Arkansas United Methodist
The Arkansas United Methodist is the monthly publication of the Arkansas Conference, designed to bring the good news of the faith and witness of United Methodists across our state.
OMP 101
OMP 101 is an annual event organized by the Ozark Mission Project that lets youth, grades 5 and 6, learn the ways that OMP helps communities in need. Kids learn how to use power tools, build simple wooden structures, and have fun in the process. Check out some of the...
Messy Church Helps All Ages Feel the Love of God
A young lady plays with some homemade slime during a Messy Church event at Sardis UMC. || Photo Provided by Melinda ShunkIt is the dog days of summer! Vacation Bible School is done. It is not quite time for promotion Sunday. Families seem to be hit and miss on Sunday...
Saving History
Emmet United Methodist Church is in Danger of Collapsing. Its Congregation is Trying to Save the Building and Their Town’s History
Members of Emmet UMC. From left to right: Charles Trexler, Steve Halliwill, Dianne Halliwill, John Mohon, and the Rev. Wayne Chambers. || Photo by Caleb HenningtonOn a long and remote stretch of U.S. Route 67 South, situated at the halfway point between Prescott and...
Feeding the Hungry, Clothing the Naked, and Healing the Sick in Goshen
Most people assume that if you want to impact your community in a major way, you’re going to need a large congregation to do it. That way of thinking doesn’t seem to apply to Goshen UMC, a small congregation in the Northwest District that has managed to start a free...
Four Churches Join Forces, Provide a Home for the Homeless
About two years ago, four United Methodist churches in Rogers -- Central UMC, First UMC, Oakley Chapel UMC and Grace UMC -- came together to find the biggest needs not just in Rogers, but Benton County. The Rev. Les Oliver said the Methodist churches, along with St....
The Shoe That Grows
Kids at First UMC Bentonville Raise Thousands for New Shoes, Heifer, Rice Bowls
The Shoe That Grows is shoe with five buckles that can be expanded as the person’s foot gets larger, making it last for years.|| Photo Provided by First UMC BentonvilleThree years ago, Sadie Stratton Wohlfahrt, the Minister to Children and Families at First United...
Mission u is a Transformative Event That Every Methodist Should Experience
Last year we talked about money. This year we talked about Mark. Both years we went to places few, maybe none of us, expected. Mission u is one of the most transformative experiences I have had the past two years. Mission u provides space for spiritual renewal, deep...
A Month Full of Youth Events
This month, youth groups from across the Conference at home and abroad for amazing weeks full of fun, worship and growing in faith. Youth 2019 was July 10 - 14 in Kansas City, Missouri and the theme this year was Love Well. Groups of teens from the Central District...
Back to School Means Back to Change for Children — and Adults
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” - Jeremiah 29:11 Didn’t kids just get out of school for the summer? Immediately after the red, white and blue bunting and...
A Reflection on the 2019 Hendrix Youth Institute
Having the opportunity to participate in the Hendrix Youth Institute for two weeks this summer was one of the most exciting, influential, and reassuring things I’ve ever done. Whether it was allowing myself to be vulnerable within small groups about troubles or doubts...