Union No. 3 holds Mayberry-themed Christmas program

For seven years Union No. 3 Baptist Church, Gadsden, has presented Christmas in Mayberry — a production based on The Andy Griffith Show. Each year the skit is brainstormed by Pastor Joey Hanner and his wife, Connie, but ‘there’s such an army of people who work behind the scenes,’ Connie said. ‘It’s a team effort each year.’

This year’s production featured (clockwise) Hayden Haney as Opie Taylor, Hanner as himself, Gerald Johnson as Ernest T. Bass, Adam Thornton as Gomer Pyle, Matthew Loyd as Goober, Cheryl Conklin as Aunt Bea Taylor and Ronnie Pollard as Andy Taylor. ‘You can mix the secular world with Christianity to draw people to the Lord,’ Connie said. ‘We just always want to do something that shares the gospel and His love first and foremost.’ (TAB)