The Board of Christian Education following multiple discussions and in light the COVID-19 pandemic and the absolute necessity to maintain the health and safety of the summer campers and summer camp staff has voted to suspend all scheduled camps for the 2020 Presbytery of East Tennessee summer camping season at both Camp Chilhowee and Camp […]

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 1 Peter 2:13-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) For the Lord’s sake accept the authority of every human institution, […]

Charles “Charlie” Gordon Floyd, 72, of Franklin, Tennessee, died April 24, 2020 after a long battle with vascular dementia. He was a member of Brenthaven Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery) and served nine years on the Cumberland Presbyterian denominational Board of Stewardship, Foundation, and Benefits. He concluded his service to the BOS in 2016, having […]

As stewards we need to be aware of the open doors God places before us. While no one can shut the door, we must take the opportunities which are ours. We may think of ourselves as having little power, as was the case noted in our scripture. Nonetheless, we must endure, using what we have […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Luke 18:31-34 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son […]

Like a bone-jarring, stomach-turning roller coaster ride with a sweaty lap bar and no headrest the months of March, April, and now May is flinging the Christian faith onto a new ride of examining its worship, pastoral care and mission.  Some are screaming and shouting along the way.  Others just want to get back to […]

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 Psalm 20 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The LORD answer you in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob protect […]

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 John 12:1-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read John 11:45-57 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. But some of them went […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read 1 Peter 1:3-9 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into […]