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By Brenda Bailey

Sheffield-Calahaln

Correspondent

Birthday wishes to: Kaley Keaton and Anthony Ottone on Aug. 26; Kelsey Wooten on Aug. 27; Caleb Drye on Aug. 28; Pam McDaniel, Melanie Gobble and Randy Keller on Aug. 29; Cody Davis and Jeff Anderson on Aug. 30; and Aiden Groce on Aug. 31.  If you would like a birthday or anniversary listed in this column, please let me know.

New Union Church has a worship service at 10 a.m. each Sunday followed by Sunday School at 11.  Pastor Brian Loper welcomes everyone.

New Union will have its annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Reservations for vendor space are being taken; call 336-837-8122, email brfbailey@msn.com or message on Facebook.

Hotdog Saturday at New Union is this Saturday from 11 a.m.2 p.m. in the church parking lot.  There will also be baked goods and RADA cutlery for sale.  The church is at Sheffield and County Line roads.

If interested in becoming a firefighter, Chief Gary Allen of the Sheffield-Calahaln VFD invites you to come by the department or call 336-492-5791.

Pastor Ruth is continuing his messages on the End Times at the 10:30 a.m. worship service at Ijames Baptist. Bible Study on the Book of Daniel is each Sunday evening from 5-6.

Summertime JAM (Jesus and Me) is going on each Sunday from 5-6 p.m. at Ijames Baptist for children, ages 3 years to 5th grade.  Join for Bible stories, crafts, games and snacks.  Ijames Baptist welcomes everyone to all services.

Center Volunteer Fire Department is looking for volunteers to help serve the community.  If this is of interest to you, please stop by the station any Thursday evening at 7 or call 336-492-7649. The department is at 2265 US 64 West.

Community Covenant Church invites you to join them each Sunday for worship at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., and prayer and Bible study on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

A time of prayer is held at Liberty Wesleyan each Sunday at 9:30 a.m., followed by Sunday School at 10 and Worship at 11. Liberty is collecting canned food for Matthew 25. On Sept. 11, there will be a family cookout/potluck luncheon after the worship service.

Trackers of Truth Bible Camp is open Friday from  6-8 p.m. at Liberty Wesleyan, open to ages Kindergarten thru 5th grade. Call 336-492-3000.

The BoTyme Country Jubilee is still going strong each Thursday evening from 6:30-8:30 at the Farmington Community Center with a mixture of country, bluegrass and gospel music. Admission is $3, but musicians are admitted free.  Everyone is welcome.

Cabarrus Station performed Friday at West Rowan Grill. NuHiWay will perform there this Friday.  Thanks to Sue Clark for sharing photos.

Each Monday evening from 6:30-9:30, there’s a jam session at the Meatlocker on Garden Valley Road off US 64 near Cool Springs. Eddie Porter invites you to come out and pick or just sit back and listen to some great music.

Each Tuesday evening, John and Lynn Powell have a jam session on Fairfield Road.  A lot of the young musicians go to John for lessons plus go to the jams to gain more experience.

Prayer requests continue for Bryan Swain, Jean Reavis, Johnny Naylor, Pat Moore, Hazel Smoot, Tim Keller, Junior Dunn, Betty Dameron, Tammy Keller, Naomi Wooten, Charles England, Greta England, Lincoln Dyson, Chester Reeves, Hazel Frye, Yvonne Ijames, Bonnie Gunter, Ed Livengood,  Milton Tutterow, Nancy Peacock, Geraldine Lambert, Betty Beck, Sue Gobble, Helen Bulla, Paul Beck, Juanita Keaton, Jerry McDaniel, Lynn Hicks, Betty Godbey, Emily Brown and Suzonne Stratton.

Please submit all news to me at brfbailey@msn.com, message me on Facebook or call me at 336-837-8122 no later than noon on Thursdays.