Registration is CLOSED.

September 14 - November 2
Weekly Zoom - Mondays, 6:30 - 8:00pm

The School for Christian Studies is happy to announce an online confirmation class offering for anyone in the diocese who may not have access to a class in their local congregation. Classes will be offered on Monday evenings 6:30 – 8:00pm, beginning September 14 and ending November 2.

Each class will be led, on Zoom, by The Reverend Mercedes Clements and will center around the Book of Common Prayer and Your Faith, Your Life by Jennifer Gamber.

For more information, email the Rev Peggy Cromwell at pcromwell@episcoar.org

PIVOT is launching Tuesday, October 6 and Portrait of a Parish beginning Wednesday, October 7. Please email Canon Warren for information and the zoom link.

Saturday, November 7, 2026, 11:00am

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 1432 AR-86, De Valls Bluff, AR 72041

In collaboration with the Small and Rural Church Initiative - Join us for Rogation Day, a time of prayer and thanksgiving for God’s creation and for the people whose work sustains our communities. Together, we will pray for our farms, fields, gardens, rural communities, farmers, and all who care for and depend upon the land. This observance invites us to give thanks for the abundance of God’s creation while seeking God’s blessing upon the work of our hands and the communities we serve.

Registration closes Monday, October 19.

Monday, November 9 - Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Staying Close to the Desire of God Amid the Risks of Ministry

Camp Mitchell

Speaker: The Reverend Martin Smith

Registration has been sent to Clergy - if you have not received an email, please advise the Bishop’s Executive Assistant, Chrissy Cavender at ccavender@episcoar.org

The Wardens, Vestry, and Congregation of

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newport

warmly welcome all to attend

The Celebration of New Ministry

at which The Right Reverend John T.W. Harmon,

Bishop of Arkansas

will institute and induct

The Reverend Teresa Cantrell

as Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Saturday, November 21, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

301 Hazel Street | Newport, Arkansas 72112

Clergy are invited to vest in cassock surplice and red stole

2nd Annual Advent Teaching Mission & Lecture

Prepare your Heart for Advent
Deepen your faith through inspiring teachings and lectures during this annual Advent mission.
at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Little Rock
Free and Open to the Public

with The Reverend Dr. Benjamin King
Academic Dean and Professor at Seminary of the Southwest

Thursday, December 3, at 5:30pm
"What was the Oxford Movement and why does it still matter?"

Friday, December 4, at 5:30pm
"Being a disciple of Jesus after the Oxford Movement."

Sunday, December 6, at 10:30am, preaching at Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock.

The Rev. Dr Benjamin King is the Academic Dean and Duncalf-Villavoso Professor of Church History at Seminary of the Southwest. He has taught history at Episcopal seminaries since 2009. King is the author of two books: Newman and the Alexandrian Fathers; The Oxford Movement and the People of God: Enslavement, Education, and Empire. He is the co-editor of two more: Receptions of Newman and The Oxford Handbook of John Henry Newman. He also contributed to the cause for Newman to be declared a Doctor of the Catholic Church in 2025 and was part of the Anglican delegation which met the pope. Dr King has been an Episcopal priest since 2000.

Save the dates! Friday, February 12 - Saturday, February 13, 2027

Walk in Love - "Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." Ephesians 5:2

Save the dates: December 2-5, 2027

more information TBA

December 7-10, 2028

Guest: Dr. Sarah Coakley

more information TBA