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Helene Bartels Morgan died January 10, 2020, in Houston, Texas. She was born on Nov. 9, 1930, on a farm near Taft, Texas. On April 10, 1954, she married Chester Stephen Morgan, Jr. in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 1956, they moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She was an active member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian […]

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Martin Fowler, 91, United States Army, retired, died December 27, 2019. He was a lifelong member of Cookeville First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery), where he was an ordained elder. He also taught Sunday school and served on the building and grounds committee. Fowler enlisted in the United States Army in 1953. […]

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 Psalm 37:1-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Do not fret because of the wicked; do not be envious of wrongdoers, for they will soon fade like the grass, and […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Micah 6:1-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Hear what the Lord says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Hear, you mountains, the controversy […]

The Reverend Jerald “Jerry” Smith, 74, of Springfield, died Tuesday November 19, 2019. Reverend Smith was born November 22, 1944 in Federicktown, Missouri, to the late Dale and Iona Murray Smith. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force in which he served during the Vietnam War. He was a retired Plant Engineer with […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read James 5:1-6 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are […]