Out Love, Out Serve

“You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh, rather, serve one another humbly in love.” Galatians 5:13

2013 is our “Year of Love.” This permeates all together and showing solidarity in a difficult time. we do day by day. We were challenged immediately All things have a beginning and an end, and we are with the announcement that our first campus, sad to see the end of a great ministry in Gunter, Texas. Hilltop Haven, would be closing. Slashing cuts to reimbursement by both state and federal sources The Christian Care Centers story, however, is and a surge of new nursing homes being built ongoing. We served more individuals in 2012 during the past decade were major factors. The than ever before, and 2013 is proving to be on reality of overpowering preference by consumers track to surpass last year. The service areas at our for health care that was more convenient to their Lakewood Village and Mesquite Campuses are homes, and doctors who would not travel fifteen busy. New residents are joining our ministry each miles to see their patients were also major factors day. Life is evident in the hearts that beat regularly that put an end to a 65 year ministry to seniors in among our residents, family members, and staff. Grayson County. The Spirit of God moves among our walls each day as we serve one another in love. If you see We had the task of finding placement for yourself serving others, we invite you to join us approximately 100 residents to other facilities. as a resident, supporter, and/or prayer warrior, Our staff, knowing they would be moving on as utilizing your talents and your resources. We seek well, shouldered the weight, made phone calls your love, your prayers, and your service. As our to family members, scheduled appointments “Year of Love” continues, we seek opportunities to discuss options, and helped pack and move to Out Love and Out Serve, bringing the love of residents as they left Hilltop Haven to go to their Christ each day to this place! next destination. Our loving staff continued to give the quality care that earned them top God’s blessings, rankings in the county, serving each individual at the highest level until the day the last resident was transferred. Many of the staff members were recruited highly by local providers, and some have even found themselves serving the same residents Phil Elmore at their new location. These two paragraphs are President/CEO a major oversimplification of the events pre and post closing and do not do justice to the teams that were comprised of staff from all locations coming 2 Hilltop Haven Closure

On Wednesday, January 16, Phil Elmore, President and CEO of Christian Care Centers, Inc., announced the future closing of our beloved 65 year old campus, Hilltop Haven, located in Gunter, Texas.

Mr. Elmore stood before the assembled employees, and with a heavy heart, announced the closure for March 16, 2013.

Phil, much like Joshua standing before the assemblage of God’s people of old, recited the history of Hilltop Haven. He told of the months of prayer and diligent efforts to remain viable on what he referenced as the “sacred ground” of Gunter.

He said, “The frailest and the neediest have been cared for here. Heroes of the faith have spent their final days here. God’s Heavenly Kingdom has welcomed thousands HOME from this sacred place.”

Mr. Elmore profusely thanked the Hilltop Haven staff for their dedicated service and assured them of assistance in finding employment in the area and professional Christian counseling, if necessary. He assured the Hilltop Haven family that Christian Care Centers would work with residents’ families tirelessly to find suitable placements for our remaining 98 residents.

“Competition and convenience have challenged our ministry for years,” explained Mr. Elmore. “Consistent underfunding of Medicaid, our primary service option, and an overwhelming reduction of Medicare payments have made it impossible to continue with this ministry at Hilltop Haven.”

Mr. Elmore prayed with the staff, “Please, O LORD, give us grace—AMAZING GRACE—to navigate through the challenges, the changes, and through the opportunities ahead of us.”

Please be assured that the ministry and mission of Christian Care Centers remains strong and bright. We still serve approximately 2,ooo seniors on our other two campuses and in our Home Health and Hospice care. Expansions are presently being planned on the Fort Worth campus for a much needed memory care unit and a new rehab facility on the Mesquite campus. An exciting Satellite Community is being planned in the Metroplex as well.

We solicit your earnest prayers for our residents and staff at Hilltop Haven during this time of transition. We LOOK UP for Divine Providence to blanket us and empower us in days ahead, as did Joshua in Joshua chapter 24.

3 “The exemplary, Christ-like care of seniors remains our ‘calling,’ just as it has been from our infancy on the sacred soil of Gunter.”

