Communications

From the early-1960s through the early-1980s, the Office of the General Assembly collected biographical data from clergy and other persons active in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church on a denominational level. This information is currently trusted to the care of the Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America but […]

The Mid-South Conference Administrative Council voted and passed an additional bye week in the MSC 2020-21 Football schedule. The reasoning is both COVID and weather related and revolved around the fact that teams must play six games to be eligible for postseason competition. With only seven games on the schedule, the group voted to add […]

Arden G. Shaffner, 78, of Annapolis, Illinois, died October 18, 2020. He was an elder and lifelong member of Pleasant Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Annapolis (North Central Presbytery). Arden loved deer hunting, St. Louis Cardinal’s baseball, and University of Illinois athletics. Read more: http://www.robdailynews.com/stories/arden-g-shaffner,8160

The Reverend Bobby D. Williams, 84, from Dixie, Tennessee, a minister in West Tennessee Presbytery, a farmer, and an educator, died October 19, 2020, in Paducah, Kentucky, of COVID-19. He had been hospitalized for two weeks and on a ventilator for twelve days. His wife, Beth, stated, “I know he is in a better place […]

Joyce Margaret Bishop Matthews, 81, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, died October 14, 2020. Joyce was a loyal and devoted member of Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) for 49 years. She served on the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry committee, taught Logos Bible study for youth, began a preteen youth group called the Crusaders, and […]

Carroll Dean Enos, 86, of Greenback, Tennessee, died October 13, 2020. He was a member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Maryville, Tennessee, where he served as an elder. He volunteered many hours to the church and to the Presbytery of East Tennessee. He served over 22 years in the US Air Force, retiring […]

Robert Melvin Knight, 84, of Clarksville, Tennessee, died October 5, 2020. He was a deacon at Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Clarksville (Nashville Presbytery). Robert retired as an executive director of YMCA in Clarksville. Read more: https://www.mainstreetclarksville.com/obituaries/robert-melvin-knight/article_da629c46-0c32-11eb-8d1c-5f7b0f2c4274.html

This week on the Cumberland Road podcast is Rev. Dr. Susan Parker who shares that even during times of challenges and questions, she sees the life of Christ is the life she wants to emulate and finds hope in the love expressed in the Church today.    Rev. Joyce Merritt, director of the Still Waters […]

Rodney M. Phillips, 86, of Bremen, Kentucky, died Monday, October 12, 2020. He was born June 28, 1934, in Madisonville, Kentucky. Rodney was a member of Brier Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery). He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, serving in the Korean War. Rodney served 25 years in Muhlenberg County law enforcement and […]

By now, many presbyteries have met but we only have a summary of actions for publication from just a few. Please, if you have not already reported, do so at your earliest convenience for inclusion in the November/December issue. Although clearly ignored by many, submission of a summary of actions for publication from each middle-judicatory […]