Last week, we had a couple of reports of thefts near churches, and now we have the report of an attempted break-in at a local church.  The Wilkes Sheriff's Office responded to an alarm at New Damascus Church over the weekend.  When deputies arrived, they found the double doors leading into the church were open.  Deputies went through the building and made sure no one was hiding somewhere inside the sanctuary.  The key holder of the church did a walk-through of the building with deputies, but nothing was missing.  A closer look at the front doors of the church revealed that someone had pried them open.  Apparently, the alarm at the church scared off the thief.  There are no witnesses to the break-in and are no suspects currently.