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The Union Hill Youth Missionaries will present the dinner theater, “What About Love” on Saturday, March 22 at Rock Creek Baptist Church in Nashville.  “What About Love” is a ficional play written by Carol Hood and directed by Angela Wiggins. The play depicts real-life situations, struggles and triumphs and revolves around the lives of Pastor David Tremble and his wife, Tammy. In an ever-changing society, life has its pitfalls.

Our choir sang “God is so Good” for the call to worship. Hymns of worship were “What a Friend” and “Jesus is Lord of All.” Algie Jones Jr. led the singing. Sandra Manning was absent today, so Barbara Morgan was our pianist for today. “Thank you Barbara for a job well done.” Pastor Ronnie welcomed everyone and prayed the prayer of invocation.

“Firmly Planted, Rooted in the Gospel” was the theme for the North American Mission Study at Red Oak Baptist Church on Wednesday, March 12.  Participants were encouraged to wear the gardening or farming attire and each planted seeds.  Nell Boone shared the parable of the sower and then everyone viewed 3 videos about North American church planting missionaries and various challenges or obstacles they face as they try to start new churches.

Pastor Whitehouse warmly greeted those who came to worship at Peachtree Church on a beautiful March morning.  His sermon topic was “Have No Regrets’ based on scripture found in Matthew 24: 1-14.  It is the longest of Jesus’ sermons that is recorded in the Bible.  It is known as the ‘Olivet Discourse’.  On next Sunday, Pastor Whitehouse will bring the concluding portion.

Sunday school at Beulah Church of Christ began at 9:45, followed by church services at 10:45. Our hearts were all heavy with the loss of one of our dear friends and life-long members, Darwell Griffin Daniels. We had met with the family on Saturday night at the funeral home and all going to the funeral Sunday afternoon.

ROANOKE RAPIDS -- The Southern Nash Ladybirds were swept in a softball doubleheader last Friday on the road against Roanoke Rapids.
Both contests were five innings apiece.
RR claimed a 2-1 win in the first game before finishing off the sweep with a 3-0 triumph.
Southern Nash is now 0-5 on the campaign.

RED OAK -- By any standard, Alexus Hill will go down as one of the best all-around athletes in Northern Nash school history.
And all-conference-and-beyond level performer in three sports -- soccer, basketball and volleyball -- Hill added another honor to her resume’ when she was saluted as the Big East Conference Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

RED OAK -- Joe McCarthy isn’t quite sure if his Northern Nash High School girls soccer team will be ready when Big East Conference action begins next Monday.
And for good reason. To date, the Lady Knights have played only three matches -- and had three more postponed due to poor weather.

GREENVILLE -- Ian Townsend sparked an eight-run second inning by belting a pair of home runs, which tied an NCAA record, as East Carolina University (10-10, 3-3) completed a Conference USA baseball doubleheader sweep over Tulane (10-8, 3-3) with a 13-3 win in eight innings Saturday afternoon at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Following game one, where the Reid Love and Ryan Williams starred on the mound, it was the offense that shined in game two.

CHAPEL HILL -- Here are last Saturday’s results from the annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association Boys and Girls State Basketball Championships:

ROCKY MOUNT -- In USA South Conference baseball action, junior Ricardo Ciuffetelli blasted a solo home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift his North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishops to a 13-12 win over Ferrum College at Bauer Field last Saturday.

Nash Central High School’s Deja Pemberton (left) is congratulated by Coach Gary Smith after delivering a base hit as part of last Tuesday’s home softball victory against the Tarboro Lady Vikings. Pemberton is a senior third baseman for NCHS.

Harley Winders is behind the plate this season for the Nash Central High softball team.

Northern Nash first baseman Tyler Barrett (left) retires a Corinth Holders batter off a ground ball during last Saturday afternoon’s non-conference baseball event on the NNHS campus.

Northern Nash’s Jacob Green pauses and heads back to third base during last Saturday’s home baseball victory against Corinth Holders HS.

A Nash Central High School player (left) slides home to score a run for the Lady Bulldogs during last week’s home softball victory against non-conference rival Tarboro HS.

Nash Central High School graduate Timyra Staton (holding plaque at right) celebrates with her Louisburg College women’s basketball teammates after the Lady Hurricanes recently won the Region X Tournament Championships in Raleigh. Staton and the Lady Hurricanes are currently in Overland Park, Kansas, competing in the NJCAA Division II Women’s Basketball National Tournament.

GREENVILLE -- Local school officials are seeking information to improve the health and safety of middle and high school athletes.
School officials representing 13 Eastern NC counties attended a conference in Greenville on March 12 to learn strategies to better protect athletes and prepare for on-field emergencies. 

ROCKY MOUNT -- North Carolina Wesleyan College’s golf team hosted its annual Don Scalf Invitational on Sunday and Monday, and for the third straight season, the Battling Bishops were able to take the team championship.
Junior Lucas Norman fought adverse conditions to card rounds of 74 and 75 to finish at 5-over par and repeat as the event’s medalist.

HENDERSON -- High-end talent has rarely been in question with the Northern Nash High School girls soccer program.
But over the past several years, NN head coach Joe McCarthy has seen his team struggle with overall numbers -- and that lack of depth often hampered the lady Knights as a season progressed.
McCarthy has no such worries this spring as he expects to have around 19 performers -- more than enough to sub in and out to keep players fresh.

CULLHOWEE -- Former Nash Central High School standout Trey Sumler, now a senior men’s baskeball player at Western Carolina University, has earned All-Southern Conference accolades by two organizations.
Sumler was an all-conference pick by the SoCon Coaches and took first team honors in voting by the SoCon Sports Media Association.

BUNN -- Scott Collie thought he had pretty much seen it all during his seven-year tenure as the boys golf coach at Southern Nash High School.
Until last Thursday.
Toward the latter part of Southern’s non-conference matchup with Bunn, sleet began to pelt performers at The River Golf Course at Lake Royale in Franklin County.

KENLY -- Southern Nash dropped a 7-6 heartbreaker last week at perennial powerhouse North Johnson in non-conference softball action.
Amanda Wood worked five innings on the hill for SN, striking out one and walking one.
Top hitters for Southern Nash were as follows:

FAYETTEVILLE -- It wasn’t meant to be for the Northern Nash Lady Knights at the Class 3-A East Regional Women’s Basketball Tournament.
Northern Nash, coached by Grover Battle, entered the Elite Eight portion of the state playoffs riding an impressive 26-game winning streak.

CHAPEL HILL -- Pairings have been finalized for the 100th Annual Men’s and the 43rd Annual Women’s North Carolina High School Athletic Association Basketball Championships.
Games will be played Saturday at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill and Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh.
Tickets for all matchups will be available at the gate.