AND ALLENE ELEY
Mrs. Dot Poss
MRS. ANN HAILEY EPPS
Mrs. Marian H. Epps
MASTER BRANDON FAIN,
LAWRENCEVILLE
Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Cooley
CARROL FLOYD
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barron
ROBERTA FOLDS
W. Milton Folds
MS. SUSAN FORRESTER
Mountain View Baptist Church
JAMES DAVID FREEMAN
Robert C. Freeman
MR. RENO WILSON FUSSELL, JR.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Parker
CHARLES AND KATHERINE
GADDIS
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Walsh
JEAN GAMBLE
Mr. and Mrs. Bluford Dillard
LUKE GARBUTT
Rosalie Campbell
MR. HARTLEY GIBBONS, JR.
Mrs. Phyllis R. Teasley
CAROL GILLESPIE
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Tam
ROGER PHILLIP GLASS III
Mrs. Sandra C. Glass
MR. AND MRS. JOHN P. GLENN,
JR.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Glenn
MR. MOSE W. GORDON, SR.,
COMMERCE
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
JAMIE GREEN
Mr. Donald H. Newsom
MR. AND MRS. JAMES MARION
GREGORY, SR.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Dietrich
MR. AND MRS. JASPER M.
GRIFFIN
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Tam
OFELIA GUERRA
Jerry Carpenter
FORREST AND MARTHELLA
HAGAN
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
MRS. MARTHELLA G. HAGAN,
COMMERCE
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gordon
LULA BOSWELL HAILEY
Marian Epps
MRS. LOUISE HALL
Tina and Lloyd Swanson
MR. COE HAMLING, ROSWELL
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MR. ROY N. HAMMONS
Mrs. Nancy Spradlin
JOAN HARDIN
Mrs. Patricia W. Cribb
JOSEPHINE “JO” HARPER
Ms. Jan Dillard
BILLY HARWELL
Jean Harwell
MR. JACK HARWELL
Mrs. Betty Jo Marks
DR. JACK HAWKINS
Ms. S. Julia Hawkins
MR. RANDY HEINTZELMAN,
JASPER
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MR. ROBERT HEINTZELMAN,
JASPER
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MR. RICHARD HENDRICKS
Ms. Vickie Lowe
MS. JOSEPHINE HENNECY
Mr. and Mrs. John Hennecy
MARY ADELENE KELLY
HERNDON
Dr. Patricia H. Meadors and Mr. I. A.
Meadors
MR. AND MRS. R. P. HERRING, JR.
Mr. Roy P. Herring III
MR. FRED HETZEL
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Houser
MR. AND MRS. SAM HEYS, JR.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney A. Bell
MRS. ANGIE MARIE HICKS
Mrs. Helen J. Kelly
MARY A. HIERS
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Moore
MICHAEL HIGGINS
Austin Family
Scott and Jane Higgins
MILDRED HIGHSMITH
Jeff and Pat Tinklepaugh
JODY HILL
Mrs. Mary L. Simpson
MR. AND MRS. PAUL HINKLE
Mrs. Frances H. Boyd
MR. JOHNSON HINSON
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh K. Pratt
MRS. DOLLY HOGAN, AUGUSTA
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
RALPH E. HOGAN
Thomaston First UMC
ALVIN AND SUE HOGG
Mr. and Mrs. Larry F. Meadows
MRS. CAROLYN J. HOLLIS, STONE
MOUNTAIN
Mr. and Mrs. H. Ron Hanson
LENORA S. HOLLOMAN
Dr. Charles R. Holloman
MRS. BETTY HOLT
Mrs. Barbara K. Barnes
MS. LUCY HOOD
Mrs. Mary D. Street
E. S. HOPPER
Mrs. Emma Lou Ray
MARCELLA AND HOLMAN
HOUSE, AVONDALE ESTATES
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hopkins
MR. THOMAS E. HOWELL
Mrs. Shirley C. Howell
MRS. MARTHA WAY HUDSON
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hudson
MR. CHARLES W. HUGUELEY
Mrs. Hazel M. Hugueley
KRISTIN ELIZABETH HUGUELEY
Mrs. Hazel M. Hugueley
MR. ROB HUGUELEY
Mrs. Hazel M. Hugueley
MR. HARRY HUMPHREY
Ms. Kay Brocato
ANNE HUNTER
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Welch
MS. DOT HURT
Mrs. Stephanie T. Gill
MR. WILBUR HUTSON
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Evans
MR. ROBERT V. IVEY, JR.,
CLAYTON
Mrs. Elsie J. Ivey
MR. HARRY JACKSON
Ms. Edna B. Jackson
M. CHARLES AND LOUISE H.
JACKSON
Jackson Family Foundation
MRS. LUCY SPAIN JACKSON
Mr. Norman E. Parks
MRS. SHIRLEY JACKSON
Mrs. Malinda Erwin
REV. AND MRS. W. W. JACKSON
Ms. Judy Burch
REV. CARL JAMESON
Mr. and Mrs. Tim McFarlin
DONALD JANKE
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Edwards
MRS. GERTRUDE JANKE
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Edwards
MARIAN JOHNSON
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ciccio
MR. MELVILLE JOHNSON,
DECATUR
Mr. Tommy O. Morgan
MRS. DORIS L. JOHNSTON
Mr. Lynn H. Johnston
ABBIE JONES
Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Marsh
MR. SCOTT JONES
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Jones
MS. DENNA A. JORDAN
Miss Robbie L. Causby
MRS. MARION CANDLER
JORDAN, WASHINGTON
Mrs. Mary J. Cook
MR. E. R. KAY, CONYERS
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. Merriman
MRS. ANN SULZER KELLEY
Mr. and Mrs. James Sparks
MR. FRANK J. KELLEY, III
Mr. and Mrs. James Sparks
MRS. MURIEL KELMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Kelman
REV. ROBERT A. KERR
Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Bauman
Joe and Harriette Bowen
MRS. LAVONNE KIDD
Ms. Sara C. Crews
PAT DENT KRICK
The Rev. and Mrs. Bob Lamar Bone
MR. C. RONNIE LAMBERT
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard N. Syphrit
MR. RICHARD LANGFORD
Ms. Carlene P. Loggins
BETH LANGLEY
Ms. Eleanor Gold
MR. AND MRS. HENRY M. LANIER
Mr. James Lanier
MRS. ANNE LARCOM
Mr. Chuck Larcom
MR. AND MRS. JOE K. LEE, Toccoa
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight T. Anderson
REV. AND MRS. JOSEPH W. LEE
Mrs. Mary L. Pierce
JOANNE B. LEGG
Jack Legg
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MR. JAKE LINDSEY
Mrs. Lorene Lindsey
MRS. ELIZABETH B. LUKE
Ms. Jeanne C. Camp
Ms. Jennifer Casey
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Grafton
Mr. Joe B. Martin
Ms. Barbara B. McCalla
Mr. Eugene E. Shonka
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Simpson
Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Torri
MS. CAROL LUNCEFORD
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Smalley
MRS. MARY S. LUNCEFORD
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Smalley
MR. JOHN W. LUNCEFORD
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Smalley
L. B. MAGNUS
Mrs. Jean Magnus
REV. DR. FRANK MAJOR
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Smith
PENNY FROST MARTIN
The Rev. Leigh A. Martin
PAT PIPER MASHBURN
Tom and Kay Piper Young
MRS. GLORIA MCAFEE
Ms. Cheryl L. Mcafee
LARRY CHRISTOPHER
MCALLISTER
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MR. GERALD MCCARVER
Ms. Kathryn Miranda
G. P. AND MARY MCCOLLUM
Mr. and Mrs. Terry R. Gladden
TOMMY AND GENEVA
MCCOLLUM
J. Ellis Loyd
PENNY THOMPSON MCDANIEL
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Lee
MR. AND MRS. C. L. MCEACHERN
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Edwards
MR. JOHN E. MCKEE, Atlanta
Dr. and Mrs. Bill Garrison
Rev. and Mrs. Hugh McKee
MS. MILDRED MCKINNEY
Ms. Kay Brocato
MS. RUTH MCNEAL
Mr. and Mrs. James Sparks
MRS. CHARLOTTE MEADORS
Dr. Patricia H. Meadors and Mr. I. A.
Meadors
HELEN CARDEN CALLAWAY
MEALOR
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Ross
MR. AND MRS. A. B. MERRIMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. Merriman
MR. MEADE HOWARD MICKLER
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Miles
MARVIN AND RUTH MILES
Ms. Marviene M. Brand
MR. J. SMITH MILLER
Mrs. Lois A. Miller
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WILLIE MAE MILLS
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Quigley, Jr.
MR. KEITH MISEMER
Mr. and Mrs. Jo Brooks
Mr. and Mrs. Alger J. Nielson
Mr. Leonard Rowe
GENE WILSON MITCHELL
Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Johnson
JOANN S. MIZE
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Mize
MRS. B. H. MOBLEY
Mrs. Ann M. Ellis
JANET AND WALTER MOENIG
Ms. Barbara Snellings
MR. ISIDORO L. MONTEAGUDO
Mr. and Mrs. Victor L. Monteagudo
HARMON MORGAN
Harriet Treadway
LOUIS H. AND MARGARET K.
MORLIER
Ms. Margaret M. Morlier
KATHERINE MORRIS
Janet and John Ballard
PITTMAN MORRIS
Ms. Janet Ballard
MR. AND MRS. REX MORRIS
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Owen
VIRGINIA MORROW
Ms. Mae Morrow
MR. ED MOULDER
Ms. Jane S. Holbrook
MRS. MARGIE MOULDER
Mr. William C. Archer
Mr. Nathan Dorris
MR. TOM MUKAI, Wailuku HI
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
GRACE MULDOON
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hicks
MR. WES MULLINAX, Alpharetta
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MR. JOSEPH R. MURPHY
Mrs. Doris C. Murphy
MR. EMORY T. NASH
Mrs. Nell Nash
HANNAH COPELAND NEAL,
Atlanta
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MR. AND MRS. W. E. NEEDHAM
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. Merriman
MS. CHERYL LYNN NELSON
Rev. and Mrs. E. M. Nelson
MS. ELSIE NESBIT
Mr. Brent Smith
MR. THOMAS E. NEWKIRK
Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Brumbeloe
Ms. Julie Cardwell
Sageview Retirement Plan
Consultants, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. David F. Wells
Mr. and Mrs. Bonnye Woodlief
LYNDA NEWMAN
Mr. Norton C. Newman
MRS. GAYLE F. NEWSOM, Austell
Mr. Donald H. Newsom
MR. ART NORRED
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Schneider
MRS. SANDRA NORTON
Mr. Ronald E. Norton
MR. WILLIAM N. (BILLY) O’BRIEN,
SR.
Mrs. Marlene S. O’Brien
ELIJAH OESTERLE
Mr. Jonathan R. Murrow
JIM AND ELAINE OGDIN
Mr. Ronald E. Norton
J. FRANK OLLIFF, JR.
Mr. Jay Olliff
MR. AND MRS. SMITH P.
OSBORN, Marietta
Ms. Mary Ellen Osborn
MR. AND MRS. FRED M. OWEN
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Owen
MR. JAMES H. OWENS
Ms. Dianna Jackson
MR. JEFF C. OWENS, SR.,
Milledgeville
Mrs. Jane O. Stone
DOT PALMER
Wendy Housworth
MRS. NEDRA BROWN PALMER
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Palmer
DR. AND MRS. PARK
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith
MR. RICHARD PARKER
Mrs. Rosemary Parker
MRS. MARTHA PARKS, Tucker
Mr. and Mrs. Shelley Rominger
SHERMAN AND DAVID PARKS
Mrs. Sue Cook
MRS. ANN PARRISH, Newnan
Rev. Gary M. Parrish
MS. PRISCILLA BLAIR PARRISH
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ridley Parrish
GERALD “JERRY” PATE
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. DeRose
MALCOLM PATERSON
Patricia Paterson
KATHY PAYNE
MR JOHN F. DEVEER
EDITH PEARSON
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Spinks
LYNDA HOLLUMS PETERSON
Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Peterson
MARY IDA PHILLIPS
Connie and David Waller
HOWARD PICKENS
Mr. Beth Crabill
MRS. HAZEL PITTS
Chicopee UMC, Gainesville
MR. GARY PRINCE
Mountain View Baptist Church
MR. VAL PRUITT
Tina and Lloyd Swanson
MRS. WILLIE LOVE QUIGLEY
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Quigley, Jr.
