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Chattanooga First Cumberland Presbyterian Church hosts the Chattanooga Music Club’s free “Holiday Festivity” program on November 20, 2022, at 3 p.m. Eastern Time at 1505 N. Moore Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The public is encouraged to attend the program featuring the Metropolitan Bells and the Choral Arts Society. This program will also feature a Sing Along […]

John B. Scarbrough, 86, of Sadler, Texas, better known as “JB,” died October 19, 2022. He was an elder and lifelong member of Sandy Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Red River Presbytery) in Sandusky, Texas. He learned to play the piano so the church would have piano music. JB served as a trustee for the Mt. […]

Jack R. Hughes, 66, of Paducah, Kentucky, best known as Randy, died October 12, 2022. Randy was a member of Highland Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) in Paducah where he was a deacon and served on the missions and maintenance committees.

The Reverend Forest Lee Prosser, 85, died October 16, 2022, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was an honorably retired member of Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery. Forest was born to Hershel and Alice Kincaid Prosser, a Cumberland Presbyterian family, on April 25, 1937, in Lebanon, Missouri. In 1946, he was baptized by the Reverend Harold Reeves and joined the […]

The Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry at Owensboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) have partnered with Funds2Orgs, an Orlando, Florida, based company which works with groups such as churches, civic organizations and other nonprofits to do shoe drives. The shoes are shipped to micro-entrepreneurs in 26 developing countries worldwide, who then sell the shoes to support […]

LEBANON, Tenn. – Bethel Assistant Baseball Coach Nick Thompson was a key member of the Cumberland University 2004 National Championship baseball team. That squad was inducted into the Cumberland University Athletic Hall-of-Fame Friday, October 14, 2022. Originally from Savannah, Tennessee, Coach Thompson is a 2000 graduate of Hardin County High School where he set many […]

North Central Presbytery met on October 14-15 at Morningside Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Evansville, Indiana. Rev. Ralph Blevins brought the Retiring Moderator’s sermon.  Rev. Kevin Jenkins was elected as Moderator and Rev. Holton Dean Sandiford was elected as Vice Moderator. Rev. Ralph Blevins was granted retired status. Rev. Jesse Thornton’s letter was granted. Nick Muhlenbach […]

Eleanor Jeane Mulder Dudley, 97, best known as “Pinks,” recently of Nashville, Tennessee, but long-time resident of Starkville, Mississippi, died October 9, 2022. She was a founding member of Trinity Presbyterian Church (St. Andrew Presbytery PCUSA) in Starkville and the Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity. Pinks and husband, Sam, lived in Starkville for more than […]

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge (Presbytery of East Tennessee) will host Family Falloween from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, in the parking lot and on the front lawn at 127 Lafayette Drive at Laboratory Road. Come enjoy games, costume contest and trunk or treat, and it’s all free. Families will be […]

Mary Lee Frances Jackson Hanger, 78, of Winchester, Tennessee, died October 8, 2022. She had been a member of the Goshen Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) since her youth. She was a Sunday school teacher, an elder, and a leader of the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry. She cooked many amazing meals for the church and […]