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Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Philippians 1:21-30 NRSVA 21 For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain. 22 If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which […]

The Reverend Dr. Richard Leverne Niswonger, 86, of Go Ye Village in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, formerly of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and better known as Dick, died March 7, 2018. We were informed by the US Postal Service March 30, 2023. Dick was a member without charge of Arkansas Presbytery. Dick was born November 3, 1931, in […]

The Reverend Donald Schultz, 91, of Tampa, Florida, an honorably retired member of Grace Presbytery, died March 24, 2023. Don started out his career in the ministry on the mission field in French West Africa with his wife Jean. They raised three children while on the mission field. French West Africa later became known as […]

Belle Mina United Methodist Church and Robert Donnell Presbytery will hold a celebratory worship service to give glory to God for the ministry of the Reverend Robert Donnell on May 20, 2023, 10:00 a.m. at the Old Brick Church in , Mooresville, Alabama. Donnell pastored two Cumberland Presbyterian churches and the United Methodist Church in […]

Robert Donnell Presbytery met March 18, 2023, at the Stevenson Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Stevenson, Alabama. Called to order by Moderator Rev. Matthew Ingram. The Robert Donnell Regional Women’s Ministry introduced the offering recipient, a truck for the Beth-El Farm Worker Ministry in Wimauma, Florida. Frances Dawson resigned as stated clerk. She was presented with […]

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 31:9-16  NRSVA 9 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, my soul and body also. […]

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 49:1-3 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition The Servant’s Mission 49 Listen to me, O coastlands;     pay attention, you peoples from far away! The Lord called me before I was born; […]

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge (Presbytery of East Tennessee) announced they will hold their annual Family Kite Festival on Saturday, April 22, 2023, beginning at 12 noon Eastern time and continuing through 4 pm on the front lawn of the church, which is located at 127 Lafayette Drive in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on […]

Originally posed by Jodi Rush, Coordinator of Children and Family Ministry for the Discipleship Ministry Team of the Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Hello friends, There was a horrific school shooting in Nashville today (March 27, 2023) in which three children and three adults were killed. Unfortunately, this has happened in too many […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Acts 10:19-23 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 19 While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Look, three men are searching for you. 20 Now get up, go down, […]