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Robert Donnell Presbytery met in stated spring meeting on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the Hope Presbyterian Church, the Reverend Christie Aston, pastor. The Reverend Earl Goodwin brought the devotional and remembered the lives of the Reverend Aubrey Thomas Gillis, Elder Michael Dean of the Gurley Church, Elder Cheryl Hoard of the Hope Church, and […]

The Discipleship Ministry Team and the Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America are pleased to announce the annual “Day in the Park” will take place Tuesday, October 4, 2022. Gather for a day of worship, fellowship, and fun at the Cumberland Presbyterian Birthplace Shrine in Montgomery Bell […]

William J. Flanagan, 91, better known as Billy Joe, B.J., or “Red,” of Stuart, Florida, died March 3, 2022. Born August 6, 1930, and raised in Paint Rock, Alabama, Red graduated from Bethel College (now Bethel University) in McKenzie, Tennessee, in 1952. Named “most athletic,” Red played both football and basketball for the Wildcats. Two […]

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 Acts 5:12-16 New Revised Standard Version The Apostles Heal Many 12 Now many signs and wonders were done among the people through the apostles. And they were all together in […]

The Presbytery of East Tennessee will meet in a called session at Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Knoxville, Tennessee) on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the sole purpose of considering the Reverend Michael Wilkinson as a nominee for moderator of the 191st General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Chattanooga First Cumberland Presbyterian Church Hosts the Chattanooga Girls’ Choir Spring Concert May 13, 2022 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern Time All choirs will perform, including a presentation of Mozart’s Coronation Mass by the Concert Choir. Local instrumentalists and soloists Sara Snider Schone, Elizabeth Schrock, Chris Plaas, and Scott Willis will all be under […]

The Board of Stewardship, Foundation, and Benefits announced April 20, 2022, they have called the Reverend Dr. Brittany Meeks as Administrative Assistant. Brittany is from Fairfield, Illinois where her home church is the Fairfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church (North Central Presbytery). She graduated from Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee, and Memphis Theological Seminary. In May 2022, […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Luke 24:1-12 New Revised Standard Version The Resurrection of Jesus 24 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had […]

Myrtis Adams Foley, 90, of Homewood, Alabama, died April 9, 2022, following a seven-month battle with cancer. She often visited home-bound members of Homewood Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Grace Presbytery), where she also served as an ordained elder. Not a single holiday nor significant event in the lives of her people would pass without a caring, […]

Henry Lloyd Thompson, 90, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, died April 17, 2022. He was an active member of Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) where he served as an elder and filled many other roles. He was a veteran of the US Air Force and retired from South Central Bell after 31 years of […]