Once the closure announcement was made, all 98 residents in the Nursing Home found new locations and moved out within the first 19 days. The residents relocated to 35 different Skilled Nursing facilities throughout the area, as well as across the state. Seven residents moved to Christian Care Center in Mesquite. The Hilltop Haven Chaplain and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Luker, have relocated to the Lakewood Village Campus of Christian Care Centers. Brother Luker is now the Chaplain at Lakewood Village.

A job fair was held for the employees of Hilltop Haven. Many have been employed by area employers and are continuing to serve the residents they previously served at Hilltop Haven.

On February 17, a Hilltop Haven Memories event was held for the residents and their families, employees and their families, and friends of Hilltop Haven. The event included speeches by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Harold Tidwell; President and CEO, Phil Elmore; and Sr. Vice President and COO, Ken Carpenter. A highlight of the day were remarks by Linda Morrison, Sr. Vice President/COO, retired, sharing many of her Hilltop memories. The event also featured a 15 minute video of 18 Hilltop Haven employees sharing their memories. A historical photostory showed an overview of the 65 years of Hilltop Haven’s history.

The residents living at Hilltop when the announcement was made were given a large print Bible with their name engraved on the cover. The 130 employees were also given a personalized Bible.

A reception was held in the annex following the Memories service. The event ended with the release of 300 purple and white balloons over Hilltop Haven. Just as the wind scattered the balloons over North Texas on that windy Sunday afternoon, we know that the winds of influence at Hilltop Haven have spread across the years and miles blessing many thousands during these six decades.

4 “I’ve Got a Mansion Over the Hilltop…”

Sitting sweetly and silently in her wheelchair in our Special Care Unit in Mesquite is a small woman with a huge heart. Only few know of her immense stature as matriarch of the vast ministry in North Texas that came to be known as Christian Care Centers.

Ralph Godfrey served as our founding “Superintendent” of the Home for the Aged in Gunter in 1947—and came back to Gunter twice, in 1959 and 1969, to stabilize the ministry when the Home for the Aged was wobbling due to insufficient funds. Ralph actually finished his race in Gunter in 1994 as one of our residents. Brother Godfrey was a titanic figure of the Restoration Movement during his lifetime. Ralph also served Boles Home, Sunny Glenn Children’s Home, Lubbock Christian College, the Bible Chair at OC, and served as a local preacher in several towns in Texas and Oklahoma. His gift was being a prophetic voice within the church, championing the cause of those often forgotten.

His famous quote is in a prominent place in our Corporate Office in Mesquite:

“Home for the Aged needs three things— Grit, Grace and Greenbacks. Grit, we have, Grace, God will give the Grace, but who is going to give the Greenbacks?”

Ralph wrote in the June 1947 Herald of Hope : “This home and its care cannot give escape from death. We can add, by constant care in some cases, weeks, months, or years of comfortable life to the lot of some. We foresee that our family shall be saddened by death. The other side of the picture is bright. We can achieve a Christian environment. We can make those who live here comfortable. We can reduce suffering to a minimum. We can provide proper food. We can give tender care. For all these things, we are thankful.”

These words still echo in our hallways.

From the April 1948 Herald of Hope, as Ralph tirelessly was trying to raise funds, he wrote: “It is all right to send the gospel to foreign fields, but don’t forget the old soldiers who pioneered the gospel in America. You’ll find some of them in the Home for Aged…Don’t neglect the needs of the Home. You may be a guest here someday…Chickens come home to roost, so let’s fix a ‘pole’ for them to roost on.”

Ruth and the five children, of course, lived, breathed, ate, and slept the ministry of Hilltop Haven.

Joe was six when his folks moved to Gunter. He remembers: “The old Gunter Bible College building was unfit for the residents. Work began to build the first cottage. Our family of four moved into the corner room on the third floor. There was no plumbing, scant heating, a leaky roof, and crawling critters everywhere. Mom ran a garden hose through the window to do dishes and cooked for the workers and our family on a burner hot place.”

