District Staff

Mackey Yokem
District Superintendent
myokem@nwdist.org
Mackey Yokem is in his fifth year as the Northwest District Superintendent. He and his wife, Cindy, have four children: Erin, Jenny, Grace and Taylor, and four grandchildren: Abbott, John Mackey, Mattie, Bennett.

His goal for ministry is to assist congregations and clergy leaders in discovering the courage, capacity and desire to engage the Mission field

A Bit More About Mackey:
Favorite Scripture: “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” 1st Corinthians 13: 7

Favorite Hymn or Worship Song: “In Christ Alone”, “When Love is found”

Last Book Read: (other than the Bible): Team of Rivals, The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Hobbies: baseball, Trout fishing, golf, Razorback football

All-Time Favorite Movie: Field of Dreams, The Spitfire Grill

Favorite Quote (s):
–”The truth will make you free, but first it will make you angry!”
–”If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you always got!”
–”The secret to life is knowing what time it is” – James Taylor (parapharsed)
–”Surprised people behave badly “
–”Give without remembering, receive without forgetting”

Favorite Food: Mashed potatoes, fried okra, crème corn, fresh tomatoes, sweet onion, cornbread and sweet tea

Favorite Website: CNN (I like to keep up with what’s going on!)

Dream Vacation: traveling anywhere with Cindy

 Becky Neighbors
Administrative Assistant
bneighbors@nwdist.org

Becky Neighbors is in her fourth year as the Northwest District Administrative Assistant.

A native of Van Buren, Becky spent time in Ozark, before returning to Van Buren in the seventh grade.

Becky and her husband, Jimmie, have two grown children and three granddaughters. They live in Fort Smith “just a mile” from the district office.

A member of Midland Heights UMC in Fort Smith, Becky serves as a greeter and part of the church’s leadership team and the graffiti removal team task force. She also helps coordinate outreach events in the church’s local mission field and attends a Life Recovery class.

She believes her number one responsibility is to “assist and equip,” the District Superintendent and the local churches (pastor/laity).

A Bit More About Becky
Things I love:
–Watching lives being changed
–My grandbabies who just make life special!
–Learning new things
–Marking things off of my “bucket list”
–The movie Cars which inspired my best vacation ever – A trip to the Grand Canyon
–Hiking in the Grand Canyon
–Volunteering with Habitat For Humanity: She has participated in two complete 12-week builds and has worked on about 10 to 12 other homes.

My favorite hymn – How Great Thou Art

Favorite praise and worship – too many to pick from!

Last book I read: 365 Thank Yous

Things I like to say:
–To everything there is a season…
–We all got “stuff” some of us have more stuff than others, but we all have stuff!
–My bucket list is not about dying, it’s about living!