GET TO KNOW OUR MEMBERS!!

Hi, my name is Florence (Flo) Strong; I’ve been coming to Friendly Chapel for a little over a year, and have been a member for almost the same amount of time.  I feel God has called me to the Church since day one and here is where I will serve Him.  I work at HealthSCOPE Benefits as a Benefit Administrator (HR) for a company in PA.  I work with a retiree group, so helping them get Medicare and their prescriptions is my job.  I love it!  My son is Aarron Hansen, he is an Honor Row student at Benton Middle School, and he has a passion for music, and is studying trombone and guitar.  He wants to be able to play at Church one day, and is working toward that goal.  My daughter is Kaylee Strong, she is our Light.  She loves everyone; if you have met her you most likely have received a hug.  I don’t think I have met someone as happy as she is.  She loves people and loves to sing.  We are very honored to have everyone here as a part of our family, we are blessed!

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Mike & Amesia Coleman

JOE & ANN DAVIS               JAKQUN DAVIS                   JR. ROBINSON

Good morning Friendly Chapel:

There are usually 43 Smith/Davis family members worshiping Jesus every Sunday here at Friendly Chapel. We are four of the Davis Clan.  Joe Sr., who for years used to just bring me and our boys every Sunday has now been coming himself for 10 years.  Joe Sr. loves the people here and most of all he loves working for Jesus any where he can.  He volunteers in the soup kitchen, does Thrift Store pick-ups, does yard work, works all the sales.  Together we clean the worship center along with Jakqun, our youngest son. 

I have been coming here since Friendly Chapel started – I was one of the original 12 kids that Bro. Paul, Sr. started with.  As I mentioned before, our sons and their wives, and our grandkids get to experience the same love, care, and teachings that I did when I was a kid.  Jesus loves children and so does Friendly Chapel!  If you get the kids into church then many times the parents will follow, mine did!  My mom, Mary Smith, who was featured last Sunday, made sure we (my brother and 4 sisters) were on the van and were in church every Sunday, and now mom attends regularly too.

Jakqun, our youngest son, has attended here his entire 16 ½ years.  When he is asked what he likes to do, he always answers; I like going to church, playing basketball and texting on the phone.  We are the proud parents of Joe Davis, III and Antoine, Sr. which attends here with their families.  We have an added a new member to our family, we call him Jr., and he has been with us and attending FC for a little over 2 months.

Ann Davis

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Mary Smith

Hello Church Family,

 
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Phillip & Donna Holderfield

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We are Marty and Brenda Sanady.  Together we prepare the bulletin each week and I read the prayer list.   My mother was the oldest sister of Sister Barbara Holderfield.   I began attending Friendly Chapel in February 1998.  Marty and I “met” on the internet in January 2000 and married in January 2001.  He is from West Hartford, Connecticut and is the sixth of seven brothers.  His father was a Hungarian immigrant and his mother is from Canada.  His parents opened their hearts and their home to many refugees and others in need throughout his life, which helps to account for the kind, loving spirit he exhibits.   My entire family – including my church family - fell in love with him the first time they met him, too.   Upon marrying me, Marty inherited two grown children, my daughter Rebecca, who lives in North Little Rock, and my son Eric, who with his wife Kris, has blessed us with three beautiful granddaughters and a grandson.  Even though they live in Phoenix, AZ, our greatest desire is to help set a Christian example for them. 

We are LaTrece Smith, CJ Smith, and Allie Hill and I have been attending Friendly Chapel for about 12 years. I am Cynthia's (George and Gloria Rodgers oldest daughter) daughter.  We began attending Friendly Chapel because of Sandra and Stefan Rodgers. My sister, Denee and my brother Rickey would go with Aunt San on a many of Sundays and they would always come home excited about the church, so I began to attend. Rickey Herron, my brother, was killed on October 1, 2006 and he was the drummer in the choir.  He is missed but certainly not forgotten.  I have not formally joined Friendly Chapel but I consider myself an honorary member.  I am currently working at US Bank as a banker.  Allie is 11 years old and in the sixth grade.  She attends Poplar Street Middle School.  CJ is 7 and in the second grade.  He attends Glenview Elementary.  I sing in the choir and I am a Children’s Ministry worker.  My hobbies are cooking and eating.  Allie loves to talk to her friends and work on the computer and CJ's hobbies are listening to music and playing his Playstation.   

