and just a hero of maybe everyone that's concerned about children when the quote that he said is love is in a state of perfect carrying it is an act of noun like struggle to love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is right here and right now so good quote by by fred rogers something we can all live by things are going well in the village thanks for all those that got to see the christmas segment it's always been so long it's out an hour and a half later with two inches of snow on the ground just actually creasy facing weather but life in the south is good and hopefully you're enjoying it here i grew up in the north isles of pittsburgh so i know we had a little bit more snow up there than we do here but man oh man and living large i got a tan life in the south is is good the village of a nation is what i've come to talk to you about there's an old african proverb that says it takes a village to raise a child have four elements to it and we have all of that right in our village of in the ship one is a store a mercantile a church a school and a tavern a pub or restaurant we have all of that the in the village of a nation of any size school several churches one just being where i pastor wright's united methodist church also the country store and maybe some other stores in the nation and also the open restaurant which our schools in peter's township and also the ringgold school district sometimes just being a participant just kind of seeing some of the activities that are going on there in the elementary and middle high schools but also to actually be active and get to speak a little bit about character and how character counts and and then all three schools that i got to be in in the last six weeks i'm just so impressed by the teachers and and staff support personnel  also the students themselves great questions and and just the overall atmosphere of the peters township schools and wrinkled school districts that i had a chance to be in just within the last six weeks and so it's just nice neat stuff sweet sixteen tournament i'm not sure where we're at in that process right now but one of the great coaches see double as john wooden he passed away four years ago at the age of ninety nine he had a just a remarkable career streak among those seven in a row titles that he had he was national coach of the year for six different times and again passed away five years ago at the age of ninety nine but here's what he says about character be more concerned with your character than your reputation because your character is what you really are what your reputation is really what others think you are and it's just the kind of little things to be thinking about here during our time and in the school year  when you get a chance to be in places of commerce just the folks that are around you your character counts for so much more than your reputation let me give you a little update on some of the things that are happening in our  village things that are coming up the rock n roll easter event i don't know what you do it in your around your household but what we're doing down of the village is all about rock and roll easter and its traditional egg hunt and i know i think we've got  sunrise service going on too we did it for the first time last year we got permission from the mango county park to do it up at the observatory that's not going to be inside but right outside the observatory on top of the hill sunrise service at seven o'clock april the fifth on easter sunrise morning if you don't have a chance to have a sunrise service invite you to come up last year the first time we did it was gorgeous it was beautiful the sun came up and it is one of the highest points in washington county right there on top of the observatory why they built the observatory there so i invite you to come up there and the breakfast to follow of all the food that you bring yourself in other words bring a covered dish we had and cabbage and toast i think last year but lots of fact we saw the miracle of the coffee pot we only were expecting about thirty people had about sixty people showed up last year and we just kept blessing that coffee pot and just part of the peters town peters creek historical society that's a real needs organization to be a part of and if you if you haven't been to the to the rights museum there it's a lots of things from the area and it's open once a month starting in may make through september so invited to come and be a part of that i think it's the third sunday of every month starting in may there's an open house there at the right house historical museum right there in our little village but there's a meeting in particular on the fourth monday of april this society meets the fourth monday of every month this will be able the twenty seventh seven thirty we'll be talking about larry's going to give us a great demonstration of ancient civilizations now this is really need because i saw these copper plates and covered these copper plates a number of years ago in the city of claritin in an old indian burial mind and these copper plates are dated twelve hundred b c right here in this area so i heard that monday night's meeting i thought that's craziness  twelve hundred years twelve hundred b c there were civilizations right here in our area we're going to be talking about that the last monday of april in the sea some wonderful historical artifacts from i mean these copper plates  kind and so by two to come out and be a part of that the peters creek historical society right next to the wright's church there is the heritage society again one of the buildings that make up what is called a village is the school still beneath the school and the venetian school is now owned and operated by the benita heritage society which is a nonprofit organization and it's just the kind of preserve the heritage of the past but also to encourage and affirm societies in the future and the culture of today so there's lots of activities that go on there on the third floor of the community center  venetian is that their model railroad club officer