Focus Stop and thank God for being present with you today. Ask for God’s guidance as you hear God’s voice through scripture and the writer. Read Isaiah 30:19-26 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Truly, O people in Zion, inhabitants of Jerusalem, you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the […]

Lena Belle Bearden died December 1, 2019. Lena was born October 28, 1934, in Camden, Arkansas, to the late Rev. H.W. and Mary Inzer also of Camden.   Lena was the last Inzer-family charter member of the Camden Cumberland Presbyterian Church, one that her father started and pastored for many years. She lived a life […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Acts 1:12-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away. When they had entered the city, […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything other than God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Isaiah 54:1-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Sing, O barren one who did not bear; burst into song and shout, you who have not […]

Church Street Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America will host the Huntsville/Madison County Rosa Parks Day Commemoration Service on Sunday, December 8, 2019, from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. Hosted by State Representatives Laura Hall and Anthony Daniels, the service will feature music by the Oakwood Aeolians, a dramatic re-enactment, dance performances and panel discussion. Church […]

Thanks to a generous donation from the Rev. Norlan Scrudder and with the cooperation of the Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America we hope to soon make an extensive run of the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine available in digital format. Digital subscribers to the magazine will automatically have […]

Died November 6, 2015, she was 95. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15 The Great Commission was truly the Life Mission of Maree Elizabeth Macon Blackwell, a member of New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Grace Presbytery). She was born July 5, […]

Focus Slow your breathing and become aware of the taking in and letting out of your breath. Focus on putting things aside so you will be open to what God is saying to you today. Read Psalm 124 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) A Song of Ascents. Of David. If it had not been the […]

Focus Prepare yourself to discern what is and what is not of God today. Still yourself so you can hear how God is calling you. Read Genesis 8:1-11 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the domestic animals that were with him in the ark. And […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Psalms 122:1-5 “I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem built as […]