A wildfire broke out in the Wears Valley community of Sevier County, Tennessee, on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Despite rain moving across East Tennessee overnight, officials reported the fire, driven by high winds, had burned 3,700 acres, approximately 100 structures, and several fire-fighting vehicles. The fire, officially designated as the Hatcher Mountain-Indigo Lane Fire, is […]

The 145th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America has been scheduled for July 10-14, 2022, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton, 800 Monroe Street, Huntsville, Alabama, 35801. We have no further information at this time.

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 Luke 17:11-19 New Revised Standard Version 11 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Luke 16:14-15 New Revised Standard Version 14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him. 15 So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others; but God knows your hearts; for what is prized by human […]

The Liberian Observer reports the Reverend C. Wellington Morgan, acting pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Monrovia, Liberia, west Africa, narrowly escaped death after being attacked in a tricycle by armed robbers who left him with some serious wounds. The Presbyterian Church is the country’s third oldest after the Baptist and Methodist churches in […]

The Missions Ministry Team (MMT) of the Cumberland Presbyterian (CP) Church endorses Rev. John Jairo Correa and Rev. Esperanza Diaz Correa as missionaries of the CP Church. Following multiple interviews, evaluations, and an extensive application process, MMT is fully satisfied that the Correas have the ability and call to serve as missionaries. They will serve […]

Focus Relax and listen. Consciously prepare to hear God’s Word. Clear your mind of the worries and tasks that lie before you. Open your heart and allow it to refresh. Read Luke 16:1-13 New Revised Standard Version 16 Then Jesus said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought […]

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 4:46-54 New Revised Standard Version 46 Then he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had changed the water into wine. Now there was a royal official whose son lay […]

Focus Are you tired? Take this time to rest. Relax every part of yourself. Breathe slower. Be ready for what God has before you today. Read Luke 16:19-31 New Revised Standard Version 19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate lay […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Exodus 2:1-10 New Revised Standard Version 2 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he […]