First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Maryville

08/08/2022

Good morning everyone, here are the stats on our garden for this year.
For those who don't know, we have grown veggies in a garden on church property and donated ALL to Meals on Wheels.
Yellow squash: 284 pounds
Tomatoes: 73 pounds
Green beans: 464 pounds
Planted, worked, picked, and delivered by 37 volunteers.
Thanks to everyone that helped out!!

07/15/2022

Picking more veggies tonight. Tomorrow morning we will break beans if anyone is interested in helping.

07/14/2022

For the 2nd year in a row, the church has grown a garden and is donating all the vegetables grown to Meals on Wheels. This time we added Squash and tomatoes. And it's just the beginning....

07/03/2022

05/29/2022

This our 1st "5th Sunday" lunch since the pandemic started. Fun was had by all.

05/14/2022

We invite you to come worship with us!! Whether you're new or just haven't been in a while!

Sunday School starts at 9:30. Service starts at 10:30. We usually get out around 11:30.

"WE BELIEVE AND THEREFORE WE SPEAK"
2 Corinthians 4:13

05/13/2022

Day 12 Form of Government
Individual congregation are governed by elders who are elected by the people. Each congregation, through its elders, called its pastor. Pastors and elders of an area are formed into presbyteries. Ministers are received and ordained by presbyteries. Standards for ordination are established by the General Assembly and include educational requirements of at least a college education or its equivalent. Only ordained ministers receive members by profession of faith and baptism, conduct the communion and officiate at the marriage ceremony. Ruling elders may receive members by letter.
The official statement of doctrine of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church is called THE CONFESSION OF FAITH, which the reader is invited to consult for a more complete statement and the Scriptural supporting texts. The above statements are partly in the words of THE CONFESSION OF FAITH and are part in interpretation of it.

05/12/2022

Day 11 Church Attendance
We believe that Christians should take advantage of the opportunities provided for regular worship in the church. Church attendance is given special emphasis in the vows taken by the members because it is regarded as a means of spiritual growth as well as a means of Christian witness.

05/11/2022

Day 10 Things to come.
We believe that the bodies if men after death return to dust; but their spirits return to God who gave them. The spirits of the righteous are received into heaven, and the spirits of the wicked are cast into hell. The Scriptures speak of no other place for departed spirits. We believe the God has appointed a time for the resurrection of the just and unjust when he will judge the world in the righteousness by Christ. Our Church has no statement in its doctrines concerning the Second Coming of Christ or the Millennium. Various ideas on this subject are held by individual members.

05/10/2022

Day 9 Marriage and Divorce
We believe that although marriage is not a sacrament of the Church, yet it is very sacred institution and should be so regarded by all people. The marriage relation should not be dissolved for any cause not justified by the teachings of the word of God. The question of marrying divorced people is left to the judgment of individual pastors.

05/09/2022

Day 8 The Sacraments
We believe that there are just 2 sacraments of the Church. Water Baptism is one. It is a sign or symbol of the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the seal of the Covenant of Grace. Since the Holy Spirit is always represented in the Scriptures as bring poured out on the person, its renewal and cleansing iis the best symbolized y pouring or sprinkling water upon the head of the one being baptized. We believe that infant children of Christians should be given the seal of the Covenant just as Hebrew children were in the Old Testament days. Infant baptism is now that seal, and it represents an act of faith on the part of the parents and the Church as the child is dedicated to the Lord. Infant baptism is not evidence of salvation but is evidence of non-communicant church membership. Those who have been baptized in infancy must make a personal acceptance of Christ and concur in the prior act of their baptism before sharing in the full fellowship of the Church. There is no saving power in water baptism, yet it is the duty of all believers not previously baptized to confess Chris in the solemn ordinance and to present their infant children for baptism.
The Lord's Supper is the 2nd. The symbols to be used are bread and grape juice, which remain after consecration literal bread and juice. Since it is the Lord's Supper and not an ordinance of a particular church, all who acknowledge Jesus as Christand who have faith to understand the significance of this sacrament are invited to partake of it with us, regardless of their denominational affiliation.

05/08/2022

Day 7 The Sabbath
We believe that after the resurrection of Christ the Sabbath was changed to the first day of the week, and that the same principles apply to keeping of this day as were set forth in the Bible concerning the original Sabbath.