Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Psalm 1 1 Happy are those    who do not follow the advice of the wicked,or take the path that sinners tread,    or sit in the seat of scoffers;2 but their delight is in the law of the Lord,    and on his law they meditate day and night.3 They are like trees    planted by streams […]

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 […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Psalm 1 1 Happy are those    who do not follow the advice of the wicked,or take the path that sinners tread,    or sit in the seat of scoffers;2 but their delight is in the law of […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read “Every nation on the earth will be blessed through your descendants. I will do this because you obeyed me.” – Genesis 22:18 ERV Reflect From a young age, so many of us […]

Reflect In 2 Kings 5:2-6, 9-14, Namaan’s listening to the servant girl’s faith was the beginning of his healing. The faith of children is incredible—just visit a children’s hospital like St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (after the pandemic is over). Children are too young to be as skeptical as grown-ups. As Jesus said, we would […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Daniel 6:13-28 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual 20 and commanded some of the strongest soldiers […]

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 […]

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 Daniel 3:19-30 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter […]