After serving the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Board of Stewardship as Administrative Assistant for more than 13 years, Kathryn Gilbert Craig has decided to retire. The Board of Stewardship is searching for a new administrative assistant. Attached is a job description for the position. In addition to a salary, other benefits include, health insurance, […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Jeremiah 29:10-14 New Revised Standard Version 10 For thus says the Lord: Only when Babylon’s seventy years are completed will I visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. 11 For surely I know the plans I […]

The Reverend Stephen Lui, 88, of San Francisco, California, died December 27, 2021, after an eight-year struggle against Alzheimer’s disease. Stephen was an honorably retired member of Presbytery del Cristo and the former associate pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Chinese Church. Stephen was born in San Francisco June 1, 1933, to Lee and Quock Shee […]

Ray Morgan Fessler, 76, of Marshall, Texas, died December 21, 2021, of a massive stroke. Ray was born February 2, 1945, in Mexia, Texas. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Marshall where he served as a deacon and a member of the Hospitality Committee providing meals for the members and the […]

Focus Close your eyes and open yourself as you relax into a peaceful state. Be willing to expose yourself for who you are as God created you to be. Breathe deeply as you prepare to hear God’s Word. Read John 1:14-18 New Revised Standard Version 14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and […]

Focus Breathe in clear thoughts of peace and reflection as you prepare to hear God speak to you through the scripture and the writer. Put aside all the things the world says you have to accomplish today and use this time to rest in God’s presence. Read John 1:10-13 New Revised Standard Version 10 He was […]

Focus Let your soul take a moment of rest as you hear God’s word. Put your busy schedule, wandering mind, stressful thoughts, and burdened heart at the feet of the cross and open up to God’s voice as the Giver of Life tends your soul. Read John 1:6-9 New Revised Standard Version 6 There was a […]

Focus Take a moment to clear your mind from all the distractions of the day. Christ is Lord. Read John 1:1-4 New International Version The Word Became Flesh The Word Became Flesh 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Luke 2:13-14 New Revised Standard Version 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,    and on earth […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Luke 2:1-7 New Revised Standard Version The Birth of Jesus 2 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration and […]