MRS. HELEN RACHELS
Mrs. Meta M. Hollins
EVELYN AND FERN RATHE
Bill and Marilyn Sherry
DR. SAM D. RAUCH, SR.,
Thomaston
Dr. and Mrs. Gordon B. Burnett
MR. VIRGIL M. RAY
Mrs. Emma Lou Ray
David and Nancy Rock
JACK AND WANDA REAVES
Rev. and Mrs. Julian Brackman
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Reaves
Mr. Ty Reaves
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Tanner
MR. AND MRS. CHARLIE F. REESE
Ms. Charlene R. Glover
PHYLLIS RICE
Mr. and Mrs. Jon S. Martin
WALTER AND SARA RICE
Mrs. Walter D. Rice
MRS. REBA Y. RICE, Decatur
Mr. David Rice
Mr. William H. Rice
MRS. GLENDON RICKERSON
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Earwood
MR. AND MRS. HAROLD D.
ROBERT
Mrs. Mary D. Robert
MR. GENE ROBERT
Mrs. Mary D. Robert
MR. NELSON K. ROGERS
Mrs. Marian Rogers
MR. PERRY BASIL ROGERS
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Echols
Mrs. Dorothy Ann Metting
JOSEPH ROMERO
Debra Romero
MR. BILL J. ROSSER, Elberton
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Bailey
MRS. JANE ROWLAND, Augusta
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
EVELYN MARIE CHENEY RUSSELL
Ms. Clintonia S. Lovett
MR. JOE RUSSELL
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Blackburn
MR. HAROLD SAETHER, Atlanta
Mrs. Catherine C. Bradshaw
DR. FRANK DECELLE SANDERS
Mrs. Judy S. Henke
MR. DAVID ALLEN SANDLIN
Mrs. Jane W. Riley
MRS. FAY CLEMENTS SASSER
Mrs. Catherine C. Bradshaw
RAYMOND SCHUDER
Mrs. Betty Schuder
LES AND IRENE SCHWALL
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Cook
VICTOR AND IRENE SCOTT
Steve and Julie Scott
MR. LENNIE RADFORD SEAGO,
Conyers
Mr. Robert L. Seago
MR. JOHN RYAN SEAWRIGHT
Ms. Virginia S. Jarvis
JACK AND POLLY SENGER
Mr. Ronald E. Norton
MARY HELEN AND BILL SEWELL
Mrs. Deborah S. Vaughan
MRS. MARY HELEN SEWELL
Mr. William L. Foster
NANCIE SILL
Ms. Judy Pritchett
Ms. Gale Williams
JENNIFER SIMLESS
Mr. and Mrs. Burton D. Simless
ELDON SIMMONS
The Rev. Jennings Neeld
MRS. ELIZABETH H. SIMMONS,
Decatur
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Lee
MS. MARTHA R. SIMS
Mrs. Angelyn S. Hearn
MR. GARY SMITH
Mrs. Margaret Ward
Ms. Pam Ward
HOMER AND BESS SMITH,
Canton
Ms. Paula J. Smith
MR. LARRY SMITH
Mr. and Mrs. A. Morris Major
James and Loretta Muse
MARVIN AND CINDY SMITH
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Smith Jr.
MRS. MARY C. NEAL SMITH,
Athens
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Neal Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Tam
MR. PAUL A. SMITH, CANTON
Ms. Paula J. Smith
MARY SNOW
Mrs. Hazel Norman
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Smith
Robert Snow
MR. FRED SPAKE
Mrs. E. Buell Jones
PAUL SPEARS
Mrs. Martha Spears
MRS. SHARON SPIETZACK
Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Wood
BARBARA HARDIN STEVENS
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Lee
JAKE STEWART
Ms. Jayne Hunter
MR. NEIL D. STONE, JR
Mrs. Jane O. Stone
JOSEPH STRICKLIN
Ms. Delores Garrett
MRS. SUE SWANSON
Mr. and Mrs. Jack G. Westberry
CECIL AND WILLIE SWINDLE
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rawls
HERCULES AND LESSIE TEASLEY
Mr. and Mrs. John Teasley
MR. IRWIN THOM, SR.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MRS. EILEEN THOMAS
Mrs. Gail Debo
MR. AND MRS. J. D. THOMASON
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Sumerlin
CARY BOWEN THORPE
Mrs. Frank C. Bowen, Jr.
MRS. HELEN THRASHER
Mr. and Mrs. Atlanta Emory District
Ministers and Spouses
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Betz
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brantley
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Duggan
Ms. Debra F. Fambro
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen N. Finger
Mrs. Janet B. Fuller
Mr. Charles W. Harper
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Moore
Ms. Martha Shepherd
REV. JIMMY THURMOND
Ms. Jo Ann Ragan
MR. TOM TIMLIN
Ms. Martha D. Timlin
RICHARD, SR. AND HANNAH
TRANUM
Mr. Richard Tranum, Jr.
MR. ED TRAVIS
The Rev. and Mrs. Gary M. Parrish
VIRGINIA TUMLIN
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tumlin
CHRISTINE TURNER
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Turner
ALLAN UALL
Mr. James A. Hammack
MR. CARTER VANSANT
Mr. and Mrs. David F. Wells
MR. AND MRS. W. B. VINSON,
Decatur
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Whiting
LORENA WADLEY
Mrs. Vanessa Hambrick
ELIZABETH WALDREP
Mrs. Catherine C. Bradshaw
MR. FRANK WALDREP
Mrs. Catherine C. Bradshaw
MS. HELEN WALDREP
Mrs. Catherine C. Bradshaw
JOHN WALDREP
Mrs. Catherine C. Bradshaw
NANNIE LOU WALDREP
Mrs. Catherine C. Bradshaw
MR. WALTER WALDREP, Dublin
Mrs. Catherine C. Bradshaw
MRS. NELL SUSIE WALKER,
Grayson
Mr. Charles S. Walker, Sr.
MRS. LLEW WALL, Thomson
Mrs. Dianne Federovitch
MRS. UNEA WALTERS
Mr. William O. Walters, Sr.
LOUISE DUNN GIBSON
WANSLEY
Mr. William D. Wansley
MRS. RUTH WARR
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Pratt
CONNIE WATSON
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Watson
DR. JULIAN Q. WATTERS, Waleska
Mrs. Suzanne Poole
JULIAN AND LOUISE WATTERS
Mr. Michael Hale
Mr. Arnold Sheidler
Mr. Ben Sheidler
Ms. Katherine Sheidler
Mrs. Margaret Sheidler
Ms. Jennifer Stanley
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Watters, Jr.
