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The Reverend Joel P. Rice of Brazos Presbytery, Texas Synod, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, died August 10, 2022. A past General Assembly Moderator, he was a longtime pastor in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America and made history as the man to break the color barrier at Bethel College (now University) in McKenzie, Tennessee. […]

The Pastoral Development Ministry Team has partnered with PeopleJOY, a financial wellness company specializing in Student Loan Debt. Due to new changes in the Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program, MINISTERS are now included!!! Borrowers will now have an advocate in their efforts to pay off student loans. Visit the webpage to learn more – […]

2022:08:10 MCKENZIE, Tenn. — Bethel University has announced a partnership with the National Football League Alumni Association starting in the fall 2022 semester. NFL Alumni members, along with their spouses and dependents, will receive a discounted tuition rate that is applicable to both the on-campus and online degree programs offered by the College of Arts […]

Thelma Mae Grebe, 99, of Memphis, Tennessee, the oldest member of Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) in Bartlett, Tennessee, died August 4, 2022. Thelma was born September 13, 1922, Lutesville, Missouri, and was just short of her hundredth birthday. She had served as president of Faith’s Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry.

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time.   Read Luke 8:16-21 (NRSV) “No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter […]