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The Clark family pitched in to help with the downtown clean-up day. Pictured above are Brendin, Corbin, Amanda, Devin and Allen Clark.

A power outage that affected over 5,000 Duke Energy customers turned out the lights in parts of Nashville, Red Oak and Dortches Monday afternoon.
Beth Townsend, Duke Energy Government and Community Relations for the NC East Region, said that outage began at 5:31 p.m. June 1st when there was equipment failure on part of Duke's transmission system in Nash County.
Businesses in Nashville's downtown area went dark, as did traffic lights, prompting Nashville Police Department to station officers at intersections to safely direct traffic.

ROCKY MOUNT- A Faith Christian School Spring graduate and Nash County resident, Fenner Parker, has received the Morehead-Cain Scholarship to UNC Chapel Hill.
The Morehead-Cain Scholarship, merit-based, covers full tuition, room and board, books, and summer enrichment programs.
Parker is his class president at Faith Christian and also serves as president of the school's YMCA Youth and Government delegation. He is also captain of the varsity boy's tennis team.

Girl Scout Troop #3249 presents the town of Red Oak with the North Carolina Coastal Pines Girl Scout Troop Community award. Troop Leader Meta Wells presented Mayor Langley with a plaque at the May 11th town council meeting. The presentation as made in appreciation for Red Oak allowing the Troop to hold their meetings in the town cabin and for the town's assistance over the past 30 years.

NASHVILLE- They may be incarcerated now, but they've still served their country- and one group of veterans at Nash Correctional has come forward in a big way.
Anthony Rogers Jr., Director of Nash County Veterans Services, unveiled a $1,000 check at the April 16th meeting of the Nash Human Services Board. The check was from the "Military Service Club" at Nash Correctional.
According to Talena Lee, Warden at Nash Correctional Institution, the club has eleven participating offenders.

"If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9)
All of us have likely heard the saying, "Confession is good for the soul". It's an old Scottish proverb. However, most people that repeat it leave out one word. The proverb actually reads, "Open confession is good for the soul".
There is biblical truth to this saying as well. The Bible supports the conclusion that without open confession, salvation is not guaranteed.

Critics of theism and Christianity claim not only that God is dead but that He never truly existed in the first place. For if the God of Christianity truly exists, then why is there so much pain and suffering in the world? Atheists and Christians alike call this apparent conundrum; "The Problem of Evil." The logical problem of evil presents as a question: "If the God of Christianity is omnipotent (all-powerful), omniscient (all-knowing), and omnibenevolent (all-caring), then why is there evil in the world?" Did God create the evil that befalls man? If He, in fact, did not create evil, then where did it come from?

You can still register children for Rainforest Falls Vacation Bible School at Red Oak Baptist Church. Registration online has closed but you can register at the church prior to and the day of VBS. Rainforest Falls VBS will be held on June 8-11 at 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. with supper at 5 p.m. each evening. See you there!
Women in Action will meet on Tuesday, June 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the main building at Red Oak Baptist Church. "Cultivating Missions" is the theme for the evening. The meeting will include their regular program as well as making plans for the summer and taking a "sneak peek" at the exciting new year of WMU.