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Calling Jesus "teacher" is undoubtedly a proper statement when considering titles for the Son of God. Now, it is not an all-encompassing way of understanding the second person of the Trinity, but it helps us to understand just who Jesus is and the purpose of his earthly ministry.
Consider the familiar encounter between "Nic at Night" and Jesus in John 3 when Nicodemus says to Jesus, "Rabbi..." (meaning "teacher")

Relationships can be messy. So for the month of December I want to write on the idea of Relationship Restart.
Relationships can be messy. Especially around the holidays, relationships between two people or within families can become stressed. For married couples, there is the stress of visiting families.

On Sunday The Peachtree Baptist Church Congregation gathered to worship in celebration of our Lord.
The Sanctuary flower arrangement Sunday was presented to glorify God by Kathy and Aubrey Farmer in loving honor of the faithful saints at Peachtree Baptist Church and those who have preceded them who honored their Savior and church by faithful service. Happy birthday Daddy, in memory of Leslie Knight.

Red Oak Baptist Church had a Refugee Simulation on Wednesday, November 28 in the Family Life Center. The evening began with a soup and sandwich supper prior to the simulation. The simulation began with all in attendance going through "Processing" where all their belongings were taken from them and bagged according to their new identity number. Then group leaders selected at random members, or "refugees" to be in their group as they went through the simulation.

Several years ago, I wrote the Beulah Community News. After my late husband, William Enroughty, became sick, I decided to stop writing the news due to other obligations that limited my time to do so. Recently, when I read the Nashville Graphic, some of the article really brought back some memories from the past. Nan Strickland has been a dear friend for a lot of years.

RED OAK -- Unlike some other sports, distance running is a year-round endeavor that takes a constant commitment in order to be successful.
The life of an outstanding distance runner is one blessed with few maintenance days. Consider the fact that Northern Nash High School cross country coach Jeff Dodrill -- an avid runner himself -- once went an entire decade without taking a day off.

GREENVILLE -- Mike Houston, who guided James Madison to successive NCAA FCS Championship Game appearances and one national title, has been named head football coach at East Carolina University according to an announcement Monday by ECU Director of Athletics Jon Gilbert.
The Franklin native owns an 80-25 record and a combined six conference championships in eight seasons as a head coach.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Officially, the area swim meets at Harrison Family YMCA are overseen by the Big East Conference, with the opportunity for schools from other leagues to compete -- including Nash Central.
Each Big East squad participates in all the meets, which also feature non-conference clubs Nash Central, Wilson Beddingfield, SouthWest Edgecombe and Tarboro.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College men's basketball team swept both of its games last weekend as they hosted the 31st annual Roger Taylor Invitational inside Everett Gym on the NCWC campus.

Northern Nash's representatives at the Wilmington Historic Half Marathon were (l to r) Matt Wright, Will Raynor, Joseph Dees, Janet Earp, Eric Earp, Justin Marshall, Jeff Dodrill, Tracy Dodrill and Kelsey Hutchison. Not pictured is Jennifer Cottle.

Nash Central's Mallory Roughton (left) tips the ball away during last Friday's girls basketball showdown against rival Southern Nash. High School.

Southern Nash's Shontell Nicholson (with ball) drives for two points as Nash Central's Zhterrica Cherry defends during last Friday's girls hoops meeting.

Shortly after 2 p.m. on November 23, 2018, Nash County 911 center received a call for a large frame workshop on fire in the back of a home on the 2500 block of Rackley Road in the Momeyer section of Nash County. Fire departments were dispatched from Station 17 Momeyer Fire-Rescue, Station, 10 Coopers Fire & Rescue Department, and Station 6 from Spring Hope Fire Company.

The Castalia community celebrated long-time clerk Angelean Elliott last Saturday at a special retirement party.
Elliott, 59, will retire November 30 with 30 years and eight months of service to the Town of Castalia.
Elliott was just a few years out of college when she first started as the town's clerk. She said she saw the job opening and thought it would be a good opportunity to get some experience under her belt.

A Nashville man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for distribution of cocaine.
United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced Michael Lee Drake 52, last Wednesday to 120 months imprisonment followed by eight years of supervised release.

The 17th production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" will feature a brand new cast, new director and will focus on the theme of home and family.
Jim Lee wrote this year's script and music and will also play Scrooge and for the first time, direct the show.
Lee is no stranger to the production, which has been directed by Jim Singleton for the show's duration at Nash Arts. Lee has performed in the production and written a previous script and music for the show.