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Camp Tanako announces Confirmation Camp 2021
Confirmation Camp will be a Day Camp on May 1, 2021. Campers will rotate through 5 classes: What is Confirmation, The Trinity, John Wesley, The Sacraments, and Our Vow. Classes are led by ARUMC pastors from around the state of Arkansas. Campers will rotate through...
April 19 Webinar Will Explore Language’s Role in Race, Religion and Public Policy
DALLAS (SMU) – “Words Matter: The Intersectionality of Race, Religion and Public Policy”, a Zoom webinar, will be held at 7 p.m. on April 19, 2021. The event is sponsored by Perkins School of Theology’s Center for the Study of Latino/a Christianity and Religions and...
Bishops Reconsider May 8 Special Session of General Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church met on Monday, March 22, 2021 in an additional meeting to consider pressing matters related to the Council’s work. After much conversation, the bishops reached a decision that in the best...
Bishop Mueller Updates COVID-19 Guidelines, Announces New FAQ Tab on Website
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. (March 19, 2021) – Since March 2020, when the first reported case of COVID-19 appeared in Arkansas, Bishop Gary Mueller of the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church has worked with health care professionals, conference leaders and staff...
New Ministry Partner Ace Hardware Provides Savings to Local Churches
Nashville, Tennessee – The Connectional Relations team of the General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA) is announcing that the newest vetted ministry partner is Ace Hardware. Ace, a national retailer, has more than 2,400 participating locations in the...
Statement from Bishop Mueller on Postponed General Conference
February 26, 2021 Yesterday, United Methodists across the global connection learned that the postponed General Conference 2020 had, once again, been postponed to Aug. 29 - Sept. 6, 2022, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. You can read the Council of Bishops’ press release on...
Discipleship Ministries’ Top Executive Dies of Cancer
The Rev. Junius B. Dotson records a segment of the “Soul Reset” study series for the Upper Room at United Methodist Communications in Nashville, Tenn., in 2019. Dotson, the top executive of Discipleship Ministries, died Feb. 24, 2021. He was 55. File photo by Mike...
General Conference Postponed to 2022
Commission on the General Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 25, 2021 Meeting on February 20, the Commission on the General Conference made a decision to further postpone the 2020 General Conference until August 29 – September 6, 2022 in Minneapolis, Minn. as...
Coming Soon: #LiveWithLight
Looking for a simple way to incorporate the #LiveWithLight campaign into your church message? We can help with that! The #LiveWithLight campaign is all about sharing the light of Christ in a dark world. The full campaign will be rolling out soon, but in the meantime,...
Your Mental Health Matters
ARUMC EAP offers 10 sessions per year
As a clergy member, and a human being, YOUR mental health matters. That's why the Arkansas Conference is happy to provide you and your family members with 10 mental health counseling sessions per year, through the ARUMC Employee Assistance Program. We want you to know...