Cherryville Area Places of Worship

crafts and vendors will be there too, and there will be a Silent Auction and Bake Sale as well as a Jesus is Alive Chalk Drawing contest for the kids. BBQ plates will be available during the Craft Fair for $10 each. For more information, please call (704) 435-9605.

DANYALE PATTERSON

In the book”Adventures in God”, John G. Lake, who was a healing evangelist, shares a remarkable story of how God used a little child. He states, “I was sitting one day in the home of the DeValeras in Krugersdorp, South Africa, when a man arrived who had traveled all over the country. He had been following me from place to place, trying to catch up with me. He suffered a sunstroke which had affected his mind and he also had developed a large cancer. He came into the house and proved to be a friend of the family. In a little while a six year old child who had been sitting near me went across the room, climbed on the man’s knees, put her hands on the cancer on his face, and prayed. I saw the cancer wither. In half an hour, the thing had disappeared. The wound was still there, but in a few days it was healed. After the child had laid her hands on top of his head, he arose, saying, “Oh! The fire that has been in my brain has gone out,” and his mind was normal.”

Train Children

The Bible says in Proverbs 22:6 (AMP), ‘Train up a child in the way he should go [teaching him to seek God’s wisdom and will for his abilities and talents], Even when he is old he will not depart from it.” There are many ways we can prepare children spiritually. We can teach them to pray, by modeling prayer before them and allowing them to say what’s on their hearts to God. We can also tell them bible stories and explain how the verses apply to their lives. In addition, setting aside a time for praise and worship is a wonderful way that children learn who God is and how to connect with His presence. Allow them to freely sing, dance, clap their hands etc.

Not Too Young

Sometimes the church of today fails to engage and utilize children in a service, but I am always amazed at how God uses children and youth throughout the Bible. In fact when a young person tried to get out of his calling, because he thought he was too young to serve as a prophet, God responded to his insecurity. Jeremiah 1:7 (NLT) says, “The LORD replied, “Don’t say, ‘I’m too young,’ for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you.” Josiah was 8 years old when he became king of Judah. He tore down all the idols that ensnared the people and displeased God.

PRAY THIS PRAYER: “ Lord God what a privilege it is to call you Father. I pray that I will always have childlike faith. Forgive me and my children for disobeying you. Help me to train up my family in a way that pleases you and reveals your love, character and power. I dedicated them to you. I know that ultimately they belong to you, and I ask you to use them mightily for your glory. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”

Danyale Patterson would love to hear from you! Contact her at www.danyale.com to share a testimony, send a prayer request, or book her to speak.

Anthony Grove Baptist Church 100 Anthony Grove Road Crouse, NC 704-435-6001

Bess Chapel United Methodist Church 6073 Flay Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-7969

Bethlehem United Methodist Church 6753 NC 182 Highway Cherryville, NC 704-435-1608

Blessed Hope Baptist Church 3357 Fallston-Waco Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-8530

Body of Christ Fellowship Center 405 S. Cherokee Street Cherryville, NC www.bodyofchrist7.com

Calvary Way Holiness Church 1017 Second Street Cherryville, NC Pastor Clifton Morgan

Cherryville Church of God 810 East Main Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-2275

Cherryville Missionary Methodist Church 318 W. Ballard Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-6934

Emmanuel Baptist Church 1155 Marys Grove Church Rd Cherryville, NC 704-435-5764

Fairview Baptist Church 415 South Mountain Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-4299

First Baptist Church 301 East 1st Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-3796

First Church of the Nazarene 301 North Elm Street Cherryville, NC 828-838-2428

First Presbyterian Church 107 West Academy Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-6064

First United Methodist Church 601 N. Pink St. Cherryville, NC 704-435-6732

First Wesleyan Church 800 North Pink Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-6069

Free Saints Chapel Church 813 Self Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-0949

Gospel Way Baptist Church 3904 Tryon Courthouse Rd. Cherryville, NC 866-356-3219

Legacy Church 805 Self Street Cherryville, NC 704-457-9615

704-445-8144

Living Word Ministries 306 East Academy Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-3213

Marys Grove United Methodist Church 1223 Marys Grove Church Rd Cherryville, NC 704-435-5544

Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church 235 A.W. Black Street Waco, NC 704-435-8842

Mt. Zion Baptist Church 112 Mt. Zion Church Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-9636

North Brook Baptist Church 7421 Flay Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-4471

Oak Grove AME Zion Church 542 Flint Hill Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-3687

