EF3 Tornado Hits Jonesboro, Local Churches Spring Into Action
Recovery efforts now underway amid COVID-19 pandemic
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/91700505_534299230812329_8859044409405079552_o.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.1″ width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=”4.4.1″] A bronze statue still stands despite the destruction surrounding it at the Mall at Turtle Creek Mall in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The tornado, rated an EF3 by the National Weather Service, carved a path of destruction through the city […]
COVID-19 Government Aid Info for Churches and Church Workers
Join us for a government aid webinar, Tuesday, March 31
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/louis-velazquez-XWW746i6WoM-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.1″ width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.1″] We have received many questions regarding the recent passage of the CARE Act through the United States Congress. Many of these questions revolve around if there are any provisions in the act that will help non-profits, churches and […]
Latest Recommendations on Feeding Ministries from Mary Lewis Dassinger
This week is Spring Break and some schools, especially in rural areas, may not continue to serve meals. Other schools that are not offering any type of continued instruction also may not be offering meals. This means that those low-income students lose access to two meals per day. Please consider ways to provide meals to […]
A Quarantine Meditation
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sage-friedman-HS5CLnQbCOc-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.1″ width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_team_member name=”By Kay Brockwell” position=”Lay Leader, St. Paul UMC, Jonesboro” _builder_version=”4.4.2″ hover_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.1″] When we began Lent on Feb. 26, we were certainly not thinking about giving up this much. Not our jobs, not our family gatherings, not our dinners […]
Holy Week: Clergy, Don’t Feel it’s All on You!
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.0″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lls2.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.0″ width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_team_member name=”By Melinda Shunk” position=”Children’s Ministry Coordinator” facebook_url=”https://www.facebook.com/kidsarumc/” twitter_url=”https://twitter.com/kidzarumc” admin_label=”Person” _builder_version=”3.26.6″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″] Holy Week for Christians is a time to spiritually follow the journey of the disciples and Jesus through worship experiences so that we all can be reminded why […]
Momma’s Kitchen Table
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.0″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gabriel-gurrola-CxSIQqRnrns-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.0″ width=”40%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_team_member name=”By Rev. Mark Norman” position=”General Conference Clergy Delegate” _builder_version=”4.4.0″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″] I am so thankful for my Methodist mother! Most of my life and ministry have been impacted by my mother’s teaching me about her faith. She played the piano […]
Struggling Into Love
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.0″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/priscilla-du-preez-hqjQFqvTJ5E-unsplash-scaled-e1583852567703.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.0″ width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_team_member name=”By Rev. Michael Roberts” position=”General Conference Clergy Delegate” _builder_version=”4.4.0″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″] To build upon a Jewish Midrash (an art form that Jesus regularly used through parables) there is a story that tries to make sense of this verse. In the […]
Thinking Ahead: Getting Creative for Your Easter Service
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaron-burden-5c5VcFshOds-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.1″ width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_team_member name=”By Caleb Hennington” position=”Digital Content Editor” twitter_url=”twitter.com/arumceditor” linkedin_url=”www.linkedin.com/in/caleb-hennington” admin_label=”Person” _builder_version=”4.2.2″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.1″ hover_enabled=”0″] “Will we be able to hold Easter Worship in our sanctuary and, if we can’t, what can we do?” This is a question laity and pastors are […]
General Conference Postponed Over COVID-19 Concerns
Meeting Will Move to 2021
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/nicole-geri-ohK_uJJm2G8-unsplash-1-scaled-1.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.1″ width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_team_member name=”By Caleb Hennington” position=”Digital Content Editor” twitter_url=”twitter.com/arumceditor” linkedin_url=”www.linkedin.com/in/caleb-hennington” admin_label=”Person” _builder_version=”4.2.2″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.1″ hover_enabled=”0″] This story was updated on March 23, 2020 to reflect the announcement that General Conference will be rescheduled to 2021. The Executive Committee of the Commission on […]
Obituary – Lurline Walthall
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.4.1″ type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.1″ hover_enabled=”0″] Lurline Walthall, age 96, of Stamps, Arkansas passed away March 17, 2020. She was born July 10, 1923 in Stamps, Arkansas to Robert and Effie Rogers Stevens. She was a member of Stamps First United Methodist Church, American Legion Auxiliary, Mary McSwain Sunday School Class and Methodist […]