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By Brenda Bailey

Sheffield-Calahaln

Correspondent

Birthday wishes to: Betty Beck and JD Powell on March 31; Josh Atkins on April 1; Lynn Sherrill on April 2; Ricky Dyson on April 4; and Dave Salmon on April 5. Happy anniversary to Eugene and Cindy Reeves and Chris and Rachel Wilson on April 5.  If you would like a birthday or anniversary listed in this column, please let me know.

Chester Reeves, owner of Chester’s Quilts will have a spring show Saturday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at his home at 247 Turkeyfoot Road.

On Sunday, March 19, Ijames Baptist Church held a baby dedication during worship service. Special music was presented by Wendi White as she sang “Believe for It.”

Deacon and Minister T.J. Woodfin was the guest speaker, encouraging all parents to teach their children about God. Nurture them and prepare them for the day they will make a decision to follow Christ as Savior and Lord, he said. One of the scriptures in the message was 1 Samuel 1 when Hannah prayed for a child, then gave young Samuel to the Lord for His service. Matthew and Michelle Mills dedicated both their children, Isaac and Brooklynn, to the Lord. Pastor Kestler Ruth and wife, Hannah dedicated their youngest child, Kaleb to the Lord.  Friends, relatives and church members attended. My thanks to Pam Branham for the article and photo.

Anyone interested in being a firefighter and serving the community, please see Chief Gary Allen of the Sheffield-Calahaln VFD by coming by the department or calling 336-492-5791.

Hotdog Saturday at New Union was a great success on Saturday even with the light rain and wind. We thank everyone that came and worked and especially those that supported our fundraiser. It is always so great to see so many folks enjoying good food and fellowship. Our next Hotdog Saturday will be April 22.

New Union is bringing the egg hunt to you this year.Egg Your Yard will be Saturday, April 8 from 8-10 a.m. If interested in having your yard “egged”, contact Heather at 336-492-6408, email info@newunionchurchnc.org or via Facebook message @NewUnionChurchNC.  Yards must be within a 10-mile radius of the church.  Eggs will contain candy and prizes.

A community Easter Egg Hunt will be held at Ijames Baptist  on Saturday, April 8 from 10-11 a.m. for ages 2 years to 5th grade. This will be an egg hunt, games, snacks and lots of fun.

An Easter Egg Hunt will be held at Liberty Wesleyan on Saturday, April 8 at 9 a.m. You don’t want to miss this egg hunt, for some lucky ones will find 1 of 3 Golden Eggs. Miss Sadie’s sausage and ham biscuits will also be served.

Easter Sunrise Service at Liberty Wesleyan will be at 7:30 a.m. at the cross, followed by refreshments at 8,  Sunday School at 9 and worship at 10.

Easter Sunrise Service will be at 7 a.m.  followed by breakfast in the fellowship hall at 7:30 am, then Sunday School at 8:30 am and worship service at 9:30 am.

New Union will have an Easter breakfast at 8:30 a.m., followed by worship at 10. There will be no Sunday School.

If there are other Easter events scheduled for our community, forward to me.  I’ll be happy to include in next week’s column.

If you like to play music or enjoy listening and dancing, check out the Meatlocker Jam on Mondays from 6:30-9:30 and/or BoTyme each Thursday from 6:30 -8:30. For more information and location of these jams, contact me via Facebook or email.

Prayer requests continue for Bryan Swain, Jean Reavis, Pat Moore, Hazel Smoot, Tim Keller, Junior Dunn, Betty Dameron, Tammy Keller, Charles England, Lincoln Dyson, Chester Reeves, Hazel Frye, Yvonne Ijames, Bonnie Gunter, Ed Livengood,  Milton Tutterow, Nancy Peacock, Geraldine Lambert, Betty Beck, Sue Gobble, Bob Ellis, Helen Bulla, Paul Beck, Juanita Keaton, Betty Godbey, Ted Adams, Emily Brown, Marsha Tutterow, Mary Teague, Eddie Porter, Janie Williams, Larry Richie, Clyde Jordan, Maria Knight and Suzonne Stratton  Our sincere condolences to the families of David Edward McDaniel and Lisa Dianne Steele Dale.Please submit all news to brfbailey@msn.com, message on Facebook or call 336-837-8122 no later than Friday.