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Rev. Dr. Brittany Meeks will be teaching classes for Pulpit & Pew: Seminary for Everyone beginning November 28, 2022. Four classes will focus on “Birth Stories of Jesus.”

The Reverend William Lee Robinson, 77, of Huntsville Presbytery, Alabama Synod, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, died August 25, 2022. Robinson served as Pastor of the St. James No. 2 Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America (Huntsville Presbytery) in Harvest, Alabama for more 40 years. Robinson served the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America at all judicatory […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Matthew 13:1-16(17-50) 13 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the […]

Paula Garner Darden, 86, of Camden, Arkansas, died August 26, 2022. She was a lifelong member of Sulphur Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Arkansas Presbytery) where she served as church secretary and pianist. Shew was also founder of the church library.

Nelle Luckey Sparks, 101, of Martin, Tennessee, died August 28, 2022. She was a member of Martin Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) and will be laid to rest in the Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery near McKenzie, Tennessee.

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 16:21-17:8 21 From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and […]

Julie Gentry-Michaels, 60, of Scottsboro, Alabama, died unexpectedly August 22, 2022. A career educator, she was director of Mother’s Day Out at Scottsboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Robert Donnell Presbytery).

James Cantrell, 81, of Science Hill, Kentucky, died August 23, 2022. Best known as Jim, he was an elder at Leitchfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) where he taught Sunday school. Jim is probably best known for Cantrell’s Record Shoppe and Music Center in Leitchfield. Born June 10, 1941, in his youth he was lead […]

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 James 1:2-4 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2 My brothers and sisters, whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Hebrews 13:7-21 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 7 Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their […]