Workmatters Messages

Steve Blair, Walsworth Publishing

Mike Rusch, The Cobblestone Project

Elise Mitchell, Mitchell Communications

Pastor Tom Frase taught this month on the pillar of Balance. One of the most difficult problems we face as professionals is the struggle for a workable balance between our work life and home life.  Tom Frase provides his insights as to how we can look at this dilemma and find a way of maintaining proper balance...and the answer is NOT how I can figure it out all for myself.  Maintaining proper balance will require us to allow those around us to help and advise us because we often become so accustomed to being out of balace that we don't even realize it, much less know how to correct it.

David Roth, President of WorkMatters shares his thoughtful teaching about how to truly discover the calling that God has given you for your work.  He provides some highly practical application that will aid you in seeing more clearly what the will of God is for you, especially when you are in those challenging times of thinking God may be calling you to new work.

Rob Hey, V.P. for Staffing and Development at America's Car-Mart taught this month on the pillar of Serve.  We have so many opportunities to serve.  Starting small and just doing it are key elements to develop a habit of serving.  Opportunities abound for us at work to serve those we work with if we will just open our eyes and allow ourselves to be used by the Lord for what we were created for.

Spencer Frazier, Senior Vice President for Sales at J.B Hunt Transport discusses about what Influence in the workplace is all about.  We must realize that no matter what, we are having an influence on those around us.  How can we be intentional to make our influence for Christ be what those around see when they watch us at work.  

Pastor Tom Frase spoke this month on the pillar of Excellence. What do you think of when you think about doing your work with excellence? Does excellence really mean perfection in todays vernacular?  Can someone really do everything with excellence without falling over from exhaustion? Who's definition of excellence should we use.   Tom Frase, Founder of WorkMatters offers a great teaching that will answer these questions and provide you with solid scriptural basis for backing up his thoughts.  

Steve Toth teaches about one of the most important aspects of our faith at work journey is how we are living out a life of integrity. Is our walk and our talk consistent? Do those we work with know that we can be counted on to do what we say we will do?  

We are very excited about this year's Eight to Five.   This is the fifth season of presenting a powerful monthly opportunity for marketplace professionals to gather and hear about ways that their peers are living out their faith at work.  This year, we want to go to a deeper level.  So many of you have told us that you really enjoy the talks, but you want to learn more about faith and work principles.  You have said you want to talk about real world issues that you face every day in your job that challenge you to live out your faith.  Our plan is to use each monthly event to focus more on teaching “how to do it?” which is an often asked question.  We are not saying that we have all the answers to every question you might have, but we want to focus on some of the most important issues and questions that you might have regarding what does living out my faith really look like. Using the WorkMatters Seven Pillars of faith and work as a framework, our goal is to address real life issues we face every day and for y

William H. (Hank) Henderson has served as President of America's Car-Mart since May 2002. From 1999 until May 2002, Mr. Henderson served as Chief Operating Officer of the company. Previous to that, from 1992 through 1998, Mr. Henderson served as General Manager and from 1987 to 1992, Mr. Henderson primarily held the positions of District Manager and Regional Manager. Mr. Henderson has served as Vice Chairman of the Board since May 2004 and as a director since September 2002.

Ross Cully is Co-Founder and Senior Partner at The Harvest Group, a sales and marketing firm that services consumer packaged goods manufacturers as they do business in retail. Before Harvest, Ross was an Account Executive at Procter & Gamble and a Sales Director at Northstar Partnering Group. Ross is a graduate of The University of Missouri and lives in Fayetteville, Ark. He and his wife, Kate, have two children; Norah, 2, and Jude, 5 months. He serves on the board of directors of Fayetteville based Lightbearers Ministries International as chairman, serves on the board of directors of 99 Balloons, Inc., and is active in Fellowship Bible Church.

Paige Partridge Hix and Robert Hix have been practicing for over seven years in the Fayetteville area.  They are both obstetrician and gynecologists at Parkhill Clinic for Women.  Both Paige and Robert attended Hendrix College and subsequently the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for medical school and residency.  Married for over nine years, they have four children between them ranging from six to thirteen years old.  They are active members at Central Methodist church in Fayetteville.  Over the last year, they have had the opportunity to take their knowledge of medicine to several places outside of the country on medical mission trips. 

Mark Saviers has over 25 years of experience in developing office buildings, business parks, data centes, warehouses and corporate headquater and campuses. He began his real estate career in 1982 with the Trammel Crow Company. Currently Mark is a Partner with Sage Partners, a commerical real estate firm with offices in Northwest Arkansas and Little Rock. Additional, he is the Managing Parter of a development partnership in Houston an serves on a number of boards.   

Maxie Carpenter is an independent consultant and advisor. He was formerly Vice President of the People & Training/Development Divisions for Wal-Mart Stores, retiring in January 2000, after a 27-year career.  As President of MVC Advisory Resource, Inc, founded shortly after his retirement, he brings an experiential corporate perspective to individuals and organizations across the country, assisting them with process management.  

Benton County Bankers Panel - Living out your Faith at Work.

Dan Skoff joined KNWA as the chief meteorologist in June 2006. His broadcasting career began at the CBS affiliate KWTV/Oklahoma City in 1998, where for three years he became a professional media storm tracker and alerted the public of severe weather danger. Then it was off to Amarillo where he was the weekend meteorologist for the NBC and FOX affiliate KAMR/KCIT for almost 3 years.  He is a member of both the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society.  Dan also holds the prestigious AMS television Seal of Approval.  Dan enjoys spending time with his wife Jennifer and children, Callie and Cade.

Kelly L. Johnson, A.A.E., is the Airport Director for the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority.  From May 1977 to November 1996, she worked in various capacities for the City of Fayetteville, the last 10 years as Assistant Airport Manager at Fayetteville Municipal Airport. Kelly is a private pilot and serves as the First Vice Chair on the National Board of Directors of American Association of Airport Executives as well as on the board of directors for the International Association of Airport Executives.  In addition, she was the former president of the Southeast Chapter of American Association of Airport Executives, a former chairperson of the Bentonville/Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce, and the former president of the Arkansas Airport Operators Association.  Kelly has been married for 36 years to her husband, Rick, and they have two children.

Tim Helder has been the Sheriff of Washington County since being elected in 2004.  Prior to that, he served as the Washington County Chief Deputy and contributed 21 years to the Fayetteville Police Department.  Tim also serves on a variety of boards:  Washington Regional Hospital Board of Directors, Arkansas Sheriff’s Youth Ranch, Arkansas Sheriff’s Association and the Fayetteville Police Pension Board. Most recently, Tim was selected as Chair for the Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, which includes the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. He resides in West Fork, Ark., with his wife, Holly, and they have three children: Nolan, Clay and Karli.  Tim is an active member of the First Baptist Church of West Fork.

Scott Street, President and CEO of Mercy Health Systems of Northwest Arkansas. He is actively involved in his community and a has four children with his wife, Christine.