Connecting & Informing the Presbytery of Arkansas
December 1, 2022
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Presbytery Online Worship Service
for Christmas Day
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The Presbytery recognizes the fact that we have many small congregations without pastoral leadership. That will make it especially hard finding someone to lead a Christmas Day worship service.
The Presbytery staff is offering the gift of an online Christmas Day service for all our congregations. A few days before Christmas, we will drop the service on our youtube channel (subscribe to Presbytery of Arkansas) or find the link on our Facebook page, Presbyark Connect. Carol Clark will offer a sermon and there will be special music as well as carols for congregational singing. Congregations can gather together in their sanctuaries to worship or people can worship individually in their homes.
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Honduras Mission Network Retreat |
From January 23 to 27, the Presbytery of Honduras, the PCUSA Honduras network, and our co-worker Dori Hjalmarson have planned an exciting and informative gathering at a conference center near Tampa, FL which was not harmed by the recent hurricane. The retreat is designed to help us in the U.S. network with ten members of the presbytery of Honduras. It will be a time for us to get better acquainted, to worship together, and to share our common vision and ways of moving forward together. Click here for registration and information.
We hope to have 5 people from the Presbytery of Arkansas attending. Room and board are free, due to grants from Arkansas churches, the Synod of the Sun, and others.
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Not-Your-Average Boundaries Training |
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The Presbytery is now requiring that all pastors and CREs take a boundaries course. The Synod of the Sun is offering two options. There is a two-part webinar through Leaderwise on February 6-7 from 9:30 until noon. A second option is a a 2-hour online course called “Clergy Ethics and Congregational Boundaries.”
Both options are free. Click here to learn more and register.
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Susan Arnold Installation |
Sunday, November 27, MWS Susan Arnold was installed as pastor at First, Springdale.
Pictured from left to right are Gene Anderson (RE Springdale), Jan Butin (MWS, FUPC), Georgia Senor (MWS, Bentonville), Josie Westmoreland (RE, Wynne), Susan Arnold, Phil Blackburn (MWS, First, Fort Smith), John Arnold (MWS), Julie Gillaspy (RE, Conway).
Congratulations to both First, Springdale and Susan as you embark on your new ministry together.
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Summer Youth Trips Info Posted! |
Youth A-Team Summer Trip information is now posted on our website. Please check it out! Registration for Presby+ and Montreat is due March 1, 2023.
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Position Opening in Fayetteville |
First United of Fayetteville currently has an opening for a Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries. This is a full-time, salaried position. Click here to learn more.
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Around The Presbytery
Helping Hands at First, Mena
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At First church in Mena, members of the congregation took Jesus words quite literally when he talked about taking care of “... the hungry, thirsty, stranger, poor, sick and prisoner” in Matthew's gospel. They created the Helping Hands Ministry and began doing ministry with those most in need in their community.
Click here and read the article by congregational member, Serena Loyd and be inspired.
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January 2023 - Mark Your Calendars! |
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An Effective Approach to a Cooperative Parish, a 3-part webinar by PRC, January 17, 18, & 19.
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Zoom Lent Roundtable with special guest, Lisle Gwynn Garriety, founder of A Sanctified Art. January 17 at 11:00am. |
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Zoom book discussion of The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker on Thursday, January 26. |
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The Muses to Perform at First, Little Rock |
The Muses Creative Artistry Project is a non-profit charitable arts organization dedicated to preserving classical art and music through performance and education.
This holiday season they will be performing their 2022 program, Voices of Angels, at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Little Rock on December 18 at 3:00pm and everyone is invited. Tickets can be purchased at the door. To learn more about the Muses, click here to visit their website.
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Game-Changers Cohort with Kay Kotan |
We are living in a time of great opportunity for the church, but it will take great intentionality and some major shifts to take advantage of this opportunity. Grab your team of leaders and come experience this cohort group of three one-hour workshops unpacking game changers for the church in the post pandemic world.
Each workshop will be one hour of content followed by a 30 minute Cohort coaching session where you will assess your church’s current levels of game changing leadership and work towards creating a MAP (ministry action plan) to enact the needed game changing leadership strategies in your local church context.
There are no dates set at this point, but if your church is interested click here to email Charlaine Apsel at PRC (Practical Resources for Churches) to learn more and let us know of your interest so we can begin to plan.
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- Thursday 12/1 2:00pm Administration Committee
- Friday-Saturday 12/2 & 12/3 1:30pm COM Retreat
- Tuesday 12/6 2:00pm Staff Meeting
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Presbytery of Arkansas
9221 N. Rodney Parham Road
Little Rock, AR 72227
501-663-2424
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