DR. AND MRS. JULIAN WATTERS
Dr. and Mrs. Jack A. Hale
MELVIN WEED
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Grant
MRS. FAN WEKEL
Kim and John Sciara
MR. ROBERT E. WELDON
Mrs. Mary D. Robert
JENNIFER ANN WELLINGTON
Ms. Stacy D. Morgan
PHYLLIS WEST
The Rev. and Mrs. Bob Lamar Bone
MR. GEORGE H. WHITING
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Whiting
MR. AND MRS. W. P. WHITING,
Decatur
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Whiting
MR. JOE WILDER
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh K. Pratt
MRS. DEANNA J. WILLIAMS
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Williams
MS. JACKIE WILLIAMS
Ms. Jane S. Holbrook
MR. AND MRS. MAJOR G.
WILLIAMS
Ms. Paula J. Smith
MR. AND MRS. J. W. WING,
Atlanta
Ms. Julia M. Wing
ELIZABETH WINKLEJOHN
Mrs. Marianne M. Dillard
MARIE WISE
Barbara Cleveland
MRS. VERA ALLEN WISE
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Wise
MR. WILLIAM L. WONG
Mrs. Ruth W. Arnow
MR. AL WOOD
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Howard
SANDRA FRANKS WOOTEN
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Britt
MRS. JANIE S. WORTHY
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Dalzell
Highland UMC
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hortz, Jr.
Ms. Carole Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Rodden
CALENE WREN
Warrenton First UMC
Warrenton First UMC Merry Makers
Club
MR. RICHARD YOUNG
Bill and Marilyn Sherry
MR. WILLIAM R. ZIEGLER, SR.
Elaine Abrass
Mrs. Joan H. Board
Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Bourdeau
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Clemons
Ted Dunn Family
Mr. and Mrs. L. Tom Gay
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Gramling
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hicks
Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Koehler
Mr. Robert Little
Mr. and Mrs. David N. Mason
Mr. and Mrs. William A. McKoy
Roswell UMC Crosstalk Class
SGS Tool Company
Tru Kut, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff G. York
A painting of the Moore Chapel by Children’s Home alumni Jack T.
Wright. The chapel, built on our Decatur campus in 1906, remains an
important spiritual gathering point. “When I finished this painting, I
looked at the sky and could see an angel looking down on the little
chapel,” said Wright in 1996.
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OCTOBER–DECEMBER 2014
IN HONOR OF:
MRS. CAROL ABREU
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MS. VIRGINIA ADAMS
Ms. Judy L. Coleman
Mrs. Mary D. Crowley
Ms. Carol Jimmerson
BUKIE ADEBO
UMCH Executive Leadership Team
HELEN S. ALLEN
Ms. Paige Brodnax
EDITH AND PETE ALLEN
Ms. Margie M. Morris
MS. PAM ALLIGOOD
Mr. Ken Alligood
MRS. JOYCE ALLISON
Mrs. Cynthia C. Barry
Mr. Lamar P. McEachern
RAMU ANNAMALAI
UMCH Executive Leadership Team
MS. CAROLYN P. ARMISTEAD
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Armistead
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Armistead
MR. AND MRS. FRANK
ARMSTRONG
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
DAVID ASHMORE FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey W. Holbrook
MR. DEREK AZZOLINO
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
MISS KELSEY AZZOLINO
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
MRS. KATY BAILEY, Marietta
Mrs. Dorothy Ann Metting
LAURIE BAILEY
Ms. Wanda Borganelli
REV. and MRS. JOHN BARNES,
Thomson
Mrs. Wahldean Brunson
BAKER BARNETT
Billie Barnett
MISS KARA L. BARRETT
Louise Perry
REV. JAMES G. BARROW AND
MRS. CAROL J. BARROW
Mr. William J. Barrow
MR. AND MRS. CHARLIE
BARTENFELD
Joe and Harriette Bowen
REV. DR. DANNY BARTON
Ms. Jean H. Smilie
RICHARD BARRY
Dawn Driver
MR. JED BAXTER,
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
MR. AND MRS. DOUG BEACHEM
AND FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
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MRS. GAIL BEBBER
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MR. AND MRS. JOHN H. BELL
Louise Perry
MR. AND MRS. JOHN BELL, JR.
Louise Perry
MRS. AND MRS. ANDREW B.
BENEDICT, III AND FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
COLE AND TYLER BERENGUER
Ms. Dena Berenguer
DR. JOHN BEYERS, Conyers
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hanson
BLAINE BILAL
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
ERICH BILAL
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
MS. MYRA BLACK
Mr. Brenton Black
CAMILLE BLAIR
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
WIN BLAIR
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
JOLEE, BELL, JAMIE AND JOSIE
BLANKENSHIP
Mr. Joe B. Martin
LANG AND GWEN BLANZ
Mr. and Mrs. G. Richard Pope
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pope
MRS. JULIE BLEVINS
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Tam
MRS. RETHA BONE, COVINGTON
Ms. Jennifer M. Payne and Family
REVEREND AND MRS. ROBERT
BOWLING, Suwanee
Mr. Robert J. McCreary
HOWARD AND KIM BOYD
Mrs. Carole Nation
MR. AND MRS. MARTY BOYD,
CHLOE AND EVAN, Loganville
Mr. Neal Hester
LOLA AND HENDRIX BRACEWELL
Mrs. Nancy L. Cabaniss
DAVE AND SHARON BREWER
Sam and Robin Thompson
SHARON BREWER
Mr. Fletcher Daley
Mr. George L. Hickman III
DR. BOB BRIDGES
Joe and Harriette Bowen
MR. AND MRS. STEVE BRINSON,
Conyers
Mr. Neal Hester
MS. JOYCE BROOKE
Ms. Jennifer Wiggins-Matthews
JOHN D. AND REV. JOY BROWN
MARDIS
Mr. Ted J. Rikard
RALPH AND MAXINE BROWN
Mr. David Dwyer
HARRY AND JAYNE BRYAN
Mrs. Imogene Kelly
JACK AND MARTHA BRYANT
Mr. and Mrs. John Groover
DR. HELEN BRYNGELSON
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MRS. JANE BUCK
Beryl Bergquist
VIERA BURNEY
John Burney
MRS. LEE CAGLE
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
DR. DAN CALLAHAN
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
DR. AND MRS. ROBERT
CAMPBELL AND FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
DR. RAYMOND CAPUTO
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
NICOLE, NATALIE AND RAEGAN
CARMICAL
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carmical
JIM AND CHERYL CASEY
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Casey
JEFF AND KASH CASSADY
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Casey
MR. AND MRS. GLENN CASSELL
Ms. Cara M. Cassell
DR. MICHAEL CHEN, D.M.D.
