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SATURDAY
PRAYER DELIVERANCE, 108 School St., Rockingham, will have a barbecue ribs and fish plate sale and yard sale beginning at 8 a.m. Plates are $7 each.
ASHLEY CHAPEL AME ZION CHURCH, 332 Mizpah Road, Rockingham, and its Missionary YAMS (Young Adult Missionary Society) will be doing their community outreach at noon at the Dobbins Heights Community Center on Earle Franklin Drive.
FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH, 987 U.S. 1 N., Rockingham, and its WMU ladies group will host a world craft jewelry sale from 2 to 4 p.m.
NEW HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH will host its annual fall concert of the New Hope Praise Ensemble at 7 p.m. The public is invited.
SUNDAY
ST. LUKE NO. 2 FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH, 119 Morrow St., Hamlet, will have Pastor Darrell McSween preach its 10:30 a.m. morning service. The public is invited.
OLIVER GROVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 232 Davis Haywood Road, Mount Gilead, will celebrate its annual family and friends day beginning with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 with guest speaker the Rev. Stedman Steele of First Baptist Church in Ansonville.
MOUNT ZION UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 986 Ledbetter Road, Rockingham, will celebrate its men’s day at 11 a.m. with guest speaker Dennis Quick, Executive Director of Auxiliary Services for Richmond County Schools. The men of Mount Zion, along with organist Clifton Steele, will provide the music. Lunch will be served in the J.C. and Ruth Perry Watkins Gathering Hall afterwards. Everyone is invited to attend.
MOUNT CALVARY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 685 Ledbetter Road, Rockingham, will celebrate its annual harvest program at 3 p.m. with guest speaker the Rev. John Gould of Marston First Missionary Baptist Church. Everyone is invited.
ST. STEPHENS BAPTIST CHURCH, Rockingham, will have a deacon ordination service for Carson Allen Jr. at 3 p.m. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Robert Dockery of Macedonia Baptist Church in Hoffman. The public is invited.
HOLLY GROVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH will have its first youth choir celebration at 3 p.m.
ST. STEPHENS AME ZION CHURCH, 407 West Ave., Hamlet, will have its family and friends day at 3 p.m. with guest speaker the Rev. Anthony T. Waymyers of Grace Temple Fellowship Church in Wallace, South Carolina. Lunch will be served following the morning service.
NEW BETHEL AME ZION CHURCH, 113 Bethel Church Road, Dobbins Heights, will have a fellowship worship service at 3 p.m. with guest speakers Minister Derby Fields of Trusting in Jesus Ministries in Dobbins Heights and Pastor Wanda Cassidy of Beautiful Zion Baptist Church in Rockingham.
ASHLEY CHAPEL AME ZION CHURCH, 332 Mizpah Road, Rockingham, and its Lay Council Department will have its annual Lay Day program at 3 p.m. with guest speaker the Rev. Angela Davis of Mount Olive AME Zion Church in Carthage. Dinner will be served following morning worship.
PHILADELPHIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 157 Philadelphia Drive, Rockingham, will have its annual women’s day program at 3 p.m. with guest speaker Pastor Cynthia Martin of New Life Ministry and Faith Center in Wadesboro. The public is invited.
UPCOMING-ONGOING
PRAYER DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES, 108 School St., Rockingham, hosts a feeding program for the homeless each Wednesday.
FAITH ASSEMBLY OUTREACH MINISTRIES will have a soup kitchen from 9 to 10:15 a.m. every Sunday and from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. every Tuesday. No one is turned away. Food furnished by the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina and donations.
POPLAR SPRINGS MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH will be having a noonday Bible study and prayer meeting every Wednesday. The church will also provide breakfast for worshipers every first Sunday. Everyone is invited. For information, call 910-997-2468.
ROCKINGHAM CHURCH OF CHRIST is offering a free home Bible study by mail for those who think the Bible is too hard to understand. The community is invited. Call 910-895-4035 and clearly leave your name and mailing address.
BAND NO. 2 OF THE CHURCH OF GOD is offering homebound prayer meetings to the homes of people who can’t get out to go to church due to illness. Call for an appointment for prayer or Bible study services in your home at 910-997-1213.
NEW BETHEL AME ZION CHURCH will have a monthly all-you-can-eat breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. every first and third Saturday. The breakfast is $5 for eat-in or take-out.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 406 McDonald Ave., Hamlet, will open its doors from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Wednesday to pray for the nation. Everyone is invited. For information, call the church at 910-582-0289.
TABERNACLE OF FAITH PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH, 101 Pine St., Hamlet, will have noonday prayer from noon to 1 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday. The church will also have Bible study from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday. Every second and fourth Thursday of each month, its food bank will be opened.
NEW HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 1596 U.S. 74 East, Hamlet, will have community prayer service at 6 p.m. each Tuesday of the month. This is a prayer service for local communities and the nation. All are invited to attend.
MORNING STAR HOUSE OF REFUGE, 120 McArthur St., Hamlet, will have a 10 a.m. morning service and a 7 p.m. night service every first, second and third Sunday of the month. Bible study will be from 6 to 7 p.m. every Thursday. All are invited to attend.
FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH, 987 U.S. 1 North, Rockingham, offers two services on Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday school is in between at 10 a.m., and Sunday evening services take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday night Bible study will be at 7 p.m.
FAITH ASSEMBLY OUTREACH MINISTRIES, 148 Daniels St., Hamlet, offers Sunday morning breakfast and delivery at 9 a.m., Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. and morning worship at 11:45 a.m. Every second Sunday, it will offer its Sister 2 Sister program at 4:30 p.m. The church will have its Tuesday soup kitchen at 5:45 p.m., Tuesday Bible study at 7 p.m., Friday morning food box at 10:30 a.m., Friday night service at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday morning food box at 10:30 a.m.
ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 311 Marlboro St., Hamlet, invites those without a church home or new to the community to worship with its congregation on Sunday mornings at 11 a.m. and to share in the mission to feed the hungry of the community. With a more traditional worship, St. Paul observes the church year calendar of Sundays and seasons. Food donations are welcomed and may be dropped off at the church from 10 a.m. to noon on Mondays and Tuesdays. For information, call 910-582-0729.
KINGDOM INSTITUTE FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH, 1971 U.S. 1 N., Rockingham, will have prayer and impartation at 6 p.m. and Bible study from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Thursday. Sunday school is held at 10 a.m. and morning worship with youth empowerment at 11 a.m. on Sundays.
SIDNEY GROVE CHURCH OF DELIVERANCE, 401 McIntyre Road, Ellerbe, will have community Bible study at 7 p.m. each Thursday and community noon-day prayer from noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday. All are invited to attend.
GREATER HARVEST PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH, 8720 Peeles Chapel Road, Laurel Hill, will have Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday morning worship at 10:30 a.m., intercessory prayer at 6:30 p.m. and Bible study at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays.
MCDONALD BAPTIST CHURCH will have Sunday school at 10 a.m., morning worship at 11 a.m. and evening worship at 6 p.m. each Sunday. Wednesday night services include Mission Friends, GAs, RAs and Acteens at 6:45 p.m., Bible study at 7 p.m. and choir practice at 7:45 p.m.
COBB MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH will have Sunday school at 10 a.m., morning worship at 11 a.m. and evening worship at 6 p.m. each Sunday. Wednesday night Bible study will be at 7 p.m. and includes teen programs such as RAs and GAs each week.
FAITH TEMPLE HOLINESS CHURCH, 217 Rummage Pack Road, Ellerbe, will celebrate its pastor anniversary at 7:30 p.m. nightly Nov. 17-19 and at 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 20. Guest speakers include Pastor Tracey Jones of Greater Harvest Church in Laurel Hill, Pastor Gary Marshall of Bethel Holiness Church in Ellerbe, Elder Bowden from Emanuel Penticostal Church in Candor and Bishop William McLaughlin Jr. of Faith Temple Holiness Church.
PLEASANT HILL AME ZION CHURCH will sponsor a yard sale and car wash from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov. 19. Price of car wash is $5 for cars and $7 for trucks. The yard sale will be in the fellowship hall. Hot dogs, chips and drinks will be sold as well.
GREATER HARVEST PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH, 8720 Peeles Chapel Road, Laurel Hill, will celebrate its pastor Elder Tracy Jones’s birthday at 6 p.m. on Nov. 19 with a musical, at 11 a.m. on Nov. 20 with guest speaker Elder Allen Sutton from New Beginning Church in Laurinburg and at 4 p.m. with Apostle Flora Morris of Restoration Temple of Deliverance Ministry in High Point.
ST. LUKE NO. 2 FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH, 119 Morrow St., Hamlet, will have Pastor Darrell McSween preach its 10:30 a.m. morning service on Nov. 20. The public is invited.
FAITH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 276 Hatcher Road, Rockingham, will host the Jay Stone Singers in concert during the 11 a.m. morning worship on Nov. 20. Admission is free, and everyone is invited.
PINEY GROVE CHURCH, Windblow community, Ellerbe, will celebrate the Calvary Gospel Singers 71st anniversary at 3 p.m. on Nov. 20. Several groups and choirs have been invited.
ST. LUKE NO. 2 FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH, 119 Morrow St., Hamlet, will have Pastor Darrell McSween preach its 10:30 a.m. morning service on Nov. 27. The public is invited.
MOUNT CALVARY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 685 Ledbetter Road, Rockingham, will have an appreciation and installation service for the Rev. E. Galley-Quick during the morning worship at 11:15 a.m. on Nov. 27. Prophet Obadiah Galley will bring the message. Lunch will be served immediately following the morning worship. The installation service will be at 3 p.m. with guest speaker Pastor J.F. Kearns of Greater St. John Baptist Church in Asheboro.
ST. LUKE NO. 2 FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH, 119 Morrow St., Hamlet, will have Pastor Darrell McSween preach its 10:30 a.m. morning service on Dec. 4. The public is invited.
HOUSE OF PRAYER F.M. P.M., 335 Earle Franklin Drive, Dobbins Heights, will have a gospel extravaganza at 3 p.m. on Dec. 11 featuring Lee Thee Men’s Choir, The Singing Disciples, The Voices of Unity, St. Peter Ladies of Praise and musicians Bo Douglas and Clifton Steele among others.