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On November 4, 2022, a tornado struck the area of Idabell, in southeastern Oklahoma (Choctaw Presbytery), and moved to the east toward Eagletown. Another tornado touched down north of Broken Bow in the Battiest and Smithville area. Around 185 structures have been heavily damaged or destroyed, dozens of residents have been left homeless, and at […]

Wanda Gomer died November 4, 2022. She was a church organist in Red River Presbytery for many years, first at Trinity Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, Texas, and then at St. Matthew Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Burleson, Texas (now known as Pathway), where she and husband Stanley Gomer were charter members. She played for […]

Dawson Bailey Smith, Sr., 87, of Lewisburg, Tennessee, died November 2, 2022. He was a member of Fayetteville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Colombia Presbytery) where he served as an elder and a Sunday school teacher for many years.

The No. 4 ranked Bethel University Wildcats football team scored 28 points in the first quarter and coasted to a 59-6 victory over the visiting Faulkner Eagles Saturday afternoon, November 5, 2022. With the win, Bethel clinched the Mid-South Conference, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, title. It was Senior Day for 19 Wildcats who were […]

The Reverend Richard Alan Morgan, Jr., 54, of Winchester, Tennessee, died November 6, 2022. He loved music and he loved to sing. Richard had been pastor of Goshen Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) since 2014. Born May 31, 1968, in Decatur, Alabama, Richard went to Scottsboro High School from which he graduated in 1986. He […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Zechariah 6:9-15 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition The Coronation of the Branch 9 The word of the Lord came to me: 10 “Collect silver and gold from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah—who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah […]

Focus Turn off your cell phone, TV, or radio. Listen to the silence that is around you. Listen for God to speak to you. Read Acts 22:22-23:11   New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   Paul and the Roman Tribune 22 Up to this point they listened to him, but then they shouted, “Away with such […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Psalm 142 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Psalm 142 Prayer for Deliverance from Persecutors A Maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A Prayer. 1 With my voice I cry to the Lord;     with my voice I make supplication to the Lord. 2 I pour out my […]

The Reverend Grant L. Minton, 71, of Auburn, Kentucky, died November 2, 2022, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. He had served Cumberland Presbytery as pastor of Auburn Cumberland Presbyterian Church for 27 years. He served on the Board of Missions and the Committee on the Ministry of Cumberland Presbytery and was a chaplain for […]

Our Missionary Daniel Jang in Iloilo City, Philippines reports that “Typhoon Nalgae struck the Philippines this week, and around 120 people died from the storm. All our churches are safe, but many church people’s houses were flooded.” News reports state that Nalgae lashed the Philippines with extreme rainfall causing landslides and flooding, making it among […]