Oak Grove Baptist Church 219 Tot Dellinger Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-3053

Revival Tabernacle 1104 Delview Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-4073

Rudisill Chapel AME Zion Church 417 South Mountain Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-5621

Second Baptist Church 201 Houser Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-9657

Shady Grove Baptist Church 3240 Tryon Courthouse Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-9605

St. John’s Lutheran Church 310 West Church Street Cherryville, NC 704-435-9264

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church 1203 St. Mark’s Church Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-5941

Victory Life Assembly of God 1655 Shelby Highway Cherryville, NC 704-435-5539 Waco Baptist Church 262 N. Main Street Waco, NC 704-435-9311

Washington Missionary Baptist Church 1920 Stony Point Road Waco, NC 704-435-3138

Word of Faith Ministry 306 Doc Wehunt Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-5560

Zion Hill Baptist Church 3460 Zion Hill Road Cherryville, NC 704-435-3355

Legal Notice

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GASTON

Notice To Creditors And Debtors Of Cynthia Shull Pruett Aka Cynthia Sue Pruett

Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Cynthia Shull Pruett aka Cynthia Sue Pruett, deceased, of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at 106 North Cherry Street, Cherryville, North Carolina, on or before the 1st day of June, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 1st day of March, 2023.

Shully Pruett Cloninger

Executrix

Counsel for the Estate: PALMER E. HUFFSTETLER, JR. ATTORNEY AT LAW

106 North Cherry Street Cherryville, NC 28021

Telephone: 704-435-4907

CE (3/01, 08, 15 & 22/2023)

Legal Notice

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GASTON

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK

In the Matter of the Estate of: ALFRED WAYNE FOSTER, Deceased.

Having qualified on the 21st day of February, 2023 as Executor of the Estate of Alfred Wayne Foster, deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned Executor on or before the 2nd day of June 2023 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment.

This the 1st day of March, 2023.

Thomas Shilo Canipe

311 Long Creek Road

Bessemer City, NC 28016

C. Andrew Neisler, Jr, CLONINGER & NEISLER ATTYS

P.O. Box 515, 300 E. King Street Kings Mountain, NC 28086

CE (3/1, 3/8, 3/15, & 3/22/2023)

Public Notice Sale Of City Property

An offer of $150,000, followed by an upset bid in the amount of $250,000, along with a commitment to offer the current tenant an alternative location within the Cherryville Downtown District, has been submitted for the purchase of certain property owned by the City of Cherryville, more particularly described as follows:

Lot and building located on the north side of East Main Street, commonly known as 109 East Main Street, Cherryville NC 28021. The legal description is as follows: Located, lying, and being in the City of Cherryville, Cherryville Township, Gaston County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a stake, corner of Rudisill and Aderholdt Store Building on the north side of East Main Street, and runs thence N 20 W 193 feet through the center of Rudisill and Aderholdt’s east wall of their two-story brick store building to a stake in the center of S.A.L. Railroad; thence with said railroad N 70 E 28 feet and 9 inches to a stake, a new corner; thence S 20 E 193 feet to a stake on Main Street; thence with said street S 70 W 28-3/4 feet to the center of north wall of Rudisill and Aderholdt’s Store Building, the BEGINNING

For title reference see Book 1826 at Page 345 of the Gaston County Registry.

Being the full contents of PID 129695 in the Gaston County Tax Office.

Persons wishing to upset the offer that has been received shall submit a sealed bid with their offer to the office of the City Clerk, at City Hall, 116 S. Mountain Street Cherryville, N.C. 28021 by 5:00 P.M., April 3, 2023. At that time, the city clerk shall open the bids, if any, and the highest qualifying bid will become the new offer. If there is more than one bid in the highest amount, the first such bid received will become the new offer.

A qualifying higher bid is one that raises the existing offer to an amount not less than $262,550. Said bid must also agree to the same commitment to offer the current tenant an alternative location within the Cherryville Downtown District.

A qualifying higher bid must be accompanied by a deposit in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid; the deposit may be made in cash, cashier’s check, or certified check. The City will return the deposit on any bid not accepted, and will return the deposit on an offer subject to upset if a qualifying higher bid is received. The City will return the deposit of the final high bidder at closing or apply said deposit towards the purchase price. The buyer must pay cash at closing.

The City Council must consider approval of the final high offer before the sale is closed, which it will do within 30 days after the final upset bid period has passed. The city reserves the right to withdraw the property from sale at any time before the final high bid is accepted and the right to reject at any time all bids.

