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Feb. 13-15
• Johnson Chapel Holiness Church will host its annual Women Of Fire Revival at 7:30 p.m. nightly. The guest speakers will be Pastor Sandra Ellerbe, Pastor Donna Mcnair and Pastor Betty Tillman, respectively. All are invited.
Feb. 16
• Pee Dee Missionary Baptist Church will sponsor a senior citizen program at noon. The preacher for the event will be the Rev. Barbara Ross. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Feb. 17
• Forestville AME Zion Church is hosting its annual Fruit of the Spirit program at 3 p.m. Refreshments will be served immediately after service. For more information, contact Mitchell Johnson at 704-465-7481.
• West Rocky Ford Missionary Baptist Church on White Store Road, Wadesboro, will be having their church anniversary at 3 p.m. The guest preacher will be Pastor Melvin Russell and his congregation from Throne of Grace in Charlotte.
Feb. 23
• Evangelistic Outreach Center breakfast plate sale will be held from 8-11 a.m. The sale will be at the center in Polkton, and the price is $6 per plate. The menu includes grits, sausage or bacon, toast, eggs, and juice or coffee.
Feb. 24
• Harvest Ministries Outreach Center will celebrate its Black History program at 10 a.m. with Commissioner Vancine Sturdivant sharing her “Mountain Top” experience with the congregation. The public is invited. Dinner will be served. For further information, contact Pastor Steve Adams.
• Henry Grove Baptist Church in Lilesville is hosting its Family and Friends Day Program at 2:30 p.m. The speaker for the evening will be Associate Pastor Christine Hall of Flake’s Chapel Baptist Church.
Feb.25
• Morning Star Redeemed Church of God will host a Black History program at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Jamison Quick and his church, Parsons Grove Baptist Church, will be the guest speaker.
March 6-8
• Greater St. Mark Church of Deliverance Missionary Department will have its annual Missionary and Ushers Revival Services at 7 p.m. nightly. The guest speaker will Prophetess Sandra G. Ellerbe, pastor of New Parker Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Wadesboro. Come expecting a blessing.
March 10
• The Rock Hill MBC will have a 12 Tribes Program at 3 p.m. There will be speaker representatives of each tribe, and the tribes will parade its own color and music.
Ongoing
• Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church Bible Study is every Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
• New Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Peachland is seeking a keyboard player. If interested, contact Rev. Comdell Campbell at 843-622-4947.
• Voice of Evangelism, with Pastor Michael Morman, 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.
• Calvary Episcopal Church will offer a group meeting of artists and crafters from 1 to 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 AME 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.