In fact, in the early years at Gunter, Ruth was a one woman dynamo. She cooked, cleaned, and did washing (with tub and washboard) for the residents personally—all as an unpaid volunteer. When electricity was finally installed, the Godfrey family refrigerator was shared by all the residents.

But the arresting part of this story is that when Mrs. Godfrey was interviewed by Dr. Billy Ray Cox in 1995,

5 she said that she never thought of those years as “suffering or of sacrifice.” Mrs. Godfrey told Billy Ray, “God saw to it that we had enough strength to do whatever was necessary.” She added humbly, “I feel like I had a part in doing something worthwhile.”

Daughter Deborah said of her Mom’s personality, that she found delight in simple things—a drive in the family car with the family singing hymns as her mom pointed out wildflowers and “pretty cows.”

“When Mom was in her 80s, some of her crochet work was entered in a fair, and she returned home proudly showing off her blue ribbons.”

Deborah continued: “Mom had a wonderful sense of humor. She loved Red Skelton, especially his pantomime skits. Her favorite singers were Bing Crosby and Jim Nabors, and if she heard an a cappela men’s chorus, she was in heaven. Never having known my mom to go to the movies, I was surprised to learn she knew of the actor William Ralph and Ruth Godfrey celebrate their Powell. At the mention of his name, she brightened up and told 50th anniversary in 1986. me that he played ‘My Man Godfrey’ that came out in 1936, the year she married her own Man Godfrey!”

“She got her first paying job when she was 53, as a nurses’ aide at the Denton State School. She spent ten years there, and by the time she left, she had been moved into occupational therapy. She always seemed surprised and delighted when she was complimented by her superiors.”

“Central to her life was obeying God, and in every aspect of her life, every decision was weighed by right and wrong. She was there whenever the doors of the church building were open, so long as she didn’t have a sick child to tend to at home. Late in life as she began losing her faculties and confusion set in, she would get up at all hours of the night, put on her best dress and Sunday hat and wake everyone up to go to church. ‘Is it Sunday?’ she would ask, and beam with delight if the answer was ‘Yes!’”

Janet Lovell, outstanding LVN for our Special Care Unit, said that although Ruth is no longer verbal, “she speaks with her eyes.” When asked what Mrs. Godfrey say with those eyes, the answer was no surprise—“The love pours out.”

Linda Morrison, our retired Senior VP of Operations said of Mrs. Godfrey: “In all the years that I knew Ruth, I believe she was the kindest, sweetest Christian woman I ever knew. She was the mother of five children and a help mate in every way to Brother Godfrey as he served in the ministry for more than 50 years. I never heard her utter an unkind word to anyone or about anyone. She always put others before herself. Mr. Godfrey made many sacrifices in his service to the Lord, and Ruth made as many or more. I know her children rise up and call her ‘blessed.’”

“I have no doubt she will receive a crown of glory for all that she did then and throughout Brother Godfrey’s ministry serving right beside him.”

Brother Godfrey used to speak of the honor of serving those in the “evening Ruth Godfrey lives in the of life.” Sister Godfrey in her wheelchair is in the “evening of life,” awaiting Mesquite Special Care Unit. the glorious morn of rest, of reunion, and of reward.

John Scott 6 Minister of Mission Effectiveness IN MEMORY OF: JUDY BYARS Church of Christ at Christian Care, Mesquite JOHN ALLEN Nona Epps, Mesquite Ken & Toby Bonham, Garland John & Teresa Scott, Rowlett ANNETTA BYSTROM Jim & Jean Rochel, Mesquite BILL AMEND (FINIS) Harold & Billie Faye Curtis, Dallas ALLEN CANAFAX Lucile McNiel, Mesquite Phil & Carolyn Elmore, Sunnyvale

GEORGE & LULA BELLE ASHMORE ASCENSION CANTU, JR. David & Missy Ashmore, Frisco Lucile McNiel, Mesquite

ELA BETH BAILEY LUCILLE CARPENTER Phil Savage, Richardson Danny & Vicki Looney, Plano

