So…. apparently just posting here helped get my brain moving in a new direction. I used my FTP Client and found the “script.js” file on my server in the appropriate “themes” folder (wp-content/themes/nameoftheme). After downloading the file and opening it in Notepad++, I eventually found the following lines of code near the bottom:
inner.children().eq(0).addClass(“active”);
slideContainer.slider({
pause: 2500,
speed: 600,
repeat: true,
animation: “fade”,
direction: “next”,
navigator: slideContainer.siblings(“.art-slidenavigatorheader”),
helper: helper
Changing the “pause: 2500” to “pause: 6000” did the trick! Hope my slow moving brain can help someone else some day if they stumble upon this (short) thread!