Addor

St. Peters Deliverance Church of God, where the pastor is Bishop Ricky Smith, invites everyone to its annual Family and Friends Day at 11:30 a.m. this Sunday.

The members of New Zion A.M.E. Zion Church thank everyone who came out Sunday for the appreciation service for the Rev. Charles McKnight. The pastor's son spoke. Sharon Williams and Mamie Gooch, of Jackson Hamlet, provided special music. Pastor McKnight was overjoyed. He thanks everyone for attending.

Everyone in the community is invited to attend New Zion A.M.E. Zion Church. Sunday School is at 10 a.m., and worship is at 11 a.m. every Sunday.

The Sanford District's fifth Sunday fellowship will be held at 3 p.m. this Sunday at Marsh A.M.E. Zion Church.

The 21st Century after-school program is continuing at New Zion A.M.E. Zion Church. It operates Monday through Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m. Snacks will be provided. Applications are now available. Please contact the Rev. McKnight, the church pastor, at (910) 639-1893.

The quarterly class leader workshop for the Sanford District will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul A.M.E. Zion Church.

Addor Community Center board members need your support both in person and financially. The board is asking all of the churches in the community to assist by making a monthly allocation. Donations will help restore utilities to the building and begin using it to help revitalize the community.

Please make checks payable to the Addor Community Center and mail them to P.O. Box 775, Pinebluff, NC 28373. Anyone with questions or needing more information can call (910) 281-0384.

Birthday wishes go out to Danalsia Baldwin (Oct. 28), the Rev. Clinton Edwards (Oct. 30) and to all who are celebrating this week.

Sick and shut-ins: Rose Lee Waddell and Gloria McLean are in the hospital. Sarah F. McMillian and Betty J. Ellerbe are in rehab. Effie J. Smith, Betty L. Moses, Louise Jones and Nora Smith are among the homebound. Stella Gillispie, Connie L. Covington, Diana Brown, Portia Smith, Marie Berry, Lewis Swan and Sampson Blue are in nursing homes or assisted living homes.

Please continue to pray for all the sick and shut-ins.

If anyone has church or other community news, please contact me at (910) 281-3385.

- Lorine McCants

Berkley

New Hope Christian Ministries, where the pastor is Elder Brenda Brown, holds services at 160 Ridgeline Road off N.C. 5, just behind the Habitat for Humanity store. Sunday School is at 10 a.m. every week, and regular worship services are held at 11 a.m. on the first through fourth Sundays.

Morning prayer is held at 8 a.m. every Saturday. Bible study is at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday. Minister's study is held every second Tuesday at 6 p.m.

St. John Missionary Baptist Church, at 703 Harris St., where the pastor is the Rev. Jimmy Gilchrist, holds Sunday School at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. every Sunday. Prayer meeting and Bible study are held at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays.

St. Joseph A.M.E. Church, where the pastor is the Rev. Henry R. Davis, will be holding Sunday services at Aberdeen Elementary School. Bible study is held at 6 p.m. at the Aberdeen Community Center.

Shiloh A.M.E. Zion Church, at 206 Keyser St., where the pastor is the Rev. Fred Goins Jr., holds Sunday School every week at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. every first and third Sunday. Bible study is held at 7 p.m. every Wednesday.

Sandhill Christian Church, on Keyser Street, has a new pastor, Jamal Brown. The church holds Sunday School every Sunday at 10 a.m. and worship services at 11 a.m. on the second and fourth Sundays of the month.

The Word of Life Holy Church of God in Christ, at 107 Spring St., where the pastor is Overseer Nathaniel Malloy, holds Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and worship services at 11 a.m. every Sunday. Bible study is held at 7 p.m. every Wednesday.

Happy birthday to all who are celebrating this week.

Continue to pray for everyone.

Please submit church, community and personal announcements (such as birthdays and anniversaries) by 7 p.m. Sunday by calling (910) 528-4782.

- Rachel Hill

Eastwood

The House of Prayer Church family thanks everyone for making the pastoral anniversary celebration for Bishop Larry Brown and first lady Elise Brown on Sunday such a success.

The United Church of God Southern District will have it quarterly union this Saturday and Sunday at the headquarters in Greensboro.

St. Peters will celebrate Bishop C.L. Curry's pastoral anniversary Nov. 3-6. Services will be held Thursday and Friday, Nov. 3-4, at 7:30 each night. A banquet will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at Little River Resort. It will conclude at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 6.

