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Staff
Listing
Gardner's staff is an extremely dedicated
group of talented individuals who use their many and varied skills to
serve God.
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Pastor
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Hunt
Rev. and Mrs.
Robert Hunt recently joined the staff at Gardner. We are extremely
happy to have them!
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Associate
Pastor
Rev. John O. Alston
Brother John retired as a United Methodist minister in June, 2001,
when he and his wife Milli moved back home from the Washington D.C.
area. The Alston's have 3 children and 3 grandchildren. Rev. Alston
served Gardner as the pastor from 1990 to 1993. He is now our visitation
pastor bringing
much comfort to our shut-ins and members in area nursing homes.
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Administrative
Assistant
Joy Cameron
Joy is a life
long member of Gardner Memorial United Methodist Church. She started
working for the church in 1986. She has served as Director of Program
and Outreach and Youth Director. She currently serves as Financial
Secretary and Administrative Assistant. She is married and has two
sons. Her family lives in Sherwood, AR.
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Church
Secretary
Dee Roberts
Dee is a life-long member of Gardner. She has two daughters, three
grandsons and one granddaughter. She has been the church secretary
since December of 1991. In addition to her secretarial duties, she
also works for a caterer/florist coordinating and catering weddings
as well as anniversary, birthday and retirement parties. In her spare
time her hobbies include counted cross - stitch and raising African
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Music
Director
Chuck Goss
Charles S. (Chuck) Goss is our Director of Music. Chuck is a life-long
resident of North Little Rock as well as a member of Gardner. He graduated
from North Little Rock High School and obtained his BSE in Music and
his Masters of Music from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville
where he played in the band. Chuck is an accomplished trumpet player
and on occasion treats us to some of his special renditions. He came
on staff at Gardner in 1987. Chuck and his beautiful wife, Sally,
reside in Little Rock. |
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Organist
Caroline Riggs
Caroline Riggs grew up in Iowa. She began studying piano at age five
and organ at the age of eleven. When she was thirteen she began playing
the organ for church services. Caroline holds an AA degree in music
from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri; a Bachelor of Music Degree
in piano performance from the University of Missouri and attended
Boston University graduate school majoring in organ. She toured as
a piano soloist with the Women's Army Corps Band for two years.
Caroline and her husband Cliff (who sings in the Gardner Chancel Choir),
were educational missionaries with the United Church Board of World
Ministries. They taught for three years at Aleppo College in Aleppo,
Syria.
Caroline has been organist and music director at churches in Ohio,Massachusetts, West Virginia, California, Missouri, Iowa and Arkansas. She has been Gardner's accompanist, playing both piano and organ, since 1992. |
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Custodian
James Jackson
Jim is our building engineer. He is retired. He and his wife Shirley
have a daughter, Mrs. Kathy Larch and a son, Mike, both of Little
Rock. Gardner couldn't operate without Jim and the marvelous job he
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Gardner Memorial United
Methodist Church
1723 Schaer Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas USA 72114
501-374-9520 | gardnermemorialumc@aristotle.net
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