LOU BAKER ARMAND CAUSE Bruce & Jalyn Baker, Rowlett Don & Pat Dennis, Mesquite

AUDEON BALDWIN CHRISTIAN CARE-ALZHEIMER’S RESIDENTS Ron & Mary Cheyne, Granbury Charlotte Burnett, Mesquite

PRATT BALDWIN OTIS & NELL CLAMP Ron & Mary Cheyne, Granbury Mike & Carol Danforth, Plano

JEWETT BARKER JEWEL CLEMENT Becky Novotny, Garland Stephanie Paul, Rowlett

JEWEL BARNETT WENDY COATS Don & Pat Dennis, Mesquite Dennis & Denise Thompson, Rowlett

KENNETH T. BEARD (Monthly) EVERETT CONNICK Monette Beard-Miller, Plano Jesse & Lois Evans, Lake Dallas

DARL BELL BARBARA COOP Dr. & Mrs. Larry Richmond, Garland Pamela Coop, Kaufman Bryan & Holly Titsworth, Rowlett CHARLES COTTON RUTH BENEDICK Keith & Cindy Maloney, Allen Chad & Rana Tyson, Rowlett EDDIE & GRACE COUCH CLEOLA BIRGE John & Jena Holton, Murphy Sandra Caldwell, Tyler Ferguson Road Baptist Church, Dallas WES & ETOILE DANFORTH Mr. & Mrs. Donald Poe, Katy Mike & Carol Danforth, Plano Robert & Bobbye Thompson, Richardson JESSIE DEAN FAYE MCCURLEY BISHOP Dr. Lance & Amanda Bruce, Sunnyvale Greg & Deidra Bennett, Texarkana, AR Gary & Linda East, Texarkana, AR MARIE DHANE Curt & Diane Green (Curt Green & Company), Paul & Virginia Cathey, Mesquite Texarkana Church of Christ at Christian Care, Mesquite Tim & Linda Hall, Wylie Helen Jackson, Texarkana, AR LORENE DINKINS Jana James, Gainesville I. Wayne Woolsey, Wichita, KS Robert & Diane Jernigan, Chandler, AZ Dwayne & Gail Reese, Texarkana SUE DUFF Harold & Wanda Wells, Valley View Tim & Carole Perkins, Rockwall Patricia Wooldridge, Oil City, LA

