The Messenger
& Information for 2023
Rev Dr William "Bill" Cato
Our preacher for Campmeeting 2023
I grew up dividing my time between Searcy with my father and Kensett with my mother. I made my initial public profession of faith at eight years old and was subsequently baptized at Center Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Searcy. After high school, I attended college at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia. While there I met Dr. Bill Gentry (a philosophy professor and ordained United Methodist elder) and his wife Betty. Through their influence and expressions of faith, I was attracted to the United Methodist Church.
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I have experience in both traditional and contemporary worship settings and appreciate both styles. Over the last few years I have become involved in the Appalachian Trail Outreach Ministry in cooperation with United Methodist churches in Virginia. ATOM is a unique and fun opportunity to minister to the spiritual, emotional, and material needs of thru-hikers from across the country and around the world on the Appalachian Trail. I am deeply Sacramental. I am further committed to small group discipleship, lay leadership development, the Means of Grace, and personal evangelism as keys to experiencing spiritual revitalization in our churches. I am also passionate about racial and economic justice.
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Staff
Preacher
Dr. Bill Cato
Children & Intermediates
Jordan Phillips
Craft Coordinator
Lori Calley
Youth Leader
Dr. Trey Talley
Love Feast
Christy Rogers & Dorothy Daniell
Pianist
Mark McCauley
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Prayer Service
Bro. Darrell Bridges
Sunday School
9:00 a.m. 1st Sunday - Blake Batson
9:00 a.m. 2nd Sunday - Toby Daniell
Memorial Service
Rev. Travis Langley
Commissary
Ricky & Karen Arnold
Sound Technician
Clay Phillips
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