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Peachtree Bapist Church Business Conference was held on Sunday, January 10 after service. This was the 1st Quarter Business Meeting of 2021.
Flower Calendar sign-up sheets for 2021 are in the Narthex at Peachtree Baptist Church. Please get one, fill-out and return.
Peachtree members held their first quarter Church Conference of 2021 Sunday. Business for part of 2020 and the beginning of 2021 was discussed.

Christian Fellowship Church enjoyed the second message in the series "Perspective", given by Pastor Daniel Parker this past Sunday; the church also received a new member. On January 3, there was a baby dedication service during the worship service.
Kingdom International Church opened with prayer and offering.

Now in its fourth year as an official chapter, North Carolina Wesleyan College's National Society of Leadership & Success (NSLS) recently inducted sixty-two student leaders into the organization. The National Society of Leadership & Success is the nation's largest leadership honor society, with more than 700 chapters and over 1.2 million members.

The Elks Lodge #1038 at Birchwood in Nashville donated $1,000 in student bookbags and supplies and clothing for students at Swift Creek Elementary School in November.
The donation was made possible by a grant from the NC State Elks Association.

Of course as a local church pastor for more than twenty years, I've seen a lot. Some say I should write a book. I've learned a lot about the church and myself along the way. Many churches are organized for a 1980 world, but you and I know it's 2021. A lot has happened in forty-one years.
The "recipe" for church health is found in the Bible.

IT PAYS TO SHOP LOCAL - Nashville's Chamber of Commerce hosted a shop local contest over the holidays. Participants were asked to submit copies of receipts to the chamber when shopping with a chamber member. A drawing was held on December 21st pulling one lucky winner of $500 from all receipts submitted. Pictured above Chamber Vice-President Cliff Joyner presents the winner, Deborah Webb, with the cash prize. (Graphic photo)

FARMVILLE -- In what may have been their last distance race in the Eastern Plains Conference, the Nash Central High School Bulldogs certainly went out in style last Wednesday.
The Bulldogs successfully defended their boys crown at the EPC Cross Country Championships, which were held at Farmville Central High School in Pitt County.

Members of the Nash Central High School cross country teams, including Coach Terri Cash (front), pose after last Wednesday's Eastern Plains Conference Championships in Farmville.

RED OAK -- Having regular season volleyball take place in January is a strange enough aspect in its own right.
However, last Thursday's Senior Night sweep of North Johnston High School by the Nash Central High School Lady Bulldogs' volleyball team had a peculiar feature of its own.

Nash Central's Brooke Thompson denies a kill attempt during last Thursday's match versus North Johnston in EPC volleyball action.

Nash Central High School's (l to r) Camryn Eley and Emma Midkiff team up for a block during last Thursday's Eastern Plains Conference victory against North Johnston.

Nash Central High School's Emma Midkiff prepares for a freeball during last Thursday evening's impressive Senior Night victory over rival North Johnston in Class 2-A Eastern Plains Conference volleyball action.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Northern Nash closed out its 2020-21 volleyball campaign in style last Wednesday by making a long-awaited trip into the victory column.
And the Lady Knights performed that task against rival Rocky Mount, winning by a 3-0 margin over the homestanding Lady Gryphons to finish off the Big East Conference spike schedule.

DURHAM -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College women's basketball team suffered its first official loss of the season on Monday afternoon, falling 87-58 on the road to the Division-1 Eagles of North Carolina Central University.
The Bishops shot 33 percent from the field in the loss while the Eagles shot 46 percent.