Mrs. Emma Lou Ray
JULIE CHILDS
Ms. Susan C. Barton
JULIA AND LEN CLARDY
Janet Hellman
CHUCK AND LONA CLARK
Ms. Cindy Lawson
MARY ALICE CLOWER
Dr. Judy Greer
MR. BEVERLY O. COCHRAN,
Avondale Estates
Mrs. Ann M. Ellis
Joe and Virginia Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Strauss
REV. AND MRS. MALCOLM A.
COLEMAN
S. J. Morcock
MRS. WILLIAM C. COLLINS AND
FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
PETER COOK
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick S. Shannon
WILL COOK
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick S. Shannon
MR. AND MRS. GEORGE
COUNTS, Decatur
Ms. Cynthia Russell
REV. ASBURY CRAFT
Pam Geisler
ALICE CUNNINGHAM
Dr. Judy Greer
MR. GREG CUNNINGHAM,
Atlanta
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Butler
MS. BETTY DALEY
Mr. Fletcher Daley
MR. BILL DAMRON
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Harbeson
JOHN CURTIS DAVIDSON
Tom and Sheila Preacher
JIM DAVIS
Mr. and Mrs. James Davis, Jr.
ELAINE DECOSTANZO
Ms. Joy Chapman
MRS. MARTHA DOBBS
Mrs. Jeannine M. Goggans
DR. AND MRS. MALONE
DODSON
Joe and Harriette Bowen
DR. KELLEY B. DOPSON
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
BILL AND DIAN DOSS
Ms. Sheri Dresser
MS. BLANCHE DUNCAN
Mr. and Mrs. Brent C. Duncan
DEBBIE AND RICHARD
DUNNAGAN
Ms. Jane T. Strickland
DUNWOODY UMC
Mr. Scott Ackaway
EBENEZER UMC (CONYERS)
MEMBERS
Rev. Chris Branscomb
MR. AND MRS. ROY EDWARDS
Mrs. Emma Lou Ray
David and Nancy Rock
DR. AND MRS. WALTER
EDWARDS
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
REV. MAC AND AMY ENFINGER
Hoye and Betty Smith
ERIKSEN FAMILY
Kristen Erwin
MR. AND MRS. GEORGE W.
EVANS
Mrs. Mary Campbell
REV. AND MRS. CHARLES FARR
Joe and Harriette Bowen
MR. AND MRS. BILL FERNANDER
AND FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
TOM AND DANA FISHBURNE
Mr. Donald Price
BARRY AND DONNA FISHER
Mr. Matthew Fisher
Mr. Michael Lott
Ms. Michelle Lott
FOLKS RESTAURANT
Mrs. Emma Lou Ray
LEON FOLSOM
Janet Folsom
MRS. FLORENCE FORTENBERRY,
Atlanta
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Presley
MR. AND MRS. CHARLES FOSKEY
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Lanier
J. B. AND MABEL FOSTER
Mr. Donald Price
REV. MABEL FOSTER
Ralph and Sally Lehr
DR. DAVID FOWLER AND STAFF
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MR. JOHN A. FOWLER
Louise Perry
MS. VERONICA FRANCIS
Mr. Joe B. Martin
MICAH FRIEDMAN
UMCH Executive Leadership Team
LINDSEY GARNER
UMCH Executive Leadership Team
GLEN HAVEN UMC
The Rev. and Mrs. Theophilus
Stanford
GREG AND BECKY GLENN
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Glenn, Jr.
MR. KEN GLENN
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Glenn, Jr.
MR. AND MRS. MAC GLENN,
Hartwell
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Glenn
MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM J. GLENN
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Glenn, Jr.
MADELYN GOLOMB
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Farr
BILL GORDON
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
DIANNE GORDON
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
LIAM GORDON
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
LUKE GORDON
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
MADELEINE GORDON
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
RYLEE GORDON
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
MARK GRANGER FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey W. Holbrook
MRS. GRACE GRAVES
Bob and Jan Graves
MRS. CATHERYN GREEN
Mr. and Mrs. Jon A. Green
GRIFFIN FIRST UMC CLERGY AND
STAFF
The Rev. and Mrs. Medwin T. Roach
MRS. JULIA ANN GRIFFITH,
ATLANTA
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bowman
CHARLES GRUVER
Mrs. Imogene Kelly
OFELIA GUERRA
Mr. Jerry Carpenter
MR. AND MRS. JAMES GULLETT,
Duluth
Mr. Jennings Watkins
MS. GINA HAGAN
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
MR. LEE HAGAN
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
HENRY AND MARY ELIZABETH
HALTERMAN
Dr. Judy Greer
SUE HAMBY
The Rev. and Mrs. Bob Lamar Bone
MS. ANN HAMMACK
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Coursey
SHIRLEY HAMMACK
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Coursey
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT
HAMRICK
Mrs. Anne C. Neal
MS. JACQUELINE HANSEN
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Poston
MS. CECELIA HARBER
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
HAMILTON AND DIANE HARDIN
Mr. and Mrs. Silas H. Hardin
MR. AND MRS. MAJOR HARDING
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
NATHAN AND SANDY HARDEE
FAMILY
Alice Bailey
DR. AND MRS. DONALD A. HARP,
JR.
Ms. Andrea Kauffman
JIMMY HARRELL FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey W. Holbrook
JERRY HARRISON
Ms. Sarah Harrison
LISA HARTLEY, JULIANA AND
NATHAN
Ms. Dolores Highlands
HARTWELL FIRST UMC
Ms. Sara Powell
HOPE HAWKINS
Ms. Candice Mccall
MR. CHRIS HELMS
Ms. Judy C. Helms
DR. AND MRS. DAVID HELTON
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Allen
DR. KITSIE HENDRIX AND FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
KATILYN AND ASHLYN HERBERT
Jennifer and Bryan Herbert
LUSA AND TOM HERMANN
Ms. Linda Deal
RICK HETZEL
Jean Vess
SARALYN HILL
Hoover Foods
LINDA AND LARRY HILLESHEIM
Tamara Urbaniak
DONNA AND MYRTICE HILLEY
Mr. Jennings Watkins
MS. EDITH HOBART
Ms. June Givan
REV. AND MRS. CHUCK HODGES,
Fayetteville
Mrs. Francis Hansford
MR. AND MRS. MARTIN
HOLLEBEEK
Louise Perry
MR. POPE HOOD
Mr. James L. Watkins, Sr.
