Overnight on August 20-21, 2021, more than 15 inches of rain was reported to have fallen in areas west of Nashville, Tennessee, according to the National Weather Service. As of noon on August 24, 2021, at least 22 people had been confirmed dead and over 50 remained missing. As of yet, there are no reports […]

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, Tennessee (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) bought the old Bradley County Jail on Second Avenue in Cleveland more than 20 years ago. The church used the space for offices and classrooms and operated a popular Halloween “haunted house” in the jail for several years. Cleveland’s pastor, the Reverend Jennifer Newell, said, “It has […]

Several years ago Trinity Presbytery reluctantly closed First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, and sold the property. Located at 6800 Woodrow Avenue in the Crestview neighborhood of “North Austin,” the 1.5-acre church site recently changed hands from Oregon based Intrinsic Ventures to 6800 Woodrow LP which was granted a demolition permit prior to closing […]

Johnnie Mae Ross McCloud, of Lebanon, Missouri, died August 22, 2021. Johnnie was an elder at White Oak Pond Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Johnnie was active in women’s ministry at White Oak Pond. She also served Cumberland Presbyterian Women as president on the presbyterial and synodic levels. Johnnie was the widow of the Reverend Theron Marshall […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read John 15:16-25 New Revised Standard Version   You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the […]