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Martha Ann Hazelwood, 83, of the Flat Creek Community in Williamson County, Tennessee, died Tuesday, April 6, 2021. She was a member of Ash Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Columbia Presbytery) and the widow of William “Bill” Hazelwood.

Dr. Katie Best Butler, 90, of Camden, Arkansas, died April 08, 2021. Born into the Cumberland Presbyterian family of John Ramsey and Sallie Victoria Butler, Katie grew up in the Fellowship Cumberland Presbyterian Church until she became a charter member of the Camden Cumberland Presbyterian Church when she was sixteen. Both churches are currently in […]

It is with great pleasure Cumberland Presbyterian Resources welcomes the Reverend Andy McClung to the position of part-time shipping clerk. Andy brings numerous gifts to this position, including his organizational skills and his knowledge of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and her people. Previously, Andy served as the editor of Encounter: Bible Study for Adults, curriculum […]

The Reverend Frank E. Hare, 90, of Amesville, Ohio, died April 9, 2021. Frank was born August 15, 1930, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Frank E. Hare, Sr. and Edith Landis Hare. For many years, Frank served as coordinator of the Coalition for Appalachian Ministry (CAM). A 1955 graduate of Pittsburgh-Xenia Seminary, Frank served PC (USA) […]

Leo Hobson Smith, 90, well known as Hobby, died April 9, 2021, in Oneonta, Alabama. Hobby was an elder at Green’s Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Grace Presbytery) and for over 40 years took care of the church’s cemetery.

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Lubbock, Texas, will host a Community Carnival Saturday April 17, 2021, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. All proceeds will go to Exodus Prison Ministry and Open Door Survivor Ministry.

Thursday evening, April 8, 2021, the Associated Church Press held their annual Best of Church Press Awards ceremony. 767 entrants vied for awards. We are delighted to announce the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine was honored in two of the eight categories in which we competed. REPORTING AND WRITING: FEATURE ARTICLE: Magazine, Long Format (more than 1,200 […]

On April 9, 2021, the Office of the General Assembly announced the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America would not hold a General Assembly in 2021. Therefore, the expected concurrent Assemblies will not take place in Louisville, Kentucky, June 27- July 2, 2021. There are no changes to plans for the 190th CPC Assembly but, obviously, […]

Codie Austin Clark of Sharon, Tennessee, was arrested April 7, 2021, on one count of Arson of a Place of Worship for setting a fire on Easter Sunday at the New Salem Cumberland Presbyterian Church along Highway 89 in Sharon (West Tennessee Presbytery), according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. With the assistance of the […]

Dr. John Edd Moore, 80, of Newbern, Tennessee, died on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. He was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Dyersburg (West TennesseePresbytery) and had been Vice President of Technology at Dyersburg State Community College. He was born February 22, 1941, in Newbern to Eddie Moore and the Virgie Hughley Moore.