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Mary Frances McCoyle Seeger, 100, of Symsonia, Kentucky, died July 1, 2022. Her niece, Lora Rogers Kerner, serves the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination as an elected member of the Ministry Council. Grandniece, the Reverend Leanne Kerner, is Director of Youth and Children’s Ministries at Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church (Red River Presbytery). Mary Frances was a member […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 1 Timothy 4:6-8 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition A Good Minister of Jesus Christ 6 If you put these instructions before the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ […]

Dolores Rustenhaven, 88, of Marshall, Texas, died July 17, 2022. Born February 14, 1934, Dolores was from Overton, Texas. She graduated from Overton High School in 1952. As a clergy spouse to the late Reverend William Rustenhaven, she lived and ministered across the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination. According to Beth O’Gwynn Rustenhaven writing on Facebook, Dolores […]

Below are churches that are in active searches for a pastor or some other type of leadership, as indicated parenthetically. Our purpose in sending you this listing, along with contact information for search committee chairs who have email contact, is to make the openings known to a wider audience of clergy than just those who […]

Timothy John Orr, 56, of Newbern, Tennessee, died July 18, 2022. Tim was a member of Dyersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) and a former trustee of Memphis Theological Seminary. He was the youngest son of the Reverend Melvin and Naomi Orr. Tim had a long and fruitful relationship with MTS. In the summer […]

Rev. Dr. Autura Eason-Williams, pastor of Capleville United Methodist Church, a Memphis Theological Seminary alumna, and sometimes adjunct faculty member at MTS, was ordered from her vehicle, a Chevrolet Malibu, and shot three times in an apparent carjacking at her home in Whitehaven, a neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 18, 2022. The incident was […]

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 Isaiah 42:1-9 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition The Servant, a Light to the Nations 42 Here is my servant, whom I uphold,    my chosen, in […]

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 Esther 4:1-17 4 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes and went through the city, wailing with a loud […]

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 7:15-20 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. 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 Matthew 7:24-27 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 24 “Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on […]