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On a warm, but drizzly February morning, Peachtree folks gathered at the church for worship. Jerry Hobgood, Sunday School Superintendent, welcomed all of those present for worship.
Sanctuary flowers were given by Lynn Griffin in honor of her husband, David, on the occasion of his birthday on the 7th.

Uncommon! What do we think when we hear that word? Most folks that I know have no desire to be uncommon. We usually just want to fit in and be pretty much like everyone else. However, the Bible calls upon us to be just that, uncommon. I like what Paul's letter to the Romans says in chapter 12. And I especially like verses 1 and 2 from The Message version.

There is a right way to live and there is a wrong way to live. I'd like for us to start there today. Let's hold on to that - a right way and a wrong way. No middle ground, no lukewarm way, no grey areas, no, "well this is right for this person." You see, as followers of the Way we believe there is a right way and His name is Jesus. On the flipside there is a wrong way and it's the way of sin and self which is pioneered by the "god of this world." (Oh and it's a fallen world).

Rudy G. Hoggard exposes his journey of grief through the book, 'A Place Called Grief', about the death of their 27-year-old son, Eben.
Eben was killed on his motorcycle in Virginia, Sept. 24, 2007 on the way to work when a vehicle turned left in front of him in the Newport News traffic.
Rudy is a former Rocky Mount resident, born and raised, before joining the Air Force and finally settled in Marion, N.C. His wife Margaret (Molly) Hoggard was a Nashville, N.C. resident. Her parents were Arthur and Bernice Holland.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Over one year has passed since Nash Central's Anna Shaye Thompson made a verbal commitment to join the women's soccer program at Charleston Southern University in South Carolina.
And there was absolutely not one ounce of suspense after that.

Cedar Grove Elementary School hosted its third annual Cardinal Ball on Friday night, with ZaKeyah Boone and Mason Moore once again beingnamed the Queen and King.
The Cardinal Ball started in 2016 as a fundraiser for the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO).
Students sell raffle tickets for various prizes and those who sell the most tickets are named the Queen and King

While many of you may be glued to your TV sets watching the 2018 Winter Olympics from Korea, my dad is not.
He got his fill of Korea back in the early 1950s and as we've covered before, the last time he had anything to do with that place, a million Chinese were trying to kill him.
It's just as well.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools (NRMPS) Board of Education approved three new administrative appointments during the January and February Board of Education meetings. During the January 11, 2018 Board Meeting, Angela Ward was named as the After-School Program Coordinator and Kimberly Rascoe was named as the Center for Industry, Technology and Innovation (CITI) High School Principal. During the February 5, 2018 Board Meeting, Michael Kennedy was named as the Principal of Benvenue Elementary School.

A long-time member of Nashville's Fire Department was recently hired as the new fire chief.
Nashville Mayor Donald Street announced the hiring of Chris Joyner on Tuesday night at the board's regular meeting.
Joyner has been with Nashville's Fire Department since 1997. He started off part-time with the department.

Being able to help just one person win the war against a substance abuse disorder would make the HOPE Initiative worth it for Nashville Police Chief Tom Bashore.
But, since its inception in February 2016, the HOPE Initiative has helped a lot more than one person.
So far, there have been over 320 participants seeking help in the HOPE Initiative.