News briefs from around the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America.
431Mar 21, 2022
The European Union (EU) has opened its borders to Ukrainian refugees, and they are now arriving in Spain, where the CP Church has a presence with mission churches and our missionaries, Reverends Wilson and Diana Lopez. The “Renacer CP Church” in Madrid is accepting donations and will use them to purchase medicines, clothing, food, diapers, […]
432Mar 21, 2022
Dinah Ruth Dodd McInturff, 80, died in Johnson City, Tennessee, March 15, 2022. She was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Greeneville, Tennessee (Presbytery of East Tennessee), where she sang in the choir, led the children’s choir, and taught children’s Sunday School. She provided a sourdough bread ministry to the ill and bereaved […]
433Mar 17, 2022
Jessie Lois Justice Hines, 90, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, died March 10, 2022. A long-time member of the Mt. Olivet Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery), she was active in women’s groups, taught Sunday School and VBS, and enjoyed church wide fellowships.
434Mar 17, 2022
Brandon Matlock Hayes of Clarksville, Tennessee, will receive Scouting’s Silver Beaver at a council recognition dinner scheduled for March 26, 2022, at Christ United Methodist Church in St. Matthews, Kentucky. Brandon is a 2016 graduate of Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee, and the son of the Reverend Brian Hayes (Covenant Presbytery) and Ministry Council elected […]
435Mar 14, 2022
The Reverend Aubrey Thomas Gillis, 59, better known as Tom, of Alabaster, Alabama, died March 13, 2022, after a struggle with pancreatic cancer. Tom was a member without charge of Robert Donnell Presbytery and had been associate pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Alabaster. This article is incomplete. More information will be added as […]
436Mar 11, 2022
United Way of Franklin County’s Father Daughter Dance is March 26, 2022, from 4:30-8:30 p.m. at Winchester Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery), 200 Second Ave. NW, Winchester. Tickets are $30 per person, which includes dinner, dancing, photo booth and a flower and a gift for daughters. Profits benefit the United Way. Tickets available at Citizens […]
437Mar 11, 2022
Clara Marie Catron Kihl, 95, of Owensboro, Kentucky, died March 7, 2022. She was an active member of the Owensboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) and a former president of the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry.
438Mar 10, 2022
Bethel University announced the Annual Wildcat Spring Football Game will be Saturday, March 26 at Wildcat Stadium on Bethel’s campus in McKenzie, Tennessee. Kick-off is slated for 3:15 p.m. Admission to the game is free and open to the public. All fans are encouraged to be there and support the Wildcats.
439Mar 10, 2022
Victory in the Abu Garcia College Fishing Open, sponsored by Yeti, eluded Bethel University anglers until February 28, 2022, when the team of Hunter Fillmore and Dylan Fogarty won the event with more than a fourteen pound margin and a total weight of over 45 pounds. The team gained a berth in the 2023 National […]
440Mar 10, 2022
Sacred Sparks Ministry will hold a blessing service for their new Loads of Love ministry at St. Luke Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery) from 2:00-4:00 PM CST on Saturday, March 12, 2022. Loads of Love provides laundry and other facilities for those persons in need of such an opportunity. “Now, our friends will be able […]