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Nashville Nights : An Outdoor Worship Service of Healing
The Bible does not say, "for God so hated the world" but, "for God so loved the world". God loved the world and God loves the world, his post Genesis 3 mission has always been to redeem humanity and heal creation.

The Nash County Board of Elections office is gearing up for the 2020 General Election.
The office has created a website at nashvotes2020.com that will answer any questions you may have on the voting process or how to get registered to vote.
In addition, the Nash County Board of Elections office will be open this Saturday, October 3 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. for normal elections-related transactions.

The Town of Nashville has announced the appointment of its next town clerk.
Sarah Tinkham will start with the town on Monday, October 12.
Tinkham comes from Bertie County, where she is currently employed by Bertie County Government as the Clerk to the Board and Executive Assistant to the County Manager. She has been in that position since 2013.

A man in his early 30's became the 43rd person to die in Nash County from complications associated with COVID-19.
The man died on September 29.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of this patient," said Bill Hill, Nash County Health Director. "It is imperative that we continue to put our best efforts forth to slow the spread of COVID-19."

Charles Johnson has been attending Brenda Stallings' Veterans Appreciation Luncheon for several years now.
Johnson, a World War II veteran, enjoys the fried fish lunch he is served each year, but even more, Johnson enjoys the hug he receives from Stallings.
This year was no different.

Nashville United Methodist Church is reaching out to animal lovers for its first ever "Blessing of the Pets."
The event will be held on Sunday, October 4 from 4 to 5 p.m. on the lawn by the bus garage, which is off of Church Street.
The blessing of pets and animals is often celebrated on October 4, or on a Sunday near that date, in culmination with the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

Demo Tant spent most of September 21st on the phone.
"I near about talked 'til I couldn't talk," Tant said. "I reckon I had about 100 calls."
Each and every call was to wish Tant a happy 99th birthday.
Even Tant's Raleigh financial advisor got in on the special day, sending Tant a bouquet of 99 assorted Roses.

Alumni of Red Oak High School weren't able to gather in the traditional sense for their annual meeting but that didn't stop members from celebrating.
The 102nd consecutive alumni meeting was held virtually on Thursday, September 17th via the Zoom platform.
The meeting included remarks from guest speaker Gwen Tolston Davis, a 1964 graduate of Red Oak High School.

Nashville's Harold D. Cooley Library has been approved for its third grant this year.
Library Director Tikela Alston wrote, requested and received the SLNC Cares LSTA 2020-2021 Grant in the amount of $10,000 for the library.
The title of the grant is "Cooley Goes Digital."

The first in a series of Samuel Beckett's radio plays, All That Fall, will stream live from the Imperial Centre Theatre on October 1st at 6 p.m.
Eleven local actors have been rehearsing for the past two months to for the event. This production will be free to the public to listen online.
A simultaneous listening group will meet at Larema Coffee House located at 106 S Washington Street, Rocky Mount.

Gene Braswell and Bill Strickland enjoy a tailgate lunch at the annual Veterans Appreciation Lunch at Brenda Stallings Middlesex home.

Brenda Stallings and District Court Judge Beth Freshwater-Smith talk to Robert Flowers after delivering his fish plate to him during the annual Veterans Appreciation Lunch, which was held as a drive-thru this year.

Middlesex Police Lt. J. Amos and Chief Mike Collins volunteered to hand out meals during the drive-thru appreciation event last week.

Pictured above, Sellers walks in downtown Nashville carrying a cross in which people have signed at the locations they have stopped.

Often, this column is about the absurd.
Sometimes it's the absurdities of the author, but lately it's been about the absurdities of this country in 2020.
A few weeks, I wrote about a kid who had the police called on him because during his online class, his teacher saw a BB gun on the wall in another room.
For some reason, the nutjob teacher considered this bringing a gun to school as did the principal.

Dear editor: The time to be quiet and stand back and do nothing is over.
It is time to stand up, honor, respect, and live by the word of God. There have been a lot of things happening in the course of the last several years, but my faith remains.
The Bible teaches us to hide the Word in our hearts.