Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point […]

James Harold Rambo, 90, of Memphis, Tennessee, died December 24, 2022. He was a longtime member and elder of Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cornerstone Presbytery) in Bartlett, Tennessee.

Focus Stop and thank God for being present with you today. Ask for God’s guidance as you hear God’s voice through scripture and the writer. Read 1 Thessalonians 1   New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   Salutation 1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord […]

Joy Grayson West, 84, of Powell. Tennessee, died December 22, 2022, in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. She was lifelong member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and was very active in the Knoxville First Cumberland Presbyterian and the Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Churches (Presbytery of East Tennessee). She spent most of her adult life at the […]

Jean Baker, 86, of Longview, Texas, died December 26, 2022. She was a member of Elmira Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Trinity Presbytery) in Longview where she taught Sunday school. She also taught Sunday school for many years at St. John’s Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Matthew 6:22-23 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition The Eye 22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but […]

The Albany Empire, a professional indoor football team based in Albany, New York, announced they have signed defensive back/wide receiver Vonte Bates for the 2023 National Arena League season. Bates is a former Bethel University (McKenzie, Tennessee) standout. During Bate’s career at Bethel, he appeared in 30 total games recording 239 total tackles, ninth in […]

George G. Galey, 90, of Germantown, Tennessee, died December 19, 2022. George was a deacon in the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Olive Branch, Mississippi (Cornerstone Presbytery) where his wife, Sue Ann, is also a member.

The McKenzie Banner reports that McKenzie, Tennessee, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cornerstone Presbytery) held their Christmas Eve candlelight service. However, Sunday morning services were canceled when a pipe burst, flooding the church. https://www.mckenziebanner.com/stories/sub-zero-temps,26941?

A significant winter storm brought frigid arctic air and some snow to the Memphis, Tennessee, area overnight on December 22 & 23, 2022. Temperatures dropped to four or five degrees and strong winds brought wind chill temperature to between -15 and -20 degrees. The Tennessee Valley Authority which provides electrical power to much of the […]