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The sole purpose of praying bold, transformative prayers is to restore and reflect the imago Dei: the image of God. Our bold prayers are evidence that we are unwilling to settle for a stagnant, surface-level faith. Instead, bold prayers communicate our heart's desire as we yearn for a more complete knowledge of our Creator, a deeper intimacy with our Savior, and a greater fellowship with our Helper.

Nashville Baptist Church will be hosting a Virtual VBS each Wednesday starting July 22 and ending on August 5th. The craft pick-up date is Tuesday, July 21st in the afternoon for parents or grandparents to pick up craft supplies for the Virtual VBS so they will have everything on hand. Participants are required to register so the church will have an idea of how many packets to prepare and to share the link to participate.

Nash Community College recently announced the following students to the Dean's List and Honor Roll for the 2020 Spring Semester. Like many other colleges, NCC moved to remote learning in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average (all A's) while taking 12 or more semester hours.

STANHOPE -- Southern Nash and Bunn have undertaken one of the area's best non-conference football rivalries over the past two decades and beyond.
The clubs against each other some through the years before adopting a home-and-home two-year contract that has been renewed every time since the mid-2000s.
But Bunn has opted not to renew the contract, at least for the 2021 and 2022 campaigns.

ROCKY MOUNT -- One school's gain is always another's loss when a quality coach makes a career move.
That's exactly what Nash Central High School is experience right now after Juan Jackson stepped down as a teacher/coach to become the head football coach at Wilson Hunt.

NASH COUNTY -- Once a perennial powerhouse in the Big East Conference, Wilson Hunt High School's football program has been hindered in recent campaigns by a revolving door at the head coaching position.
Hunt hoped to fix that problem recently when the school hired long-time Nash Central High School assistant coach Juan Jackson to take over the Warriors' program.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Faith Christian School has released its athletic award winners from the 2019-20 calendar year.
Logan Ayers was tabbed as the Female Athlete of the Year, while Hobart Brantley was saluted as the Male Athlete of the Year.
Brantley will continue his athletic career as a baseball player at North Carolina Wesleyan College, and Ayers will join the softball program at William Peace University.

LITTLETON -- Fuses were short but tensions were high last Saturday night as drivers and fans from every direction gathered at Halifax County Motor Speedway for a special Independence Day edition of racing in the FUEL Late Model Series I-95 Challenge.
After the pre-race ceremonies, which included the traditional prayer and National Anthem, as well as a celebrational firework show concluded, the 16-car Pure Stock V8 field headed to the starting grid to begin the night's contests.

FAYETTEVILLE -- A total of 184 Huntingdon College student-athletes were recognized with the release of the USA South Academic All-Conference team on Wednesday.
The student-athletes, representing each of Huntingdon's 18 athletic programs, were among the 1,702 USA South student-athletes named to the team.

Governor Cooper is delaying the decision of reopening schools August.
Cooper said Wednesday that North Carolina will continue working with schools, teachers, parents, and health experts to ensure that plans for school this coming year will protect everybody, especially those at high-risk.

RED OAK -- Kameron "Jay" and Kamden "Pete" Johnson have been staples of Northern Nash High School's athletic department over the last four years.
The twin brothers-- who off the field are known for their outgoing personalities, big smiles and constant jokes -- recently announced they'd be taking their athletic talents to the next level, but, there's just one small catch.

RED OAK -- With so much uncertainty surrounding the sports world today, coaches, players and fans alike are unsure what high school football will look like this fall, or worse, if we'll see the trademark Friday Night Lights turned on in Nash County at any point during the first semester of the academic year.
But those concerns won't stop Northern Nash from envisioning how the potential 2020 campaign might be.

STANHOPE -- Continuity and consistency aren't intangibles in great abundance in high school sports during the COVID-19 Era.
That's why Southern Nash High School Athletic Director Robbie Kennedy finds relief in the fact that almost every one of the Firebirds' head coaches will return for the 2020-21 school year -- if it happens.

ROCKY MOUNT -- North Carolina Wesleyan College and Athletic Director Aaron Denton have named volunteer assistant Walter "Mac" Sykes as the new Wesleyan Men's Golf Coach for the upcoming 2020-21 season.
Sykes is replacing Gregg Ripke, who is stepping down after coaching the team to its greatest success in school history over the past 10 years.

RED OAK -- Before the gym lights shine down on Northern Nash High School's historic Girls and Boys Basketball programs, Head JV Girls Basketball coach Latesha Wilkins leads her JV Girls Basketball team onto the court on game nights.
Because of early start times and lack of publicity, crowds are typically small and the gym can sometimes be uncomfortably quiet.

(L to R) Assistant coach Brian Batchelor and head coach Brian Foster will be back to lead the Southern Nash football team this fall -- if the campaign takes place.