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New Mask Policy

This is the new mask policy of First United Presbyterian Church Fayetteville: It is the policy of First United Presbyterian Church to follow the CDC’s COVID Community Level County Check for Washington County in its masking policy. (You can check the current county status via the widget at the bottom of this page.)    When… Read more »

Ash Wednesday

  Even in a single church, Christians have many different ways of observing Lent. The Bible does not say anywhere to give up swearing for 40 days every year, after all. But Lent can be a very good discipline. If you give up something for 40 days, you may go on to give it up… Read more »

Debbie Power’s Artwork to Be Featured at FUPC

The courtyard at First United Presbyterian Church centers on four hanging banners. The everyday banner series shows the church’s mission statement. We also have a special set of banners for advent, and we will have a new set for Lent and Holy Week. Debbie Power is assistant to the Dean of the College of Arts… Read more »

Black History Month at FUPC: FUPC’s First Black Pastor

For Black History Month, we are sharing some articles from the church History book, A Light on the Hill. Today, we feature the story of FUPC’s first black pastor. Nancy Benson-Nicol Re. Nancy Benson-Nicol served FUPC as associate pastor for two and one half years, leaving in 2006 to aceept a call as chaplain at… Read more »

FUPC Played a Part in Fayetteville High School’s 1954 Integration

Fayetteville High School was one of the state’s first schools to integrate voluntarily without litigation or incident following the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Topeka (Kan.) Board of Education decision. The district school board voted four days after the court’s May 1954 decision to integrate its high school and junior highs with the start… Read more »

Black History Month at FUPC: The 6 Pioneers

Just as members of FUPC were involved in the desegregation of Fayetteville High School, the church also supported the desegregation of the University of Arkansas. From A Light on the Hill: University of Arkansas Integration and Local Presbyterian Support From the fall of 1948 to the fall of 1950, five black students entered the University… Read more »

Lenten Study with the Presbytery of Arkansas

During Lent, join the Presbytery of Arkansas and PC-USA Mission Co-Worker Rev. Dori Hjalmarson in a six-week Zoom Bible study of mission and church. When two deadly hurricanes struck Honduras during one week in November 2020, members of the Honduran Presbyterian Church felt called to act, even though their own communities and churches had been… Read more »

Honduras Mission Weekend

  First Presbyterian Church of Bentonville and First United Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville are hosting Rev. Dori Hjalmarson during her visit to NWA from February 18-21. The Presbytery of Arkansas has been in partnership with the Presbyterian Church of Honduras in mission and outreach since 2014. Rev. Hjalmarson will be sharing with us about the ministry and… Read more »

Abrahamic Faiths Forum Considers the Messiah

Our winter Abrahamic Faiths Forum will consider the idea of “Messiah” and what it means in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. The forum will be this Thursday, February 10, at 7:00 p.m. by Zoom only. You are warmly invited to join us at the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81670779451?pwd=d2hiS2tjY3kzWmxFdldVM0hLWmFidz09 Meeting ID: 816 7077 9451 Passcode: Abraham

Black History Month at FUPC: The Desegregation of Fayetteville High School

In the past, we have sometimes observed Black History Month by singing spirituals in worship during the month of February. This year, we’re looking at some events in church history, with the help of the church history book, A LIght on the Hill. Fayetteville High School Integration Most accounts of 1954’s peaceful integration of Fayetteville… Read more »

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