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 […]
Central UMC Rogers Operates Largest Faith-Based Childcare in Northwest 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/preschool-build-2.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 Sam Pierce” position=”Featured Contributor” twitter_url=”twitter.com/sjamespierce” admin_label=”Person” _builder_version=”3.26.6″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″] The job of Kris Mickna, the executive director of child development at Central United Methodist Church in Rogers, is all about priceless opportunities and awesome responsibilities. “Connect with each child […]
Wrestling With the Bible
[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/the-pages-of-a-bible-are-turning-quickly_BjvlTS2KUwl-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 Miller Wilbourn” position=”General Conference Lay Delegate” _builder_version=”4.4.0″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″] My relationship with the Bible has not always been a comfortable one, but it has shaped me at every stage of my life. When I first started reading, the Bible […]
Hope Village Gives Homeless in Conway a New Lease on Life
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.0″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.4.0″ type=”4_4″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hope-village-green-lockup1-2.png” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.0″ width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” hover_enabled=”0″ animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_team_member name=”By Sam Pierce” position=”Featured Contributor” twitter_url=”twitter.com/sjamespierce” admin_label=”Person” _builder_version=”3.26.6″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″ hover_enabled=”0″] Samantha Hewett was raised in southeastern Detroit by a homeless heroin addict. “I’ve been a child in those circumstances,” Hewett said. “And for children, it is a situation […]
Press, Shake, Run and Pour Blessings During Lent
[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/Abundance-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 Kelli Reep” position=”Methodist Family Health” _builder_version=”4.4.0″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″] The Lenten season is one in which we can strip away what keeps us from fully appreciating our relationship with God and realizing just how full of abundance our lives are. […]
Out-Preached at the Super Bowl
[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/phillip-goldsberry-Ldl5WoUQmBk-unsplash-scaled-e1583853662723.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. Michelle Morris” position=”CouRSe Coordinator” _builder_version=”4.4.0″ hover_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.0″] “The ancient Greeks had four words for love.” That was all I needed to hear to turn my attention away from my Facebook page to the television screen. Like millions […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]