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Sacred Sparks Ministry will hold a blessing service for their new Loads of Love ministry at St. Luke Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery) from 2:00-4:00 PM CST on Saturday, March 12, 2022. Loads of Love provides laundry and other facilities for those persons in need of such an opportunity. “Now, our friends will be able […]

Patsy Dianne Vandiver, 73, of Lexington, Alabama, stated clerk of Hope Presbytery, reportedly died March 8, 2022, of COVID-19. Diane was a nurse. Much of her career was spent as the head nursing administrator at Cooper Green Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. She served at Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham as an advisor to the […]

Juan David Aros, 50, of Chicago, Illinois, died March 8, 2022, after a long battle with cancer. Juan David was the son of the Reverend Jeremias Aros (North Central Presbytery) and Esther Gonzalez. He worked for Castle Metals.

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Matthew 6:5-13 New Revised Standard Version Concerning Prayer 5 “And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the […]

Charles Dean Akridge, 89, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, Kentucky, died March 4, 2022. He professed his faith in the early 1940s at the Fredonia Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) and served as Sunday school superintendent there for more than 30 years.

Howard Shelton, 87, of Nashville, Tennessee, best known as Hank, died March 3, 2022. Hank worked for the US Postal Service for 36 years. He preached as a lay minister for the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for more than fifteen years. He loved preaching the word and bringing the lost to Christ. This article is incomplete. […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Luke 11:1-13 New Revised Standard Version The Lord’s Prayer 11 He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to […]

West Tennessee Presbytery met Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Kirby Pines Estates in Memphis, Tennessee. Elder Mark Maddox was elected Moderator and the Reverend Linda Glenn was elected Vice-Moderator. The Reverend Alan Meinzer, vice moderator of the General Assembly, was seated but did not address the body. Presbytery approved petitioning the Synod of Great Rivers […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Romans 13:8-10 New Revised Standard Version Love for One Another 8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, “You shall […]

Robert Donnell Presbytery met Saturday, September 18, 2021, in stated fall meeting at 10:00 AM at the Scottsboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  Presbytery welcomed the Reverend Edward Soule, who supplies the Big Cove Church and the Reverend Gary Tubb, Arkansas Presbytery.  The Reverend Brian Tanck was elected Moderator and the Reverend Matthew Ingram was elected Vice-Moderator. […]