Scott Inman tomorrow!!

Don’t miss Scott Inman tomorrow (Thursday), Nov. 18th at the Little Rock Media Fellowship!

Lunch is free to all working members of the Little Rock Media and the food at the Wyndham is terrific!

Please feel free to invite your friends and co-workers to hear Scott Inman, tomorrow at 11:45 in the Arkansas Diamond room at North Little Rock’s Wyndham Hotel!

Scott Inman THIS Thursday

Ready to hear from the “real” voice of the Razorbacks?

We’re so excited to have Scott Inman as our speaker this Thursday, Nov. 18th. We will once again meet in the Arkansas Diamond Room at the Wyndham Hotel beginning at 11:45.

As you know, in addition to anchoring the news at KATV Scott can also be heard on radio stations all across the state as the pregame, halftime and postgame host for the Arkansas Razorback Sports Network.

But it’s Scott’s walk with the Lord, more than anything, which helps him stand out from the crowd. He is widely recognized as the rock of Little Rock’s ABC affiliate.

You won’t want to miss what Scott has to say this Thursday, Nov. 18th at 11:45!

We will meet, once again, in the Arkansas Diamond room at North Little Rock’s Wyndham Hotel. The Wyndham has a terrific salad bar and buffet and the Diamond room is right across the hall.

Remember, lunch is free for all working members of the Little Rock Media!

I look forward to seeing you there!

October LRMF: Inman & Wicked

OK, I have some good news...and some bad news.

The bad news is that our speaker this month had to change his plans at the last minute to visit kids at Children's Hospital. I know...how can you be angry about that?! We secured a back up speaker on very short notice...but then the hotel was booked with a convention.

So...no LRMF this month.

Now the good news...We may have TWO in November.

We're still working on getting a cast member from Wicked to speak to us. If we can, that luncheon will be in early Nov. Keep your fingers crossed.

The regular November luncheon will be Thursday, Nov. 18th at 11:45 and Scott Inman will be our speaker! We will meet, once again, at the Wyndham Hotel in the Arkansas Diamond Room. The Wyndham has a terrific salad bar and buffet and the Diamond room is right across the hall.

Remember, lunch is free for all working members of the Little Rock Media!

More to come...

Blessings,
MM

LRMF: Lunch this Thursday!

I've got three reasons why you need to be at this week's luncheon at the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock;

Great Food!
The Wyndham has one of the best salad bars and buffets in the city! If you're eating light or you want to power up for the rest of the day…there's something for you here!

Great Speaker!
If you're married, ever been married or you hope to one day be married you won't want to miss Dennis Rainey! Dennis is the founder and president of FamilyLife! For more than thirty year FamilyLife, based here in Little Rock, has worked to effectively develop godly marriages and families who change the world one home at a time. And this week feel free to bring that special someone to hear what Dennis has to say!

Great Location
It's a lot easier to park at the Wyndham than at Umps. The Wyndham is located just across the river from Little Rock on Riverfront Dr. We'll be meeting in the Arkansas Diamond room right across from the buffet!

Great Price
OK…four reasons. Little Rock Media Fellowship events are free for every working member of the Little Rock Media and their guests!

So, I'll see you and your special someone this Thursday, Sept. 16th at 11:45 at the Wyndham!

MM

Due to some scheduling difficulties the August LRMF luncheon will be pushed back a week to Friday, August 27th.

We will still begin at 11:45 and we’ll still be at Umps Grill and Pub in Dickey Stephens Park and you’ll still want to make plans to be there because this month our speaker will be Paul Vitale!

In just a few short years Paul has made quite a name for himself as an inspirational and motivational speaker. Paul’s clients include ESPN Outdoors, The US Postal Service, Southwest Airlines, the Washington Redskins, the Minnesota Vikings, Tyson Foods…and now the Little Rock Media Fellowship!

Paul’s message of affirmation has reached hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life, and his expertise, energy and ability to encourage people to exceed their potential have been described by his audiences as extraordinary…but you’ll have to see for yourself!

So be sure to join us on Friday, August 27th at Umps Grill and Pub beginning at 11:45.

Trust me, mark your calendars and invite your friends this is something you won’t want to miss!

August Speaker: Paul Vitale

Little Rock native Paul Vitale has become one of America’s most sought-out professional speakers and trainers. His message of affirmation has reached hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life, and his expertise, energy and ability to encourage people to exceed their potential have been described by his audiences as extraordinary. Paul’s clients include ESPN Outdoors, The US Postal Service, Southwest Airlines, the Washington Redskins, Baptist Health Systems, the US Chamber of Commerce, the Minnesota Vikings and Tyson Foods.