MARVIN BROWN MARY JO EMBRY Anna Brown, Mesquite Leon Embry, Mesquite

7 ELL ENGLAND Roy & Joyce Riggs, Dallas Rick & Jeannie England, Garland Riverside Church of Christ, Coppell John & Teresa Scott, Rowlett LESLIE C. & LUCILLE L. FRY Jack & Glenda Fry, Granbury W. A. “DUB” HARRISON B. G. & Mildred Harrison, Dallas MAE GATZKE (Monthly) Mr. & Mrs. David Campbell, Sunnyvale MAXINE HEID Laurel Blackburn, Rockwall LIZZIE NEAL GIDDINGS Carol E. Brooks JOHN HOPPER Dr. & Mrs. Clarence J. Brooks David & Deborah Deas, Athens Commissioner Roy C. Brooks & Dr. Jennifer G. Brooks WILLIE D. HENRY Marian Brooks Bryant Lucile McNiel, Mesquite Maryellen Hicks, Fort Worth Janet Long JUDY HOCUTT Alfred & Gloria Moran, Arlington Church of Christ at Christian Care, Mesquite Links, Inc., Fort Worth Chapter, Fort Worth Greenway Village Residents Association, Dr. & Mrs. A. Eugene Washington Mesquite James & Jean Rochel, Mesquite HELEN GOINS B. G. & Mildred Harrison, Dallas AUDREY “BEA” HUNTER Frank & Doris Alexander, Dallas ROSE GRAY Jean Lyons, Houston Linda Gray, Austin BARBARA JOHNSON BILLY WAYNE GREEN Dr. Max & Lynn Chennault, Garland Richard & Yvonne Cox, Dallas JACQUELYN JOYCE JONAS RICHARD GREEN Paul Mayer, Garland Brown, McCarroll, L.L.P., Austin Richard & Yvonne Cox, Dallas CANDY JONES Madalynne Doyle, Mesquite Church of Christ at Christian Care, Mesquite Nona Epps, Mesquite Mr. & Mrs. Bill Hood, Mesquite DOROTHY (DOTTIE) JONES Dr. John & Karen Losher, Garland Jim & Bernice Hamilton, Mesquite Mark Lignoul, Livingston ETHEL HAGLER James & Jean Rochel, Mesquite Jan Cole, Dallas John & Teresa Scott, Rowlett Julie Smith, Dallas MAX HARPER, JR. Jim & Margaret Smothers, Peachtree City, GA Charles & Janet Anthorp, Dallas Lane & RuthAnn Cubstead, Dallas JIMMY (JEWEL M.) JONES Gloria Stroud Gantner, St. Louis, MO Kathy Kelly, Dallas Gerry & Kay Lynn Harris, Corsicana Jack W. Hawkins, Dallas MARJORIE ROBERTS JONES Peter & Megan McKenna, Leesburg, VA Community Bank & Trust, Waco Mel & Beverly Traylor & Family, Dallas Mike & Barbara Tucker, Midlothian VIRGINIA JONES Ray & Sue Cook Valenta, Irving Paul & Virginia Cathey, Mesquite Church of Christ at Christian Care, Mesquite DON HARRIS Charles & Janet Apthorp, & The Misfits Bible ELLA JORDAN Study Group, Dallas Genie Jordan, Dallas Lisa Barnes, Dallas Goldie Berry, Duncanville WILLIAM DEAN KNIGHT (BILL) Jerry & Marcia Browder, Denton Lewis & C.B. Knight, Dallas R. E. & M. L. Cherry, Fort Worth Gary & Carol Goff, Coppell MARION LAIRD M. Van & Suzanne Henley, Colleyville Andy Craig, Mesquite Dale Holman, Frisco Vance & Charla McCracken, Abilene Laura Jacobus, Dallas Ken & Claudia Truax & Family, Mesquite Keith Mitchell, Katy Claudia Walker, Abilene Barbara Poteet, Duncanville 8 J.D & NANNIE MAE LANCASTER SUNNY PARKS David & Evelyn Lancaster, The Woodlands Alan & Mary Ahlgrimm, Athens Mark & Terri Aldriedge, Abilene GARLDENE LATHAM Bruce & Jalyn Baker, Rowlett Mike & Carol Danforth, Plano Gary Bingham & Associates, Mesquite Ken & Toby Bonham, Garland TALETA MABRY Gary & Dolly Brown, Longview John & Carole Mabry, Allen Debbie Burnett, LaRue David & Ruby Bush, Hot Springs, AR LILLIAN MAJORS Paul & Virginia Cathy, Mesquite Joffrey & Verna Majors, Parker Jayar & Ginger Daily, Houston David & Deborah Deas, Athens BILL MANNING Carolyn Elmore, Sunnyvale Betty Manning, Mesquite Judge Harold Entz, Dallas Dale & Amy Harbison, Trinidad BILLIE JEAN MAY Dr. Suzanne Harris, Rockwall Church of Christ at Christian Care, Mesquite Jimmy & Bonnie Hocutt, Athens Bobbie Horton, Hot Springs, AR ROBERT MCCLENDON Jimmy & Carol Hudson, Athens Ken & Toby Bonham, Garland Morgan Jones, Athens Paul & Virginia Cathey, Mesquite Jimmy & Jo Judah, Kopperl Church of Christ at Christian Care, Mesquite Ted & Anne Leiman, Dallas Don & Pat Dennis, Mesquite LinkEx Employees, Dallas Madalynne Doyle, Mesquite Danny & Vicki Looney, Plano Nona Epps, Mesquite Larry & Janice Merrifield, Athens Danny & Beulah Godfrey, Sculpture Springs Charles & Ernestine Monroe, Athens Dr. John & Karen Losher, Garland Janice Neal, Plano Jean Nettles, Groesbeck John Nowak, Dallas Harvey & Edith Sanders, Irving Mr. & Mrs. Barry Packer, Dallas John & Teresa Scott, Rowlett Neil & Gayla Plunkett, Richardson Tim & Ann Plunkett, Creve Coeur, MO JEAN MCMILLEN Howard & Faye Polakoff, Dallas Richard & Pat Lawson, Dallas Prestoncrest Church of Christ, Dallas Annie Rosser, Mesquite SARAH JANE MILLER (Monthly) David Saddock, (Saddock & Co), Dallas Harvey Miller, Plano John & Teresa Scott, Rowlett Peter & Sylvia Short, Athens ROBERT E. MONROE Kim Small, Bedford Jim & Linda Pearson & Family, Trophy Club Diane, Kenny, Preston & Margaret Smith, Conway, AR JOHNY & GLADYS MORSE Frank Timmons, Garland Maryalyce Deloach, Garland Rick Timmons, Garland Irene Tisbi, Mesquite EARLINE MULLINS Holly Titsworth, Rowlett Betty Hunter, Howe Mary Faye Ward, Athens Charlotte Webberman, Dallas DONNY NEILL Don & Phyllis Wilson, Hurst Dale & Carolyn Boyd, Mesquite Joey & Andrea Wrape, Rowlett Bob & Geneva Zarbaugh, Sunnyvale JOHN OEHLSCHLAEGAR Lucile McNiel, Mesquite NOREEN PERDUE Mark Webb, North Richland Hills MR. & MRS. OMOHUNDRO Todd & Tina Dreger, The Colony CODY POOLE Bryan & Holly Titsworth, Rowlett MAE BRIGHT OTWAY Dr. Lance & Amanda Bruce, Sunnyvale DR. RALPH POTEET Tim & Carole Perkins, Rockwall Dr. Lance & Amanda Bruce, Sunnyvale Mr. & Mrs. Paul Cathey, Mesquite VELMA PACKER Dr. Max & Lynn Chennault, Garland B. G. & Mildred Harrison, Dallas Randy & Margaret Christian & Family Church of Christ at Christian Care, Mesquite SALLY PADEN Dr. Bruce & Eloise Cooper, Garland Gerry & Donna Taylor, Parker Don & Pat Dennis, Mesquite

