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The Nash County Public Schools' Federal Programs and Migrant Education Departments partnered to host a supply drive benefiting families served through the McKinney-Vento and Migrant Education programs.
The event, held at the Migrant Center, provided essential items such as sanitation kits, toothbrushes, washcloths, heated blankets, laundry detergent, soap, toothpaste, and rain jackets to help meet the basic needs of families experiencing hardship. Approximately 65 families participated in the drive.

All of us wonder from time to time whether God really cares about what's going on in our lives. Why? Because there are those occasions in life when "life" seems to be crashing down on us. We live for the Lord. But when things go awry, we seek his comfort and his guidance. We pray, but we don't feel anything changes. We wonder, "Where is he?".
But did realize that Jesus once had them, too? It happened while he was dying on the cross for our sins. Remember when he was on the cross, he said, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?". (Matthew 27:46)

Critics of theism rightly ask, "Couldn't God have created a world in which there was less evil and suffering?" Contrary to the assertion, this is not the best of all possible worlds God could have created. A world in which there was one more good angel or one more good person serving other people would certainly make the world better, wouldn't it? Better yet, what if God interceded in the affairs of everyday life to eliminate or at least reduce the world's suffering? That sounds great, but how would that work, exactly? God performing millions and millions of miracles every second, interceding constantly into people's lives so that no evil touches them. That really wouldn't be a world of free-willed beings, would it? Sounds more like the making of a cartoon to me.

A great time was had at Rainforest Falls Vacation Bible School at Red Oak Baptist Church last week! Children learned Bible scripture and Bible stories, played games, experienced imagination station, and enjoyed refreshments.
The youth and chaperones from Red Oak Baptist Church left for Mfuge at James Madison University in Virginia on Monday. They will be returning home Friday. Pray for safe travels.
The Baptist Men will have their monthly breakfast meeting on Sunday, June 21 at 8:30 a.m.