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The information below is an article we feel is important considering the state of our economy. We always like to keep our clients informed with pertinent information in regards to the well-being of their business as well as their personal financial welfare.

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The 26th Annual March of Dimes Chili Championship and Rubber Duck Regatta

In September, we were excited to participate in the 26th Annual March of Dimes Chili Championship. Our very own Laurie McDaniel, along with our client Salem Sports, Inc. participated in the Creative Free Style and Showmanship portion of the chili cook off.

There were 100 cooks overall, and each could brink up to 10 helpers, thus making it possible to have up to 1,000 people in the cooks corner alone! In the first 2 hours, the crowd consumed over 7 ½ gallons of chili in small Dixie cups!

While there are official judges for the chili, there is also a vote by the people to choose their favorite chili chef. Laurie had high hopes of winning the much coveted “People’s Choice Award”. Although she wasn’t able to win, she has a feeling she wasn’t far off from the #1 position. She said, “It was so fun! But next year I’m going to make more chili!”

This is a great way for us to give back to our community. We are particularly interested in supporting children, and what better way than to give them the best start we can, through our support to the March of Dimes.”

Walk Through Bethlehem

Local church to hold special performance/service

The Seventh-Day Adventist Church, located at 869 Old Winston Rd., will present its second annual Walk Through Bethlehem Dec. 4 (VIP night), 5, 6, 12, and 13 from 6-8:30 p.m.

“We started the event last year because we wanted a Jesus-oriented event for the community to remind everyone that Christmas is about Jesus,” The Seventh-Day Adventist Church Head Elder Reed Christman said.

The event will have performers acting as store owners, citizens, and central figures in the story of Jesus’ life that will depict Bethlehem during Jesus’ time on earth.

“We will cover the birth of Jesus, his death and resurrection,” Christman said. “The walk will center around his life and times. This is a great opportunity for anybody in the community to learn about Jesus and see what the Christmas season is all about.”

The church is holding the event a few weeks before Christmas because the feel it will give more community members a chance to come out and see it.

“Everybody is so busy around the Christmas spending time with their families and shopping for gifts,” Christman said. “We like to offer this event early so they will have a better opportunity to see what we at The Seventh Day Adventist Church are all about.”

The Seventh Day Adventist Church has a large facility and it will be utilized to the fullest to depict what Bethlehem was like in Jesus’ Time.
“We try to recreate the exact atmosphere around what was going on when Jesus was born, all the way through his resurrection,” Christman said. “We will utilize as much of our facility as we need to so we ensure this recreation will be as accurate as we can possibly make it. Following his resurrection we will take our guests into our gymnasium and show them the second coming, which will be very exciting. We are really looking forward to it.”

The Seventh Day Adventist Church Communications Committee Member Lynn Johnson said the presentation is very unique.
“It is very visual, and it gives people a new outlook on what the times were like back then in Bethlehem and throughout the life of Christ,” she said. “We have 105 actors and we have been working for weeks setting up our props and costumes. We also have about 150 people helping behind the scenes.”

Some of the elementary schools in Kernersville will be doing Christmas carols before the walks.
“We’ve got the public schools bringing their choirs to perform,” Christman said. “We had about 1,970 people last year for all the different walks and we expect about 3,000 this year. The elementary schools will only add to the presentation. So many people called this year and asked if we were going to do it again, so we expect a good turnout.” Christman said it takes 25 minutes for guests to complete the walk. Guests will walk through the stations 20 people at a time.
The walk can be very emotional for the guests, as was shown last year by the guests’ reactions, Christman said.

“We had some people in tears and they displayed a lot of joy out of taking part,” he said. “Bethlehem was a very small town when Jesus was born and we probably have as many places on display throughout our walk as Bethlehem had in its entire town when Jesus was born. We researched it and tried to make it as accurate as possible.”
The church is proud of the work the performers and event staff have done in preparation for the Walk Through Bethlehem service and hope the community takes advantage of the performances.

“This is an opportunity for the Holy Spirit to work in people’s lives,” Christman said. “This presentation comes straight out of the Bible and with the space we have available, we feel we have done a very good job. Our workers have shown great resolve and done well putting this event together.”

Christman emphasized that this event is for the entire community, regardless of religious affiliation.
“Everyone is welcome, as this is a non-denominational event,” he said. “Anyone who is a Christian will feel blessed to see it. Anyone who is not will get a chance to learn what Christianity is all about, which is Jesus.”

Kalbaugh, B Walk Through Bethlehem. (2008, November 29). Local church to hold special performance/service. Kernersville News, p. Cover Story/ Page 5.

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