The Best Laid Plans
[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/raul-varzar-L-CShKAuZsg-unsplash-scaled-e1583851181434.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 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=”4.4.0″] Have you ever prepared for a presentation, planning out your key points, creating a PowerPoint, memorizing your wording exactly, and then the day of the event completely scrap […]
Arkansas Conference Cancels All Future Events Due to COVID-19
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. (March 11, 2020) – With the recent announcement by the World Health Organization that COVID-19 is now a global pandemic and the announcement of the first confirmed case of coronavirus in Arkansas, the Arkansas Conference of The United Methodist Church has made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel all upcoming events […]
Stepping up to Supervision Provides Valuable Tools for Church Leadership
[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_slider show_image_video_mobile=”on” _builder_version=”4.4.0″][et_pb_slide image=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_499-2.jpg” _builder_version=”4.4.0″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” background_layout=”light”] Rev. Susan Beaumont, author of How to Lead When You Don’t Know Where You’re Going and When Moses Meets Aaron: Staffing and Supervision in Large Congregations [/et_pb_slide][/et_pb_slider][et_pb_team_member name=”By Michelle Morris” position=”CouRSe Coordinator” admin_label=”Person” _builder_version=”4.4.0″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″] In mid-March, the Rev. Susan Beaumont, a […]
Wye Mountain UMC Daffodil Festival Brings 10,000 Visitors Annually to Central Arkansas
[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/anton-darius-3SVqWCWtynY-unsplash-rgb-scaled-1.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 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=”4.4.0″] For more than 70 years, Wye Mountain United Methodist Church has given visitors a reason to smile, stay awhile, and revel in the beauty of their amazing field […]
Rev. Ann Ferris Named New District Superintendent of Southwest District
[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_slider show_image_video_mobile=”on” _builder_version=”4.4.0″][et_pb_slide image=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FERRISANN-scaled-1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.4.0″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” background_layout=”light”] The Rev. Ann Ferris, newly appointed district superintendent of the Southwest District. [/et_pb_slide][/et_pb_slider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″ hover_enabled=”0″] Rev. Ann Ferris has been appointed to district superintendent and chief mission strategist for the Southwest District, effective July 1, 2020. Ferris is originally from Nottingham, England, […]
Celebrate Her Achievements
Women's History Month, as Told by Arkansas Clergywomen
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.3.4″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.3.4″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.3.4″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Copy-of-Copy-of-womens-history-month.png” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.3.4″ 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=”4.3.4″] In 1981, Congress passed a resolution, signed by President Jimmy Carter, which authorized the first week of March 1982 as Women’s History Week. For the next five years, that resolution continued to be authorized, but in 1987, after […]
Church and Society Brings Together Anti-Poverty Ministry Leaders for Collaboration
March 5, 2020 Orlando, Fla. – The General Board of Church and Society hosted “Rooted in Relationship” last week, a three-day gathering for experts in relationship-based justice ministries that address the root causes of poverty. The event grew out of Church and Society’s learning and conversations about relation-based anti-poverty ministries over the past quadrennium. Rooted […]
Obituary – Rev. John S. Polk
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.3.4″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.3.4″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.3.4″][et_pb_slider show_image_video_mobile=”on” _builder_version=”4.3.4″][et_pb_slide image=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/POLK-John-1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.3.4″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_enable_color=”on” background_layout=”light”] The Rev. John S. Polk [/et_pb_slide][/et_pb_slider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.3.4″ hover_enabled=”0″] John Stephen Polk of Hot Springs, age 77, passed away on March 1, 2020, in Hot Springs, Ark. He was born at the old St. Vincent’s Infirmary in Little Rock, Arkansas, on August 27, […]
Staying Connected During Seasons of Sickness
Protecting Yourself and Your Congregation from COVID-19
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.3.4″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.3.4″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.3.4″][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_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/staying-healthy-this-season.png” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.3.4″ 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″ hover_enabled=”0″] We know that, with the ongoing news of Coronavirus, people may be cautious to attend church. However, many still want to participate in the connectionalism and comfort […]