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Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 1 John 2:7-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the […]

Trinity Presbytery, February 21, 2020, Bertram CPC, Bertram, Texas. Japan Presbytery, February 22, 2020, Koza CPC, Tokyo, Japan. Hong Kong Presbytery, March 2, 2020, Taohsien CPC, Hong Kong. West Tennessee Presbytery, March 7, 2020, Bethel University, McKenzie, Tennessee. East Coast Korean Presbytery, March 9, 2020, New York Cho Dae Church, Bayside, New York. Presbytery del […]

Retired US Army Chaplain, Lieutenant Colonel Billy F. Ivey, 87, (Presbytery of East Tennessee) died February 4, 2020. Billy was an ordained minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was born in Farragut, Tennessee, to Lloyd and Pearl Ivey. He graduated from Farragut High School in 1950, and the University of Tennessee in 1954, with […]

Focus Stop and thank God for being present with you today. Ask for God’s guidance as you hear God’s voice through scripture and the writer. Read Genesis 26:1-5 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. And Isaac […]

Our United Outreach Sunday is a celebration of the denomination’s unified budget that supports many ministries that we do together to make a different in our world. Our United Outreach or OUO has been around since the 50s and in its current form since 1985, yet many people do not know what it is and […]

Denomination Sunday is a great time to decorate your sanctuary with things from the past. Instead of a banner, you may want to hang a quilt behind the pulpit. You can gather old equipment, furniture, and memorabilia. And you can gather other things that might be important symbols of our denomination and your church in […]

Denomination Sunday is a great time to decorate your sanctuary with things from the past. Instead of a banner, you may want to hang a quilt behind the pulpit. You can gather old equipment, furniture, and memorabilia. And you can gather other things that might be important symbols of our denomination and your church in […]

Many churches have a Youth Sunday, led by the youth, that may be at another time other than in February. If not, celebrate your youth in February! If you do, this would be a great time to honor them instead of them having to lead worship. Imagine the sanctuary being decorated with larger posters of […]

Denomination Sunday is a great time to decorate your sanctuary with things from the past. Instead of a banner, you may want to hang a quilt behind the pulpit. You can gather old equipment, furniture, and memorabilia. And you can gather other things that might be important symbols of our denomination and your church in […]

Our American culture is enamored with the big, beautiful, and glamorous. We devour every little tidbit about what celebrities (usually movie stars) wear and do, where they live and vacation, who their friends are. A television show once spent an entire week showing footage of John F. Kennedy, Jr. and his fiancée having an argument […]