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Rev. Kevin Jenkins is a 2000 Graduate of Ole Miss (B.A. History) and 2018 Graduate of Memphis Theological Seminary (M. Div).  He is currently working toward Doctor of Ministry at Trinity Seminary.  He was ordained December 2018 and is the full-time pastor at New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church in North Central Presbytery.  He serves as chair for the presbytery's Pastoral and Congregational Care and a board member of Program of Alternate Studies Advisory Council, Community Spiritual Director of the Elohim Great Banquet Community and is a member of the Casey (IL) Ministerial Association (CMA).  He served as an elder at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Olive Branch 2013-2016 and is a Retired Army Captain (Arkansas Army National Guard – 2013).  His family includes wife – Samantha, children – Keifer (Ashley), Bailey (Sarah), Chloe (getting married 10/30), Noah, grandchildren – Summer (7) and Abbey (1), and pet – Bear (Australian Shepherd).
Interesting tid-bits: Kevin is a musician, retired military, and loves to travel.

Music for this episode is provided by Mind (Kevin's band) from the album Structure.  The song is titled Mind's I and used with permission.  

Chris Warren is an ordained minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and serves the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee together with his wife, Rev. Joy Warren. They have two awesome children, one a sophomore at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, and the other a senior in high school. Chris loves dogs, woodworking, and making music.  His blog can found at https://pastorwhereistand.blogspot.com/.

The song Like A Mother is from the album where i am and used by permission of Chris Warren.  

Reverend Cliff Hudson has served the Richard City, Chattanooga 1st, Cleveland congregations, and is currently serving the Silverdale Cumberland Presbyterian church. He has been the Director of Development for Our United Outreach (OUO) since 2013. He has served on Historical Foundation board and the Program of Alternate Studies (PAS) advisory council. Cliff has served the denomination in various roles including Stated Clerk for Synod of Southeast and as General Assembly Vice Moderator under Sam Suddarth. Cliff is married to Jill, with three children and eight grandchildren.

Music is provided by Pierce Murphy, Caldera Blue. 
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Rev. Lee Hollingshed  is Chaplain of Hickory Log Personal Care Home and was ordained by Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church on May 28, 2017. The Hickory Log residents, all men, work with her in planning their worship services, Bible Studies, and other activities.  Her favorite part of her ministry is pastoral care, in home or in hospital settings.  She and her wonderfully supportive husband and ministry partner, Glen, live on a farm in NW Georgia, enjoying God's creation, family and friends, and really good food.  For more information about Hickory Log visit hickorylog.org. 

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Chris Smith is from San Antonio, Texas and a graduate from the University of Memphis.   He is the Director of Information Technology at Memphis Theological Seminary and has been working there since 2014.  Chris is a member of the Brunswick Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Arlington, Tennessee.

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Rev. Johan Daza was born and raised in Colombia South America. He is the third child, out of four, of two ordained Cumberland Presbyterian ministers. He is a son, husband, father, brother, minister, student, and denominational staff. He is married to Erin and they have three children, Alana, Elías and Felipe. He is a member of Emaús Presbytery in Colombia and he serves with the Missions Ministry Team through the Intercultural Ministries USA Program.

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Rev. Chris Anderson.  Pastor Mount Olive Cumberland Presbyterian (5.6 years) and Pineville Cumberland Presbyterian (2 years).   Arkansas Presbytery – Vice Chair, Board of Missions.  6th generation Cumberland Presbyterian.  Born and reared in Batesville, Arkansas.  Home church is Faith-Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian.  Grandparents Vaughn and Avis Anderson were the primary planters of the Faith congregation over 55 years ago.  Profession of faith was in May of 1990 and was baptized by Rev. Wayne Wood.    Education:  Master of Divinity – 2017, Memphis Theological Seminary, B.S. Social Sciences – 1996, Bethel College, High school – 1991, Batesville high school.  Spouse:  Dr. Mary Anderson.  Family Physician.  Children:  Madison – University of Arkansas, Pre-med, Chemistry, & Spanish, Jake – Williams Baptist College, Education & basketball team, Caleb – Arkansas State University, Computer Science, & basketball team, Zachary – University of Arkansas, Pre-med and Chemistry.  Pets:  Charlie – Border collie and Hades – A very cool black Tom Cat.  Hobbies: Writing and recording music.  Own a home recording studio. Instruments played: guitar, bass, drums, and keyboard.   Season ticket holder Arkansas Razorback football.   Love all things Razorback, but I have a kid that’s an ASU Red Wolf so that’s a challenge sometimes.  Enjoy hunting, fishing, and playing golf.  Whatever my wife tells me to do. 

Permission to use the song Josie Brown for this podcast courtesy of Chris Anderson.  

Rev. Victor Hassell is the pastor of the Sturgis Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) in Sturgis, Kentucky. He and his wife, Rev Samantha Hassell, and their three children (Victoria, Mallory, and John) have been serving at Sturgis CPC for almost fourteen years.

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Jamie Berkley writes:   I am a 5th generation Cumberland Presbyterian; I have attended the Newbern Cumberland Presbyterian Church all of my life. I am also an attorney, and I am lucky to serve as an Assistant Public Defender in the 28th Judicial District, defending people who cannot afford an attorney. I am in a book club; I love to read. I have three dogs. I love a good road trip, and I have a special talent for finding really good restaurants and fun events. I also really really really love live music.