St. Peters has Bible study on Tuesday after the first and third Sunday each month. Prayer meeting is held at 7:30 p.m. every Thursday.

Emmanuel and Thomarine Jackson will celebrate their wedding anniversary this week.

Brittney Saunders celebrated her birthday with family and friend last week.

Birthday wishes go out this week to Tolisha Covington and ReJohn McGhee (Oct. 26), Shawnte Rice (Oct. 27), Kristen Wall (Oct. 28), Rakim Stancil (Oct. 29), Phillip Moultrie (Oct. 30) and Brian Covington (Nov. 1).

Sick and shut-ins: Lewis McLaughlin, Paula Neal, Michael McLean, Charles Jackson, Joe Jackson, Hoover Brown, Cornelia Adkins, Evelyn Clegg, Minister Wrencher, Carolyn Swinnie, Mary Russell, Margret Thompson and Alma Jones.

- Wilma Monroe

Hoffman

Bible study is held each Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Macedonia and at 7:30 p.m. at Fletcher's Chapel. Pleasant Hill holds Bible study at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Pleasant Hill is asking all missionaries to come celebrate Missionary Day at 5 p.m. Sunday. The speaker will be Doretha Jefferson, of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church.

The Home Union will be held Sunday at Fletcher's Chapel. The Rev. R.L. Dockery is in charge.

Pleasant Hill will celebrate Women's Day at 5 p.m. Oct. 30. Doretha Jefferson will be the guest speaker.

A community meeting will be held Nov. 7 at the Hoffman Parks and Recreation Center. All residents are urged to attend.

The Red Hat Club will meet at noon Nov. 12 at the Beaver Dam Center.

Burnet and Ernestine McRae and Bea Little attended the Chapter of the 29th District Order of the Eastern Star. The Rising Star Chapter 584 will meet Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Gary Hailey Jr. and his friends from Durham visited Bea Little Sunday.

Birthday wishes go out to Jackie Sloan (Oct. 18), Davon Brown (Oct. 21) and Renita Kelly (Oct. 27).

Sick and shut-ins: Flossie Hagins, Frank Smith, Lany Harrison, Cathy Harrington, Lula Smith, Ernest Gilmore, Juanita Gilmore, Leana McRae, Arlene McRae, Thelma McKoy, Dan McKoy, Eugene Martin, Johnny King, Nancy Ellerbe, Lillie Ellerbe, Bunie Ellerbe, Mary Jamison and Bernice Dalton.

Please continue to pray for the sick and shut-ins, church leaders, our children, government and one another.

- Bea Little

Little River

The youth of Mount Pleasant Church will hold a trunk-or-treat event from 6 to 7 p.m. on Halloween. Families are invited to stop by the church for this night of fellowship and treats.

This event is sponsored by the youth of the church, and all families of the church are encouraged to decorate the trunk of their cars to greet the visiting families with tales and treats. Light refreshments will be served in the fellowship hall for those attending. The community is invited to take part in this special outreach of the church.

The choir continues to work on its Christmas cantata. Anyone who would like to join them for this special ministry is welcome to come at 6:30 on Wednesday evening to practice.

Bible study in the book of Isaiah continues on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

The church continues the ministry of the BackPack Pals to the schoolchildren. So far, the church has donated more than 900 individual servings to the Food Bank for these children's well-being.

Cypress Presbyterian Church encourages the community to participate in the "trunk-or-treat event for children to be held at Vass Baptist Church this Saturday, beginning at 5:30 p.m. with an outside hot dog supper.

This Sunday will be the last Sunday for Cypress' 8:30 a.m. worship service this season. The early service will again be considered as summer approaches next year.

If you are looking for a church home, you are cordially invited to attend Cypress Presbyterian Church.

Please visit its website at www.cypresspres.org and check out the worship opportunities offered at Cypress.

A Community Watch program is being started in the Mount Pleasant area. The first meeting Oct. 13 was well-attended by many residents from our neighborhoods. Many thanks to Detective Eric Galloway, of the Moore County Sheriff's Office, for leading this introductory meeting.

Check the sign at Crains Creek Fire Department for the date of the next meeting and plan to attend. Be a part of keeping your neighborhood safe.

The Crains Creek Fire Department will host its annual Fire Prevention/Halloween Carnival from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Children ages 12 and under (accompanied by an adult) are invited to come and enjoy the fun and prizes.

Also, there will be bingo from 6 to 8 that night for everyone. Games are 50 cents per three-game card.

