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With great regret, Jodi Rush, DMT staff person for children’s ministry announced the cancellation of the “Love Your Neighbor” events at First Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, on May 16, 2020, and at New Hope in Yale, Illinois, on May 30, 2020. At this time, the event at Bethel University on July 18, 2020, is still […]

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 Philippians 1:1-11 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and […]

March 31, 2020 Dear member Presbyteries of Mission Synod and Delegates, RE: Cancellation of the Spring Meeting of Mission Synod With due caution and concern for the health and well-being of attendees to the Spring meeting of Mission Synod and with many Federal, State and local restrictions on travel, I am as moderator of Mission […]

Wednesday, April 1, 2020, and Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. Central Time, the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home will hosting Zoom meetings designed to provide an overview of their services and address how they are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Anyone can attend. Meeting ID: 649-253-523

Good stewards encourage one another with the resurrection hope. The hopes and dreams of a lifetime are at the feet of youth. The nature of hope greatly changes as youth lose friends to death, as I lost a friend in high school. He committed suicide “to be with his dead little brother,” according to the […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Ephesians 2:1-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power […]