Cash Express to Host “Fill a Police Car” Event for the Needy on Black Friday

November 14, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Cash Express in conjunction with the Smithville Police Department is hosting its 4th annual “Fill A Police Car” event on Black Friday, November 29 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the new business location 409 East Broad Street.

The police department will provide a vehicle to be filled up with canned goods, toys, and coats for DeKalb County families in need. This event will also include a bake sale. Enjoy hotdogs, chips, and drinks. Free food for the community!

The public is asked to bring canned food and new and gently used toys, coats, and other clothing for this collection effort. Monetary donations will also be accepted and all proceeds will stay in DeKalb County.

Money and toys will go to the Smithville Police Department to be distributed; food will go to a local pantry; and coats and clothes will be donated to the clothes closet. For questions concerning this event, you may call  Jamie or Athena at 615-597-3427.

November 14, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Nick Nokes will be the featured artist on “Jammin’ at the 428” Friday morning on WJLE.

 The program will air at 8:30 a.m. following the “Old Time Country Community Radio Show”

 Jim Hicks, the host of the show, will interview Nokes and showcase his music on the program.

 “Nick is our hero at the 428. We all feel that way about him. I’m blessed to have gotten to work with him on the songs I have recorded at the 428. He is a world class guitar player and a tremendous keyboard player too and I know because I have been around some of the great legends. Thank you Lord for Nick Nokes and the great talent you have given him,” said Hicks.

Nokes records at Rick Scruggs’ Studio in Smithville, also known as the 428. 

To hear this show click the link below or click the dropdown box under the “Community” section of the WJLE homepage near the top and look for “Jammin’ at the 428”.

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November 14, 2019
By: Bill Conger

Smithville First Baptist Church is reaching out to the people of DeKalb County with another Community Day this weekend. Doors will be open starting at 9 o’clock Saturday morning at the church’s Life Enrichment Center to provide food, coats and other winter clothing until 1 o’clock or everything is gone.

“Whatever income level you’re at, we’re here to say here it is; no strings attached,” says church pastor Chad Ramsey. ““You’ll get a full box for a holiday meal. That will include a voucher to get some ham later as it gets closer to the holidays for Thanksgiving. We’re going to give away everything we have. We’ll pray for you, let you know how much God loves you. We’re here for you too, but more importantly, that God is there for them always.”

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“I felt like the Lord told me to do this,” Koblinsky told WJLE. “I feel called for home missions. I like to help the people locally more than far away. I like to see the joy and the happiness on their faces. It brings me self-satisfaction also knowing I’m doing the Lord’s work.”

“We see the needs just like Jesus saw the needs,” Ramsey says. “The scripture says over and over Jesus was moved to compassion, and we feel like through compassion that we have, we see needs in our community. This is one way to meet those needs.”

Smithville F-B-C members are putting feet to their faith by following their mission, “Love God, Love Others.”

“Smithville FBC continues to have a passion to reach our community to show them who Jesus is,” says Ramsey. “If we truly love God, we are going to love others. This outreach is to help the needs of the community. It’s also to help people come to have a better relationship with the church body. We believe part of being a believer is to be connected to a congregation. We want to show people who we are and what we are.”

Pastor Ramsey says at last November’s Community Day church members were touched by the experience to show they care.

“We are able to connect with others as we do it and to show that we really do care. There’s no judging going on. We’re just here because God has called us to love others. It’s made a huge impact in our church to see people where they’re at, and that’s the kind of church we are, and It’s also the kind of church we want to continue to be is the church that really sees people in all areas of life. No matter where you are, we’re all God’s children and we’ve all been made by God. We have a relationship with God, but we also have the opportunity to love on others as well.”

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