Ben Few Encampment Dates Announced
The 2022 encampment of Ben Few Campground will be held July 15-24. The campground, established in 1898, is located near Princeton, AR, in Dallas County. Rev. Brad Moore, pastor at Clinton UMC, will be the evangelist. Sarah King from Harmony Baptist Church in El Dorado will serve as music director. Kathleen Dockery will return as […]
Called Special Session Announced
Announcement of Online Annual Conference Session November 21, 2022 In accordance with ¶603.5 of The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, a Special Session of the Arkansas Annual Conference has been called, to be held online on Monday, November 21, 2022 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. This special session will be limited to […]
GCFA Adds Neighbor® Storage As Newest Ministry Partner
Nashville, TN – The General Council on Finance and Administration-UMC Support (GCFA) Connectional Relations Team is pleased to report that Neighbor®, a self storage marketplace, has become a vetted ministry partner with GCFA. This is a program for churches to lease unused space like classrooms, or meeting spaces to provide safe, convenient, and affordable storage to […]
Daily Digest – June 3, 2022
For the 2022 Annual Conference, Friday was a day of great learning, introspection, and conversation about analyzing the present and looking to the future. Jason Moore was introduced as teacher and preacher for the learning session. Known for his pioneering work in collaborative worship design and guest readiness, Moore has devoted the last two-plus decades […]
Daily Digest – June 2, 2022
Worship A powerful spoken word message through the art of poetry by Lo Alaman, Houston-based minister and creative poet, along with music and prayers presented by the conference’s House Praise Band opened the Thursday session of Annual Conference with great spirit! Rev. Aubrietta Jones, Senior Pastor at Maumelle FUMC, gave the opening morning devotional, based […]
UMC Bishops agree to call regular sessions of jurisdictional conferences in 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to Judicial Council decision 1445, the Council of Bishops (COB) has formally set the dates for regular sessions of the Jurisdictional Conferences of The United Methodist Church (UMC) to be convened November 2-5, 2022. During a special COB meeting held today, the bishops approved a motion that the jurisdictional conferences will […]
ARUMC Global Ministry Missionary Announced
The Arkansas Conference has a new missionary to call their own! In February, through collaboration with Global Ministries, a draft was held to find the perfect fit. The missionary draft allows conferences to draft (or select) new and under-supported missionaries to partner with. Our commitment is to make new connections in our conference by offering […]
Church court: Conferences can’t exit unilaterally
By Heather Hahn for UM News U.S. annual conferences have no authority under current church law to withdraw from The United Methodist Church, the denomination’s top court ruled. “There is no basis in Church law for any annual conference to adopt stopgap policies, pass resolutions, take a vote, or act unilaterally for the purpose of […]
Directory for Clergy Retreat Centers
United Methodist camps and retreat centers across the country continually strive to provide intentional, sacred spaces where the faithful can find rest and rejuvenation. The leaders of these ministries see the heavyweight that our local church leaders have been carrying, especially over these past two years. In response, they have come together to create a […]
ARUMC COVID Update – May 3, 2022
Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a new metric called “COVID-19 Community Levels,” which is designed to “help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data.” These levels are a three-tier system (either low, medium, or high) that are selected based on criteria including hospital bed usage […]