Communications

The No. 4 ranked Bethel University Wildcats football team scored 28 points in the first quarter and coasted to a 59-6 victory over the visiting Faulkner Eagles Saturday afternoon, November 5, 2022. With the win, Bethel clinched the Mid-South Conference, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, title. It was Senior Day for 19 Wildcats who were […]

The Reverend Richard Alan Morgan, Jr., 54, of Winchester, Tennessee, died November 6, 2022. He loved music and he loved to sing. Richard had been pastor of Goshen Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) since 2014. Born May 31, 1968, in Decatur, Alabama, Richard went to Scottsboro High School from which he graduated in 1986. He […]

The Reverend Grant L. Minton, 71, of Auburn, Kentucky, died November 2, 2022, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. He had served Cumberland Presbytery as pastor of Auburn Cumberland Presbyterian Church for 27 years. He served on the Board of Missions and the Committee on the Ministry of Cumberland Presbytery and was a chaplain for […]

Our Missionary Daniel Jang in Iloilo City, Philippines reports that “Typhoon Nalgae struck the Philippines this week, and around 120 people died from the storm. All our churches are safe, but many church people’s houses were flooded.” News reports state that Nalgae lashed the Philippines with extreme rainfall causing landslides and flooding, making it among […]

Bethel University October 26, 2022: Dr. Delecia Parker has been named the director of nursing at Bethel University. “Dr. Parker has been so important to our program,” said Dr. Walter Butler, president of Bethel University. “Her love for the nursing profession is so evident as she helps the profession grow through our students.” Parker has […]

John Dowd Perry, 91, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died October 31, 2022. He served two years in the United States Navy aboard the U.S.S. Coucal, a submarine rescue ship, serving as the captain’s yeoman. He was a deacon at Scottsboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Robert Donnell Presbytery) and later ordained as an elder and deacon at Brainerd […]

John Clark, 79, known to many as Wayne, died October 19, 2022. Wayne was a Vietnam era veteran of the United States Air Force. He was an Elder in Christ Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Lutz, Florida (Grace Presbytery).

Sharpen Your Skills & Learn From Others Join one of the online meetings next week designed for Committees on Ministry/Preparation and Clergy Care Committees to learn more about resources, processes, and to share ideas. • Learn about Continuing Education Opportunities. • Learn about books, certificates, communion sets, and more! • Learn about Mental Health Resources. […]

Joyce McCain Harm, 99, of Little Rock, Arkansas, formerly of Dover, Arkansas, died on Oct. 25, 2022. Joyce was always an active member of her local church, Dover Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Arkansas Presbytery), Central Presbyterian Church in Russellville, Arkansas (formerly Cumberland Presbyterian), and Second Presbyterian in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The Pleasant Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery of East Tennessee) will be having a special Veterans Recognition Service on Sunday, November 6., 2022. Service time is 11 a.m. The church is located at 13385 Kingsport Hwy., in Chuckey, Tennessee. A church news release notes that a service of patriotic music will be presented by Marcy […]