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Hello My Friendly Chapel Family my name is Chocla Lea. I am the seventh child of George and Gloria Rodgers.  As my dad would say the baby daughter or my mom the last pea in the pod.  My immediate family includes my husband Perry Sr. daughter Taylor 13 and son Perry Jr. (PJ) 8 and our cocker spaniel OREO. I became a part of the Friendly Chapel family in 1993.  I came to know about Friendly Chapel because my nephew Stefan Rodgers played youth basketball with the church.  I am currently working towards my Bachelor degree in Organizational Management at John Brown University. I love to cook and create new desserts. I am currently employed by Arkansas Children's Hospital.  As of this April my husband Perry will have been employed with Southwest Airline for 19 years. Taylor is an 8th grade student at Rose City Middle School where she takes part in Student Council and cheerleading.  PJ is a n active 8 year old that love skate-boarding and playing the guitar.  As a family we love watching movies and EAT together.  In the picture with us is my nephew Ricky’s daughter Tioanna who is 4 years old.

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Beverly Robinson

Greetings Friendly Chapel, I am Beverly Robinson (the one in the middle of the two beautiful ladies) and this is my “immediate” family.  I stress immediate because I am the third of seven children belonging to George and Gloria Rodgers.  The majority of my family attends Friendly Chapel.  I am a counselor at McClellan Magnet High School .  I have five children.  My family has grown with the marriages of my daughter, Destiney (on my right) to Jared Peters and my son Dwan (second from left) to Crystal .  Destiney and Jared live in Dallas , Texas and Dwan and Crystal live in Atlanta , Georgia .  Brandon (far left) is the youngest.  He is a junior at Lambuth University in Jackson , Tennessee .  Yes, I am an empty nester.  I have been a member of Friendly for thirteen years.  I came to know about Friendly Chapel through the Saints basketball team coached by Nate Martin and Phillip Holderfield in 1992 and the rest is history.  I work in KidForce ministries and teach the college & young adult Sunday school class.  I love serving the Lord in any capacity. 

I enjoy spending time with my kiddos.  I also enjoy decorating and traveling.  My life has taken many twist and turns over the past thirteen years some wonderful and some horrific, but Jesus has been there through it all.  I am so excited about serving Him.  I look forward to seeing what He is doing around me every day.  Friendly Chapel is my life line.  I love my family and my church family. May God impart in you the desire to serve.

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Tim, Evie, and Jade Rodgers

We are Tim, Evie and Jade Rodgers.  We have been attending Friendly Chapel around 9 years.  Tim is the son of George and Gloria Rodgers.  We came to the church because of Sandra and Stefan Rodgers and Jade loved attending Children's Church so, we felt that this was the place for us.  We attended the church for about 1 year before we joined and I remember telling Tim that those people can't be this happy all the time.  Needless to say that it was the same happy faces every Sunday morning.  Tim works with Union Pacific Railroad as an electrician and Jade is a freshman at Central High.   I'm a recruiter at Arkansas Children's Hospital and I'm the daughter of Walter Sr. and Dottie Johnson (choir members).  My brother is Walter Jr. (usher w/ dreadlocks), his wife Danielle (nursery worker) and their daughter's Bianca Porter and Endia Johnson.  I'm also related to Verneta Stephenson (choir member & my mom's sister) and her daughter Ashley Lorings.  Wow, isn't it a blessing to have so many family members at one church!!  Oh, I almost forgot our hobbies are singing, I love to shop, Tim loves to cook and Jade being the typical teenager loves to talk on the phone.

