Washington DC

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Rev. Candace Barron Leave a comment

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

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Rev. Candace Barron Leave a comment

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

Posted on June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 by Rev. Candace Barron Leave a comment

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

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Rev. Candace Barron Leave a comment

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

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Rev. Candace Barron Leave a comment

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

Posted on July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 by Rev. Candace Barron Leave a comment

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

Camp Out

Posted on October 24, 2019October 24, 2019 by Rev. Candace Barron Leave a comment

This week we will come together on top of a mountain to worship God and explore nature. We do this every year to help build our community and to get out into nature. I hear it is supposed to rain in the morning but will clear out in the afternoon. Can’t wait.... Read More

Different Prayer Types

Posted on July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 by Rev. Candace Barron Leave a comment

This week I will be giving a sermon on prayer so I decided to tell you about some of the different types of prayer over the next few weeks. Prayer can take many forms and are essential in our healthy connection to God. One of the first prayers that many of us will encounter involves […]... Read More

MARC

Posted on June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 by Rev. Candace Barron Leave a comment

I was invited to help the people affected by the flooding of the Arkansas River. I drove to Conway where the M.A.R.C. was located at Wesley United Methodist Church. MARC stands for Multiple Agency Resource Centers. It is a one stop place for people who were affected by the recent river flooding to come and […]... Read More

Holy Week

Posted on April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 by Rev. Candace Barron Leave a comment

We will be deep into Holy Week by the time you get this article. I outlined the broad strokes of this week in my sermon this past Sunday. Palm Sunday is the start with the procession into Jerusalem by Jesus. Monday commences with Jesus in the Temple kicking over money changers tables that were cheating […]... Read More