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Roy Kirkland, who grew up in the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home in Denton, Texas, died January 16, 2023. He was an employee at the University of North Texas in Facilities Maintenance from 2008 to 2022 when he retired.

Two teams of Bethel University anglers have qualified for the 2023 Bassmasters national championship which will be held in August. Over 500 student anglers competed for the chance to extend their season. Sophomore Sawyer Williams and freshman Jackson Smith had a total two day weight of ten fish for 36 pounds, fourteen ounces to place […]

The Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL) signed Bethel University graduate Nick Andrews Tuesday January 31, 2023. The six-foot-four defensive lineman played his senior year at Bethel University (2022), registering 23 total tackles, one sack, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries in eleven games. The Edmonton Elks, formerly the Edmonton Eskimos, are […]

Megan Nichols of Fairfield, Illinois, was not a Cumberland Presbyterian but she numbered Cumberland Presbyterians among her friends and relations. She was buried during a private ceremony at Union North Cumberland Presbyterian Church (North Central Presbytery) on February 2, 2023. Megan, then fifteen, disappeared July 13, 2014, and was originally classified as a runaway until […]

Ella R. Coppinger Shipley, 65, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died January 31, 2023. She was a member of the Jasper Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) where she played the piano for several years.

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 Mark 7:1-8 New International Version That Which Defiles 7 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who […]