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The leaders and members of Journey Church have had little trouble living up to their name. In their 4 ½ year existence, this community of believers has met at 6 different locations. This coming Sunday (June 3), they will transition into their seventh… at 775 Edgewood Street in Monticello. They will have a fellowship time [...]

Change… it’s a fact of life. We are all affected by change. Sometimes it’s for the good, at other times not so good. Often, change has the most profound impact when it happens within the community of faith. Over the next several weeks, we’ll take a look at some churches that [...]

He ran a farm for the same man for 33 years. She did a little bit of everything. But for the past 13 years, Floyd and Jane Killough have been houseparents at the Arkansas Baptist Home for Children here in Monticello. They care for upwards of 8 middle school and high school [...]

MonticelloLive recently received a copy of a letter which was sent to Camden schools warning of a new form of crystal methamphetamine being manufactured, apparently to sell to children. From as far away as California and Nevada, and as close as Texas and Missouri, strawberry flavored crystal meth, known as “Strawberry Quick” has been [...]

Saturday was cold and dreary, but a promise is a promise, and when the men and women of ABATE (Arkansas Bikers Aiming Toward Education) District 18 and ABBA (Arkansas Baptist Bikers Association) Kingdom Riders promised the kids at the Arkansas Baptist Children’s Home they’d be on campus to cook out and give motorcycle rides, they [...]

On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon at the campus of the Arkansas Baptist Home for Children, a gathering of 60+ board members, donors, staff personnel and local officials and clergy witnessed history in the making as ground was broken for a new 11,000 square foot duplex cottage.
The present duplex, which was home to 16 elementary and [...]