MR. CARL HOOVER
Hoover Foods
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn T. Varner
MRS. DRADA HOOVER
Hoover Foods
MR. DUANE HOOVER
Hoover Foods
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn T. Varner
MRS. PAIGE HOOVER
Hoover Foods
TEDDY HOPKINS
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
MR. AND MRS. TROY HOPPER
AND EVERETT
Mrs. Emma Lou Ray
David and Nancy Rock
MR. AND MRS. BUDDY HORNE
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
JOAN AND LEN HUCULAK
Mr. and Mrs. George Shortreed
MRS. EUNICE HUDSON
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Dietrich
AMELIA HUMPHREY
Mr. and Mrs. Barbara Brown
HAYDEN HUMPHREY
Mr. and Mrs. Barbara Brown
MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL
HUTSELL
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MARION INGALLS
Fletcher Dailey
MR. CHARLES E. IZLAR,
SAVANNAH
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Izlar
JACK AND PATRICIA IZLAR,
Bomberg SC
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Izlar
MR. AND MRS. BOBBY S.
JACKSON
Mr. Lamar P. McEachern
MS. SUZY JENNINGS
Mrs. Ann M. Ellis
AIDAN JONES
Rosemary Pinson
MR. AND MRS. ALTON R. JONES
Ms. Marjorie Squires
MR. JASON JONES
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Jones
RALPH JONES
Mr. and Mrs. Dan McCue
TERRY AND CAROLYN JONES
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Jones
GREG AND MARGARET JORDAN
Mr. Robert R. Harrison
PAT JUNKINS
Mr. Matthew Morris
REVEREND EDWARD T. KEEN
AND FAMILY
Cleveland UMC Christian Seekers
Class
CHIP KELLEY
Mrs. Janette H. Kelley
HELEN KELLY
Rev. Teresa Angle-Young
ANDREW AND ELLEN KENDALL
Chris and Nancy Kendall
MISS DORIS KERLIN
Mr. James L. Watkins, Sr.
MRS. BOB KERR
Joe and Harriette Bowen
MR. AND MRS. JOE KILPATRICK
Ms. Marjorie Squires
DAVID AND JOAN KINRADE
Mr. and Mrs. Emory H. Palmer
MR. AND MRS. WALTER KOLESKY
AND FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
JERRY AND REBEKAH KRIVSKY,
CLAYTON
Mr. and Mrs. John Krivsky
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Terry
REBEKAH KRIVSKY
Mr. and Mrs. John Krivsky
SANCHIT LADHA
UMCH Executive Leadership Team
DR. JOEY LAMB AND FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
RICHARD LANGFORD
Carlene Loggins
MR. AND MRS. DONALD
LANGLEY, Marietta
Mr. Lamar P. McEachern
HENRY AND HATTIE LANIER
James Lanier
JULLIAN AMBER LAWSON
Mrs. Alyce D. King
MRS. CLAIRE LESLIE
Mrs. Dorothy Ann Metting
CAROLYN AND BENNIE LEVITON
Mrs. Imogene Kelly
MS. JULIE LEWIS
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Tam
MS. JANE LOCKWOOD
Louise Perry
PATTI LORING’S
GRANDCHILDREN
Ms. Patti Loring
DR. GARY LOURIE, DIANE AND
STAFF
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MS. MARILYN LOUTTIT
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wolfe
MICHAEL LOWERY
Mr. Matthew Morris
DR. GRACE LOY AND STAFF
Mrs. Emma Lou Ray
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FALISHA AND DELANIE LUCAS
Ms. Susan Lang
DR. AND MRS. JIM LUNDY
Joe and Harriette Bowen
MR. AND MRS. ARTIE MACON,
DECATUR
Mrs. Ann M. Ellis
MS. M. LORE MAHON
Louise Perry
BRAD AND SUSAN MALEMEZIAN
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Steed
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Whitlow
ANGELO MANTE
Mr. Frank Ingram
MARIE AND ANGELO MANTE
North Decatur UMC Seekers Class
MARIETTA FIRST UMC STAFF
Beth Johnston
MRS. BOBBIE MARTIN
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Martin
CARLTON MARTIN
Helen Singer
DR. AND MRS. DON MARTIN
Joe and Harriette Bowen
GRACE MARTIN
Helen Singer
MARY MEYER MARTIN
Helen Singer
REV. ZACK MARTIN, SAVANNAH
AND THOMAS
Mr. Neal Hester
MR. AND MRS. FRANK
MATTHEWS, Decatur
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Spinks
Mrs. Vanette Wilson
Mr. James Woods
MR. CHARLIE MCCARTHY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MR. AND MRS. DOUGLAS J.
MCCREA
Dell McCrea
SARAH MCDONALD
Steve and Julie Scott
MR. LAMAR P. MCEACHERN,
Fayetteville
Ms. Jane T. Strickland
MS. MARGARET MCGHEE
Ms. Nancy L. Reed
MR. AND MRS. BILL MCINTOSH
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MR. DAVID W. MCKOY
Ms. Patricia H. McKoy
REV. AND MRS. MELTON
MCNEILL
Joe and Harriette Bowen
REV. JIM AND LISA MCRAE,
Canton
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Thacker
MRS. CINDY MEADOWS
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Tam
EUGENE AND JOANNE
MERRIMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Merriman
SAM, JUNE, BRADY, CRYSTAL,
LAURA, ANTHONY, PAUL,
SAMUEL, DAVID AND ANTHONY
MICHAEL
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Smith Jr.
MR. AND MRS. JIM MILLER,
CONYERS
Mr. Neal Hester
MR. AND MRS. DUSTY MILLS
Miss Katherine Cook
MELINDA AND DAVID MOBLEY
Sharon Brewer
DR. STAN MOGELNICKI AND
FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
ANN MONTGOMERY
Lee Reynolds
MRS. EILEEN MOON
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MS. AILENE MOONEY
Mrs. Mary Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Wise
MS. JUNE MOORE
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hart
The Children’s Home celebrated nine adoptions in 2014, and served
148 foster children overall last year.
