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Focus Relax and listen. Consciously prepare to hear God’s Word. Clear your mind of the worries and tasks that lie before you. Open your heart and allow it to refresh. Read Ephesians 2:1-10 New Revised Standard Version 2 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once lived, following the course of this world, […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Genesis 9:13 I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Reflect As we experience God revealed in the rainbow covenant with […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Psalm 25:1-10 New Revised Standard Version Of David. 1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.2 O my God, in you I trust;    do not let me be put to shame;    do not let my enemies exult over me.3 Do not let those who wait for […]

Margie Green Teacher of the Year Margie Green, an active member of the Petersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Columbia Presbytery), was selected as the 2020-2021 elementary teacher of year by the Lincoln County Tennessee School Systems February 18, 2021. Margie teaches Fourth Grade English Language Arts at Unity School. While beginning her teaching career in Warren […]

Russell David Stewart, 55, died February 14, 2021, in Slater, Ballard County, Kentucky. For more than 30 years, he served as an Elder at Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) in Gage, Kentucky. For decades, he was the church pianist, always ready and willing to accompany the Junior Choir, a Christmas program, or whatever else […]

Reflect Former President Jimmy Carter has gained a reputation as a mediator, working to resolve conflicts between nations, political ideologies and his own Southern Baptist denomination. His political background, as well as his own character and personality, made it possible for him to convince warring factions to sit down together and work out their differences. […]

Denton, Texas, 2/16/2021: The Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home reports power outages and burst pipes as a result of a winter storm. “Our residents are safe and surviving rolling blackouts well,” a spokesperson stated on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, “our administrative offices have not fared as well. Frozen, broken water pipe has lead to flooding. Repairs […]

McKenzie, Tenn., 2/16/2021: Bethel University announced today that all Homecoming activities including the football game against the University of Pikeville which had been scheduled for Friday, February 19, 2021, have been postponed due to winter storms. Bethel Senior Associate Athletic Director Brad Chappell released the following statement, “We are sorry to announce we are compelled […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Mark 9: 2-9 New Revised Standard Version 2 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was […]

Henry Thomas Woodside, 97, best known as Tom, was the oldest living member of Mt. Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Columbia Presbytery), where he served as an elder. Tom died January 28, 2021. He was a lifelong resident of Williamson County, Tennessee, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He loved the land […]