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The Rev. Dr. Mitzi Minor is offering a series of free virtual classes called “Practice Resurrection” on April 11, 18, and 25, as part of the Sunday Morning Seminary program offered through Memphis Theological Seminary. https://memphisseminary.edu/sundayseminary/

Reflect Much has been made of Nicodemus’ visit to Jesus under cover of darkness. The church has seen this as a sign that the learned Pharisee feared his interest in the controversial Jesus’ message being discovered. That may well be the case. Nevertheless, the fact that Nicodemus visited Jesus at all reflects some degree of […]

Ann Rice, Brazos Presbytery, Texas Synod, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, died March 11, 2021. Ann was the wife of the Reverend Joel Rice past CPCA Moderator and mother of the Reverend Dr. Perryn Rice Associate Minister of Lake Highlands Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Red River Presbytery) in Dallas, Texas.

Reflect It’s safe to assume that John the Baptizer’s ministry had drawn the not altogether favorable attention of the religious community in Jerusalem. Why else would they have sent emissaries to question John’s identity in John 1:19-34? It may be true as well that the religious leaders did not seriously consider that John may actually […]

Clifton Hays Graham, 88, of Longview, Texas, died March 4, 2021. Clifton was a member and elder at Elmira Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Trinity Presbytery). He served in the Army during the Korean Conflict and worked for 35 years at Texas Eastman.

Frances Gene Monteith, 92, a resident of Brunswick, Tennessee, since 1951 and the matriarch of the Brunswick Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery), died March 3, 2021. Her pastor, the Reverend Tiffany Hall McClung, stated, “She helped raise up a lot of young pastors and has been faithful to her family and church her entire […]

Reflect How do you know who God is? How do you know what God is like? Christians affirm that our best way of answering these is a resounding “Look at Jesus Christ!” Indeed, it is in Jesus’ life with God, his ministry of love, his confrontation with, and triumph over death that we find our […]

The Reverend Brian Clinton Gary (Cumberland Presbytery), 76, died February 27, 2021, in Radcliff, Kentucky. Brian was born in Hampton, Virginia, December 20, 1944, to Ryland Clinton Gary and wife Viola Kathleen Earheart. Brian was educated in the public schools of Hampton and graduated from Kecoughtan High School in 1963 before attending Northwestern State University […]

Due to ongoing concerns related to the Coronavirus pandemic, out of concern for the well-being of our students and faculty, we reluctantly announce that PAS Summer Extension School 2021 will be held virtually again this year.  The dates for the bulk of classes will remain within the scheduled time (July 10-24, 2021) and there will also […]

Gary C. Garland, 73, of Tusculum, Tennessee, died February 22, 2021. Gary was an elder at Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery of East Tennessee). A graduate of Johnson County High School, Gary served three tours of duty in Vietnam before joining the Tennessee Highway Patrol and being stationed in Greene County. He retired in 2002.