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MISS KASSIE MOORE,
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
MR. GEORGE MORRIS
Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Maynard
REV. KATHY MORRIS
Mrs. Joyce Morris
MILLIE MORRIS
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Parker
TOMMY MOSELEY
Ms. Mary Morrison
DR. WILTON A. MOULDER,
Peachtree City
Mr. Nathan Dorris
Mr. and Mrs. W. Arlyn Moulder, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Willingham
MOUNTAIN PARK UMC STAFF
Rev. Charles Robinson
MS. ANGIE MOYER
Mrs. Imogene Kelly
MARY ANN MULLINS
Jim and Nancy Sutterfield
DR. GARY MYERSON AND STAFF
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
DR. THOMAS J. NEAL, JR.
Ms. Joy Bowles
Mrs. Robert L. Gibson Jr.
DAVE NEAR AND ANDY MCCREA
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Near
MR. DONALD NEWSOM,
AUSTELL
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Erwin
Ms. Heather Green
Mr. Michael McClung
HARRIS AND KATIE NEWSOM
Mr. Wesley Newsom
ELSIE NESBITT
Brent Smith
RICH NICHOLS
UMCH Executive Leadership Team
REV. JULIA NORMAN
Mrs. Wahldean Brunson
MR. THURMAN NORVILLE
Mr. Sims W. Hill
SHANE AND AMY O’NEILL
Ms. Shannon Primm
ELIJAH OESTERLE
Jonathan Murrow
ALLEN PAGE
UMCH Executive Leadership Team
DOT PALMER
Ms. Wendy Housworth
MR. DICK PARKER
Decatur First UMC Fellowship Class
PATRICIA PATERSON
Ms. Kathleen Mcintosh
DR. AND MRS. JEFF PAYNE AND
FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MRS. DENISE PEACOCK
The Rev. and Mrs. Coy H. Hinton
ANNA PERRY
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
MATTHEW PESCE
UMCH Executive Leadership Team
OLAN AND LANELL PHILLIPS
Mrs. Sharon Brunner
REV. AND MRS. WINIFRED PITTS
The Rev. and Mrs. Bob Lamar Bone
REGINA PONTES
Ms. Brooke Card
KEN AND JEANNIE POSEY,
ROSWELL
Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Greenway
DON AND LYN POWELL
Ms. Cathryn H. Creasy
JUDY PRATER
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Thornton, Jr.
MR. AND MRS. LARRY PREISS
Mr. Neal Hester
BARBARA AND MARVIN
PRELLBERG
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Shaw
GEORGE AND DOT PRITCHETT
Mrs. Beth H. Nixon
DR. AND MRS. VICTOR PUCKETT,
Canton
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Knox
RAYMON AND MARY LEE PULLEY
Casey Hawkins
BOB RAY
Hoover Foods
CHRIS RAY
UMCH Executive Leadership Team
MRS. EMMA RAY
David and Nancy Rock
LINDA RAY
Hoover Foods
TY REAVES
Mr. James Paul
RANDY REDNER
Mr. and Mrs. Sharon Brewer
REDWINE UMC STAFF
Redwine UMC UMW
ANNE REYNOLDS
Mr. Lee Reynolds
MR. AND MRS. JAMES R.
RICHARDSON
Mrs. Mary Campbell
DR. AND MRS. THOMAS RIDDICK
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
DAVID AND NANCY ROCK
Mrs. Emma Lou Ray
LANDON ROE
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
DR. AND MRS. CARTER ROGERS
AND FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MICHAEL ROSS
Mr. Richard Ross
MIKE ROSS
UMCH Executive Leadership Team
JIM AND BARBARA ROY
Elizabeth Roy
MR. PAUL ROZEMAN
Ms. Claire Rozeman
MR. AND MRS. BOB RUSHMORE
AND FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
JIM AND SISSY SAFFELL
Mr. Donald Price
REV. AND MRS. JAMES L.
SANDERS, DECATUR
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Clotfelter
MS. CAROL SANDIFORD
Mrs. Dena Cason
MR. GEORGE SANO
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
MR. JESSIE SAVAGE
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
MISS KATIE SAVAGE
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
SCOTTIES FOR CHANGE
Ms. Jennifer Prince
THE BROCK SELLERS FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
KAY AND NEAL SELLARS
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Campbell
NICK SHANNON
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick S. Shannon
ZACK SHANNON
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick S. Shannon
MR. AND MRS. JERRY SHOCKLEY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
AUDRI SIMMONS
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
DR. JOHN A. SIMMONS
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Boyd
MR. ALEX SINGER
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
MR. BENJAMIN SINGER
Ms. K. Ellen Hagan
ANNA KATHRYN SMITH
Mrs. Jeanne B. Lee
BERTHA MAE SMITH
Five Springs UMC–UMW
MRS. BONNIE K. SMITH, Canton
Ms. Paula J. Smith
MR. HOWARD L. SMITH AND
FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
W. H. AND PEGGY SMITH
Mr. and Mrs. Reid Walker
AVERY, HUDSON AND HAYES
SORRELLS
Ms. Carol A. Holbrook
MR. H. FRED SPENCER, LAVONIA
Mrs. J. Michele Russell
DR. AND MRS. KAM SREERAM
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
ST. JAMES UMC SUNDAY
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Cimowsky
MR. AND MRS. TOM STANLEY
Mr. and Mrs. Earl P. Cook
MRS. KELLIE STEEDMAN
Jim and Nancy Sutterfield
REV. AND MRS. SAM STOREY
Ms. Ellen R. Stebbins
MRS. JANE T. STRICKLAND
Mr. Lamar P. McEachern
MRS. RUTH STRICKLAND
Paige and Chris Born
REV. AND MRS. LARRY
SUMMEROUR
Mt. Zion UMC
MS. ANNA CLAIRE SWARD,
Cartersville
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Bowers
ELIZABETH P. TABOR
Mrs. Elizabeth Tabor
YINKA TAIWO-PETERS
UMCH Executive Leadership Team
BILLY AND NAN TAM, Thomson
Mr. James McNiff
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E.