Pat Lynch Shares a Softer Side

Written by LINDA CAILLOUET

For two decades, sharptongued radio show host Pat Lynch was the guy Arkansans loved to hate.

In 2000, when he was fired from KARN-AM, 920, after a 17-year run, he made no apologies for his biting, often bitter, banter. “To successfully hold on to a show for as long as I did, you cannot do it by being vanilla,” he said then. “You have to serve up different flavors. You have to be something different from everything else out there.” His different? Tagging the then-mayor “Jello” Jim Dailey; calling the Arkansas Gazette a commie rag; and receiving dubious awards, one shaped like a giant golden screw and another of a mule’s rear end.

After KARN, he hosted shows at KABZ-FM, 103.7, the Buzz; and Arkansas Priority Radio Network’s KDXE, 1380 AM. He currently writes a column on Mondays for this newspaper’s “Voices” page and appears in a Wednesday morning segment on KARK-TV, Channel 4.

What else is new? He’s recently tapped into his spiritual side. Lynch, reared a Catholic and now a member of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, recently shared his journey with those attending the Little Rock Media Fellowship’s monthly lunch.

Lynch recently earned a diploma in theological studies from the Anglican School of Ministry here in Little Rock and has been appointed director of Foundations of Christian Ministry. In the churchwide, parttime position, he oversees training programs offered by the Anglican School of Ministry for vocational deacons, planters of new churches, licensed lay pastors, and teachers. “I am not a good person,” he said. “I don’t pretend to be a good person. The only thing I deserve is to burn in hell. And if it weren’t for the grace of Jesus Christ, that’s where I’d be right now.

“When I got into radio, I bought into the whole ‘I am the captain of my own ship, responsible for my own self’ thing. Winning through intimidation was the American culture.” But Lynch says he was not happy — the pressure of deadlines and being in the public eye led him to drink heavily and look for a way out of Arkansas.“Then, I met my wife, Marie, and started drinking less.”

And he started reading the Bible. One verse leapt out — What you meant for evil, God meant for good. “There it was — all of the back-stabbing, criticism, slamming doors I’d encountered — all that was meant for good. “I stopped trying to run my own life and save the world. When you start trusting God instead of trying to be the captain of your own ship (which you’re not), you’re able to receive God’s grace and be the dispenser of it.”

Lynch’s disclaimer? “This doesn’t mean I’m no longer a nasty rattlesnake,” he tells Paper Trails. “It just means I’m a nasty rattlesnake who’s one of God’s creatures.”

Paper Trails appears Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Contact Linda Caillouet at (501) 399-3636 or at lcaillouet@arkansasonline.com.

LRMF July Recap

If you missed the Fellowship luncheon today you missed a real blessing.

Pat Lynch and Jeff Matthews were awesome. They need to rent a bus and hit the road together!

Jeff has always been very outspoken about his faith. Pat has always been, well, outspoken. It was no surprise to many that Jeff Matthews would speak at a “faith” luncheon but Pat Lynch?

You know, not everyone has to agree to be a part of a community. Certainly I didn’t agree with Pat when I first heard him after moving here in 1996. But I think the more you grow in Christ the more you realize that the Kingdom of God is filled with all sorts of people who don’t look, sound or to some extent believe as you do. That’s what Unity is all about.

The Bible says in Ephesians that we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by that which every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. (Eph. 4:15-16)

Each individual joint glorifying God in the manner in which it was created is what makes the body grow. Not every joint is the same or operates in the same manner. And that’s why the kingdom of God is such a beautiful tapestry. I think we might be a bit surprised when we get to Heaven and see who’s there waiting for us…and who’s not!

See you in August!
MM

July LRMF

After he saw the light on the road to Damascus the Pharisee Saul began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues. Many who heard couldn’t believe their ears. They were saying, “We’ve heard of this guy and how he did harm to the saints in Jerusalem.” They would also wonder, “Is this not he who in Jerusalem destroyed those who called on this name?”

Of course the answer was…yes. This was that Saul, the same Saul who later became the most prolific preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Sometimes even the most devout believers have trouble with the concept of God’s grace. Which is why this Thursday you might be surprised to hear that our speaker will be Pat Lynch. Yes, that Pat Lynch.

For those of you relatively new to Little Rock this may not seem like such a big deal but for the rest of you who remember THAT Pat Lynch…this is rather significant…and boy, does he have a story to tell!

So be sure to join us for an exercise in God’s grace Thursday, July 15th at Umps Grill and Pub beginning at 11:45.Trust me, mark your calendars and invite your friends this is something you won’t want to miss!

MM