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The Reverend Dr. M. Rebecca Salisbury, 76, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died January 4, 2022. Rebecca was retired, a member without charge, of Murfreesboro Presbytery. She was the widow of the Reverend Dr. Loyce Standefer Estes who died June 9, 2010. Rebecca was born in 1945 to the Reverend A.D. Salisbury, Jr., and Helen Margaret Lawson […]

Mayburn Artice Putman, 91, of Lexington, Alabama, died January 1, 2022. Mayburn was a faithful member of Nebo Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Hope Presbytery) for more than 70 years. He worked for North Alabama Fabricating Company (NAFCO) for 37 years.

Although the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Lakeland, Florida, became a congregation of the Presbyterian Church (USA) during the partial union of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church in 1906, the congregation thrived for decades before dwindling and being closed in 2013. Lakeland Cumberland Presbyterian Church was founded in 1888. The original wooded frame […]

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 Isaiah 6:1-5 New Revised Standard Version A Vision of God in the Temple 6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high […]

Robert Bane, 85, of Watertown, Tennessee,  died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. Born March 12, 1936, to Ardle and Lottie Jaco Bane, Robert was a member and longtime elder of the Watertown Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) and worked in the welding and fabrication industry. He was the father of the Reverend Ted Bane (Nashville Presbytery).

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read John 1:1-18 New Revised Standard Version The Word Became Flesh 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Luke 8:16-21 New Revised Standard Version A Lamp under a Jar 16 “No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on […]

Joan L. Boardman Gore, 88, formerly of Aberdeen, South Dakota, died in Bartlett, Tennessee, at 1:00 AM on January 2, 2022, of old age. She would have been 89 on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. Joan was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, in 1933, to James and Kathleen Green Boardman. She grew up in England during […]

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 Ephesians 1:3-14 New Revised Standard Version Spiritual Blessings in Christ 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed […]

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 Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 New Revised Standard Version Everything Has Its Time 3 For everything there is a season, and a time […]