* The deadline for church briefs is noon on Wednesdays.

Operation Christmas

Child

Shoebox Collection Week will be Nov. 16-23. Sampson County drop-off locations will be Grove Park Baptist Church, Clinton and Unity Presbyterian Church, Newton Grove.

All Together

Ministries

The 23rd Founder Day service will conclude Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, at noon, pastor appreciation service will be held with speaker Pastor Hazel Johnson of Mt. Sinai Holy Church.

Bearskin Missionary

Baptist Church

Women’s Empowerment Day – 2015 will be held Nov. 7 at 11 a.m. The theme is “All the King’s Daughters”. Rev. Linda McLymore will be the guest messenger. Lunch will be served. Veterans-Active Military Day will be observed Nov. 8 at 11 a.m.

Beaver Dam Missionary

Baptist Church

Services will be held on Nov. 1 at 11 a.m. at Beaver Dam MBC on Odom Road. Guest speaker will be Rev. Michael Smith of Spring Lake. Music will be rendered by the mass choir.

Brocks Chapel

PH Church

The Pierce Family Singers will be in concert Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. The church is located at 2661 Summerlin Crossroads Road, Mount Olive. FMI call Pastor Dell Murphy at 252-671-0980.

Brown’s Chapel

MB Church

The church will have Musicians Appreciation Program on Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. for James C. Rich, Andrew Rich and Ausia White. FMI contact 910-385-6959.

Calvary Tabernacle

PFWB Church

The Rev. Jim Gurganus will be the guest speaker Nov. 1 at the 11 a.m. service. He was pastor for several years in the 1980s. Calvary is located at 6570 High House Road, just west of Piney Green and Highway 242.

Coopers Chapel

Church

Fall revival services will end Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Elder Reginald Silver from Rock of Ages Church in Rocky Mount.

Immanuel Baptist Church

A fall festival will be held Friday, Oct. 30, from 5:30-9:30 p.m. Mr. Wolfe, NC State’s mascot, will be present at the festival.

Mintz Baptist

Church

The church will be celebrating 101 years of ministry at homecoming service on Nov. 1 at 10:30 a.m. The Dove Brothers will be singing during the service. Wesley Smith, tenor with the Dove Brothers, will be sharing about his family ties with Mintz Baptist.

New Church

of Christ

The church, 9659 Faison Hwy., Faison, will have prophetic services Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. The speaker will be Prophet Leroy Hargett of Life Changes Church, Smithfield, along with his choir and congregation.

New Mt. Zion

United Holy Church

District Elder Lorenzo and First Lady Cheryl Simmons and the entire church family would like to announce the grand opening date of the New Mt. Zion UHC of Warsaw, 250 Lanefield Road, will begin Oct. 31 at 3 p.m. with Bishop Ralph Love bringing the message. The celebration will continue Nov. 1-8 with Sunday morning service at 11 a.m. and nightly services at 7 p.m.

New Vision

Christian Church

Homecoming will be observed Nov. 1 at 10:30 a.m. The guest will be Pastor Willie Alford and Poplar Grove Missionary Baptist Church family. Lunch will be served following the service. FMI call the church office at 910-299-5002.

Sharon Pentecostal

Holiness Church

The church, located at 2137 Odom Road, Clinton, will be observing homecoming Sunday morning, Nov. 1 beginning at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Michael Oliver will be delivering the morning message.

Temple of God

Deliverance Ministry

The church, located at 307 Railroad St. in Roseboro, will have services every Sunday at 11 a.m.

Trinity United Freewill

Holiness Church

On Nov. 1, the Bishop Larry Mosson will ordain Rev. Nathan Faison at 11 a.m. at Trinity UFH Church.

Union Grove Church

of Christ, Disciples

of Christ, Inc.

The church, 716 Lisbon St., will host Trunk of Treats, Oct. 31 from 6 – 8 p.m. All youth are welcomed. FMI contact Sis. Carolyn Kirby 910-592-4010. The church will host a Relay for Life yard and bake sale on Nov. 7 from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. in church parking lot. All monies raised will be donated to Relay for Life. FMI contact Sis. Reva Monk 910-990-5341 or Elder Andrea Hill 910-973-3955. They will host an Appreciation Banquet honoring Sis. Roberta Davis for her many years of service rendered as a choir member and mentor on Nov. 14 at 3 p.m. FMI contact Sis. Joann Butler at 910-624-8694.

Whosoever Will Disciples

of Christ Church

Church services will be held every second and fourth Sunday at 11 a.m. The church is located in Newton Grove.

Zoar Church

The church, located in Salemburg, will celebrate 117 years at the annual homecoming service Nov. 1. Worship service will begin at 10:30 a.m. Lunch was be served afterward. Rev. Ernie King, pastor, will deliver the homecoming message.