General Conference 2020 seeks liturgists
NASHVILLE, Tennessee: The 2020 General Conference worship design team invites United Methodists to take an active role in the worship experience at the denomination’s quadrennial event as it seeks individuals to write liturgy, including prayers, calls to worship and litanies. The denomination’s top legislative assembly is set to meet May 5-15, 2020, in Minneapolis. To […]
Q&A w/ Clay McCastlain
New Arkansas United Methodist Men President
Tell me about yourself: Where you’re from, where you live now, where you went to school, and your current job. I grew up in Clarendon, Arkansas. I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Hendrix College and then moved to Memphis, Tennessee. I earned a Master of Science degree in cell biology from […]
MFH Provides Ample Opportunity for Healing After Personal Loss
contributed by Amy Shores, Director of Pastoral Care at Methodist Family Health Kaleidoscope Grief Center was another program of Methodist Family Health of which I was unfamiliar upon starting my position, but there is some fantastic ministry and healing taking place here. This program includes therapy and support groups for both parents and children who […]
Pray for our Church, Pray for our Delegates
The Arkansas Annual Conference is this month; and I’m pleased to say that this year, I’ll actually know what’s going on! As many of you know, my first week as the Digital Content Editor for the Conference was the same week as the Conference’s annual gathering in Hot Springs, Arkansas; the Super Bowl for Arkansas […]
A Common Word from the Council of Bishops
Thursday, May 9, 2019 The Council of Bishops offers a pastoral and prophetic word in response to the decisions of the Special Session and the codification of some of these decisions in our Book of Discipline. Bishops are not judges or legislators. Bishops are preachers, teachers, shepherds, mediators, and missional strategists who appoint clergy and […]
More Than Marital Status
5 Things Your Church can do to Welcome Singles
Statistically, single people are much less likely to attend church. I once heard someone say in a leadership institute, “the church doesn’t know what to do with single people.” While this is true, I believe the ways we connect with singles are applicable to the ways we connect with lots of different people: Be Hospitable […]
Obituary for David Moody Moore Jr.
David Moody Moore, Jr., born September 19, 1949, in Little Rock to David Moody Moore and Jane Frances Paschal, passed away May 4, 2019, at the age of 69. After graduating from high school he attended UALR and the UAMS College of Health Related Professions School of Radiologic Technology where he began a long, rewarding […]
Alcanzando a cada persona
Dos residentes de Arkansas ingresan a la escuela de pastor local para ministrar a la comunidad hispana
Traducido al español por Lupita Chavarria. En la Iglesia Metodista Unida, hay tres caminos distintos de candidatura que aquellos que buscan enseñar y servir en la denominación pueden tomar: un anciano ordenado, un diácono ordenado o un pastor local. Los ancianos son sacerdotes ordenados y pueden servir en el ministerio parroquial como pastor de una […]
Reaching Every Person
Two Arkansans enter local pastoring school to minister to Hispanic community
This is the English version of the story. For a Spanish-translated version, click here. (Esta es la versión en inglés de la historia. Para una versión traducida al español, haga clic aquí.) In the United Methodist Church, there are three distinct candidacy paths that those who seek to teach and serve in the denomination can […]
Obituary for Muriel H. Peters
The Rev. Muriel H. Peters, 93, of Jacksonville passed from this life on Thursday, May 2, 2019. He was born in Jacksonville on November 19, 1925. He was the son of the late Andy and Hazel Peters and was a grandson of the late Rev. Samuel J. Holt. Mr. Peters was a graduate of Jacksonville […]