Fort Smith BCM

today, meet EMILY 🥳🥳

Emily Hatley is a senior UAFS Lions and a member at Southside Baptist in Alma. she is behind the scenes on our social media and works with the Campus Connect team!

Emily is also spending her summer with GenSend supporting local churches and church plants! GenSend Boston

Emily - we love you and are so proud of you !!!!

now meet… JACOB 😍

Jacob Dougan is our Tech Team Leader! He’s a second-year leadership team member and loves to serve at the BCM.

Jacob is spending his summer serving kids at his local church and dominating his friends in pickleball!

thanks, Jacob, for serving well!

next meet… ELLA 🌟

Ella is a Dental Hygiene major and is on the ! She’s been a world traveler with her family this summer, and plans to spend the rest of her summer working between lake trips with family and friends.

after getting involved with BCM this last year, Ella says: “I have learned that God uses all gifts to build His kingdom, not just the gifts of preaching or singing. Even though I can’t sing or preach, I know I can use the strengths that God has given me to encourage others, build community, and help create a welcoming environment.”

Ella is new member of our Leadership Team and will serve on the Campus Events team. we have no doubt she will serve our campus so well!

proud of you Ella!!!

let’s meet… KELSEA 👏👏

she’s back 🥹🥹

Kelsea will return to UAFS after a semester at home in NE Arkansas, and we’re SO excited she’s back with us!!!!! she will serve on the events team this school year.

Kelsea is spending her summer summer staff! come see her at the Hub 🤌🏼 thank you for serving local churches well!!!

we love you & are proud of you, Kelsea!!!

HANG OUT THIS SUMMER 🌟

we’ve got some fun things happening this summer, we’d love for you to be a part — especially if you’re a senior in high school coming into UAFS or any other BCM!! you’ll be able to build relationships and get to know some BCMers before you even get to campus.

see you soon !!!!

p.s. -

prayer request — please pray for our 24 students taking time out of their summer to serve the local church! we’ve got students serving , , with , and in their local churches. pray that God would use these students to serve others and make Jesus known!

some of our favorite memories this year 🥹

the Lord blessed us with an INCREDIBLE season of ministry for the 25-26 school year!!!

- 17 students making decisions to trust Jesus
- 40 student leaders making a difference on our campus
- 600+ gospel conversations
- 410 unique BCM attenders & 95 average attendance
- building renovation project
- more than 4,000 meals served on campus by local church partners
- 24 students spending their summer to build the kingdom by serving the local church

looking back on this year, we have SO much to celebrate. come on — praise the Lord with us!!!

CONGRATS GRADS 🎓🎓

here’s to celebrating this incredible group of senior leaders today!!! we love you and are so grateful for the impact of you on our campus and in our local churches!

SO proud of all of the May class of 2026! we’re praying God’s best for you and your families in the next season of life.

PARKING LOT PARTTYYYYYY 🦞

last night was the PERFECT way to finish off an incredible year!!

- congratulated our 8 graduating BCMers
- commissioned 25+ summer missionaries
- ate TONS of crawfish, shrimp, burgers, dogs, and ice cream!!!

thanks for coming to hang out with us! we’re already looking forward to worshipping together in the fall again!!!

love you bye

(BIG thanks to .tv and for taking care of us yesterday - y’all rock!!!)