LAKESIDE STAFFPastor..........................Rev. Mark RickmanMusic Director.........................Jason GrifePianist................................Corie MelaughOrganist...........................Jean ShackletonYouth Director...................Lauryn SchmittYouth Director.......................Lanc SchmittAdmin. Assistant.............Megan DeCastroNursery Attendant.............Patsy KouhdariNursery Attendant................Deanna Bond

LAKESIDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH2925 NW 66th Street, OKC, OK 73116

405-843-5777lakesideumc@coxinet.netweb: lakesideumc-okc.org

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May 2012

Bound Together May is a momentous month. It spills into our lives with schedule-clog-ging graduations, Mothers’ Day observances, and end-of-school activities, crowding in with the usual monthly routine of birthdays, anniversaries, reunions, funerals, etc. That also means that May can be a poor month, having to buy graduation and anniversary gifts out of the same monthly budget. But May leans then into June, and we continue on with our lives, pil-ing up days and weeks of events and demands, trying hard to keep up with ourselves. Sometimes, however, we can’t. Being human, we can only – in most instances – be in one place at a time. Events sometimes overlap; one celebration impinges on another. While in Arkansas this past week celebrating honors my youngest son, Dan, was receiving, I learned one of my mother’s three remaining broth-ers had died. Uncle Royce was a genial and gracious man whom I can’t imagine anyone ever disliked. He made glad every room he entered, even though he didn’t live a stress-free life. He truly lived for others, and few compliments rise above that But I couldn’t go to the funeral – too far, too inconvenient. It grieves me that there’s a blessed cruelty to human limitation. Because we can’t control events, the time or place of important occasions, we must value each mo-ment we’re together – the graduation, the baptism, the marriage, the funeral – because we don’t know what might intervene before we see one another again. Like others, I lean on the old hymn: “Blessed be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love.” Mark

FROM THE PASTOR

We appreciate all the Sunday School Classes for

providing Greeters and Ushers every Sunday. The following is the next two months schedule:May - Youth & Wesley Classes

June - Joy Class

Greeter & Usher Schedule

To Teresa, Mary Ellen & Seder Meal crew, Thank you so much for the food and all the hard work you did to make the Seder Meal so perfect. You are all very much appreciated and it didn’t go unnoticed!

To Barbara Smith, Thank you for all of your office volun-teering. You have made the office files, etc. tip-top. Your many hours of work are appreciated!!

To Curtis, Scott, Lanc, Nick & Mark W., Thank you for volunteering to do the weekly mowing and yard work. It looks fabulous.

To Bob Alexander, Thanks for volunteering your time to make Financial Peace such a great suc-cess.

To Nick Geist, Thank you for your artistic talent in painting our lovely Apportionment Tree!

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PROJECT TRANSFORMATION Project Transformation is a summer literacy camp for underserved children in urban areas of Oklahoma. The camp provides children one-on-one time with mentors and leadership in reading, computers, arts and crafts, music and theater, field trips and enrichment activities. The program is sponsored by the Oklahoma United Methodist Conference, AmeriCorps, and community in-dividuals and organizations. Project Transformation now serves over 500 children in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Bartlesville with the help of 55 AmeriCorps members, 1,000+ volunteers, and more than 50 partner churches. Our church is scheduled to work at Chapel Hill UMC July 9 – 12. This is a camp program for the entire sum-mer with all kinds of activities, and a daily reading pro-gram. We will need 12 people a day to work 2 1/2 hours. We would love for you to participate all four days, but you can be there whatever days you can. We will also be providing a meal for the volunteer camp workers one night during our week. A signup sheet will be provided in June.

Contact Mary Ellen Cromwell if you might be interested in volunteering your time with these children. (405) 373-1578

TORNADO RELIEF NEEDS As the result of several tornadoes in recent weeks, many Oklahomans are in the process of cleaning up and assessing damage to property along with grieving the loss of lives. No supplies are needed at this time, but monetary donations are very useful. You may give through our church to the “Oklahoma Disaster Relief Fund” and des-ignate on the memo line of your check which community or county you wish to support. Woodward and Norman were not the only Oklahoma communities affected by the storms. Residents of Shat-tuck, Gage, Fargo, Waynoka, and rural northwestern Oklahoma also were affected.

Remember the church in your Will

May Birthdays

Ed Jones ............................03

John Green .......................06

Barbara Smith ...................08

Lily Smith..........................09

Marjorie Donnelly .............23

Please contact A.M. Nowlin with prayer requests and updates (843-6811).

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WHERE: Lake Hefner Golf CourseWHAT: 4-Person Team Golf ScrambleWHEN: Saturday, June 9 at 12:00 pmCOST: $200.00 per teamWHY: Money raised will go towards Lakeside’s MissionaryThe $200.00 team fee covers: green fees and carts, and/or $50.00 to sponsor a hole. You may get a registration form from Curtis Cromwell. Please turn in money and registration by May 15th to Curtis. No prizes, no lunch, just golf!! Thanks for your support.

Our Sympathy is extended to the family of J.B. Rivers, a former beloved Lakeside member. J.B. suffered a stroke on April 11th and passed away on April 20th.

Kay Alexander Moreta KimbalHolly Cureton Donita PetersenBill Gragg Family of J.B. RiversDebbie Hamlin The Welp FamilyDaryl Hoel Billy WiseVelma (Dean) Johnson Becky Woolverton

Pastor Mark & Staff, The Easter Sunday morning service was most marvelous in every way! The message - the music - the me-dia. God bless you all for the beautiful worship experience. Marolyn Stout

New Addresses

Debbie Hamlin 26 NW 156th Street Edmond, OK 73013

Bobbie Kaserman 2711 W. Britton Road, #82 Oklahoma City, OK 73120

.RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

The LAKESIDER2925 NW 66th StreetOklahoma City, OK 73116

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Helping Hands RepoRt

Thank you for all of your contributions to Helping Hands. During the month of April, we were abke to help many people who requested assistance from our church. We helped with $250.00 in utility payments; $185.00 in rental assistance and provided four people with gasoline cards. Our Food Bank was also able to provide bags of food for several families. Helping Hands and our Food Bank are being called on more and more frequently. Please remember those in need by leaving your gift to Helping Hands on the altar on communion Sundays or in the offer-ing plate designating the same.

Bob Alexander & Mark RIckman

MotHeR's day - May 13tH

I never knew how much love my heart could hold until someone called me “mommy”.- Unknown

Love is blind because “My mother started loving me before seeing my face”.- Unknown

It takes someone really brave to be a mother, someone strong to raise a child and someone special to love someone more than herself. - Unknown

“All that I am or ever hope to be,I owe to my angel Mother.”- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)