CP News

A few weeks ago, the congregation at Fairview Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery of East Tennessee) spotted a small, stray dog in their parking lot. Church member Kathy Linebarger shared that the little dog was scared, trembling with her tail tucked between her legs. Read more: https://www.greenevillesun.com/accent/for-a-small-scared-stray-fairview-church-is-an-answered/article_d582ea21-f82e-5cad-a157-a5254d863946.html

Melinda Banks, 79, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, died Tuesday, September 24, 2019. She was a member of Dyersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery). https://www.stategazette.com/story/2636968.html

Anna Dell Danner, 85, of Hilham died September 18, 2019. She was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Livingston, Tennessee (Murfreesboro Presbytery). She was a trustee and the treasurer for the Campground Cemetery for 21 years and it was there she was laid to rest. Read more: https://www.livingstonenterprise.net/2019/09/24/obituaries-9-24-19/

June West is stepping down as Memphis (Tennessee) Heritage’s leader after a 17-year struggle to keep backhoes away from the city’s historic and ornate buildings. Her preservation victories have included persuading Chick-Fil-A to preserve and incorporate the front, ornate wall of the Cumberland Presbyterian Denominational Center building into the chain’s Midtown restaurant on Union. That […]

Marshall, Texas, Assistant Fire Chief Joey Hudson, chair of the deacons at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Marshall (Trinity Presbytery) with Optimist Club president Le Ila Dixon, also a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Marshall. Hudson joined with the Optimist Club to plan a “birthday party” for all the kids in foster care […]

The 17th Annual Pumpkin Patch at Lubbock, Texas, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery del Cristo), opened on Saturday, September 28, 2019. Sixty percent of the proceeds of this event are given to the New Mexico Navajo Reservation which supplies the pumpkins for their educational programs. The remaining forty percent funds outreach ministries within the Lubbock […]

Joyce Marie Caldwell, 71, of Fayetteville died Thursday, September 26, 2019. She was a member of the Kelso Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Columbia Presbytery). https://www.elkvalleytimes.com/obituaries/joyce-marie-caldwell-obituary/article_9bc3d104-e14e-11e9-99f7-a7f3ac0e985f.html

Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas, (Red River Presbytery) has an opening for a full time Director of Children’s and Youth Services. Ordination is not required. For more information visit http://www.lhpres.org or contact Chuck Ramsay, chair of the search committee, at (214) 725-8559. Resumes can be submitted directly to submitresume@lhpres.org.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month The Cumberland Presbyterian House of Studies Presents Presbiterianos Cumberland at Memphis Theological Seminary, Tuesday October 8, 2019. Open to all but reservations required, To reserve your place please RSVP by email to Karen Patten, kpatten@memphisseminary.edu or phone (901) 334-5854. Worship, Lunch, and Program: 11:10 am – Chapel Service in […]

Judy E. Glass, 74, of Glasgow, Kentucky, died Monday, September 30, 2019. Judy was a member of Lick Branch Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery). https://wcluradio.com/judy-e-glass/