The

Hardy

Heartline

We’re the Church with a Warm Heart

April 2015

Did you know that they have stopped teaching children to write in cursive in many schools? What a tragedy! I think of the time I spent making long flowing lines and how the girls always seemed to get it better than the boys did. It’s sad that we might lose the art of shaping our letters and not just use them as blunt instruments of communication. Then I thought, when was the last time I used cursive? If you count the chicken scratch I use at the grocery store counter to pay for my groceries, you could say at least once or twice a week. But when was the last time I sat down and really used it to write more than my name? It has been a long time. Why then should I expect children to learn something I don’t even use? There are many times that I consider how the world is not as good, not as pure, not as faithful as it used to be. At the same time, the world often is as good, as pure, as faith-filled as I make it on this day. One of the great strengths of our church is that much of the good, the pure, and the faith that we experience each Sun-day is what we bring through the door. How is that for pressure? We are responsible for the faith and the feeling of our church. Even when I am not at my best if I don’t decide to write in cursive.. why should I expect others to? Jesus says, "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” John 15. Today I have the chance to bear more fruit. I have the chance make the world a fruit-filled, good, and faith-filled place. Maybe I should pick up a pen and see what I can do for Jesus.

WE UPHOLD OUR VOWS

By Our Prayers: All Hardy homebound members, all nursing home

residents, all our brave service men & women & their families, Kathleen

Flournoy, Sonny Westerman, Raimon Swanger, Johnie Butler, Bobbie

Chambers, Addie Bonham, Jean Stephens, Dick Melton, Jean Godfrey,

Dolores Barr, Fran Keasler, Sara Vickers, Helen Pence, Jerry Poore,

Ken & Sandy Griffith, Jim Boswell, Pauline Rentfro, Pauline Dodson, and

our nation’s leaders.

By Our Presence:

Through Sunday, March 22, 2015

Mar. 1st Mar. 8th Mar 15th Mar. 22nd

Sunday School 229 196 211 213

Sunday Worship 311 261 270 303

By Our Gifts: March1st through March 22nd

2015 Budget Received March 1st through March 22nd Received to date

$544,069 $45,514 $127,594

2015 Building Budget Received through March 22nd Received to date

$136,167 $10,366 $25,519

2015 Apportionments Paid to Date Balance

$64,649 $30,000 $34,649

Hardy Memorial United Methodist Church

Texarkana, Texas

Phone: 903-793-1116 Fax - 903-793-6663

Staff

Rev. Preston Greenwaldt

Pastor Home: (903) 794-7746

Cell: (713) 857-6245 pgreenwaldt@hardyumc.org

Pam Akin

Administrative Assistant pakin@hardyumc.org

Debbie Roberts

Christian Education Director droberts@hardyumc.org

Laura Marlowe

Financial Secretary lmarlowe@hardyumc.org

Makki Currie

Director of Children’s Ministries mcurrie@hardyumc.org

Billy Whitt

Youth Director bwhitt@pnlending.com

Jake Akin

Jr. High Youth Director jakin@hardyumc.org

Sue Jones

Nursery Director sue062402@yahoo.com

David Favors Director of Maintenance

Altar rail offering will

go toward

Church Camp

April Lay Readers

5th: Paul Miller

12th: Bobby Wheeley

19th: Raga Justin

26th: Becky Nelson

April Ushers

Bob Weaver, Steve Hackett,

Brad Smith, Carlos Harvey,

Bob Pickens, Emmett Marlowe

April Acolytes

5th: Lauren Hornsby & Riley Richardson

12th: Tyler Harris & Paige Garner

19th: Lily Reed & Katelyn Jennings

26th: Alexis Bell & Logan Knowles

Hardy Happenings April

1st: 7:00am - United Methodist Men (UMM) Breakfast

2nd: 12:00pm - Stations of the Cross - Sisters’ Park - at St Michaels 2nd: 6:00pm - Maundy Thursday Service

3rd: 6:00pm - Good Friday Service - Followed by a Church-wide Fish Fry

4th: 10:00am - Easter Egg Hunt

8th & 22nd: 10:00am - Celebration Women’s Ministry Prayer Time - Bride’s Room

13th: 10:00am - UMW Bell Group - Ephesians Room

14th: 6:30pm - Finance Committee Meeting - Ephesians Room

12th: Food Pantry Donations: Bring a non-perishable item. Suggested items to bring are meals in a can (stew, chili, soup etc.), tuna and canned meat, canned vegetables, rice, sugar, flour, pasta & pasta sauce, and dried beans.

