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Janet Turner, 72, of Louisville, Kentucky, a member of Louisville First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery), died June 15, 2021. Janet had registered and was planning to attend the 2021 Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry Convention in Louisville.

Focus Prepare yourself to discern what is and what is not of God today. Still yourself so you can hear how God is calling you. Read Psalm 9:9-20 New Revised Standard Version 9 The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,    a stronghold in times of trouble.10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,    for you, O Lord, […]

Marion Earl Alexander, 97 of Loudon, Tennessee, died June 8, 2021. He was a member of the Loudon Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery of East Tennessee) where he served as an elder. He was a member of the Men’s Sunday School Class for over 66 years. Marion was born January 11, 1924, on the family farm […]

Reflect In the Peanuts comic strip, Linus once said, “I love humanity. It’s the people I can’t stand.” How often have we though this, even if we haven’t verbalized it? Humanity is abstract—people are real. They get in our faces with their demands and their smells and their aches. They interrupt our plans, and they […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read 1 Samuel 15:24-31 New Revised Standard Version 24 Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Revelation 21:22-22:5 New Revised Standard Version 22 I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city has no need of sun […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Mark 4:26-34 New Revised Standard Version 26 He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, 27 and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. 28 The earth produces of itself, […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Mark 4:26-34 New Revised Standard Version 26 He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, 27 and would sleep and rise night and day, and the […]

Focus Let your soul take a moment of rest as you hear God’s word. Put your busy schedule, wandering mind, stressful thoughts, and burdened heart at the feet of the cross and open up to God’s voice as the Giver of Life tends your soul. Read Hebrews 11:4-7 New Revised Standard Version 4 By faith Abel […]

June 11, 2021, Bethel University College of Arts & Sciences and College of Health Sciences announced the names of Cumberland Presbyterian students earning Honor Roll and Dean’s List status for the Spring 2021 semester. Dean’s List: Eli Moore (Dyersburg, Tennessee), Sarah Morgan (Winchester, Tennessee), Sydney Moyer (Hokes Bluff, Alabama), Hannah Patterson (Dyer, Tennessee), Corinne Smith […]