Interested in what’s been going on here at Central? Our brand new Quarterly Report, The Review, is now here! It's undergone a bit of a format change but it's the same old Review that you know and love, just in a new place!
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As you read Scripture, how do you respond when Jesus does something that surprises you...when he does something that seems out of character?
When I come across something that confuses me, I’m learning to ask a simple question: Why? And then I keep reading.
I’ll give...
As we turn the page of our calendars from one year to another, it is time to look forward to the future for our church. What will 2020 hold for Central United Methodist Church?
A Call to Prayer
I believe God is calling us to a deeper level of prayer in 2020. This is a year for all...
When thinking about Christmas, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Stress? Shopping? Hallmark? I admit that I watch a lot of Hallmark Christmas movies. I even own a pair of those socks that on the bottom say, “If you can read this, then I am watching a Hallmark...
In the Spring of 2018, Arlene came to Genesis Church. She was vulnerable, hurting, and scared. Her street-strong persona and a lifetime of being in survival mode were completely eroded, and she wanted to end her life.
Born in Newport, Arkansas in 1972, Arlene inherited a world of insecurity and...
My wife and I started attending Central UMC 30 years ago, which was a few months after we got married. I was in graduate school and working at an internship and she was substitute teaching. We did not have very much money. A night out for dinner for us, which was rare, was...
The past two weekends I had the opportunity to go to Harriet, Arkansas and teach a few hundred junior high students that they were chosen by God. It was an incredible weekend where we saw God do some incredible things, but, reminding junior high students that they are chosen by God isn’t...
Occasionally, there are those people who get into your heart. Joyce was one of those people. Joyce Lynn George passed on into the loving arms of our Lord on August 30, 2019, in Fayetteville, after succumbing to injuries sustained from a car wreck. She was 59. Her family asked that I...