Empowerment
contributed by Hank Godwin “That nail gun changed my life,” said Nicole Ross. I’m not sure this was the target transformation that most of the leadership team wanted to achieve. However, it was an indicator of a great life skill that all the college campers of the 2019 Ozark Mission Project (OMP)/Wesley Winter Mission Trip […]
Arkansas Conference clergy attend Young Adult Clergy Leadership Forum in D.C.
Two Arkansas Annual Conference clergy members recently had the opportunity to attend the General Board of Church and Society’s Young Adult Clergy Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C. The Rev. Lauren DeLano, Conway First UMC, and the Rev. Jennie Williams, Highland Valley UMC, joined a group of 50 young clergy from around the world in a forum […]
What comes next still matters
This month, the long-awaited Special Session of General Conference takes place, and most of the folks I interact with on a regular basis are – understandably – very nervous. The Commission on a Way Forward, at the direction of the Council of Bishops, have come up with three proposed plans that 864 delegates from all […]
Rev. Clark has lifetime of preparation for UMFA role
contributed by Haley Klein, United Methodist Foundation of Arkansas Rev. J. Wayne Clark may have been born in Dallas, Texas, but his true roots are found in the Arkansas United Methodist Church. During his youth in Arkansas, Wayne was very active at First UMC, Malvern, Camp Tanako, and served in youth leadership roles as the […]
Process Developed to Prioritize Legislative Committee Work at Special Session
Nashville, Tennessee: The Commission on the General Conference has devised a process for determining the order in which legislative proposals will be considered by the single legislative committee during the 2019 Special Session of the General Conference. Petitions which compose a plan will be considered together as one unit. Petitions which are not part of a plan […]
Hearts not broken
contributed by Rebekah Miles, General Conference 2019 Delegate When I was a kid, the weeks before General Conferences were exciting. I remember our father, a clergy delegate, sitting up on my parent’s double bed with a stack of papers at his side, the telephone cradled under one ear and a pencil behind the other, counting […]
Give Back During the Lenten Season in the 10th Annual Get Up & Give Collection Drive
LITTLE ROCK, AR (Jan. 2, 2019) – With the holidays behind us and the 40 days of Lent just ahead, Methodist Family Health has a way for Arkansans to honor the Lenten season by contributing to our state’s children and families who are abandoned, abused, neglected and managing psychiatric, emotional, behavioral and spiritual issues. The […]