Communications

The Rev. Dr. Mitzi Minor is offering a series of free virtual classes called “Practice Resurrection” on April 11, 18, and 25, as part of the Sunday Morning Seminary program offered through Memphis Theological Seminary. https://memphisseminary.edu/sundayseminary/

Ann Rice, Brazos Presbytery, Texas Synod, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, died March 11, 2021. Ann was the wife of the Reverend Joel Rice past CPCA Moderator and mother of the Reverend Dr. Perryn Rice Associate Minister of Lake Highlands Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Red River Presbytery) in Dallas, Texas.

Clifton Hays Graham, 88, of Longview, Texas, died March 4, 2021. Clifton was a member and elder at Elmira Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Trinity Presbytery). He served in the Army during the Korean Conflict and worked for 35 years at Texas Eastman.

Frances Gene Monteith, 92, a resident of Brunswick, Tennessee, since 1951 and the matriarch of the Brunswick Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery), died March 3, 2021. Her pastor, the Reverend Tiffany Hall McClung, stated, “She helped raise up a lot of young pastors and has been faithful to her family and church her entire […]

The Reverend Brian Clinton Gary (Cumberland Presbytery), 76, died February 27, 2021, in Radcliff, Kentucky. Brian was born in Hampton, Virginia, December 20, 1944, to Ryland Clinton Gary and wife Viola Kathleen Earheart. Brian was educated in the public schools of Hampton and graduated from Kecoughtan High School in 1963 before attending Northwestern State University […]

Due to ongoing concerns related to the Coronavirus pandemic, out of concern for the well-being of our students and faculty, we reluctantly announce that PAS Summer Extension School 2021 will be held virtually again this year.  The dates for the bulk of classes will remain within the scheduled time (July 10-24, 2021) and there will also […]

Gary C. Garland, 73, of Tusculum, Tennessee, died February 22, 2021. Gary was an elder at Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery of East Tennessee). A graduate of Johnson County High School, Gary served three tours of duty in Vietnam before joining the Tennessee Highway Patrol and being stationed in Greene County. He retired in 2002.

Ministry Council Summary of Actions The Ministry Council Corporation Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors was held Saturday, February 20, 2021, via Zoom. In attendance were Victory Moore, Carla Bellis, Rev. Kenny Butcher, Rev. Dr. Michael Clark, Rev. Juan David Correa, Amy Cresswell, Debbie Hayes, Rev. Phillip Layne, Rev. Derek Jacks, Lora Rogers–Kerner, Angelica […]

Nyang Wek, a Sudanese Cumberland Presbyterian who has attended both Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Germantown in West Tennessee Presbytery, is a power forward on the South Sudanese National Basketball Team which, in February 2021, qualified for the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 Tournament. FIBA is the International Basketball Federation, headquartered in […]

David Wayne Wiman, Jr., 76, of Harrisburg, Illinois, died February 24, 2021. He was born into a prominent Cumberland Presbyterian family June 22, 1944, in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of the Reverend Dr. Wayne Wiman, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, and Helen (Bright) Wiman. David attended Bethel College (now Bethel University) from 1962 to […]