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Sandra Rodgers, Stefan Rodgers, and Eleesha Sarver

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Gloria & George Rodgers

We are George (Daddy George) and Gloria (Mema) Rodgers.  We were married on February 21, 1957.  We have known each other for 59 years and we have been married for over 50 years.  We have 7 children; Cynthia, Sandra, Beverly, Timothy (Tim), Kirk, Carlos, and Chocla.  All of our children attend Friendly Chapel with the exception of Cynthia and Kirk, who visit occasionally.  We have 12 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.  I have attended Friendly Chapel for 12 years and George has attended for 1 1/2 years.  I love to cook, especially my homemade jellies and my "Gloridean Cake."  George makes a 'mean' homemade BBQ sauce.

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Chauncey & Courtney Bland

We are Chauncey and Courtney Bland. I am Brother Paul's 2nd oldest daughter and have been a "life long" member of Friendly Chapel, but we currently live in Cordova , TN. We were married on July 22, 2005 and we have a new addition to our family, 2 month old Collin Alexander (who is now a whopping 16 lbs!!).

We attend a local church here in Memphis , which is where Chauncey has attended church his entire life ( Brown Missionary Baptist Church ), but we love coming to Little Rock and visiting our Friendly Chapel church family. We are very fortunate to have two wonderful churches in our lives (although nothing could ever replace Friendly Chapel to me!!).

Chauncey is a middle school teacher and basketball/baseball coach and I work in public relations with the Air Line Pilots Assocation.

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HI, We are the Parkers; "I'm Leigh Ann" and "I'm Ben". 
We have been members of Friendly Chapel for 5 plus years.  It's only by the GRACE OF GOD, working through Linda and R.C. Duncan (Ben's sister & Bro-in-Law), that we are BLESSED to be united in marriage and have a great family in Christ at Friendly Chapel!  We have five grown children between us and one 6 lb. Doberman - Montanna.  We are the proud "Gruncle" and "Gumpy" to Olivia, Alex, and Elliot Jones (Children of Alena and Robbie Jones; our niece, Linda's daughter/grandbabies).  We have been blessed to have Leigh Ann's Daddy (Ben Lynch) live with us in southwest Little Rock for the past two years.  We enjoy spending time together and serving the Lord through the needs of others.  Our interests include our family, Nascar, and of course deer hunting for Ben.

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Jack & Judy Kuchar with Great - Grand Girl, Brittany

Hi, Our names are Jack & Judy Kuchar we are Yankee’s from Springfield Illinois, but we say ya’ll and fix’in to do something!  We have 2 children Susan Campbell Of Marion, Ohio and Bret Kuchar of Tulsa, OK.  We have 5 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. 

Jack works at the church and I am a Loan Assistant at Arvest Bank in downtown Little Rock. We live across the street from the Church where we have 4 Pekingese puppies Pete, Margie, Haley , and Harley.

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   Russ and Jane Atkinson

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Hi my name is Charlotte Lee I joined Friendly Chapel in 1999 after being asked by Bro, Paul several times well maybe more than one person should have to ask I started coming with the Son-Shine gang through working with them as a instructor. I would sit in on their Sunday School class and soon after I became their teacher.I  am also a member of the choir ,boy you should hear me sing. I now spend most of my time in the children's church where I teach a class each Sunday morning during our children's church services. I am also involved with our children on Wednesday night's 6:00 - 7:00 where we have Quiz Bowl through that we are learning about God's word. I  have four lovely children Terrence (32) Welder, Robert (27) Railroad, Stephanie (21) Early Childhood Teacher Tech /Student (Associate of Arts), Whitney (19) UAPB  Student  of Psychology I am also the proud grandmother of three. I am employed here at Friendly Chapel as Children's Church Assist.You may reach me 371-0912  ext 103 I am also going to be starting school at Pulaski Technical College this spring where I will be working on a degree in Early Childhood Education. Please remember us in prayer that we will continue to do the things that God has placed us here to do.