Westbrook
REV. ALLAN TARR
Ms. Jean H. Smilie
TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL
HEALTH
Mr. David Addiss
MS. PEG TAYLOR
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Smith Jr.
ELLEN TERRELL
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Terrell
KAREN AND DOUG TERRY
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Krivsky
HUGH AND MARLENE THACKER,
CANTON
Mr. Ben Thacker
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thacker
THE REV. TIMOTHY R. THOMAS
Mrs. Gloria J. Blankenship
DANIEL THOMPSON
Mr. Fletcher Daley
MRS. WILLIAM THRASHER
Joanne and Bill Hauserman
MR. AND MRS. THOMAS
TIDWELL, Douglasville
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Hjort, Jr.
MRS. JIMMY THOMPSON
Joe and Harriette Bowen
DR. DAULTON E. TODD, KAREN,
DIANE AND SHERRY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
RAY AND HELEN TODD
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Miller
LITTLE MISS EMILY TOON
Mrs. Lamar Musick
MR. AND MRS. H.M. COMER
TRAIN
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bowen
MR. BRUCE TYLER
Mr. Lancy Rodrigues
LEE, ADRIANE, HANNAH AND
EVAN TYLER
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Smith Jr.
MIKE VAN DEN EYNDE
UMCH Executive Leadership Team
GLENN VARNER
Hoover Foods
KIM VARNER
Hoover Foods
MS. ANGELLE VUCHETICH
Louise Perry
PATRICIA WALKER
Taylor Walker
ELIZABETH DUNN WANSLEY,
Cobbham
Mr. William D. Wansley
STEVI DUNN WANSLEY,
Cobbham
Mr. William D. Wansley
MR. AND MRS. JAMES L.
WATKINS, Fayetteville
The Rev. Gary M. Parrish
Mr. Jennings Watkins
MR. JAMES L. WATKINS
Mrs. Nadine Anderson
MRS. SIB WATKINS
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Stewart
JENNINGS E. WATKINS
Mr. and Mrs. Donna Hilley
MR. DUDLEY WELDON
Mrs. Mary D. Robert
MIKE WEINSTEIN
UMCH Executive Leadership Team
MRS. ANGEL WESTCOTT
Mrs. Nancy Roberts
DR. WALLACE WHEELES
Mr. and Mrs. Harland Mathews
MR. JOHN WHITE, III
Mrs. Kim Brakmann
STACY WILLIAMS
Ms. Nancy Cunningham
OUIDA WILLIAMSON,
Milledgeville
Ms. Jimmie L. Bale
ART AND MARY WIMPENNY
Mrs. Imogene Kelly
MR. EDWARD M. WISE
Mrs. Mary Campbell
DYLAN AND EVAN WITT
Mrs. Pamela E. Witt
JESSE WITT
Mrs. Pamela E. Witt
MAX WITT
Mrs. Pamela E. Witt
REBEKAH WITT
Mrs. Pamela E. Witt
DR. AND MRS. GARY WONG
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
REV. KERRY AND SHARON
WRIGHT
Ms. Navelle Wilkinson
MS. RUTH WRIGHT
Mrs. Joan Palmer
MR. DAVID WYCHE
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
YOUNG HARRIS UMC FRIENDLY
CRUSADERS CLASS TEACHERS
Young Harris UMC Friendly
Crusaders Class
MR. AND MRS. SCOTT ZACHARY,
Lewisport KY
Mr. Paul M. Hess
CLAIRE ZANT
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Fletcher
Anniversary:
DR. AND MRS. VICTOR PUCKETT
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Dillard
Baptism:
MISS CHARLOTTE CATHERINE
RHEA
Sugarloaf UMC
LEAH FAITH RIVERS
Sugarloaf UMC
ANDREW SULLIVAN KRIEGER
Sugarloaf UMC
Birth:
MISS CADENCE, Waraksa, FL
Dr. Judy Greer
MATTHEW CHARLES DIXON
Mrs. Jeanne B. Lee
ANNA KATHRYN SMITH
Mrs. Jeanne B. Lee
PALMER ELIZABETH
MCCULLOUGH
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moses
Birthday:
MRS. KIM RUTHERFORD
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Buckley
Mrs. Lakia Goodman
Mr. and Mrs. Jenny Harwood
Ms. Sharon Howell
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny J. Logan
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tysor
BERTHA SMITH
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hudson
MR. JOHN SORRELLS
Ms. Jeanie S. Beach
Mr. and Mrs. Bradely J. Townsend
JAMES AND SIB WATKINS,
Fayetteville
Mrs. Nadine Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Pope Hood
Miss Doris Kerlin
Mr. Lamar P. McEachern
Confirmation:
ABIGAIL DERUSHA
JESSE WITT
KATIE GRACE MCMANUS
KAYLEIGH HUNT
Redwine UMC
DAVIS WITT
Redwine UMC
Mrs. Pamela E. Witt
Marriage:
SHARON HOWELL AND BEN
THACKER
Ms. Marium Matthews
Mrs. Kimberly Rutherford
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In December, the Hope family adopted Bryson, whom they had
fostered for 17 months. “The transformation that you see in
foster children in just a short amount of time of having a family
is remarkable” said Alison Hope. “You can’t see that and not go
back for more.” The Hope family is profiled on our website,
www.umchildrenshome.org.
We need Fam-Fest sponsors!
Signature fundraising event for The United Methodist
Children’s Home will be day of family fun at
Six Flags over Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 12.
Fam-Fest sponsors make possible a day of fellowship and
fun for the children and families served by The Children’s
Home, as well as our supporters.
Your contribution will impact lives and
help change the future of our children and
families in need. Supporting Fam-Fest
is a great opportunity to show your
support for The Children’s Home and gain
support for your business or organization.
Sponsorship levels are available from
$1,500 to $50,000. The day includes special
private access to a Six Flags roller coaster
for Fam-Fest attendees; all-day admission to
attractions; and an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet, ice
cream bar, and Coca Cola beverage station.
Learn more about Fam-Fest and
hear from other 2014 sponsors at
www.umchildrenshome.org/famfest.
“We at Georgia Power
like to be involved in the
community we serve, and
this was a great chance for
us to get involved and make
a difference.”
— Murry Weaver, The
Georgia Power Company
(2014 Fam-Fest sponsor)
Contact Monique Y. Taylor at (404) 327-5836 or
[email protected] to learn more
about becoming a 2015 Fam-Fest sponsor.