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Advance United Methodist Church - More InformationAdvance United Methodist Church, More Information Compiled Information from the Collection of the 2 Martin-Wall History Room of the Davie County < Public Library t Mocksville, North Carolina i- y? o p I in iu X <j oL S Cn u R - C H e s - (J L ts i IT 1 DA V I E CO U N T Y EN T E R P R I S E RE C O R D , Th u r s d a y , Ap r i l 26 , 2 0 1 8 ^ 3 St i l t s Ar e Go n e ; Bu t Ad v a n c e UM C Re m a i n s St e a d f a s t By Be c k y Vo g l e r Fo r th e En t e r p r i s e Th e r e on c e wa s a ti m e wh e n th e tr a i n co n d u c t o r st o o d on th e st e p s of th e Ad v a n c e Tr a i n De p o t an d an n o u n c e d , 'T h e r e ' s as ma n y , st i l l s as ch u r c h e s in ti Si s li t t l e to w n ! " We l l , th e wh i s k e y - m a k in g st i l l s an d th e tr a i n de p o t ar e go n e . JL ? Bu t , yo u ca n st i l l fi ll yo u r be l l y up . Th e r e ' s wa t e r th a t is pu r i f i e d at Le B l e u . Th e r e ' s wi n e th a t ' s ma d e at Ra y l e n Vi n e y a r d s . " An d , th e r e ' s wh i s k e y to be bo u g h t at th e AB C st o r e . Th e ch u r c h e s ar e st i l l pl e n t i f u l in Ad v a n c e , to o . Th e y ' r e he r e to fi ll up yo u r sp i r i t u a l ne e d s . Ad v a n c e Un i t e d Me t h od i s t Ch u r c h is ea s y to sp o t if yo u ' r e dr i v i n g on NC 80 1 . It ' s al m o s t on th e tr a i n tr a c k s , bu t no t qu i t e . Yo u ' l l fe e l th e bu m p of yo u r ti r e s as yo u cr o s s ov e r th e tr a i n tr a c k s . An d th e r e it is . It ' s al m o s t as if Go d wa n t s to ge t yo u r at t e n t i o n . It ' s li k e he ' s sa y i n g , "H e y , lo o k ! It ' s a ch u r c h , le t ' s go in s i d e . " Th e ch u r c h is bi g . It ' s ve r y ol d . It ' s pr e s e r v e d fr om a ti m e wh e n pi c n i c s we r e ga t h e r i n g pl a c e s un d e r n e a t h th e sh a d e of th e hu g e oa k tr e e s . No w , we d d i n g s sp i l l ou t on t o th e la w n fo r ph o t o s , th e sa m e la w n , wh e r e ch i l dr e n hu n t fo r Ea s t e r eg g s . Yo u mi g h t ev e n he a r si n g i n g , if yo u ' v e go t yo u r wi n d o w s ro l l e d do w n . Co m e by ab o u t 11 a. m . on Su n d a y an d yo u ' l l fe e l a wa r m we l c o m e . We ' r e al l •i n c l u s i v e . Th a t ' s a fa n c y wo r d fo r "w e do n ' t ca r e ho w yo u lo o k , wh a t yo u we a r , wh a t co l o r yo u r sk i n is , ho w yo u br u s h yo u r ha i r , or wh o yo u lo v e . We ju s t ho p e th a t ou r lo v e fo r Go d an d Je s u s wi l l sp i l l ov e r in t o yo u r li f e . We ho p e th a t lo v e wi l l pu t a sm i l e on t o yo u r fa c e . "A r e yo u sa v e d ? " Bi l l y Gr a h a m as k e d th i s qu e s t i o n to bi l l i o n s of pe o p l e ar o u n d th e wo r l d . An d he sh o w e d us th e wa y to He a v e n . "A r e yo u , re a d y to go to He a v e n ? " An n e Gr a ha m Lo t z , Bi l l y Gr a h a m ' s da u g h t e r , as k e d at he r fa t h e r ' s fu n e r a l . "J e s u s is co m i n g to ta k e us to He a v e n . " We ' d li k e to of f e r yo u a pl a c e to wo r s h i p . Ju s t sh o w up . Go d wi l l ta k e ca r e of th e r e s t . An d , be su r e to lo o k at th e st a i n e d gl a s s wi n d o w s on c e yo u ' r e in s i d e . Th e r e ' s Je s u s co m i n g do w n ou t of th e cl o u d s . He lo o k s li k e he ' s sa y i n g , "I ' m he r e . Fo l l o w me in t o a be a u t i f u l He a v e n . " Li i o i T c r ® - AO M A K ^ C ^ o- » /I 'Ad v a n c e Un i t e d Me t h o d i s t Ch u r c h on NO 80 1 is re a d y to we l c o m e vi s i t o r s to Su n d a y se r v i c e s . Wh i i e in s i d e , en j o y th e st a l n e d - g i a s s wi n d o w s .