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Donald Arthur Peterson, 85, died December 31, 2020. He was a member of Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery del Cristo) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Don was active in the church throughout his life, serving as a deacon and an elder. He also served as a member of the General Assembly Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian […]

Vivian Amelia Leach Coleman, 86, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, died December 31, 2020. Vivian was born May 27, 1934, in Lavinia, Tennessee. She was a member First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Oak Ridge (Presbytery of East Tennessee), where she served as an elder, Sunday school teacher, vacation Bible school teacher, and choir member. Vivian was […]

Our missionaries to Guatemala, Fhanor and Socorro ​Pejendino, traveled from Guatemala to Colombia for Christmas vacation and for their Home Assignment (three months in Colombia). Sunday, Socorro informed Lynn Thomas and Milton Ortiz they are both infected with COVID-19. The infection probably happened in Colombia. Fhanor is not doing well and is now in the […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read John 1:10-18    New Revised Standard Version 10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to what was his […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything other than God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Proverbs 3:1-12    New Revised Standard Version 3 My child, do not forget my teaching,    but let your heart keep my commandments;2 for length of days and […]

Focus Slow your breathing and become aware of the taking in and letting out of your breath. Focus on putting things aside so you will be open to what God is saying to you today. Read James 3:1-13   New Revised Standard Version 3 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know […]

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 Ecclesiastes 3:1-13  New Revised Standard Version 3 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Matthew 12:46-50   New Revised Standard Version 46 While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, “Look, your mother […]