Eleanor “Ellie” Elizabeth Scrudder, 81, a former member of the Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, died March 26, 2020. She had been in hospice care at home for a short time. She was born Eleanor Hillman in Sedalia, Missouri, on December 30, 1938, to Howard R. and Ruth Naomi Keele Hillman. Ellie grew […]

The Reverend Mace Travis Jett, Jr., 89, (West Tennessee Presbytery) died March 25, 2020, at his home in Martin, Tennessee. He was born to Mace Travis Jett, Sr., and Lauretta Downs Jett on January 15, 1931, in Detroit, Michigan. Mace became a Christian in 1939 and joined the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Detroit, Michigan, […]

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 130 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear […]