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MCKENZIE, Tenn. April 21, 2021 – Bethel University’s College of Arts & Sciences, College of Health Sciences and College of Professional Studies in-person commencement ceremony for fall 2020 and spring 2021 graduates will be held May 8, 2021, 10 a.m. at Wildcat Stadium. The health and safety of the University community continue to be a […]

The Reverend Richard E. Shugert, 75, (Red River Presbytery) well known as Rich, died April 26, 2021, after a four year battle with cancer. Rich, born April 10, 1946, was one of the five sons of Warner H. Shugert and Jean Fichter Shugert who married May 3, 1941. Rich grew up in the Saint Louis, […]

Oscar Gene Lindsey, 94, of Paducah, Kentucky, died April 21, 2021. He was a lifelong member of Woodlawn Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) in Paducah. He sang in the choir, served as an elder for many years, and taught a Sunday school class. He was also an interim choir director with his wife, Jeanette. Oscar […]

James Robert Hibbs, 90, of Nebo, Kentucky, died April 22, 2021. James served Rose Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) as an elder. He was born July 14, 1930, and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

Susie Denman Elliott, 66, daughter of the late Reverend Elmer Hoyle (Denny) Denman, Jr., and Ruby Louise Denman, died in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, April 19, 2021.

Suzanne Rezac-Seat, 36, of Huntingdon, Tennessee, died Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Suzanne, known to friends as Suz, was born April 19, 1985, in Dyersburg, Tennessee, to Jerry Lynn Seat and Susan Ann McDearmon Seat and grew up in Newbern, Tennessee. She played basketball for Dyer County High School and later Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee. […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 1 Peter 5:1-5 New Revised Standard Version 5 Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, […]

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 1 Timothy 6:11-12 New Revised Standard Version 11 But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of the […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read John 15:9-17 New Revised Standard Version 9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just […]

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 Mark 10:42-45 New Revised Standard Version 42 So Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize […]