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By Brenda Thompson
Sheffield-Calahaln
Correspondent

Birthday wishes to: Lisa Reeves and Daniel Ramsey on March 24; and Barbara French and Jack Keller on March 27. Happy anniversary to Lester and Maxine Edward on March 22. If you would like a birthday or anniversary listed, please let me know.
The Rev. Harold Taylor, Global Missions Coordinator for the International Conservative Holiness Association, will speak at Community Covenant Church this Sunday at the 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. services. Everyone is invited.
The Rev. Benjamin McDowell and family, missionaries to Armenia, will be at Community Covenant on Sunday, March 30 at 6 p.m. Everyone is invited to enjoy their music and vision.
Worship service and Junior church class for children is held each Sunday at 10:45 a.m. at Community Covenant. Evangelistic service is on Sundays at 6 and Prayer meeting and Bible study is on Wednesdays at 7.
Bingo has been rescheduled for Friday, April 4 at the Sheffield-Calahaln Community Center. Doors open at 6 for concessions and bingo starts at 7. There will be 20 games of bingo, a 50/50 drawing, a grand prize and cakewalks. Bingo cards are $5 each. Concessions consists of hotdogs, chips, drinks and desserts by donations. We are excited to welcome everyone back to a great night of bingo, food and fellowship.
Hotdog Saturday at New Union is ready to serve up those great hotdogs this Saturday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the church parking lot. In addition to the hotdogs, there will be a bake sale and RADA cutlery and crafts for sale. Also, we will have the peanut butter eggs and coconut eggs for sale. The church is at County Line and Sheffield roads.
New Union welcomes everyone to Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship service at 10 each week. Pastor Tim Lowery invites you to these services. The Kids and Youth ministry is each Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30.
Women’s Brunch at Ijames Baptist Church this past Saturday was a huge success. Approximately 45 women or more were in attendance to enjoy a morning of great food and listening to Alysia Grimes with Oasis Ministries, guest speaker. The group played games and received favors as well as door prizes. The food table was designed by Sydney Hendricks. The outreach ministry was Crossmore Communities for Children. $1,500 was collected and given to the Western North Carolina locations affected by Hurricane Helene. Thanks to Pamela Branham and Abbey White Swisher information and photos.
Ijames recently sent a special offering to Western NC to aid in building bridges. The annual Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American missions will be collected in March.
Jam sessions are held each week on Mondays at Eddie’s Place in Cool Springs from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Schoolhouse Music Jam sessions are held the 1st, 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. at the Farmington Community Center with a potluck served at 6 p.m. Cost is $3 with musicians and singers getting in free.
Prayer requests continue for Bryan Swain, Hazel Smoot, Tim Keller, Junior Dunn, Tammy Keller, Charles England, Lincoln Dyson, Chester Reeves, Yvonne Ijames, Bonnie Gunter, Ed Livengood, Geraldine Lambert, Betty Beck, Sue Gobble, Paul Beck, Juanita Keaton, Emily Brown, Mary Teague, Eddie Porter, Janie Williams, Maria Knight, Violet Coursey, Clyde Jordan, Jack Seaford, Sue Seaford, Fred Beck, Michele Dyson, Hilda Keaton, Jenny Ely, Sandra Dyson, Bob Ellis, Terry Dyson and Jimmy Thompson. Please keep Randy and Regina Miller and family in prayer who lost their home due to fire. Our sincere condolences to the Kay Potts Garza family and the Johnnie Lee Hellard family.
Please submit all news to me at brfbailey@msn.com, message me on Facebook or call me at 336-837-8122 no later than Friday.