Mount Pleasant Church will again be one of the collection places for Bikes for Wright. It's not too early to start turning in those bikes so "Santa" can get started on those repairs.

If you need someone to come and pick up a bike, please call Sunny at (910) 245-4747 to arrange for pickup.

Please remember, with positive thoughts and prayers, all of our soldiers and their families, whether here in the States or abroad.

"Keep the Tatas Safe" by remembering that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

If you have any information you'd like to share with our community, please call me at (910) 245-4747.

- "Sunny" Sidley

Shawtown

The choir of First Missionary will celebrate its anniversary Sunday, Nov. 6. The pastor, the Rev. Lincoln Blanding, invites everyone to attend.

Please pray for those in rest homes and assisted living facilities, hospital patients, the homebound, caregivers, our president and our other leaders, our troops and each other.

If anyone has an announcement for the Shawtown news, please submit it a week before publication.

My new email address is adamsminnie29@yahoo.com, or call me at (910) 783-7822.

- Irene Ray

Taylortown

Spaulding Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church on Main Street in Taylortown will sponsor a tag sale fundraiser (furniture, household items, toys and clothing) from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. this Saturday at the church. For more information, contact Katrina Chaffin at (910) 255-3179. The pastor is the Rev. Charles Allen. Thank you in advance for your support.

Fruit, candy and snack bags will be given to local youths at the Taylor House Community Center at 6 p.m. Monday. These donations are made possible by local ministries and individuals in the community. The Rev. Rose Highland-Sharpe is coordinating the event. Youths of all ages are invited to stop by.

Special thanks to Word of Truth Church for their donations of the fresh fruit. Thank you to Galilee Missionary Baptist Church for their support and prayers. Many thanks to the mayor and Town Council for their support.

Veteran Job Fair information will be featured on the "Town Talk" television show this week through the first week in November. Mark Adkins, the veteran representative at the N.C. Employment Security Commission office in Aberdeen, is the featured guest. The show airs daily at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Time Warner Cable channel 3. The host is Rose Highland-Sharpe.

Pinecrest High School football games pre-empt "Town Talk" on some evenings. Thanks for your support of the youths on the football team, including Daequan Barrett, Reco Cain and Travis Scales.

A plate sale fundraiser to help Timothy Mason will be held from 110 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at 270 Richmond St. in Taylortown. Fish, chitterlings and hot dogs along with macaroni and cheese, potato salad, green beans, rolls, cake, tea, sodas and water will be available.

Tim will be having additional surgery in November. Donations also can be sent in care of Lottie Mason (Tim's mother) at P.O. Box 3366, Pinehurst, NC 28374. For more information, call Lottie at (910) 603-7931.

Thank you to the ladies who continue to help with MANNA! at 11 a.m. on Tuesdays at Spaulding Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church. Some of the helpers include Melba Bostic, Esther McNeill, Hulene Morrison and Kathy Murphy. Pastor John Roberts is the day-to-day operations manager for MANNA!. The pastor at Spaulding Chapel is the Rev. Charles Allen.

Michael Robinson thanks all the musicians for coming to the Taylor House on Saturdays for the "jam sessions." The gathering has been very productive and creative in bringing local talent in one arena to entertain and inspire.

The sessions open to experienced musicians Saturdays from noon until 6 p.m. at the Taylor House on Main Street. If you have a passion for playing any musical instrument, please join this lively "jam session" every Saturday. There is no charge. Contact Robinson at (910) 725-1582 for more information.

You are invited to participate in free music classes at the Taylor House on Main Street. The classes are open to all ages. For more information, contact Michael Robinson at (910) 725-1582.

Musicians are still needed at some local churches. Call Minister James McNeill at (910) 384-4369 (Word of Life Ministries) and Pastor Shirley Gillis at (910) 692-5185 (Outreach Ministries for Jesus). Also, contact Rev. Rose Highland-Sharpe regarding other pianist-organist opportunities at rosesharpe37@gmail.com.

Thank you to those who continue to pray for and support Tim and Nicole Mason and also Edward and Sharonda Wilson. Both families continue to need your help due to on-going health concerns.

Spruill Temple Church of God in Christ has a prayer service every Monday and Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Call in your prayer request at (910) 295-0071. The pastor, Elder Jerry Chesney, welcomes everyone to drop in at any time during this informal prayer time and "to come as you are."

Join St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, 198 Gaines St. in Jackson Hamlet, for weekly services. Sunday School is held at 10 a.m. Worship begins at 11 a.m. Prayer meeting and Bible study are held at 7 p.m. each Wednesday. The pastor is the Rev. Elgett Floyd.

Thanks for listening to "Good News Inspiration" on WEEB-990 AM from 6 to 11 a.m. on Sundays. Send your church and community announcements to the Sunday program director/announcer, Rose Highland-Sharpe, at P.O. Box 4653, Pinehurst, NC 28374, or email rose-sharpe37@gmail.com. Other WEEB gospel family members include veteran announcer Felton J. Capel, substitute announcer Niniji Lloyd, and new trainees Pastor Ren Lee and Ken Capel.

There's still time to enroll in Pathways to C.N.A. at Sandhills Community College. This is a transition program to the certified nursing assistant course. The classes include GED, basic skills, and occupational courses. Those who earn their GED are eligible for a scholarship for the C.N.A. program. Call Twana McKnight at S.C.C. at (910) 695-3782.

Job opportunities are available at Smithfield's meat packing plant in Tar Heel, N.C. As part of the application process, register for pre-employment skills classes in the human resources development program at Sandhills Community College. The classes are free to those who qualify. Call Jenny Troyer at (910) 695-3926.

Career development, basic skills and GED classes are available at the Westmoore Center in Robbins and at the Day Reporting Center in Carthage. Other basic skills and GED classes are offered at Aberdeen Elementary School and in Van Dusen Hall at Sandhills Community College. Call the recruiter for basic skills education at SCC, Rose Highland-Sharpe, at (910) 695-3783.

The 21st Century 2011-2012 after-school program is accepting applications for youths in kindergarten through 12th grade. Leave a message at (910) 295-5813. The program is held at Christ Way Deliverance Church in Eastwood and New Zion A.M.E. Zion Church in Addor. Pastor and Mrs. E. Nathaniel Jackson are the directors. Special thanks to Pastor Charles McKnight Sr. and his wife, Barbara, at New Zion in Addor.

The October sick and shut-in list includes Deacon Leroy Alford Sr., Jaion Barrett, Carol Blackmon, Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, Evelyn Clegg, Christine Ellerbe, Sandy George Gaines, Geneva Goins, Phyllis Goins, Cathy Harrington, Alice Jackson, Pauline Levine, Tim Mason, Willa B. Monroe, Catherine Morrison, Dorothy R. Morrison, Vera Moses, Lolita Robinson, Mr. Shamberger and Johnnie Stanford.

Please remember all the sick and shut-ins, the widowed, orphans, bereaved, incarcerated, homeless, youths and the United States military in your prayers and good deeds.

If you have any questions, comments and community news, please respond to R. Highland-Sharpe at P.O. Box 4653, Pinehurst, NC 28374, or at rosesharpe37@gmail. com. Send announcements at least two weeks in advance.

- Rose Highland-Sharpe

Vass

Holy Night will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday at God's House of Prayer Ministry.

God's House of Prayer Ministry holds Sunday School at 10 a.m. every week. Worship services are held on the first and third Sundays of the month at 11 a.m. Bible study is held every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., and intercessory prayer is held every Saturday at 8 a.m. Pastor Mary Kelly is the church pastor.

Minister Freddie Kelly Sr. will be the guest speaker at Fellowship House of God in Carthage at 4 p.m. Nov. 12.

Pastor Mary Kelly will be the guest speaker at Holiness Church of Promise in Addor at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 13.

Apostle McNeil of Tabernacle of Praise Ministry will be the guest speaker at a Joy Night program at 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at Gods House of Prayer Ministry

Word of Truth Christian Center of Vass, where the pastors are Micheal and Cheryl Blue and Overseer Helen Spencer, has Bible study at 6 p.m. every Wednesday. Sunday School is held every Sunday at 10 a.m., and the worship service starts at 11:15 p.m.

New Direction Outreach Ministries, where the pastor is Pastor Linnie M. Saunders, has worship services every Sunday at 11:30 a.m., except any fifth Sunday.

Bible study is held from 7 to 8 p.m. every Wednesday. It is led by Elder C. Taylor.

The church is at 3623 North U.S. 1 Business in Vass across from the Vass Ball Park. For more information, call (910) 638-8441.

Continue to pray for all the sick and shut-ins, including all in the hospital and in rest homes, each other and our U.S. troops in Iraq and worldwide.

To have your news included in the Vass section, send an email to anitafinch38@ yahoo.com or mail items at least one week in advance to P.O. Box 176, Vass, NC 28394.

-- Anita Finch