LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (June 15, 2026) — The Gertrude Remmel Butler Child Development Center (CDC) has received a $10,000 grant from the Methodist Foundation for Arkansas to support its 2026 Vacation Sensation summer program, expanding access to nutritious meals and empowering students to help shape the program’s menu.

Author, teacher, storyteller to speak evening of Oct. 5, lead Gill Preaching Workshop Oct. 5-6

CONWAY, Ark. (June 9, 2026)—Matthew Dicks, an internationally bestselling author and an award-winning teacher and storyteller, will speak on the campus of Hendrix College Monday, October 5, 2026, at 7 p.m. The event, to be held in Worsham Hall in the Student Life and Technology Center (building 2 on the campus map), is free and open to the public.

Churches that have never sent a team will receive stipends for 3-day event in Leawood, Kan.

CONWAY, Ark. (June 5, 2026)—The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas (MFA) will be supporting Arkansas United Methodist congregations in attending Leadership Institute 2026, scheduled for September 30-October 2 at Resurrection, a United Methodist Church in Leawood, Kansas.

Two-year, Lilly Endowment-funded experience open to 12 UMC clergy

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (June 2, 2026) — Applications are now open for the fourth and final cohort of the Compelling Preaching Initiative.

MFA’s higher education grants cover seminary tuition, expenses

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (May 27, 2026) — Seven Arkansans pursuing degrees at United Methodist-related seminaries in the fall of 2026 have been named Seminary Scholars by the Methodist Foundation for Arkansas (MFA).

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.