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Oct. 14
• Kesler Chapel AME Zion Church will celebrate 140 years of ministry and service to the Anson County community at 10 a.m. Over the next few months, they will engage the community with several events to celebrate this milestone. The theme of the celebration is “1878-2018: Forging Forward for Freedom.” Former members of Kesler Chapel and others are invited to attend and participate. For more information, contact the church via email at keslerchapel@gmail.com. Kesler Chapel AME Zion Church also has a Facebook page with frequent updates.
• The annual Crop Walk will take place for Anson County at 2 p.m. The walk will begin at Calvary Episcopal Church and is sponsored by the Wadesboro Interchurch Council. Church World Services has worked for nearly seven decades with one goal, building a world where there is enough food for all. Crop Walk helps to fight hunger and poverty as well as promoting peace and justice. CWS helps to build safe schools, access clean water, develop sustainable energy solutions, and rebuild villages after earthquakes. One-fourth of the money raised will go to charities in our area. For more information or to sign up to walk, contact First Presbyterian Church at 704-694-3818.
• Pastor Terry Little of West Deep Creek MBC will be the guest speaker of House of Glory in Thomasville for his Appreciation Program at 4 p.m.
• East Rock Ford Baptist Church’s Baptist Training Union will sponsor its annual Ellen Meachem Scholarship program at 3:00 p.m. The guest preacher will be the Rev. Reginald Clark from First Baptist Church of New London.
• The Missionaries of Cedar Creek MBC will be having their annual Missionary Program at 3 p.m. The Rev. Sharon Lockhart, Pastor of New Grove MBC will be the afternoon preacher.
Oct. 14-17
• Ebenezer Presbyterian Church will be celebrating its 138th Homecoming at 11 a.m. with Elder Marilyn Pride, followed by lunch in the fellowship hall. The afternoon service will begin at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Gregory Davis as the guest speaker. Revival services will be at 7 p.m. nightly. Guest speakers will be the Rev. Vivian Kellock ad Lovely Hill Missionary Baptist Church; the Bishop William Taylor and Johnson’s Chapel Church; and the Rev. Kenza Maxwell and New Life Christian Faith Ministries, Inc., respectively. All are invited to attend.
Oct. 19
• Pastor Terry Little of West Deep Creek MBC will be the guest speaker at Divine Unity Church at 7 p.m. for their fellowship program.
• Divine Unity Church and Overseer Sylvia McLendon will host a fellowship program at 7:30 p.m. with sermonettes by Pastor Terry Little, Pastor C. Billinger and Overseer Sylvia McLendon. Everyone is invited to attend.
Oct. 21
• West Rocky Ford Baptist Church in Wadesboro will have its annual Women’s Day program at 3 p.m. The guest preacher will be Prophetess Katrina Marshall of Mt. Airy AME Zion Church in Chesterfield.
Oct. 25
• Pastor Terry Little of West Deep Creek Missionary Baptist Church will be the guest revivalist at Morning Star Deliverance Church at 7 p.m.
Oct. 27
• Divine Unity Church and Overseer Sylvia McLendon will celebrate Friends and Family Day at 2 p.m. The guest speaker is Pastor Gaddy of Savannah Church in Lilesville. Everyone is invited to attend.
Nov. 4
• Divine Unity Church Pastor’s Aide Auxiliary is sponsoring a special program at 3 p.m. The guest speaker is Overseer Roslyn Wilson of Greater Life Ministry in Rock Hill. Everyone is invited.
Ongoing
• The Voice of Evangelism, and its new pastor, Michael Morman, son of late superintendent Garcia Morman Sr., has services every Sunday. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Come out and join.
• Anson Community Hospital needs volunteer chaplains. For information, contact Cynthia Furr at 704-695-3405.
• Anson community prayer is every first Monday of the month at 5:15 p.m. in Lilesville’s Hatcher Park, in Wadesboro on the square, in Polkton on the square, in Ansonville on the square and in Morven at the park in front of Town Hall.
• The Anson Singers, a community choir with members from Anson and surrounding counties, will resume rehearsals Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 118 E. Morgan St., Wadesboro. Directed by Emily Privette, the singers will meet 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays to prepare for their annual Christmas concert. The Anson Singers is a nonprofit, self-supporting group maintained solely through donations. Everyone is invited to join.
• Calvary Episcopal Church will offer a group meeting of artists and crafters from 1-4 p.m. each Thursday.
• Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, 612 Salisbury St., Wadesboro, offers a soup kitchen noon to 1 p.m. on the first, second and third Thursday of every month.
• The Greater Deliverance Food Pantry, Laccawanna Street in Peachland, opens 10 a.m. to noon Wednesdays and Fridays. Participants must call between 10 and 11 a.m. the last Friday of each month to make appointments. For information or an appointment, call 704-272-7866.
• Harris Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church sponsors a senior afternoon outreach at 4 p.m. Wednesdays. Activities include bingo, consumer education sessions and refreshments. For more information, call 704-848-4085 or 704-851-3990.
• New Parkers Grove Missionary Baptist Church offers a women’s substance-abuse class from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. For details, call Bishop W.R. Ellerbe at 704-695-2332.
• The Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church women’s ministry will sponsor fun for seniors, the Salt and Pepper for Unity, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every third Tuesday, at Rock Hill, Lilesville. Seniors 55 and older are welcome.
• Thursday’s Child, a community choir for children in kindergarten through sixth grade, meets 4-6 p.m. Thursdays in the children’s choir room, First United Methodist Church, Wadesboro. Gail Litaker is director.