Current and Past Offices and Positions Held:

Local CPW President, Newbern Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1999 – present

Regional CPW President, Forked Deer Region, 2011; Secretary 2016 – present 

Convention CPW Officer – President Elect, 2015 – 2016; President, 2016 8– 2017; Past President 2017 – 2018

Elder, Newbern Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 2007 – present 

Session Clerk, Newbern Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 2007 – present

West Tennessee Presbytery Moderator, 2018 – 2019                                                    

West Tennessee Presbytery Board of Trustees, co-Chair, 2019 – present

 Assistant Public Defender for the 28th Judicial District; 2008 – present 

Team member for Milan Recovery Court and Crockett County Recovery Court

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Alfonso Marquez writes:  "I was born in Juarez, Mexico on December 27, 1961. I grew up there until the age of 17 when I received a scholarship to go to study at a Normal School (School to prepare Teachers). I finished and practice for only 6 months in Mexico City. I returned to Juárez on December 1979. In January 1980 I decided to get across the border to work in Las Cruces New Mexico and at the same time studied at Las Cruces High School. I tried to enroll with the US Navy, but because of my status (undocumented) I was not able to serve. I travel around the US looking for opportunities to experience the American Dream. In March 23, 1983 I met my now beautiful wife Martha in Juárez. I used to go back to Juárez every Christmas. Martha and I decided to live together in the US Elizabeth was only 3. In September of 1983 we come to live in the Rio Grande Valley in a little town name Weslaco from there we travel to west Texas, to south Colorado and back to the Valley of Texas following the seasonal work harvesting crops. Our daughter Martha born in Hereford, Texas in July 1984. In 1988 we moved to Laredo Texas I received an offer to have a steady job and Martha was tired of moving from place to another, she wanted stability. Alfonso Jr born in December 1988. In 1992 after been working and managing a business for someone else, I decided to start my own business. In August 18, 1994 I got saved and our lives really turn 180 degrees. Abraham born in 1996 in a Christian home. In 1997 we received Christian and Claudia two kids from Martha’s sister who got very sick and could not care for them we decided to help and latter we adopted them legally. In 1998 I started driving for CFI out of Joplin MO. In May of 1999 Alfonso Jr and I met Rev. Leonard Turner at the Petro Truck Stop on exit 369 on I-40. He invited me to start a Hispanic ministry because God put in his heart to outreach the Hispanic community, after talking with the NCD director Lynn Thomas he was told that he can not start a Hispanic ministry so he needed to pray for a Hispanic leader, and here we go again. After we met Leonard at the truck stop Leonard invited us to worship at Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church, after the service Leonard took us around the community and to a Mexican restaurant in Kingston Pike named Monterey. We ordered good authentic Mexican food and talked to the restaurant personal. When Pastor Leonard took us back to the truck stop, he noticed my nickname was “Preacher “ Leonard asked why I had that nickname. I told him that i thought God was calling me to the ministry but I didn’t have a place. Leonard told me you might have a place here in East TN. I told him that I didn’t have theological preparation I only have the desire to serve. Leonard told me we may send you to school, he was talking about PAS. We left to delivered our load to Ohio and return home to Laredo. Two weeks later I received a letter from Pastor Leonard inviting me to be interview by East TN presbytery Board of Missions (BOM), then I took it seriously and shared that with my home church Pastor in Laredo we were and still members of ICM Iglesia Cristiana Misericordia of Laredo Texas an Assemblies of God a 3000 church members congregation (Pentecostal). I talked to my pastor about the possibility to moved to East TN and start a Hispanic ministry but I didn’t know anything about Presbyterianism, neither Cumberland Presbyterians. My Pastor asked if I had shared that call with Martha and my 6 children because the ministry covers the whole family even our dog. I was concern about the liberal way of Presbyterians and as Pentecostals we were very conservative. I remember my preacher’s wife saying “go and do it like Paul, be Greek with Greeks, Roman with Romans and Jew with Jews, and don’t forget the gentiles. In September 1999 we receive a letter with a couple of plane tickets on a weekend because the Presbytery BOM wanted to interview us. We came and experienced great things and later on about in November we received an approved letters from East TN Presbytery’s Task Force  form by session members of Union and BOM to start our ministry immediately after 2YK. We left Laredo on January 19, 2000 and arrived  to East TN on January 21st. I attended Program of Alternate Studies (PAS) from 2000-2004 got ordained on April 2004. After that I translated for new Hispanic PAS students from 2005-2006. Under the leadership of Dr Thomas Campbell asked me if I was willing to coordinate the Hispanic PAS and called me Hispanic PAS coordinator from 2007-2012 I taught several courses and help Dr. Robert Rush ask me to translate our Confession of Faith to Spanish we did it with the help of other Colombian brothers and sisters.  I served as consultant for the BOM of our denomination to start and register our Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Mexico from 2007-2012.

I had the blessing of watching many of my Hispanic brothers and sisters in Christ graduating from PAS. 
I served as board member of the Children’s Home three times 9 years. I resigned in 2012. I been serving our community for 21 years now. 
I teach ESL, GED, help with Immigration documents, IRS, Social Security and many, many other things, just to stay busy."

Music is provided by Pierce Murphy, Caldera Blue. 
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