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CPYC, as planned, will be a live event which will take place June 23-26, 2021. It will start late afternoon June 23 (Wednesday) and end by noon on June 26 (Saturday). It will take place at Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee. For more information: https://cpc.app-staging.com/cpyc/

The Reverend Joseph Ray Vaught, 73, known best as Joe, a member of Cumberland Presbytery, died April 1, 2021. Joe was born October 2, 1947, in Evansville, Indiana, to Dorris Vaught and Dorothy Pruitt Vaught. He graduated from Central High School in 1965, attended Bethel College in McKenzie, Tennessee (now Bethel University) and finished his […]

The Reverend Gordon Campbell, 91, an honorably retired minister of Missouri Presbytery, died April 1, 2021. Gordon was born July 26, 1929, in the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Springfield, Missouri. He graduated from Central High School in Springfield in 1947. He married Forda Nathane Murray in 1950. Gordon’s father, Major […]

Matthew Ryan Looney, 32, a member of the Richland Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Columbia Presbytery), died March 29, 2021.

Lucille P. Stanley, 104, of Clarksville, Tennessee, died Friday, March 26, 2021. She was a member of the McAdoo Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery).

Wilma Seay, 96, of the New Hope community near Paducah, Kentucky, died Tuesday, March 23, 2021. She was a lifelong member of New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) where she served as a Sunday School Teacher. She was a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry.

Athletic Hall-of Fame Class honored at Homecoming Football Game MCKENZIE, Tenn. – The Bethel Athletic Department and the University takes great pride in the Athletic Hall-of-Fame. Each October during Homecoming Week the University honors individuals and teams who have excelled in various fashions as athletes, teams, coaches, staff and contributors. Due to Covid-19 the Hall-of-Fame recognitions […]

MCKENZIE, Tenn. March 8, 2021 – The Bethel University Undergraduate Admissions Office has announced the winners of the prestigious Hendrix Scholarship. Andrew Welch from Clarksville, a student at Rossview High School, is the winner of the 2021 Hendrix Scholarship Competition. He will receive full tuition, room and board at Bethel University valued at over $100,000. […]

Dear Friends In Mission,  We are planning for a trip to Oklahoma to help the Choctaw Presbytery refurbish their Presbyterial campgrounds (Camp Israel Folsom), near Broken Bow, OK. This campground can provide both camping for youth, meetings for the Presbytery and, with repairs and updating, the possibility for renting it to supplement the small budget […]

MSNBC’s Richard Lui shares lessons learned as caregiver for his father, the Rev. Steven Lui, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister. The longtime journalist’s caregiving life off camera inspired his new book that’s part memoir and part self-help book. Read more: Click Here!