Further information may be obtained at the office of the city clerk, City Hall, 116 S. Mountain Street, Cherryville, N.C. 28021 or at telephone 704-435-1709 during normal business hours.

CE (3/22/2023)

Degrees

From Page 4 do the job, a degree is irrelevant. Arizona has even dropped the requirement for public school teachers to hold a four-year degree. North Carolina, while not going to that extent yet, will provide a new teacher certification process at community colleges for those whose four-year degree was in something other than education.

The college-debt crisis

This is disappointing news for young Americans who were told a four-year degree was the golden ticket allowing them to take part in the modern job market, and now find that their golden ticket may be losing its luster. Add to that the crushing college debt many are facing, and some will undoubtedly feel that it was all a waste.

According to the Council on Foreign Relations, “Student debt has more than doubled over the last two decades. As of September 2022, about forty-eight million U.S. borrowers collectively owed more than $1.6 trillion in federal student loans. Additional private loans bring that total to above $1.7 trillion, surpassing auto loans and credit card debt. Only home mortgage debt, at about $12 trillion, is larger.”

Below is the 202223 estimated cost to attend Duke University in Durham for a year –$84,517. After financial aid and scholarships, that number is much lower for many students. But someone (government, endowments, donors) are paying the rest. The debt accumulated at the end of four years is often enough to financially cripple young adults until the middle of their careers, as they pay the equivalent of another rent payment every month.

Enrollment declining

If the costs of getting a four-year degree have gone up and the benefits have gone down, basic economics suggests that fewer people will choose to pursue these degrees. And that’s the undeniable trend.

Enrollment dropped at the UNC System schools by 2 percent in 2022. Jenna Robinson at the Martin Center says this has been a nationwide trend since 2010, both due to fewer high school graduates and because fewer of those graduates are choosing to go to college.

My younger brother just reached the position of athletic director at a college in Illinois, only

Legal Notice

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GASTON NOTICE OF EXECUTOR

The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of IRIS FOUCHE’ STURGIS deceased, late of Gaston County, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 11th day of June, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 8th day of March, 2023.

Anna S. Renfro, Executor Estate of Iris Fouche’ Sturgis c/o John H. Griffing Griffing Leazer, PLLC Attorneys for Estate 518 S. New Hope Road Gastonia, NC 28054

CE (3/8, 3/15, 3/22 & 3/29/2023) to hear soon after that the college was shutting down the entire campus, including athletics, and will only offer online degrees. They cited dropping enrollment. While the decision not to attend college may be smart economics for many whose future career won’t require a degree, it is unfortunate to see this traditional right-of-passage fading away. It had been a time for young adults to consider their best path forward and to study the “less practical” subjects of the humanities, like philosophy, history, literature, and the arts. Study in these has long been seen as the road to becoming a well-rounded person.

Arguably, both of these benefits of the college experience have been fading away though. On some campuses, students do less thinking about their future than they do about parties and social life, developing bad habits that set them back rather than prepare them for a life of productive work at their vocation. And those once-enriching humanities courses are increasingly becoming one-sided and dogmatic.

I have a friend who is a plumber and graduated with a GED from our high school, never attending college. As an adult, he has gained a curiosity for the humanities, and during his commutes between jobs has been voraciously consuming the classics of literature, like Homer’s Odyssey, Dante’s Inferno, and Shakespeare, on audiobook. Even if college is not necessary in the future for many jobs, technology and curiosity thankfully will keep knowledge available to the masses. Even before audiobooks, many of the wisest figures in history, like Abraham Lincoln, were autodidacts. The four-year college paradigm served our nation well for many years. But if the investment of time and money puts it out of reach for most people, and if it’s no longer seen as necessary to qualify one for most jobs, we should prepare ourselves for a dramatic shift in attitude towards college. For some professions (doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc), they will always need extensive education and training to do their high-stakes, technical jobs well. Higher education will remain the only path forward for them. But for millions of others, skipping four years of college may simply be the right decision as degrees cease being the ticket to a high-paying job.

Legal Notice

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GASTON

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS

Having qualified on 8th of February, 2023 as Executrix of the Estate of FRANCES THOMAS HUFFSTETLER, deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned, Theresa H. Tate, Executrix on or before the 8th of June, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to said estate to please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 8th day of March, 2023.

Theresa H. Tate, Executrix

Estate of Frances Thomas Huffstetler

177 Ravines LN Spartanburg, SC 29301

CE (3/08, 15, 22 & 29/2023)