Communications

The Cumberland Presbyterian Church Green Pasture Kindergarten in Tung Chung, Hong Kong, is one of nineteen Hong Kong schools and kindergartens subject to mandatory testing after outbreaks of upper respiratory tract infections with symptoms similar to those of COVID-19. The government has mandated testing for anyone who spent more than two hours at any of […]

John Edward Rinehart, 82, of Clarksville, Tennessee, died September 6, 2021. He was a member and elder at McAdoo Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery) in Clarksville. He had been the production manager at B.F. Goodrich.

A Day in the Park, scheduled for October 19, 2021, at the Cumberland Presbyterian Birthplace Shrine, has been cancelled due to concern over COVID-19. The Historical Foundation and the Discipleship Ministry Team hope the event can be held in 2022.

Hurricane Ida Swept Through Cumberland East Coast Presbytery Please keep your brothers and sisters of Cumberland East Coast Presbytery in your prayers. Several Korean Cumberland Presbyterian churches of the Cumberland East Coast Presbytery were in the path of the rain and flooding Hurricane Ida produced in New Jersey and New York, September 1, 2021. The Reverend […]

From Red River Presbytery: It had been our hope to be able to have a regular type Presbytery.  Covid, sadly, had other plans.  As of today, our September Presbytery will be modified for safety.  We will begin at 10:00 am with worship as we have a Candidate, Kevin Bulgerelli, who will be bringing the message.  […]

Dr. Linda “June” Morton, 78, died in Florida August 31, 2021. She was from Nashville, Tennessee, and was a member of the West Nashville Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She was a Trustee of Memphis Theological Seminary and a member of the Civil Air Patrol. June graduated from West End High School in Nashville before attending George […]

Shirley Ann Hollabaugh, 86, of London, Arkansas, died August 29, 2021. She was an active member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Russellville, Arkansas (Arkansas Presbytery), for more than 40 years. Her passion was Cumberland Presbyterian Women. She served as Convention President in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1987.

Doreen Broomfield Carter, 84, died August 20, 2020, in Clarksville, Tennessee. She was a member of Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery) in Clarksville. Doreen emigrated to the United States in 1958 and was naturalized as an American citizen in 1964. Doreen chose to support Austin Peay University substantially through her estate, establishing the Robert […]

Paul E. Ray, 97, of Hawesville, Kentucky, died Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Paul was a member and elder of Dukes Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) in Hawesville, Kentucky, where he taught Sunday school for many years. He was a 1942 graduate of Beechmont High School in Hawesville. Paul was a proud veteran of the US […]

Elder Ruby Wilkerson, 96, died August 30, 2021. When she was younger, Ruby was a very active elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America. She was Pat Wood’s mother. Pat is the wife of New Hopewell Presbytery Moderator, the Reverend Dr. R. Stanley Wood.