Busy Days
I love this time of year and it has nothing to do with the weather outside. The church is busy almost every day. Busy reaching out to the people of God; busy helping with programs; busy, busy, busy.... Read More
Author: Rev. Candace Barron
Help is Here: Finding Fresh Strength and Purpose in the Power of the Holy Spirit by Max Lucado
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the newest book by Max Lucado. I was part of his launch team for full disclosure. Thomas Nelson Publishing sent me an early copy to review and later sent me the published book. I ran into an early disagreement with how Max Lucado made the decision to refer to the Holy […]... Read More
Help is Here by Max Lucado
I am part of Max Lucado’s launch team so I have the privilege to start reading his new book prior to publication. I am currently through Chapter Six and it is my favorite so far. It describes the Holy Spirit helping us through tough times. “If all the worldwide perils weren’t enough, we face personal […]... Read More
Annual Conference Secretary – Designate
It is always scary when you get a phone call and the caller ID says it is the Bishop, or is that just me? Anyway, I got a call last week from the Bishop and he asked me to serve as the Annual Conference Secretary Designate. I will be training with the current Conference Secretary […]... Read More
Washington DC
I have walked almost everywhere during my visit to DC, as I visited my daughter. She, unfortunately, has covid so I couldn’t see her very often this trip. I made up for it by walking every single day over 15,000 steps from museum to museum. I am glad to see everything from the Pentagon Memorial, […]... Read More
Space Travel
I took a few minutes out of getting ready for work this morning to watch Jeff Bezo’s travel into space. It took a little over 11 minutes. 11 minutes to get into space!! Wow! I remember watching the space shuttle and how exciting that was to see. I never plan on going into space but […]... Read More
Annual Conference 2021
We had two options for Annual Conference this year; virtual or in-person. I chose to go in person since I had already had the vaccine. It was fun to meet with old friends and colleagues. I did miss my recliner for all the reports, though. I was happy at the end of the conference to […]... Read More
Settling In
I haven’t updated since moving to Beebe and starting as First United Methodist Church’s senior pastor. As the pandemic starts loosening its grip on the area, we have slowly started resuming some normal events at the church. Of course, they are all pretty new to me in the context of Beebe but most are familiar. […]... Read More
Introduction to the people of FUMC – Beebe
I have tried to hit the ground running so that I can get up to speed with all the different areas of the church. I’ve had my first trustee meeting and my first finance meeting. Tonight will be my first SPRC meeting. We did a drive-thru “Meet and Greet” and I went to a birthday […]... Read More
Pandemic
It has been several months since I last posted. Thanksgiving and Christmas passed by and then we were hit with a pandemic. For the first few weeks, I was frantically working to make sure all my people were safe. We quit having in-person worship in the second week of March and now it is the […]... Read More