15th: Food Pantry Distribution Day

18th: 5:15pm - Hardy Dinner Club - Bryce’s

21st: 6:00pm - UMW Generations - Smokey Joe’s 21st: 6:30pm - UMW Walker Group - Youth Lodge

25th: 9:00am - Tommy Phillip’s Open - Oak Grove Golf Course

26th: 4:00pm - Live Nativity Meeting - Fellowship Hall 26th: 5:00pm - VBS meeting - Fellowship Hall

27th: 12:30pm - New Horizons-Fellowship Hall

Kitchen Ministries Dinner will be served at Hardy every Wednesday evening

from 4:45pm to 6:00pm in the Fellowship Hall. No need to make a reservation. There will

be plenty of food for your entire family. A kids meal will be available upon request for all

ages. Donations for the cost of the meal are welcome.

April MENU

1st - Chicken with lemon & rosemary, potato latkes, honey carrots and sweet noodle pudding

*Kids of all ages: Grilled chicken tenders

8th - Vegetable soup, grilled ham/cheese sandwich, crackers, chips, salad bar and dessert

15th - Garlic beef, stir fried rice & vegetables and egg rolls

*Kids of All Ages: Turkey hot dogs and chips

22nd - Pork chops with gravy, grilled onions, green beans with new potatoes

*Kids of All Ages: Mac-n-cheese

29th - Grilled chicken, grilled fish & beef tacos, guacamole, salsa, chips, salad bar and dessert

*Kids of All Ages: Tacos or cheese nachos

New Members

Bill & Ammie Wallace Will, Miller & Quinn 5301 High Dr. Texarkana, TX 75503

Verdie & Dale Brown 1 Copper Creek Cir. Texarkana, AR 71854 His Cell - 870-703-0796 Her Cell - 870-703-3677 da49brown@yahoo.com

6TH, 7TH & 8TH grades led by Jake Akin, Sunday morning at 9:45am in the Jr High Youth Room.

SENIOR HIGH YOUTH 9TH - 12TH grades led by Billy Whitt, Sunday morning at 9:45am in the Lodge.

Sunday afternoons 5:30 - 7:00pm Jr. High meet in Youth Lodge.

Wednesday evenings 6:00-7:30pm Jr. High in Jr. High Room and High School in Lodge

April

4th: 8:30am - Jr. & High School - Meet at church to hide Easter Eggs.

4th: 10:00am - Jr. & High School will help with the Easter Egg Hunt.

5th: No Jr. or High School pm activities

12th: 6:00pm - Jr. & High School - Volleyball & Badminton - Youth Lodge

19th: 6:00pm - Jr. & High School - Bowling Holiday Bowl

26th: 5:00pm - Fun Country on Hwy 71

Wednesday Evenings

6:00pm

Bible Study

Jr. High in Jr. High Room

High School in Youth Lodge

April 8th: 5:30 - 7:45pm

Jr. & High School - Combine with Williams Memorial

for Contemporary Worship & Small Group Study

Sunday Evenings

5:00pm

Confirmation Class

Kids’ Corner

Egg Hunt

You, your family and your friends are invited to attend

Hardy’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt.

Saturday, April 4th at 10:00 a.m. on the Hardy grounds

Events include: story time with Ms. Bonnie, egg hunt and pictures with the Easter

Bunny!!!

Mark your calendar for this egg-stra special event!!

Wednesday Evenings

6:00pm

BIG (Bold In God) & Club-N-Btween

Children’s Choir

Sundays 6:00pm

All children ages 3 - 6th grade

are invited to participate.

To the Hardy Family,

To say “Thank You” doesn’t seem to be

enough. You are special to the Swanger, Hensley and

Copeland families. You were very special to Ken and

JoAnn Swanger. You are definitely a church with an

enormous heart filled with love and compassion.

A special thank you goes to Carol & Barbara

Means, Bob Bell, Jerry Black, Tamara Hackett, Greg &

Nona Phillips, Brother Preston and Joe Strickland. We

could not have gotten through the last three or four

months without your love, prayers and support.

Thank you for the food, phone calls and

cards. If you said a prayer and thought about us, God

bless you. May God richly bless each and every

member of Hardy.

In God’s Name & Love,

Raimon & Gail Swanger,

John & Linda Swanger & family,

Kenny Copeland,

Joe Hensley & family

Hardy Memorial Tommy Phillip’s Open

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Oak Grove Golf Course

This will be a four-person scramble open to men and women 17 years of age and older. Participants may assemble their own team or be assigned to a team the day of the tournament.

Check-in will begin at 8:00am. The tournament will begin at 9:00am with a shotgun start. A hamburger lunch will be served at the conclusion of the tournament.

