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 […]
Vilonia UMC Youth Host Valentine’s Celebration
Each year the Vilonia UMC youth host Valentine’s dinner to raise funds for their mission trips and conference youth events. Students are not asked to pay to attend these trips. Instead, the students hold a few churchwide fundraisers each year, and this is one of them. This is the first time in three years that […]
Sheridan First UMC Kids Collect Quarters
At Sheridan First United Methodist Church, kids collect quarters every Sunday morning during the Children’s Moments during worship. The quarters are placed into a tube that when full holds $100. This offering goes to various missions that impact food insecurity. In 2022, the children bought chickens and goats through Heifer Project and helped to fund […]
An open invitation from the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference
RE: 2023 OIMC Immersion Experience, Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference We are looking forward to hosting our Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference (OIMC) Immersion, March 8-12, 2023. The experience provides history, context, and unique perspectives on Native peoples in The Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference and our involvement with The United Methodist Church. In addition, our Native communities proudly share our […]
First Black President Elected for the Arkansas Conference United Women in Faith
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., January 17, 2023 – Maybelline Strong, of Little Rock, was recently elected to serve as the first Black president of the United Women in Faith for the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church. Strong has previously served as the communications secretary for her local United Women in Faith unit, the Committee on Nominations […]