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Leonard D. Denney, 88, of Chico, Texas, died February 23, 2022, in Fort Worth, Texas. He was an elder at Zion Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Red River Presbytery) in Chico. Leonard was born April 27, 1933, to Hurston P. Denney and Ruth M. Redwine Denney. He served as a corporal in the US Army in […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Psalm 5:7-8 New Revised Standard Version 7 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,    will enter your house,I will bow down toward your holy temple    in awe of you.8 Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness    because of my enemies;    make your way straight before me. Reflect One of the challenges […]

The Board of Stewardship is searching for a new administrative assistant. A job description for the position follows. In addition to a salary, other benefits include, health insurance, retirement, vision and dental insurance, long term disability and paid vacation. While we are looking for a person with a variety of skills, one plus is a […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Luke 9:51-62 New Revised Standard Version 51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers ahead of him. On […]

Clifford Spencer Odell, Sr., 83, of Vance, Alabama, clerk of the session of Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Grace Presbytery) in Vance, reportedly died in February 2022.

The New Hopewell Presbytery CPCA will meet in person on Saturday, March 26, 2022, at Fairview Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America in Dyersburg, Tennessee. The Leonard Gauldin is pastor host. Due to caution over COVID-19, the presbytery has not met since 2019. Attendees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 including the booster. Masks will be […]

Mary Jo Breeding Hitchcock, 94, died February 26, 2022 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was born in Cookeville, Tennessee, in 1928 to Hop Lee Breeding and Rosa Bullock Breeding, a Cumberland Presbyterian family. The family attended Mt. Hermon Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Cookeville (Murfreesboro Presbytery), then when Jo and husband Armon moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, (now […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read 2 Timothy 1:3-7 New Revised Standard Version Thanksgiving and Encouragement 3 I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my prayers night […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 1 John 3:11-19 New Revised Standard Version Love One Another 11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We must not be like Cain […]

Jerry Franklin Hicks, 74, of Benton, Kentucky, died February 25, 2022, in Paducah, Kentucky. An electrician, Jerry was a civilian employee at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. He was very active in the community in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, before retiring to Marshall County, Kentucky (Land Between the Lakes). Jerry was an elder in the Hopkinsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church […]