Bishop Laura Merrill Appoints Rev. Zach Roberts as Northeast District Superintendent
Wednesday, March 1, 2023: Bishop Laura Merrill has announced her intention to appoint Rev. Zach Roberts as superintendent of the Northeast District of the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church, effective July 1, 2023. Rev. Roberts is the current pastor of First United Methodist Church in Blytheville, where he has served nearly six years. […]
Highland Valley UMC seeks support for Infant Care Ministry
Highland Valley UMC is seeking support for its Infant Care Ministry. This ministry provides parents with necessities for caring for their new babies. Ways to donateGive now – enter the amount you want to donate in the Infant Care Ministry option (located under the Special Offerings section)
Obituary – Rev. Victor “Vic” Nixon
VICTOR HARMON NIXON of Little Rock died on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, following an extended illness. He was born in the home of his paternal grandparents, Hubert Harrison Nixon and Ada Andrews Nixon, near Lavaca, AR, on June 26, 1940. He was the oldest child of Harmon Lib Nixon and Flossie Louise Rankin Nixon. Victor […]
Quapaw Quarter UMC carries the light outside of the sanctuary
written by Harold Hughes, Quapaw Quarter UMC On Saturday, February 18, Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church in Little Rock participated for the first time in the SoMardi Gras parade – South on Main’s annual Mardi Gras celebration. This year’s theme was Superheroes and Supervillians, and we brought along OUR superhero, Big Jesus. In the middle […]
Meet Trisha Manns
Trisha Manns is a missionary (Church and Community Worker) with the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, serving as a youth and young adult coordinator at the Central District Parish Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Little Rock, Arkansas. “I like calling myself a missionary because it’s important for folks to know that you can […]
Newport First UMC Accepts Call for a Healthy Community
Newport First UMC has joined with health professionals and other local churches in an effort to reduce the area’s onslaught of diabetes. The new ministry, Jackson County Wellness and Screening, is aided by Unity Health – Newport Hospital; Jackson County Health Department; Jackson County Cooperative Extension; Newport schools; Summit Health care, and people from a […]
Obituary – Rev. Ernest Eugene (Gene) Efird
Rev. Ernest Eugene (Gene) Efird, of Little Rock Ark., left his earthly life and returned to his creator on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at the age of 90. Gene was born on Dec. 17, 1932, to Ernest Miles and Jewell Hall Efird in Little Rock where he was raised along with his sister Jo Anne. […]
Obituary – Alton “Al” Henry Terrell
Alton Henry (Al) Terrell, 82, of Murfreesboro passed away on February 17, 2023, at his home surrounded by family. He was born August 19, 1940, in Murfreesboro, Arkansas the son of the late Alton Reagan Terrell and Alice Pauline Mauney Terrell. He was a graduate of Murfreesboro High School and Ouachita Baptist University. He married […]
Harry Denman Evangelism Award Nominations
The Arkansas Board of Discipleship is seeking nominations for the Harry Denman Evangelism Award. Nominations are due by Friday, April 14. Send Nominations to bill.sardin@arumc.org or fill out an online nomination form https://fumcmorrilton.com/denman-award/ The Harry Denman Evangelism Award program honors United Methodists in each annual conference whose exceptional ministry of evangelism – expressed in Word (what), Sign (why), […]
Ernest W. Grilk Bible Lecture Series: Highlands UMC
Professor Jeremy Hyman will be the next guest lecturer in the Ernest W. Grilk Bible Lecture Series. His lecture will take place at Highlands United Methodist Church in Bella Vista on March 5 at 3:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall. Professor Hyman is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. His primary […]