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by Jessica Olson Churches have great power to create change and provide help to many people in the communities they serve.  But what if church leaders do not have the knowledge on how to best do this?  In Central Arkansas, this is where the City Church Network comes in to play. Leader Training Coordinator, Lauren … Uniting Religious Communities in Little Rock: The City Church Network

By Jessica Olson As the holidays approach, many people find themselves with busy days—from shopping for gifts to attending holiday parties. It is also a time of year when many people think about giving back. You can cross an item off your to-do list and give back this year by heading to the ALS gift-wrapping … Gift Wrapping to Help those with ALS this Holiday Season

by Jessica Olson Little Rock is a city with a big heart. Filled with both nonprofits and churches, City Connections’ mission is to bring them together. A faith-based, Christian organization, they believe that every single person was created with a unique purpose and City Connections hopes to help connect people to others who can benefit … Uniting Greater Little Rock: Making Connections at City Connections

By Madison Rodgers The Madina Institute, a mosque in Little Rock, AR, was founded by Sophia Said in 2016. The Madina Institute is one of the more progressive mosques, in part because it was founded by a woman. Additionally, men and women dine in the same room together during Ramadan and also pray in the … Ramadan at Little Rock’s Madina Institute

At 5:30 every Wednesday night, the Family Life Building at Henderson United Methodist Church on Baseline Road near Otter Creek is bustling with activity as people gather for a community meal. Around 60 people come together each week for food and fellowship—about half are church members and about half join from the surrounding community. The … Feeding People and Souls: The Manna Project at Henderson United Methodist Church

by Nikki Partlow-Loyall It’s become an all too common occurrence in media nowadays for fathers to be portrayed as babysitters more than as parents.  Unfortunately, that portrayal comes in part from reality. Some fathers struggle with being the kind of close and involved parents that their children need. Some dads just need a little bit … Arkansas Better Dads: Helping Dads be their Best

By Madison Rodgers In 2015, the First United Methodist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas adopted a program called FANN, or Friends and Neighbors Network. FANN is a food co-op program created for families struggling with food insecurity so that they may receive regular food assistance at a low price. FANN is a member-run organization. Members … Friends and Neighbors Network at First United Methodist Church: A Different Kind of Food Program

by Nikki Partlow-Loyall Over one thousand children in Pulaski County spend time in foster care every year, but only about 240 families care for them. This leaves hundreds of children without stable homes just waiting for someone to take them in. The CALL is a religious organization that aims to remedy that problem by working … The CALL and the Walk for the Waiting: Helping Hundreds of Children

By Madison Rodgers More than 287,000 children in Arkansas rely on free or reduced-price school breakfast or lunch programs. Unfortunately, for one in four Arkansas children, the arrival of summer break means that they no longer have school meals to depend on. The Be Mighty campaign is an organization dedicated to connecting kids and teens … Be Mighty! Congregations Helping Hungry Kids

by Jonathan Nwosu “The better BCM can be as a student organization, the better we can be as a campus.” These are the words of Adam Venters, the head campus minister of Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM), an on-campus ministry service at UA Little Rock. The Mission Statement of BCM is “Grow, Connect, and Serve” not … Baptist Collegiate Ministry: Serving UA Little Rock and the Community