Look Beneath the Glitter
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.10.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.10.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.10.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/3.png” alt=”tv” title_text=”3″ align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.13.1″ width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_team_member name=”By Gary E. Mueller” position=”Bishop of the Arkansas Annual Conference” facebook_url=”https://www.facebook.com/bishopgarymueller/” twitter_url=”https://twitter.com/GaryEMueller” _builder_version=”4.13.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.13.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] The contrast is striking. On the one hand, there is the glitter of […]
Advent Is More Than Just a Holiday Tradition
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.7.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.7.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.7.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/aaron-burden-Zjnlv9jAAXU-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg” title_text=”aaron-burden-Zjnlv9jAAXU-unsplash” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.7.4″ width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” hover_enabled=”0″ animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop” alt=”advent bible” sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_team_member name=”By Caleb Hennington” position=”Digital Content Editor” twitter_url=”twitter.com/arumceditor” linkedin_url=”www.linkedin.com/in/caleb-hennington” admin_label=”Person” _builder_version=”4.2.2″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.7.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Advent is a special time of year for many believers. It’s a time when people who believe […]
Alternative Advent
This year's Advent is different, but here are safe ways you can still celebrate this joyful season
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.7.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.7.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.7.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/First-Church-Advent-Kit-2-scaled-1.jpg” alt=”First UMC Advent” title_text=”First Church Advent Kit-2″ align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.7.4″ width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=”4.7.4″ _module_preset=”default”] Take home Advent kit from First UMC in Little Rock. Photo courtesy of Lesley Andrews. [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_team_member name=”By Caleb Hennington” position=”Digital Content Editor” twitter_url=”twitter.com/arumceditor” linkedin_url=”www.linkedin.com/in/caleb-hennington” admin_label=”Person” _builder_version=”4.2.2″][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.7.4″ […]
What is Advent? And why do we celebrate it?
Starting on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, – for 2018, that’s Dec. 2 – Advent is a December celebration rooted in deep Christian traditions. Unlike the more widely-celebrated Christmas Eve and Christmas Day holidays, Advent is about far more than gift giving, hot cocoa and the night of Jesus Christ’s birth. Advent – which comes […]