The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas' annual Bishops’ Club Luncheon celebrated its 40th year on Friday, May 15, 2026, at Camp Aldersgate in Little Rock. More than 150 attendees gathered to hear keynote speaker Sonya Schmidt Murphy, executive director of Camp Aldersgate, and to celebrate how club members' dues are used for Arkansas, for good.

May 7 Zoom session will educate participants on increasing communities’ compassion and support

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 16, 2026)—The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas has scheduled its next quarterly Learning Zoom for Thursday, May 7, at 10:00 a.m. This quarter’s event will be a Dementia Friends Training session, led by Kimberly Kinder, DPT, BCPA, interim executive director of Alzheimer’s Arkansas. As always, this MFA Learning Zoom is free and open to all.

Total for first three months of 2026 surpasses Q1 of 2025 by more than $50,000

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 14, 2026)—The Grant Administration Committee of the Methodist Foundation for Arkansas (MFA) Board of Directors has awarded a total of 10 grants across its monthly meetings of the first quarter, bringing the committee’s granted funds to $185,215 for the year to date—more than $50,000 ahead of last year’s first quarter total.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 19, 2026)—The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas (MFA) on May 12 will host its 2026 Investment Forum, beginning with lunch at 11:30 a.m. at its headquarters, 601 Wellington Village Road in Little Rock. Open to representatives from churches and organizations that hold accounts with MFA, the event will feature leaders from Wespath, the United Methodist denominational agency that provides investment services to individuals and participant clients, including MFA.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (March 6, 2026)—Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas has announced this year’s recipients of the Woodrow B. Seals Laity Award, and among them is Ms. Cathy Hall, who serves as the Office and Hospitality Manager for the Methodist Foundation for Arkansas (MFA).

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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (February 17, 2026)—Faith communities walk with people through some of life’s most meaningful—and most vulnerable—moments: births, baptisms, illnesses, deaths, and funerals. Questions about legacy, family, faith, and stewardship surface naturally in those spaces, too… yet many clergy feel under-resourced to address them fully.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (February 9, 2026)—The Northwest Arkansas Methodist Lawyers Conference, a new, free continuing legal education event sponsored by the Methodist Foundation for Arkansas (MFA), is open to United Methodist attorneys and others who represent United Methodist congregations in their work. The day-long, in-person conference is set for Thursday, April 9, 2026, at Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (January 27, 2026)—The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas (MFA) awarded 209 grants during calendar year 2025, bringing its annual total of granted funds to $2,103,474. This amount exceeds 2024’s tally of just over $1.8 million in grant disbursements, as well as all other annual totals in the history of the MFA’s grant ministry.