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Consignment sale
The annual “Second Blessings” fall children’s consignment sale will be held Sept. 20 at the First United Methodist Church of Belmont.
The event will take place in Carpenter Hall, 7-11 a.m.
Needed are consignors with high-quality items, such as fall and winter clothing for infants, toddlers and older children; maternity clothing; large toys; and baby equipment, such as strollers, high chairs, cribs, rockers, playpens and swings. Consignors are also invited to a special pre-sale, only for them.
The church is located at 807 South Point Road. For more details, call the church office at (704)825-2106 or get an application from the church’s Web site, www.fumcbelmont.org.




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New face to lead members of Hood Memorial


The Rev. Edward LeRoy White is the new pastor at Hood Memorial Church in Belmont. - Photo by Tara Manjarres
BELMONT—The Rev. Edward LeRoy White denied his calling to pastor for nearly three decades but eventually reckoned with his destiny.

White is the new pastor at Hood Memorial, arriving at the church in mid-June from Statesville.

“I denied it; I did. I had always felt the urge but was in denial” said White, who’s now in his sixties spending the last 30 years in the ministerial profession. “I told my mama and my family that I would serve the Lord, but I wasn’t going to minister.

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