dave stanton from peter's township has a great organization that meets every thursday and it takes up the whole top floor of the whole third floor of the school and just lots of model railroad dire amma's one complete one of them onto a trail so neat neat stuff to be a part of if you want to schedule a tour of that contact opposite dave standard peter's township police department and he can give you a tour about that also in the school every second and fourth thursday is the senior citizen community lunch and if you're over the age of fifty five having quite arrived there yet but i get a special pass but anyway the senior citizens meet there every second and fourth have a little lunch and a little fellowship always a good program to be a part of that if you're not part of a senior citizen organization and don't experience that fellowship i invite you to come and be a part of any ship every second and fourth thursday starts a bottle of o'clock the eat at noon and then a program to follow and that's right there at the old beneath the school which is the venetian heritage society that's kind of any part of our village it's right in front of the ball fields that are there little league be starting soon peters township soccer has the grasshopper a field right behind that so it really is just kind of a neat little part of the village we're looking forward to summer in the village last year we began brownback concert series and it was very very well attended and very successful this happens every wednesday from noon to one right there in the village right there actually it's on the steps of the church we put out tables with them browse lunches servants five dollars you get a delicious lunch and you get the hear some local artists bluegrass music everything from country  just a little fellowship a little live music right there in the beautiful village of in the show invites you to come out and be a part of that lots of so lots of activities happening  here in the spring and in fact we hope to do more of these kind of informational programs to talk a little bit more about the maybe even do some live remote things here in our little village of the nation and even on the outskirts too i so look forward to that and just all the other activities or spring concerts happening the library all the programs that happen at the library if you had a chance to to get the paper the allman act last week there was a great feature about mis that that is the librarian there you know when you're looking at communities i think the library just moving to peter's township two years ago the library is about the central part of our community of peter's township all the programs and activities for all ages their children's youth in adult and a continuing basis there so if you haven't checked that the peters township library and encourage you to do that the peters township recreation center to what a neat place i was up there with with my family this week and man oh man what a resource how that connects to the arrowhead trail there and just so many many things they do i can't stop saying enough good things about what happens in peter's township in in the specially in the village of in asia so let me kind of recap for you some of the things that we talk about here for the spring time coming up rock n roll easter event it's  saturday march twenty eighth that's it in the village with right tonight a methodist church or april the fourth at edwards united methodist church up on highway one thirty six  it's lunch its activities its crafts its easter egg hunts in just a whole lot more april the fifth sunday easter sunday sunrise service up the observatory and window county park we did it for the first time last year this is just a wonderful event it's covered this breakfast after that bring a dish with you bring your family bring a lawn chair it's it's an outside drama service and so the drama bluegrass music we've got a fiddler  bass banjo guitar it's just going to be a great time that's sunrise the seventh at the observatory in mango county park so come on up and be a part of that other events heritage society with the school and the events that go on their second and fourth thursday at noon senior lunch the peters creek historical society fourth monday of every month seven thirty meeting today i mentioned at the early start of our program his pyramid of success he was not only just a coach he was just a motivational speaker an inspirational speaker lived to be ninety nine years old just two months he taught some of the he had under his leadership some of the great great basketball heads of all time he was national coach of the year six different times but one of the things he developed was a pyramid of success and it all has to do with character and values but he created what's called a seven point creed that was given to him by his father when he graduated from grammar school in one thousand nine hundred seventeen this is what he says seven points of success to be true to yourself every day when you wake up be true to yourself and all the decisions that you make make each day your masterpiece what can you do in your life to make that happen each day  masterpiece third thing help others just be helpful on the way for thing drink deeply from good books and he says especially the bible thing is make friendship a fine art you have a possibility to do that to other make true friendship following our six he says build a shelter against the rainy day i means provide for tomorrow because the rainy days will come and then seventy says pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings each and every day good news from one of the winningest coaches in basketball history john wooden so that's news the kind of send you out for today from our little village of a nature we hope to see you in and maybe just another two weeks perhaps  we'll play the easter message isn't all the spring events going on but also kind of keep you updated and other things that are going on in and around peter's township and especially from the village venetia so i'm rich roberts said