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NASHVILLE - Nashville's Police Chief is asking the Nash County School Board to move expeditiously with the sale of the abandoned W.L. Greene school, which he says is not benefitting the community in its current state.
Chief Caleb Shockley, equipped with printouts of police calls made to the large 12-acre property, appeared before the Nash board of education Monday night with the request to "move the sale up on the district's priority list."

The Momeyer Outreach Committee asked for and received approval to celebrate the National Day of Prayer May 7th from 7 to 7:30 p.m. at the Momeyer Fire Department. Organizers plan to ask permission from Momeyer Ruritans to use their parking lot for attendee parking.
"Designed to be simple, respectful and inclusive, and lasting no more than 30 minutes," current plans call for a welcome and opening remarks by an Outreach Committee rep, and invocation and moment of reflection, followed by prayers for community, town and nation. Speakers, most likely local pastors, are still to be determined.

Recently, I was asked to nominate a friend of mine for a very prestigious award. I went into painstaking detail to make a strong argument for his selection. Frankly, I was surprised by my own research to learn of the many things he had done for others. And when I read the other letters of nomination that had been prepared for him, I just couldn't see how he could lose.
The competition was keen and, in all truthfulness, any of the nominees would have made a fine choice.

Throughout this series of articles, there has been an underlying and heretofore unexplored question: Did the apostles make the whole thing up? Was the claim of Jesus's resurrection from the dead some grand hoax, some grand myth that quickly grew into a phenomenon placing the disciples in the grand spotlight of Christian stardom? After all, an empty tomb could have simply meant that the disciples (or anyone else, for that matter) stole the body.
However, since the traditional Christian answer to this question has much merit, it bears further explanation here. Historian Craig Keener has said that the "ancients also recognized the willingness of people to die for their convictions, verified at least the sincerity of their motives, arguing against fabrication."

I am truly enjoying studying the Old Testament book of Nehemiah. It has so much information about the value of seeking God in prayer and yes, fasting. We have leadership, courage, trust in God, sacrificing oneself for the betterment of others, and so much more. Every church would benefit from studying the ancient book.
The first two chapters are action packed. You may read chapter three and conclude it is not so important. We read about groups who are working on rebuilding the destroyed walls, but there is much more. Let me share some observations and important lessons for the church.

Cheryl K. Collie and Timothy G. Collie to Prestige Home Solutions, LLC; 5249 Highpoint Drive, Nashville; $100,000
JEC Construction, Inc. to Joseph Murray and Janie Murray; Jackson Fields Subdivision, Lot 8; $449,000
Adams Homes AEC, LLC and Don Adams to Lauren Elizabeth Bailey; Williams Grove, Phase VI, Section II, Lot 210; $376,000
Grand Oak Builders Wake Forest, LLC, Winslow Grand, LLC and Grand Oak Homes to Anastacio Garcia Hernandez and Flor Angelica Torres Salazar; Countryside Farms, Lot 1; $355,000