9 Madalynne Doyle, Mesquite MARY SCOGGINS Nona Epps, Mesquite Charlotte Burnett, Mesquite Betty Essary, Mesquite Ward English, Dallas Lynn & Janie Harms & Family Bill & Marge Hood, Mesquite Bill & Marge Hood, Mesquite Danny & Vicki Looney, Plano LOUISE SELLERS Dr. John & Karen Losher, Garland Mrs. Carol Danforth, Plano Dr. & Mrs. Larry Richmond, Garland John & Teresa Scott, Rowlett DIANE SEXTON Jerry & Janie Thomas & Family Church of Christ at Christian Care, Mesquite Ruth Thomas, Georgetown Don & Pat Dennis, Mesquite Sherry Thomas Alice Turner, Fort Worth MILDRED DANFORTH SIGMUND Wayne & Elaine Yniguez, Sunnyvale Mike & Carol Danforth, Plano

CURTIS RAMEY IVA LORENE SIMS Ron & Norma Jones, Euless Becky’s Bible Study Friends Danny & Vicki Looney, Plano LA VERA RAY Charlotte Marcel, Richardson Bob & Geneva Zarbaugh, Sunnyvale MARIE MORRIS SLEDGE MANUEL REBOLLO Lucile McNiel, Mesquite Mike & Lil Ortega, Corinth ROSS SMITH MARGARET REID Dale & Carolyn Boyd, Mesquite Bob & Olena Reed, Richardson CLEO STEPHENSON SUZANNE D. RIAL Charles & Margie Stephenson, Richardson Bryan Barina, Mesquite BILLY RAY STEVENS GLEN ROBERTS Don & Pat Dennis, Mesquite Todd & Tina Dreger, The Colony MACO STEWART ALTHA ROGERS Dr. Chris & Michelle Stewart, Garland John & Teresa Scott, Rowlett PEARL STONE CLAIRE OTTENSTEIN ROSS Russell & Anita Sommers, Grand Prairie Don & Pat Dennis, Mesquite GLEN SWEENEY RUBY RYALS Billie Jo Sweeney, Mesquite Tom & Joni Hoyland, Corpus Christi Betty Shinsato, Plano ELIZABETH TAYLOR Bob & Olena Reid, Richardson IOLA SAMPSON Rick & Jeannie England, Garland YVONNA THRIFT Church of Christ at Christian Care, Mesquite WYATT SAWYER John & Teresa Scott, Rowlett Bill & Marge Hood, Mesquite Larry & P.J. Lockwood, Fort Worth JETTYE TIDWELL (Monthly) John & Teresa Scott, Rowlett Melba Warrach, Allen

