Rev. Angie Gage came to be our pastor on July 1, 2023. She is not new to Harrison. From July of 2000 to July of 2002, she served here at First United Methodist Church on our staff as the Director of Ministries to Families with Children. Since then, she has completed her Master of Divinity degree at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, OK, and is currently working on her Doctor of Ministry at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL. Pastor Angie has served churches throughout Arkansas for more than twenty years: Decatur UMC, Bay UMC, Paragould FUMC, and Cherokee Village UMC. She also serves as to pastor at Valley View United Methodist Church.
Pastor Angie is excited to be back in Harrison. She says she feels like she has come home and loves the community. She is looking forward to the work ahead together with the congregations and being a part of this great community. Pastor Angie is married to Rev. John Michael who is the pastor at First United Methodist Church in Mountain View, Arkansas. Her daughter, Bailey, is living in Baltimore, Maryland now. Bailey was in first and second grade the first time Pastor Angie was in Harrison. Pastor Angie has one cat named Yoda Picard. Pastor Angie is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church and a commissioned EarthKeeper by the General Board of Global MInistries of the UMC. She has loved serving the United Methodist church in many ways over the last 30 years: Pastor, Children's minister, Single's Ministry Leader, Youth Director, on several boards and committees. Stop by and visit with her. She has an open door policy when she is at the church. |
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First United Methodist Church in Harrison can trace it’s roots all the way back to the Methodist Episcopal Churches started in the area around 1870. Due to a split in the Methodist Episcopal Church over the issue of slavery, two separate congregations were formed. The Methodist Episcopal Church and Methodist Episcopal Church South. Two buildings were constructed, one in 1876 by the Methodist Episcopal Church at the corner of Cherry and Central Ave. and the other in 1881 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South at the Corner of Pine and Stephenson Streets. Both of these churches rebuilt their original wood buildings with brick ones around 1913.
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First United Methodist Church of Harrison
1100 W. Bower Avenue Harrison, AR 72601 (870) 741-2351 [email protected] |