11Jan 14, 2021
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Witness of the Church by the Reverend T.J. Malinoski Beyond a peripheral understanding from television documentaries and a day off from school, I was in my teen years before I was really exposed to the life and ministry of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. My introduction came from […]
12Dec 18, 2020
July 23, 2020, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the “Face It, Masks Fight COVID-19” public service announcement campaign designed to encourage Tennesseans to wear protective face masks when in public situations. The campaign launched the next day and is running on “broadcast and cable television, digital, social media, print, and billboards” statewide. November 18, 2020, […]
13Oct 8, 2020
Madera County (California) Historical Society Borden’s Cumberland Presbyterian Church, shown here circa 1900, stood right beside Rev. W.B. McElwee in his protestations against Madera’s Grand Fiesta of 1901. It issued a denunciation of its own. Although the article forgets the church and pastor were Cumberland Presbyterian, the article is interesting none-the-less. Read it here: http://www.maderatribune.com/single-post/2020/10/07/Pioneer-preacher-cracked-the-whip
14Sep 28, 2020
Sylvia Elizabeth Parker Scott will turn 100 on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. Mrs. Scott is a long-time member of the Church Street Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. “Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. Came to Huntsville in 1947 as a bride and have been here ever since,” says Scott. “You heard her say that […]
15Sep 28, 2020
This week’s guest on “Cumberland Road” is the Reverend Nate Mathews, senior pastor at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Lubbock, Texas. He talks about experiencing the love of God that is real, raw and unconditional. Next Wednesday, the Reverend Samantha Hassell, will be the guest on Cumberland Road. She has been a Christian educator […]
16Aug 28, 2020
A Prayer for Those Affected by the Destruction of Hurricane LauraBy Kristi Lounsbury As the Psalmist tells us, your people can cry out to you in their distress and you will calm the storm (Psalm 107:28-29). Mighty God, we cry out to you now as we have many people hurting from the path of destruction […]
17Jun 1, 2020
In 1947, William Faulkner wrote to the editor of the Oxford Eagle newspaper on the topic of the old Oxford courthouse and other buildings, “they will go the way of the Old Cumberland Church. It was here in 1861; it was the only building on or near the Square still standing in 1865. It was […]
18May 12, 2020
Since August 2017, the Reverend T.J. Malinoski has written a column examining the Confession of Faith for Cumberland Presbyterians in the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine. It has appeared almost monthly ever since. We present it here for your enjoyment and edification. This posting was made from T.J.’s manuscript and may not contain editorial changes or formatting […]
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May 12, 2020
Help! We Need To Have A Session Meeting By T. J. Malinoski A whoop or a holler to have a church session meeting with the minister and elders is not a call made too often. Ordinarily, one tends to avoid attending a meeting like one avoids poison ivy or a wet dog. There are so […]
20Mar 25, 2020
Since August 2017, the Reverend T.J. Malinoski has written a column examining the Confession of Faith for Cumberland Presbyterians in the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine. It has appeared almost monthly ever since. We present it here for your enjoyment and edification. This posting was made from T.J.’s manuscript and may not contain editorial changes or formatting […]