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The Stated Meeting of Presbytery del Cristo met in Odessa, Texas at St. Andrew Cumberland Presbyterian Church August 11 – 12, 2022. Moderator Rev. Justin Richter called the meeting to order Thursday evening.  After the Roll Call and the excusing of absences, the visiting guests, Rev. T. J. Malinoski representing the Missions Ministry Team of […]

The 300,000 to 500,000 estimated children who work in agriculture are the least protected workforce in the US by law. Labor laws protect and prevent children from working in factories or offices but allow children as young as 12 to legally work unlimited hours on farms outside of school with parental permission. Child labor is […]

Margaret Irene Truehardt Kyser, 102, of Georgetown, Texas, died July 1, 2022. She was born September 8, 1919, in Bell County near Holland, Texas, in the Vilas community but lived most of her life in Austin. Margaret was a member and elder of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, until it closed in 2018. […]

Marye McGaha Brown, 95, died September 10, 2022. She was born in Gainesville, Florida, to Walter T. McGaha, Jr., and Kate Cashion McGaha on June 18, 1927. She married the late Reverend Richard Charle “Dick” Brown, a New Jersey native, on June 3, 1951. They served the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Illinois, Memphis, Cumberland, […]

Scottie DeWitt, 82, formerly of Fairfield, Illinois, died September 5, 2022, in Tavares, Florida. He was born February 28, 1940, in Cloverport, Kentucky Scottie was a member of the Fairfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church (North Central Presbytery) in Fairfield, Illinois, for 43 years, during which he was a Sunday school teacher, an elder, and driver of […]

We have been informed the dates for North Central Presbytery’s fall meeting have been reported incorrectly as October 7-8, 2022. The presbytery actually meets October 14-15, 2022, with Morningside Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Evansville, Indiana.

Martha Sue Condra, 84, of Dunlap, Tennessee, died September 5, 2022. She was a member of New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery).

Suggested time to visit for peak fall foliage: Mid to Late October Color change begins in mid-October and peaks by Halloween. Deciduous trees (those that lose their leaves annually) are usually bare by Thanksgiving. Montgomery Bell is located 40 minutes west of Nashville in Burns, Tennessee. This location is ideal for anyone looking to experience […]

Carmalita Kitchen, 85, of Hardyville, Kentucky, died July 22, 2022. She was the oldest member of Clear Point Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) near Horse Cave, Kentucky.

The regularly scheduled fall meeting of West Tennessee Presbytery, which was supposed to take place at Dyer Cumberland Presbyterian Church, has been moved to First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Tennessee, October 1, 2022.