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Holy Week Greetings, I pray that the peace of Christ is sustaining you in your journey as we approach Easter Sunday. Today, I'd like to cordially invite you to the Community Sunrise Service that will take place this Sunday, April 16th - 7am at Forest Hills Cemetery Flagpole.
It's truly a sacred time to be together with the body of believers (and unbelievers who are curious about the faith!) to be standing in the middle of a cemetery, at sunrise, on Resurrection Sunday.

Sunday, Psalm Sunday, was a beautiful spring morning as Peachtree folks gathered at the church for worship. Pastor Whitehouse and his wife, Marta, were missing. Marta's father, Frank Venegas of Daytona Beach, Florida, passed away on Thursday, following a lengthy illness. Our sympathy goes out to them. The pulpit was filled by Dr. Bill Wakefield, in Gene's absence. Dr. Wakefield is a former interim pastor at Peachtree and his, and his wife's, Delcie's presence brought back precious memories.

Friday, April 14 from 1 until 5 p.m. at Golden East Crossing Mall, 1100 N. Wesleyan Blvd, Rocky Mount
Thursday, April 20 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Nash Health Care Systems, 2460 Curtis Ellis Drive, Rocky Mount
Thursday, April 25 from 10:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at Environmental Services Building, 1221 Thorpe Road, Rocky Mount.

In Bibletimes, "whentheyheardoftheresurrectionofthe dead, some began to sneer" (Acts 17:32).
That's what many of us also do today. After all, we are just a little too sophisticated to believe in the resurrection of dead bodies. The only resurrection messages we can stomach speak of renewal of life in the springtime or personal renewal through recommitment to a major project.

Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools celebrated educators on Tuesday night, recognizing the district's educators of the year.
Around 150 people attended the district's annual Teacher and Principal of the Year banquet on Tuesday night at Rose Hill Conference Center.
Nash Central High School Principal Victor Ward, Sr. was named the district's Principal of the Year.
Ward has 23 years combined experience in education. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Education, a Master's Degree in School Administration and an Education Specialist Degree in School Administration, all from East Carolina University.

SHOW DAY -- Victoria Hill, 7, shows off her goat, Emerald, on Tuesday during the Cloverbud Show at the Eastern Carolina 4-H Livestock Show and Sale. The two-day show included youth showing goats, lambs, pigs and steer before the big sale on Wednesday night. This is the 80th year of the show and sale.

Nash Rocky Mount Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Shelton Jefferies presented an alternative funding source to board members that will invest in the "human capital" of the system.
Jefferies told board members at their April 3 meeting that pursuing alternative funding streams was something he had said he would do during his hiring interview with the board over a year ago.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education has received another offer to purchase the former Spaulding Middle School site.
The latest bid was for $50,100 from the Spaulding Alumni Association. This is the third time the organization has bid on the facility.
The bidding war began in January after the Board of Education voted to place the Spaulding site up for surplus. The decision was made based on the increasing cost of maintenance for the facility.

It was a busy week for students and staff at Bailey Elementary School last week, as a celebration for the school's outdoor classroom was held on Wednesday followed by the Sixth Annual Science Fair on Friday.
Though the outdoor classrooms have been a concept at the school since 2010, a $2,400 grant helped revamp the area, said Lisa Langley, a fifth grade science teacher at the school.

INCIDENTS
An assault on a female was reported on 4/3/17 at 222 Richardson Court
An involuntary commitment service was reported on 4/3/17 on Cross Street
A larceny (shoplifting) was reported on 4/4/17 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue