Obituary – Jack Lasey
Jack “J” Thomas Lasey, 97, passed away on November 11, 2023, at Baptist Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Jack was born March 31, 1926, in Mulberry, Arkansas to Ruby (Trotter) and Ramos Lasey. After graduating from Pleasant View High School in 1944, Jack enlisted in the US Army and served in Korea during World War […]
The Phillipi Project: A Veteran and Families Ministry
Co-written by Amy Ezell and Rev. Walt Garrett When asked how the Phillipi Project was born, Rev. Walt Garrett, Benton First UMC associate pastor, shared, “The Lord gave me ears to hear the needs of our veterans over a three-month span in 2022.” “Beginning in May 2022, with a ministry request from a veteran, a […]
United Methodist Church bishops call for peace in the Holy Land
“Give Peace A Chance”Christ’s true disciples must work for peace: build it and not just keep it; live it and not just aspire for it. If Christ is our peace, then peace must be imperative. (Resolution 6129: The United Methodist Church and Peace) The United Methodist Church Council of Bishops, along with millions of people […]
Obituary – James Washington
Please pray for the family of James Washington, brother of Central District Superintendent Rev. Ulysses Washington. James passed away on Saturday, November 9. Services will be held on Saturday, November 18 at Pleasant Hill CME Church in College Station.
Obituary – Laura Bulice
Laurie Bulice, 69, died Monday, November 6, 2023. Laurie died while on vacation in Williamsburg, Virginia with her husband, Rev. Clayton Bulice. Her body will be donated to science. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, November 14 at 11 a.m. at Hazel Edwards Memorial UMC in Newark, AR.
Arkansas Area Course of Study School
Spring 2024 Arkansas Course of Study combines material taken at your pace and face-to-face instruction in person and via Zoom. For Part-Time Local Pastors Dates for Live Instruction: March 9 from 9 a.m. to noon on Zoom April 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in person in Conway May 11 from 9 a.m. to […]
Arkansas EarthKeeper: Elizabeth McCormick
At the beginning of October, I had the opportunity to attend an EarthKeepers training in Birmingham, Alabama. Global Ministries EarthKeepers is a training program through the General Board of Global Ministries that equips United Methodists in the United States for environmental stewardship. I have long enjoyed being in nature, but after serving as a missionary […]
Conway First UMC food pantry receives more than $10,000 from a community event
written by Colleen Holt, communications assistant, Conway First United Methodist Church A total of $10,101.80 was recently donated to the Conway First United Methodist Church Food Pantry through proceeds from an Oktoberfest event sponsored by The Kitchen Store & More, a downtown business with a rich history of supporting non-profit organizations across the community. Tricia […]
Beacon Churches Shine Amidst Disaffiliation in the Arkansas Annual Conference
In the late summer of 2022, several Arkansas United Methodist Churches began seeing an influx of new faces for worship on Sundays and online. Most of these people were not new to United Methodism, and in many cases, they happened to live more than 30 miles away from the new churches they were visiting in […]
31 Arkansas United Methodist Churches Receive Grants to Aid Feeding, Literacy, and Healthy Family Ministries
October 24, 2023 (Little Rock, AR) — 200,000 More Reasons, an initiative of the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church, recently announced that 31 local United Methodist churches received grants that will be used to benefit their local communities with feeding and literacy ministries, and building healthy families. In Ashley County, Hamburg First United Methodist […]