Plates of barbecued chicken will be on sale from 11 a.m. till 1 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Selma Original Free Will Baptist Church at the corner of Lizzie and Pollock streets in Selma. The cost is $7 per plate. For tickets, call Ruby Taylor at 965-5421, Renee Davis at 965-3013, Don Lassiter at 631-9583, Jim Beckwith at 796-5547 or Wink Davis at 524-8786.

Birthday in Benson

New Life Deliverance Ministries will honor Pastor Joyce White on her birthday. The celebration is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at the Benson Civic Center on Johnson Street in Benson.

Piney Grove Chapel

Singer-songwriter Mark Bishop will perform at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 29, at Piney Grove Chapel Baptist Church on Pine Grove Church Road west of McGee’s Crossroads. Admission is free; the church will collect an offering for the performer. For more information, or for directions to the church, call (919) 639-2481 or visit pineygrovechapel.org.

Your Appointed Time

A program titled “Walking in the Season of Your Appointed Time” is scheduled from 3:30 till 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at St. Peter’s Church of Christ, 1011 E. Massey St., Smithfield. Karen Presley and Rico Diamond will speak. Presley is the author of “Living Holy in an Unholy World.” Diamond is the author of the upcoming book “God Always Wins at Mind Games.” The program is a project of Women on the Move for PEACE and Work the Word Ministries. For more information, call 989-6867 or 601-6803.

Women’s conference

A women’s conference will take place this weekend at Hickory Grove Advent Christian Church, 1232 Hickory Grove Church Road, Four Oaks. Hours are 7 till 9 p.m. Friday, March 20, and 9 a.m. till noon Saturday, March 21. The weekend will offer study, drama, singing, praise and worship. The cost is $10 and includes materials, refreshments and a light breakfast on Saturday. For more information, call 934-7996.

Pleasant Plain

The Social Security Boys will perform at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at Pleasant Plain Free Will Baptist Church on Old Beulah Road near Selma. Refreshments will follow the concert. Admission is free.

Green Chapel

A celebration of Choir Day is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at Green Chapel Baptist Church, 2861 Brogden Road, Smithfield. Pastor Tedaro Reid of New Hill Baptist Church will speak, and the choir from his church will sing.

Burnell Baptist

Burnell Baptist Church will celebrate Friends and Family Day on Sunday, March 29. The Watchman Quartet will perform at 10 a.m. and during the morning worship hour. The church is at 3720 Old School Road, Four Oaks. For more information, call 894-1418.

Evangelist to speak

Evangelist Hattie Lofton of Smithfield will speak at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 20, at Refuge Temple Deliverance Church in Dunn. Lofton will speak at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 22, at Mt. Zion Church of Deliverance, 207 Odom St., Calypso. She will speak at 6 p.m. Sunday at Harvest Word Ministries in Beulah in the Pines Mobile Home Park in Micro.

Spaghetti in Clayton

Spaghetti plates will go on sale at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 21, at Higher Heights Church of God, 556 E. Front St., Clayton. The cost is $6 per plate and includes spaghetti, salad, bread and dessert. Takeout will be available. To buy tickets, or for more information, call 553-7370.

Barbecued chicken

Plates of barbecued chicken will be on sale from 11 a.m. till 4 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Barbourtown Church of God, 502 Zack’s Mill Road, Benson. The cost is $6 per plate.

Stancil’s Chapel

A prayer breakfast is scheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday, March 21, at Stancil’s Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. Sandra Leggett, owner of Countrywide Nursery, will speak. A “chalk talk” with Mike Ledbetter is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday, March 22. The church will be in revival March 23-26. Services will be at 7:30 p.m. A prayer room will open at 7:15 nightly.