Organizations Can Give Back During the Lenten Season During the 14th Annual Get Up & Give Collection Drive
LITTLE ROCK, AR (Feb. 7, 2023) – Methodist Family Health Foundation 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 14th Annual Get Up & Give collection project asks Arkansans to contribute necessities […]
Staffing Update for the Northwest District
Friends, Our good friend, Karen Anderson, has submitted her resignation letter to the Northwest District Office, effective February 16, 2023, to take on a new full-time position in the NWA area. Karen joined the Northwest District staff in August 2020 as DCOM Registrar and Director of Lay Servant Ministries. Karen’s love for equipping disciples made […]
Announcement of In-Person Annual Conference Session – Saturday, May 13, 2023
Bishop Laura Merrill, with concurrence of the District Superintendents and in accordance with ¶603.5 of The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, has called a Special In-Person Session of the Arkansas Annual Conference to be held in Horner Hall at the Hot Springs Convention Center on Saturday, May 13, 2023 from 10:00 am […]
Recap of Respite 2023
Written by Amy Shores On the weekend of January 13-15, young adults from around the state gathered for the inaugural “Respite” weekend. Held at Mount Eagle Conference Center and sponsored by the Mount Eagle Program Committee, with support from the ARUMC Culture of Calling office, the vision for this weekend was to be a time […]
The Carpenter’s Workshop
Written by Keri Cousins, Youth Director Last summer, our youth director and volunteers at Goddard United Methodist Church began assessing what could be taught in the six-year youth program to help the youth succeed as they become young adults. They concluded that the students could use more education in basic life skills. Thus, a new program […]
Experiencing the year in Jubilee
contributed by Rev. Dr. Michelle Morris, First UMC Bentonville The Year of Jubilee was a celebration that was meant to take place every fifty years in Ancient Israel in which the land laid fallow and was allowed to recover, and all past debts were canceled and people were returned to their ancestral land. It was […]
Arkansans Relish Time Spent with NOMADS Ministry
contributed by Shelley and Roy Lee, Central District Disaster Response Coordinators Hello from south Texas! About two years ago, Roy and I discovered a truth about disaster response: when it’s busy, it’s REALLY busy, but while we are enjoying “blue skies,” the deployments are few and far between. Roy and I serve as the Central […]
Dr. Karen K. Petersen Named 13th President of Hendrix College
Petersen to begin June 2023, following retirement of W. Ellis Arnold III
CONWAY, Ark. (January 9, 2023) — The Hendrix College Board of Trustees has named Dr. Karen K. Petersen to be the 13th President of Hendrix College, beginning in June 2023. Petersen will succeed W. Ellis Arnold III ’79, who will become President Emeritus following his retirement in June. A native of northwest Arkansas, Petersen was selected […]
Cooking Matters at Highland Valley UMC
contributed by Caroline Loftin Cooking Matters is a program designed with the goal of eliminating childhood hunger through healthy food and education. Embraced as a ministry by many churches, it brings a congregation and community together at the table to learn about the benefits of preparing and sharing a meal with others. Highland Valley United […]
Obituary – Anna Ruth Walden Posey
Mrs. Anna Ruth Walden Posey, age 89, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2022 at home in Mena, Arkansas. She was born July 23, 1933 near Lindsey, Oklahoma to Joseph Clifton Walden and Virgie Estell Fussell Walden. Anna attended Bethany Nazarene College for a year, where she met Lloyd Posey. They courted while she also […]