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Brad Chappell, Bethel University Senior Associate Athletic Director, announced Tuesday, June 1, 2021, Jason Essary has been named Bethel Director of Sports Medicine. Essary has been serving as Interim Director during the illness and death of Suzanne Seat Rezac and is in his nineth year at Bethel University. Prior to coming to Bethel, Jason was […]

Peggy Marie Austin Shuck, 87, died June 6, 2021. She was a member of Newbern Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) where she and her husband William served as accompanists and organists for several years. They loved music and enjoyed sharing it with others.

Ruth Summers Nuckols, 94, of Auburn, Kentucky, died June 5, 2021, in Valdosta, Georgia. She was a member of the Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) for 74 years. She was a Logan County, Kentucky, native born October 14, 1926, to Gaither Summers and Lilly Floring Summers. Ruth was a cook for the Old […]

Focus Close your eyes and open yourself as you relax into a peaceful state. Be willing to expose yourself for who you are as God created you to be. Breathe deeply as you prepare to hear God’s Word. Read Psalm 20 New Revised Standard Version To the leader. A Psalm of David. 1 The Lord answer you in […]

Memphis Theological Seminary is partnering with Bethel University and the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home for a banquet during this year’s Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly. Join us on Wednesday, June 30th, 2021, at 5:30pm in Galt House Ballroom B. Tickets can be purchased at this link: http://ga2021.givesmart.com

Rev. Cardelia Howell-Diamond has announced her resignation as Coordinator of Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry, effective July 1. Her passion for the denomination’s broad spectrum of ministry will be missed. Cardelia spent nine years working with the Ministry Council’s Missions Ministry Team, first as an elected member then as Coordinator of Women’s Ministry. We are sorry […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Hebrews 2:5-9 New Revised Standard Version 5 Now God did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to angels. 6 But someone has testified somewhere, “What are human beings that you are mindful […]

The Reverend Richard Samuel Coons, 91, died May 30, 2021, in Memphis, Tennessee. Known to most as Dick, Rev. Coons was born to Clara Grace Newline Coons and Herman S. Coons in Troy Grove, Illinois, June 30, 1929. He grew up and was educated in the public schools of Casey, Illinois, graduating from Casey High […]

Reflect We see from Ephesians 5 and Genesis 2 that God intended for human beings to be bound closely to each other. Whether we are someone’s spouse or someone’s relative, friend or colleague, our actions affect others as well as ourselves. The decisions we make usually have an impact on those close to us, whether […]

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 Galatians 6:11-18 New Revised Standard Version 11 See what large letters I make when I am writing in my own […]