Awards will be given to the teams finishing first, second, and third. Prizes will also be awarded for the longest drive and closest-to-the-pin. Golf USA will donate a prize to any golfer who makes a hole-in-one on a pre-determined hole. During lunch, a drawing will be held for door prizes.

Registration forms are available in the foyer or the church office. Deadline for entry is Thursday, April 23rd. For more information about cost or other questions, call James Moffatt at 903-792-9664.

Thank You

Dear Hardy Family,

We want to thank Hardy United Methodist Church (especially the Service Class) for your assistance, prayers, and good wishes for Jim during his recent minor (Thank God) medical crisis.

Jim & Carol Boswell

Holy Week

April 2nd: 12:00pm - Maundy Thursday “Stations of the Cross” in Sisters’

Park at St. Michael’s Hospital. We will walk together to the different

Stations of the Cross. Each station is an artistic representation depicting

Christ carrying the cross to His crucifixion. This miniature pilgrimage will

help us to remember the passion of our Christ as He faced his death. St

Michael’s Stations of the Cross is located across the parking lot from the

Imaging Center. Please make plans to join us for this meaningful

experience.

April 2nd: 6:00pm - Maundy Thursday Passover Seder Feast will be held at

the church. This will be a very special service so please make plans to at-

tend.

April 3rd: 6:00pm - Good Friday Service followed by a FISH FRY. Several of

Hardy’s “fishermen” will be preparing dinner which will be served in the

Fellowship Hall. Please RSVP if you plan to have dinner with us following

the service.

April 4th: 10:00am - Hardy’s Easter Egg Hunt - All children are urged to

bring an Easter basket and enjoy the fun. Bring your friends and neighbors.

April 5th: 7:17am - Easter Sunday Sunrise Service will be held in the foyer .

This service will be followed by Sunday school at 9:45am.

April 5th: 10:45am - Easter Morning Worship Service - Alleluia, Our Lord

Has Risen! Join us for special music and a meaningful message of faith

and resurrection.

There will be no evening service.

Dear Hardy Church,

Thank you for the groceries you have helped me with. It is very comforting when you are on a fixed income to know there is help out there when you need it.

Thanks,

Donna Lanier

Memorials

Ken Swanger

Mary Yates

Richard & Pat Reynolds

John & Gloria Miller

Ed & Dottie Miller

Jimmy & Renda Gross

Jerry & Jennifer Black

Emmett & Laura Marlowe

James & Martha Weems

Gaylon & Barbara Owens

Bob & Joyce Bell

Carol & Barbara Means

Betty Head

Addie Beth Morris

Carl & Charlotte Nyman

Jimmy Norwood

Herman & Sara Barnett

Betty Burnett

Dale & Ladelle Ivey

Royce & Mary Lou Thornton

Honorariums

12 square and 15 rectangle

table clothes have been

donated in honor of

Sue Jones.

Carlos & Sue Harvey

Dean & Elizabeth Stone

Jan Aycock, Dale Brown, Preston Greenwaldt, Elaine

Haraway, Carol Means, Shane Richardson, and Dr.

Greg Smolarz

Jim & Carol Boswell

Paul & Bonnie Miller

David & Makki Currie

Memorials

Tom Murphy

Carlos & Sue Harvey

Chris & Brandy Brown

James & Martha Weems

Martha Miller

Ed & Dottie Miller

Paul & Lahoma Hargrave

Mike & Peggy Hargrave

Ken & Jo Ann Swanger

Greg & Lynn Wilson

Dean & Elizabeth Stone

We’re on the web:

www.hardyumc.org

“We’re The Church With The Warm Heart” Hardy Memorial United Methodist Church

6203 N. Kings Hwy.

Texarkana, Texas 75503

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Help Support

Hardy’s Food Pantry

Thank you HARDY members for bringing food and making donations for the Food Pantry. It has been one

year since the church began giving bags of groceries and fresh bread to approximately forty families in the

community. The dedicated and compassionate group of volunteers have seen what hunger looks like first

hand. These families are just like all families who are trying hard to make ends meet. The faces and needs

vary, but gratitude of the recipients is in their smiles and hugs. Prayer request is a big part of the ministry.

We pray for our families, and we ask them to pray for our ministry.

We would like to say a special thank you to Nona Phillips, Mary Ann Davis, Carolyn deBie, Judy Matthews

and Alice McVey and the UMW Generations group. Your generosity has become the hands and feet of Christ.

Please consider becoming an active part of the pantry ministry by bringing food or helping on the 3rd

Wednesday of the month. You can contact Gloria Elmore for more information about helping at 903-278-9935

or glomore55@aol.com. You will be blessed!

THIS MONTH WE ARE ASKING FOR : Canned vegetables and canned meat

Blessings,

Gloria Elmore