Posts by Nathan Wheeler

Written by: Dominick Chiu, from Hong Kong 這是我第一次來到CPYC，我感到無比的興奮。CPYC對我來說是一個全新的體驗，對於美國文化以至信仰生活都與香港截然不同。美國的年輕人都非常友善和開放自己的生命，毫不吝嗇的讓別的年輕人知道他的故事，令我學習到如何更單純的透過小組分享去感受主的話語，更容易被聖靈觸動我的心。亦因為他們，我感到被接納，願意和我一同享受主的愛。處身於一個全英語的環境中，於我是一個這頗大的挑戰，需要更加用心去聆聽。但這裏的牧師、工作人員、參加者，皆願意耐心向你解釋。 Being the first time at CPYC, I feel extremely excited. Personally, CPYC has given me a brand-new experience that the cultural and religious life here are completely different from Hong Kong. American youths are friendly and openhearted that they are so willing to share their stories to […]

Written by Claire Temple Before departing from Nashville yesterday, a friend and I picked up a student who was a first time CPYC attendee from the airport. After learning a bit about his life in Florida, I ventured into telling him about what he should expect in the coming week. I opened with the simple […]

HELLO! My name is Taylor Navel. I come from a small town full of big things (aka world’s largest things aka Casey, IL.) I am currently a Social Work major in my junior year at Greenville College. Here at GC, community is a word we hear on the daily, which makes me hate it, just […]

This is your last chance to register for CPYC happening June 26-July 1 at Bethel University in McKenzie, TN. CPYC brings together high school youth from the CPC & CPCA each summer for fun, fellowship and faith. Our theme for this summer is Through It All. Youth and Adults will explore through worship, small groups […]

On June 19th-24th the 186th General Assembly (GA) of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church will meet in Nashville, TN. As a part of the GA, the Young Adult Ministry Council (YAMC) has planned for a gathering of young adults during GA. We hope to make this an annual gathering of young adults across our denomination. GA […]

Welcome back to The Pinch, lessons you can use when you are in a pinch. I hesitate to put this in The Pinch seeing that this is a very delicate subject to handle in youth group. You may want to plan ahead with this one but maybe you just feel the need to have a […]

  Written by: Stevey Ukena If you’ve ever sat down to write something, and ended up staring at a blank screen, you know what I’ve been doing. For days. Not because I don’t know what I want to say, but because I’m not sure which things I should say. It’s like the opposite of writer’s […]

Written by Rev. Paul Tucker This August I will have had the privilege of being married to my incredible wife Katie for five years. I know, miracles definitely happen! These past five years have taught me much about the gift of marriage as well as the gift of the Gospel and they can provide a […]

Today we begin a new segment on our blog that will highlight youth ministries and the awesome work they are doing in their church and communities. We kick off our first youth ministry profile with Tusculum Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Nashville, TN. I had the pleasure a few years ago to serve at Tusculum as […]