Communications

The Reverend Dr. Ronald B. Mays (Covenant Presbytery) has been named athletic director for Ballard County (Kentucky) Schools. Mays has been a Ballard Memorial High School teacher and coach. He replaces Tim Adams, who was recently named the new principal at Ballard Memorial High School.   Dr. Mays holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting […]

Hannah Locks, a Cumberland Presbyterian youth and member of the Spring Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Grace Presbytery) in Montevallo, Alabama, was at Grace Presbytery Camp in Millport, Alabama, June 17, 2020, and “having the time of her life” on “Water Day” on an inflatable water slide when she suffered an accident which resulted in a […]

After a year’s delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 190th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was called to order by retiring moderator the Reverend Shelia O’Mara who has served as moderator for two years. Mayor Greg Fisher of Louisville, Kentucky, addressed the assembly welcoming the meeting to the city as one of […]

Willie Mae Prince Forester, 95, of McKenzie, Tennessee, died June 26, 2021. Willie Mae was the matriarch of a clergy family well known in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She taught English and Spanish at McKenzie High School and was a member of Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church near McKenzie where she was one of the first […]

Landon Clay Matheny, 7, of Troy, Tennessee, died June 9, 2021. Landon just finished first grade at Hillcrest Elementary in Troy. He was a member of Protemus Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) and a patent at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

H. Jean Ridgeway Smith, 89, Cleveland, Alabama, died June 15, 2021. She was a member of Green’s Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Grace Presbytery) where she taught Sunday school and was a member and past officer of the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry (CPWM) group.

The Reverend Tim Smith is widely known as “the voice of the Tigers,” in Fayetteville, Tennessee. Smith, pastor of the Fayetteville, Tennessee, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Columbia Presbytery, has been a part of Fayetteville High School ever since the institution was initiated ten years ago. Rujena Dotson, Supervisor of Fayetteville City Schools, nominated Tim for […]

Job Position Opening – Director of Youth Ministries The Winchester Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Winchester, TN., is seeking to hire a full-time Director of Youth Ministries for our congregation.  The position is open to both ordained clergy and non-ordained lay persons. Winchester, TN. is located in Franklin County of southern-middle Tennessee and is a part […]

Camp Israel Folsom in Choctaw Presbytery near Broken Bow, Oklahoma, seeks a caretaker. If someone feels called to camp ministry in Choctaw Presbytery, please contact the Reverend Kristi Lounsbury at klounsbury@cumberland.org.

Dr. Tony Janner Memorial Golf Tournament Saturday, July 10, 2021, 8:00 a.m. Carroll Lake Golf Course (near McKenzie, Tennessee, off SR 22) 4-Person Scramble, $200 per team Men’s and Women’s Teams Welcome 3 Flights, First & Second Place Awarded Boxed Lunches, Sodas, Water/Concession Stand Long Drive Contest/Hole-in-One Contest Opening Ceremony/Salute Proceeds In Tony’s Name Go […]