KEN SCATTERGOOD TIM TIMMONS Tim & Carole Perkins, Rockwall Richard & Yvonne Cox, Dallas John & Teresa Scott, Rowlett Barbara Hendon, Tulsa, OK Danny & Vicki Looney, Plano RUSSELL D. SCHOONOVER (Monthly) Gary Richardson, Clearwater, FL Liz Schoonover, Fort Worth Richard & Muriel Trumbley, Watonga, OK

HARVEY SCOGGINS C.M. USSERY Charlotte Burnett, Mesquite Mary Jones, Mesquite Ward English, Dallas Pauline Ussery, Mesquite Bill & Marge Hood, Mesquite ANNE C. VANNOY David Vannoy, Lewisville

10 PAUL WILKERSON Nona Epps, Mesquite Greenway Village Residents Association, Mesquite James & Jean Rochel, Mesquite John & Teresa Scott, Rowlett Lucile McNiel, Mesquite

AMY WILSON David & Amy Enoch, Shady Shores

ZIG ZIGLAR Laurie Magers, Carrollton James & Julie Norman, Alvord

Memorial and Honor Donations can be made online at: www.ChristianCareCenters.org or mailed to Christian Care Centers Advancement 900 Wiggins Parkway Mesquite, Texas 75150

11 IN HONOR OF:

FRANK & DORIS ALEXANDER TERESA SCOTT Jean Lyons, Houston Margaret Parks, Athens

GEORGE & LYNN ASHMORE WAYNE & MOZELLE TIDWELL David & Missy Ashmore, Frisco Michael Brown, Fort Worth

GEORGE BAILEY YVONNA THRIFT Bill & Marge Hood, Mesquite Julie Thrift, Plano

BOARD OF TRUSTEES – CHRISTIAN CARE CENTERS IRENE TISBI Neil & Jackie Furrh, Mesquite Neil & Gayla Plunkett, Richardson

CARY BOONE HOPE TYLER Bob & Olena Reid, Richardson Don & Pat Dennis, Mesquite

BETTY BREZIK MARTHA UNDERWOOD Stacey Brezik, Rockwall Richard & Yvonne Cox, Dallas

JESSIE BRICE MELBA WARRACH Wayne & Glenda Bounds, Mesquite Charlotte Burnett, Mesquite

CHURCH OF CHRIST AT CHRISTIAN CARE HELEN WRAPE Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Holmes, Mesquite Joey Wrape, Rowlett

PAT COX Louise Sansom, Fort Worth

DR. DAVID & MRS. TRACI DENNIS Don & Pat Dennis, Mesquite

DENI DENNIS Mr. & Mrs. Don Dennis, Mesquite

RICHARD ELMORE Phil & Carolyn Elmore, Sunnyvale Jimmy & Rita Holmes, Mesquite

BETH FISHER Pat Hawkins, Garland

HERB & PAT GIBSON Mr. & Mrs. Houston Goodspeed, Dallas

CLINTON & MARY HUMPHRIES Wayne & Sherry Barber, Garland

ROGER & MARIE PICKENS David & Missy Ashmore, Frisco

RANDY & BEVERLY RICHEY Gary & Julie Titlow, Rockwall

JIM SCHOUTER Margaret Garrett, Lewisville

JOHN SCOTT Church of Christ at Christian Care, Mesquite

JOHN & TERESA SCOTT Harold & Betty Taylor, Carrollton

12 Supporting Churches of Christ to the Christian Care Centers Mission:

Buckingham Road Church of Christ Forney Church of Christ Tom Bean Church of Christ Garland, TX Forney, TX Tom Bean, TX

