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NASHVILLE, TN 6/25/2022: Bethel University Assistant Sports Information Director Austin Childress and former Bethel Cross Country runner Anthony Garza were involved in a traffic accident Friday afternoon in Middle Tennessee. Both young men were taken to area hospitals where Garza was later released. After incurring multiple injuries, Childress was later flown to Vanderbilt where he […]

Preliminary minutes and committee reports can be found on the General Assembly website: www.cumberland.org   Assembly opened 9:30 by the Reverend Duawn Mearns. Missions Ministry Team proceeded to commission missionaries. In a heartfelt address urging unity and civility, the Rev. Mearns resigned as moderator of this meeting. Newly elected Moderator the Reverend Mike Wilkinson took […]

2022:06:25: Attendees at General Assembly were informed on Wednesday morning that a commissioner had tested positive for COVID-19. The office of the General Assembly urged the use of masks for the duration of the meeting. While some commissioners complied, many did not. Since the original announcement, several other persons, including attendees of CPWM Convention, organizational […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Luke 9:21-27 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 21 He sternly ordered and commanded them not to tell anyone, 22 saying, “The Son of Man must undergo great suffering and be rejected by the elders, […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything other than God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Galatians 4:8-20 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are […]

Focus Slow your breathing and become aware of the taking in and letting out of your breath. Focus on putting things aside so you will be open to what God is saying to you today. Read 2 Corinthians 13:5-10 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the […]

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 Luke 9:37-43 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 37 On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. 38 Just then a man from […]

The Reverend Dr. Robert D. Rush (Trinity Presbytery) has been the Pastor at First Presbyterian Church (New Covenant Presbytery, PCUSA) in Tomball, Texas, for a little over ten years and to celebrate his time there, on June 12, 2022 a luncheon was held. During the meal, the 3,000 sq. ft fellowship hall that was built […]

The Reverend James Cannon Barry of Tyler, Texas, died June 14, 2022. James, better known as Jim, was a member of Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery. He had served the denomination as a member of the Missions Ministry Team and was a former pastor of Falling Water Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Hixon, Tennessee. This article is incomplete. More […]

Owen Stephen Kerley, 89, of rural Simpson, Illinois, died June 19, 2022. Steve was a member of the Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) in Simpson and served on the Gilead Cemetery board.