Are You Having Fun Yet?
A few words of wisdom for communication leaders
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/samantha-borges-EeS69TTPQ18-unsplash-1.jpg” title_text=”samantha-borges-EeS69TTPQ18-unsplash” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.8″ 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 Amy Ezell” position=”Director, Center for Communication” linkedin_url=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-white-ezell-43208542/” _builder_version=”4.4.8″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.8″] Take a second to ask yourself: When was the last time that you did something FUN through your online ministry? Something that actually makes you have the most […]
Wear A Mask, Keep Your Neighbors Safe
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/pille-riin-priske-O5Fo4vUuIBM-unsplash-1-scaled-1.jpg” title_text=”pille-riin-priske-O5Fo4vUuIBM-unsplash” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.8″ 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=”4.4.8″ hover_enabled=”0″] How did we get to the point where asking someone to wear a mask is a political issue? And yet, somehow, inexplicably, that’s exactly where we […]
Redesign Your Children’s Space With a Few Simple Changes
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Childrens-Ministry-Room-Redesign.png” title_text=”Children’s Ministry Room Redesign!” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.8″ 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=”4.4.8″ hover_enabled=”0″] Children’s ministry has taken many different approaches so far this year! Ministry has moved to online worship, small groups handing out PPE, drive-by […]
Ozark Mission Project Finds Success in Online-Only Camp
OMP Connect brings campers together via Zoom
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/omp-header-w.jpg” title_text=”omp-header-w” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.8″ 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=”4.4.8″ hover_enabled=”0″ admin_label=”Text”] The coronavirus pandemic has upended not only our churches but our extension ministries as well. Some of the most popular summer camps for youth and […]
Mental Health Matters
Hear From Clergy and Laity on How They Are Staying Healthy During COVID-19
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/tim-goedhart-vnpTRdmtQ30-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg” title_text=”tim-goedhart-vnpTRdmtQ30-unsplash” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.8″ 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 Amy Ezell” position=”Director of the Center for Communication” linkedin_url=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-white-ezell-43208542/” _builder_version=”4.4.8″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.8″] Each day I wake up to an email inbox full of suggestions for “surviving” the pandemic. I receive webinar invites, book suggestions, blog posts and lists […]
Q&A w/ Kathy Conley
New Lay Leader for the Arkansas Conference
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kathy-Conley-1.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.8″ width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” hover_enabled=”0″ animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop” title_text=”Kathy Conley”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.8″] What is your current church and hometown, and how long have you been there? My hometown is Murfreesboro, Arkansas but in 1980, I got transferred with my work to Blytheville. I went thinking I was […]
Russellville Area Churches Hold Public Act of Prayer in Response to George Floyd Killing
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MG_3820.jpeg” title_text=”_MG_3820″ align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ 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=”4.4.7″] Photo by Jade Chisum [/et_pb_blurb][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=”4.4.7″] The May 25, 2020 killing of George Perry Floyd at the hands of former Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin set-off […]
What Does It Mean?
A Reflection on the Killing of George Floyd, Racism, and God's Call for Justice
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/marquise-kamanke-jfQGc8Emf1Q-unsplash.jpg” title_text=”marquise-kamanke-jfQGc8Emf1Q-unsplash” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ 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. Dr. Ulysses C. Washington” position=”Senior Pastor, Highland Valley UMC” _builder_version=”4.4.7″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.7″] Acts 1:6-8; 2:1-13 In this text, Luke continues his theological conversation about what Jesus did and taught. Luke brings us into the midst of that […]
Intergenerational Worship Online
Keeping a mix of generations active in your worship
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/david-beale-YGJyFwmEC68-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg” title_text=”david-beale-YGJyFwmEC68-unsplash” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ 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=”4.4.7″] Intergenerational worship is important to in-person worship, and I would say even more important as we venture into online worship. […]
Fox & Foal Draw on Methodist Roots for Folk-Inspired Worship
Brook Hobbs and Dave Williams are ready to share their songs with the world
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_0334-scaled-1.jpg” title_text=”IMG_0334″ align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.6″ 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=”4.4.6″ hover_enabled=”0″] The COVID-19 pandemic has been a struggle for everyone. The entire world, every industry, has been touched by this highly contagious, unseen enemy. It’s not just […]