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Chattanooga Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is in search of five to ten more certified lifeguards for the summer season. According to the American Lifeguard Association, nearly half of the nation’s more than 300,000 pools will likely be affected this summer by a nationwide lifeguard shortage. After years of renovations, high operating […]

The Elk Valley Times has selected Senior Charlie Burk as the Fayetteville, Tennessee, Tigers Baseball MVP for the 2021-22 season. Charlie is an active member of the Fayetteville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Columbia Presbytery). He served as a Youth Advisory Delegate to the 190th General Assembly representing Columbia Presbytery. He was active in Fayetteville’s youth group […]

Jack Jeannette, 83, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, died May 28, 2022. He was a very active member of the Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery), where he served as an elder and sang in the choir. His wife, Martha Brown Jeannette, and brother, Howard “Tuffy” Jeannette, were also elders in the Bowling Green Cumberland […]

Betty Lee Webb, 85, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, died May 28, 2022. Betty was a member of Faith-Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Arkansas Presbytery) in Batesville where she served as an elder, a Sunday school teacher, and a volunteer. She was president of her Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry and was also active at regional and denominational […]

J.H. Wilkerson, 85, often known as Jay, died May 19, 2022. He was one of the charter members of Stone Oak Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Trinity Presbytery) in San Antonio, Texas, where he also served as an elder.

Claude McMillan, 91, died May 2, 2022. Claude served Saint Andrew Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery del Cristo) in Odessa, Texas, as an elder and was currently serving Antioch Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Trinity Presbytery) in Quitman, Louisiana, in the same capacity. Claude served as Moderator of Trinity Presbytery and represented Trinity Presbytery at General Assembly on […]

Glen Clayton, 92, of Murray, Kentucky, died May 24, 2022. Glen was an elder at Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) although he had been attending Sinking Springs Baptist Church in his later years.

The city of Albany, Oregon, is hoping to sell the former site of the historic Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a property that the Public Works Department acquired in 2000 for $150,000. But as of May 25, 2022, the vacant lot is still for sale. Albany originally bought the site for street construction, but those plans changed. […]

Cumberland Presbyterian churches have been generously donating to support Ukrainian humanitarian assistance. The Missions Ministry Team (MMT), the international mission agency of the CPC, has missionaries in Spain, Rev. Wilson Lopez and Rev. Diana Gutierrez (husband and wife). They have been actively working with MMT staff, and Ukrainian Christians and churches in Spain to determine […]

Harry Niles Lester, 83, of Memphis, Tennessee, died May 12, 2022. Formerly a pastor in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Harry grew up in the Evansville, Indiana, Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was ordained by Madison Presbytery on December 6, 1972, and served in Madison Presbytery, Pacific Presbytery, Indiana Presbytery, and Memphis Presbytery at least. He was […]