First United Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has a big, beautiful campus with several good walks. If you feel like getting out in nature, the Brooks-Hummel Trail should be your top choice. Start the Brooks-Hummel Trail behind the Butterfly Garden, across the parking lot from First School. The rocks outlining the start of the trail… Read more »
by Manuel Rossetti Hobbits are mythical inhabitants of J. R. R. Tolkien’s novels, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. I discovered J. R. R. Tolkien’s novels during my high school days, way back in the late 1970s and the novels have resonated with me ever since. Tolkien was an English professor, who penned… Read more »
We have a new T-shirt design! Get yours in a beautiful royal blue (the shade of blue in our logo) with white lettering. This year we are pre-ordering and pre-paying for T shirts. That way you can come to the office at your convenience and pick up your shirts when they arrive. This streamlined process… Read more »
In the church library, you can see this photo from Dedication Sunday, 2018. In the front of the photo you can see the original banners made for the courtyard. These banners welcome everyone who comes to our campus and lets visitors know what is most important to us. This spring, we had new banners made…. Read more »
A major paradigm shift occurred in western culture and Christian history with the Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation of the early 16th century. Martin Luther’s role in this shift was pivotal. Join us in exploring the broad outlines of the beliefs, worship patterns, and practices of Luther and the early Lutheran tradition, and how they… Read more »
This year, Holy Week will look a little different at FUPC. Instead of gathering together for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, we will be livestreaming those services. On Easter Sunday we will have an in-person, outdoor service, but our 11 a.m. service will be livestreamed. Even though we will not be able to gather together… Read more »
This past Sunday morning (3/14/21) we attempted to livestream our 11 a.m. worship service as normal, but we experienced significant issues with our internet which prevented us from streaming. We apologize for this issue and we are working to have it solved for worship next week (3/21/21). In the meantime, we recorded our 3/14 worship… Read more »
As the 200th anniversary of our church draws near, we want to set goals that will bring our church to the place where we want to be on that important date. The session has come up with five essential ten-year goals, and we are holding two Zoom meetings on March 10 and April 21 to discuss these… Read more »
During the Lenten Season this year, members and friends of FUPC are encouraged to wear special purple wristbands as a way to remember our faith. FUPC is providing the wristbands free of charge to anyone who wants to participate. Because we were not able to meet in person for Ash Wednesday service, we could not… Read more »
You might have been hearing about sailing and sailboats from church leaders, and you might have been wondering what exactly those references mean. Joan Gray wrote a book called Sailboat Church: Helping Your Church Rethink Its Mission and Practice which made a distinction between a rowboat church and a sailboat church. FUPC elders read this book… Read more »
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