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“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”  (I John 3:18).  Appropriate words for this week in the United States as we observed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and we watched a peaceful transition of power during the U.S. Presidential inauguration ceremony.  In the third chapter of 1 John the […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Psalm 86 New Revised Standard Version A Prayer of David. 1 Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me,    for I am poor and needy.2 Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you;    save your […]

The Reverend Bobby J. Hancock, 86, known both Bobby Jo and B.J., pastor emeritus of Cowan Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery), died January 20, 2021. Bobby Jo married Charlie Ross McCain December 26, 1955, and together they had five children from 1957 through 1967. Bobby Jo was born in Alcorn County, Mississippi, March 3, 1934, […]

Eva Lucille Summers, 84, formerly of West Plains, Missouri, Died January 17, 2021. She was an elder at Elk Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church in West Plains (Missouri Presbytery). She was born May 14, 1936, in Nettleton, Arkansas.

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Acts 5:1-11 New Revised Standard Version 5 But a man named Ananias, with the consent of his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property; 2 with his wife’s knowledge, he kept back some of the […]

Reflect The parable Jesus told of the man who built bigger barns is often misunderstood by people who think Jesus was condemning the man for his wealth. Jesus called the man a fool, not because of what he had, but because of his attitude toward his possessions, and his priorities in life. What is wrong […]

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 Samuel 10:1-8 New Revised Standard Version 10 1 Samuel took a vial of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him; he said, “The Lord has anointed you ruler over […]

Over the past several days Fhanor remained on a ventilator, but stable. Today Socorro, his wife, reports his condition has deteriorated. The doctors are running tests trying to find solutions. Socorro and their adult children are concerned and saddened that Fhanor is not progressing as we had all hoped. Please join Ministry Council staff in […]

Leland Keith Wood, 85, of Wimberley, Texas, died January 4, 2021. Although he was an active member of the Chapel in the Hills in Wimberley at the time of his death, Leland was raised in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. As an elder, he was a founding member of the Saint Andrews Cumberland Presbyterian Church in […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 1 Samuel 3:1-20 New Revised Standard Version To the leader. Of David. A Psalm. 3:1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. The word of the LORD was […]