Central Church of Christ Highway 31 Church of Christ Van Alstyne Church of Christ Denison, TX Brownsboro, TX Van Alstyne, TX

Central Church of Christ Honey Grove Church of Christ Venus Church of Christ Lufkin, TX Honey Grove, TX Venus, TX

Chandler Street Church of Christ Leonard Church of Christ West Mountain Church of Christ Kilgore, TX Leonard, TX Gladewater, TX

Church of Christ Lewisville Church of Christ Western Heights Church of Christ Howe, TX Lewisville, TX Sherman, TX

Church of Christ Missouri Street Church of Christ Woodland West Church of Christ Alba, TX Baytown, TX Arlington, TX

Church of Christ New York Avenue Church of Christ Wylie Church of Christ Farmersville, TX Arlington, TX Wylie, TX

Church of Christ Ola Church of Christ Daingerfield, TX Kaufman, TX

Church of Christ Park Avenue Church of Christ Texline, TX Denison, TX

Church of Christ Pleasant Grove Church of Christ Hedley, TX Dallas, TX

Church of Christ Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ Champions Houston, TX Arlington, TX

Church of Christ at Christian Care Preston Road Church of Christ Mesquite, TX Dallas, TX

Church of Christ at Lakewood Village Prestoncrest Church of Christ Fort Worth, TX Dallas, TX

Cliffwood Church of Christ Saturn Road Church of Christ Dallas, TX Garland, TX

Commerce Street Church of Christ Shady Grove Church of Christ Gainesville, TX Big Sandy, TX

Crestview Church of Christ South Main Church of Christ Waco, TX Henderson, TX

East Side Church of Christ Southside Church of Christ Snyder, TX Fort Worth, TX

13 Tom Bean Church of Christ Tom Bean, TX

Van Alstyne Church of Christ Spring is our favorite time of the year—a time when we can enjoy the beauty of the Creator’s handiwork after being cooped Van Alstyne, TX up during the cold, wet winter. We look forward to vacations, picnics, dinner with friends, or just shopping for the day.

Venus Church of Christ Unfortunately, some of our residents can no longer do these things without assistance. Many gave up their cars Venus, TX when they moved to Christian Care Center. They depend on our staff to drive them to do things they have always loved. They live the new reality West Mountain Church of Christ that they must depend on someone else. We are blessed to be able to Gladewater, TX serve these seniors, but we need your help. Christian Care Center is in need of a new van to transport our residents. It must be wheelchair Western Heights Church of Christ accessible. The cost of this van is $50,000. Sherman, TX Despite the tough economy, we ask you, our friends and supporters, to Woodland West Church of Christ commit to provide this much needed transportation for our Health Care Arlington, TX Center residents.

Wylie Church of Christ As you step outside, get into your car, and drive to your spring activities, we ask that you remember those who need Wylie, TX assistance to do so. Won’t you please help enhance the lives of the residents we serve? We need you and your generous support. Your gift will be a blessing to many seniors. This gift may be given in honor or memory of someone you love.

Thank you for your support. May God bless you. Enhancing the lives of seniors,

Teresa Scott John Scott Senior Vice President, Christian Care Centers Minister of Mission Effectiveness 972-686-2436  [email protected] 972-686-2438  [email protected] P.S. Help us celebrate Christian Care Center’s 40th Anniversary on September 8, 2013, at 2:00p.m. ------I would like to help with Christian Care Center’s transportation need. Name

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Christian Care Centers, Inc., a ministry of churches of Christ, is committed to providing housing and health care services for senior adults and others with special needs in a loving and compassionate environment which encourages relationships, independence, and dignity through spiritual, physical, social and recreational programs.

Christian Care Centers provides long-term care, rehabilitation, outpatient therapy, assisted living, memory care assisted living and retirement living between its two communities: Christian Care Senior Living Community, Mesquite; and Lakewood Village Senior Living Community, Fort Worth.

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