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Aline Mary Spencer, 89, of Winchester, Tennessee, died February 18, 2022, in Winchester. Aline was a member of the Winchester Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) where she was a member of the Joy Club. She previously taught Sunday school at the Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) in Winchester.

Howard Davis Stone, 81, of Hartford, Kentucky, died in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on February 23, 2022. He was a member and elder of the Lisman Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) in Lisman, Kentucky. He had also served as an elder at Ashland Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Clay, Kentucky.1 Howard retired from Dotiki Mines after 31 […]

Jobyna “Jody” Raulston Davidson Ables, 93, of Jasper, Tennessee, died February 22, 2022. She was active in the Ebenezer Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery), Jasper, Tennessee, from the time worship was reactivated there in 1996, and had served as an elder since the session was reestablished.

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 1 John 5 New Revised Standard Version Faith Conquers the World 5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Matthew 22:34-40 New Revised Standard Version The Greatest Commandment 34 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to […]

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 Luke 12:57-59 New Revised Standard Version Settling with Your Opponent 57 “And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? 58 Thus, when you go with your accuser before a […]

Jericho Brass Band, a British-style brass band, will go “Around the World in Song & Sound” at 7 p.m. EST Friday, February 25, 2022, at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1505 N. Moore Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Admission is free. jerichobrassband.org

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 1 John 2:12-17 New Revised Standard Version 12 I am writing to you, little children,    because your sins are forgiven on account of his name.13 I am writing to you, fathers,    because you know him who […]

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 Psalm 37:1-11 New Revised Standard Version Psalm 37 Exhortation to Patience and Trust Of David. 1 Do not fret because of the wicked;    do not be […]

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 Jeremiah 22:11-17 New Revised Standard Version Message to the Sons of Josiah 11 For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum son of […]