Focus Prepare yourself to discern what is and what is not of God today. Still yourself so you can hear how God is calling you. Read Matthew 19:16-22 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Then someone came to him and said, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” And he said to […]
The Rev. Jody Hill will be the next president of Memphis Theological Seminary, the Board of Trustees announced October 7, 2019. Hill will take office on January 1, 2020. Memphis Theological Seminary, located in mid-town Memphis since 1964, educates and sustains men and women for ordained and lay Christian ministry in the church and the […]
Kenneth Bean, 84, husband of Nancy Mouser Bean, step-father to the Rev. Jason Mikel, and an elected member of the Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, died October 7, 2019 (see full obituary in the November/December 2019 Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine). Look for updates to this post. Visitation will be October 9, 2019, at First […]
Focus Breathe in clear thoughts of peace and reflection as you prepare to hear God speak to you through the scripture and the writer. Put aside all the things the world says you have to accomplish today and use this time to rest in God’s presence. Read Jeremiah 32:36-44 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now […]
Focus Are you tired? Take this time to rest. Relax every part of yourself. Breathe slower. Be ready for what God has before you today. Read Psalm 119:49-56 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. This is my comfort in my distress, that your […]
Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Lamentations 5:1-7, 19-22 (NRSV) Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace! Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to aliens. We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers […]
A few weeks ago, the congregation at Fairview Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery of East Tennessee) spotted a small, stray dog in their parking lot. Church member Kathy Linebarger shared that the little dog was scared, trembling with her tail tucked between her legs. Read more: https://www.greenevillesun.com/accent/for-a-small-scared-stray-fairview-church-is-an-answered/article_d582ea21-f82e-5cad-a157-a5254d863946.html
Melinda Banks, 79, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, died Tuesday, September 24, 2019. She was a member of Dyersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery). https://www.stategazette.com/story/2636968.html
Anna Dell Danner, 85, of Hilham died September 18, 2019. She was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Livingston, Tennessee (Murfreesboro Presbytery). She was a trustee and the treasurer for the Campground Cemetery for 21 years and it was there she was laid to rest. Read more: https://www.livingstonenterprise.net/2019/09/24/obituaries-9-24-19/
June West is stepping down as Memphis (Tennessee) Heritage’s leader after a 17-year struggle to keep backhoes away from the city’s historic and ornate buildings. Her preservation victories have included persuading Chick-Fil-A to preserve and incorporate the front, ornate wall of the Cumberland Presbyterian Denominational Center building into the chain’s Midtown restaurant on Union. That […]
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