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Elizabeth Louise Marsh, 85, of Hixson, Tennessee, died January 14, 2023. She was a member of Falling Water Cumberland Presbyterian Church for 60 years and a member of Silverdale Cumberland Presbyterian Church for the last 25 years, both of Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery. She was best known as Betty.

The presentation by Cynthia Mills (President and CEO of The Leaders Haven) and the Rev. Dr. Pam Phillips-Burk (Pastoral Development Ministry Team Leader), and the Rev. Kristi Lounsbury (Director of Congregational Ministries) will share many helpful tips, tools, and insights related to transitions within the church. The presentation will premiere at 10:00 a.m. (central) via […]

This seminar will be led by the Rev. Mark Hester, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister AND a retired Investment Advisor and certified Financial Planner. He worked for many years with Raymond James Financial. In his 43 years in the financial world, he managed wealth for many and one of his special interests was taking care of […]

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 Matthew 22:1-14 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition The Parable of the Wedding Banquet 22 Once more Jesus spoke to […]

Focus Prepare yourself to discern what is and what is not of God today. Still yourself so you can hear how God is calling you. Read Galatians 5:16 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition) Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. Reflect This little verse. So easy to […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read John 8:31-32 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition) Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 18   New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Royal Thanksgiving for Victory To the leader. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to […]

Katherine Pleas, elder and session clerk of Mt. Sinai Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery), died January 12, 2023.

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 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from […]

Colonel Chaplin, the Reverend Donald Dale Reeves, U.S. Air Force (Retired), 83, known to most as Don, died January 5th, 2023, in Fort Payne, Alabama. Don was an honorably retired member of Robert Donnell Presbytery. He was born October 26, 1939, to David Dale Reeves and Margaret Cottrell Reeves in Union City, Tennessee. Don was […]