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Help! We Need To Have A Session Meeting By T. J. Malinoski A whoop or a holler to have a church session meeting with the minister and elders is not a call made too often. Ordinarily, one tends to avoid attending a meeting like one avoids poison ivy or a wet dog. There are so […]

Stewards have God-given tasks to accomplish, John in his writing to the seven churches in Asia indicated. Finding our task is to discern God’s will for our lives. To begin the task, we should take note of John’s writing. He was on Patmos because of the “word of God and the testimony of Jesus.” The […]

All of us are currently navigating our new world in the midst of our global pandemic Covid-19. The Discipleship Ministry Team applauds all of our churches for their continued ministry and want to help. We know there are many different things out there and we’ve tried to curate a helpful list compiled in one spot […]

A Resource Review: “Call and Response: Litanies for Congregational Prayer” by Fran Pratt From the Publisher: A compilation of modern call and response litanies intended for congregational use. Whether your community is liturgical and looking for fresh language, or contemporary and looking to incorporate liturgical elements, this volume contains relevant, reflective prayers that call congregations […]

  I recently read “A Riff of Love. Notes on Community and Belonging.” This book is written by Greg Jarrell. He has a very interesting ministry in Charlotte, North Carolina. His ministry is the epitome of an incarnational ministry. Greg and his wife, Helms moved to the Enderly Park neighborhood to build community in the […]

How do you decide what to do with your money? This is the question that the youtube video introducing the ministry called COMPASS: Navigating Faith and Finances, developed by the Ecumenical Stewardship Center of which we as Cumberland Presbyterians are a denominational partner, asks its viewers. The goal of COMPASS is to engage young adults […]

The word stewardship gets a bad rap sometimes by the church. When anyone uses the word, some people immediately turn off their brains thinking “They are just trying to get my money.” But when was the last time you took a look at your Confession of Faith? If you did recently, you will notice that […]

A new term buzzing around Christian ministry is “Third Age.” Third age refers to the third stage of life. The first third of life covers from birth to your first real job. The second third of life is the stage of meeting your mate, raising children, and working till retirement. The third age of life is that time from retirement till death.

We are excited to share with you some brand new Advent lessons you can use in a pinch. We would like to thank the Rev. Taylor Young from Clarksville Cumberland Presbyterian Church for sharing these lessons with us to share with you. There are 4 lessons that include a powerpoint and leaders guide that you […]

This article was re-posted with permission from CLC Network, an organization committed to equipping congregations and schools to glorify God through purposeful, innovative inclusion of persons with varied abilities. Written by Barbara J. Newman   Before you know it, school will be starting and your children’s and youth ministries will be starting again. How can you […]