Submissions to the community calendar should be sent to mtacalendar@heartlandpublications.com before 5 p.m. on Tuesday before the event should appear in the newspaper. Be sure to include the full name and address of the event; the time, day and date of the event; and a contact phone number in case our staff has any questions.

Benefits and Fundraisers

• An annual community benefit gospel singing will be held Sept. 8 from 4 p.m. until at a location on Round Peak Church Road, two miles off of N.C. 89 West. Admission is free, but food will be available for purchase. Singers include Robin Hardin, Mike Jones, David Goins, Oak Ridge Singers, Beulah Land Praise Team and more. Funds will benefit Haley and Carolyn Cockerham. Those attending should bring a lawn chair. In the case of rain, the singing will be moved to Oak Grove Baptist Church.

• New Venture Baptist Church women will have a benefit bingo Sept. 8 at Franklin Ruritan Building in Toast. Doors open at 5 p.m., and games start at 6:30 p.m. Bingo packets cost $15. There also will be door prizes and a silent auction. Hot dogs, chips, drinks and desserts will be available. Prizes include Celebrating Home, Thirty One, Pampered Chef, Bath & Body Works and Sabika Jewelry. All proceeds benefit funds for church carpet and refinishing church pews.

• The Glory Hallelujah T.P. Church, 495 Hodges Mill Road, Dobson, will have a rummage sale Sept. 8 from 9 a.m. until to benefit the mission fund. It will be held rain or shine.

• The ninth annual Buddy David Memorial golf tournament will be held Sept. 29 at Skyland Lakes Golf Course at milepost 202 of the Blue Ridge Parkway sponsored by the Wesleyan Men of Mount Airy Wesleyan Church. Registration is at 9 a.m., and tee time is 10 a.m. Cost is $45 per person, which includes entry into all events, 18 holes of golf, riding cart and a chance to win prizes. The first-place team will win $180, and second place wins $100. It is a Captain’s Choice format. Bring a team, or participants can be paired up with a team. Mulligans are $5 each with a limit of four per team. Prizes will be given for longest drive on hole 10, and closest to pin on all par 3’s. To register, call Mark Hudson at 786-1093 or Don Shelton at 789-4629. All proceeds benefit projects and needs in the church and community.

• Copeland Baptist Church, Rockford Baptist Church and Stony Knoll United Methodist Church will host a port-a-pit fundraiser for the Shepherd’s House of Mount Airy Oct. 6 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at a cost of $8 a plate. Tickets are required. Plates include BBQ chicken half, baked beans, BBQ slaw, roll and dessert. Take-out only will be at Rockford Baptist Church, 4947 Rockford Road, Dobson. For tickets or directions, call Adam Doss at 783-7635 or 789-3841, Doug and Pam Perkins at 374-5359, Sandra Hodges at 374-8381 or Lanny and Sharron Atkins at 386-4606, 710-5610 or 710-5609. All proceeds benefit the Shepherd’s House.

Special Services

• Matt Linville will be the guest speaker at 11 a.m. at Pilot Mountain Friends Meeting on Sunday.

• Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 619 S. South St., Mount Airy, will celebrate its annual homecoming service Sunday at 3 p.m. The Rev. Leonard Lewis of St. John’s Baptist Church in Winston-Salem will be the guest preacher. For more information, call the church secretary at 783-0333. In addition, the church will have revival services Sept. 10-12 at 7 p.m. Elder Michael King of Baileytown Christian Church in Walnut Cove will be the guest evangelist for the week.

• Friendly Tabernacle, 482 McBride Road, Mount Airy, will be having a 60th-year celebration and homecoming service Sept. 9 with Sunday school at 10 a.m. The Rev. Roby Wilcox will be preaching, and there will be special singing featuring the Gospel Light Trio and others during the 11 a.m. worship service. There will be a covered-dish lunch in the fellowship hall. For more information, call the church secretary/clerk Janice Pell King at 325-6049.

• Woodland Baptist Church will celebrate homecoming day and the 60th birthday of the church Sept. 9 at 10:30 a.m. with special singer Higher Ground and Tony Snow. Lunch will be served following the services.

• Pleasant View Baptist Church, 154 Mount View Drive, Mount Airy, will have homecoming day Sept. 9. Tina Smith will be the guest singer at the 11 a.m worship service. Lunch will be served in the fellowship hall after the service. Bring a covered dish.

• Bro. Gerald Crabb will be preaching and singing during a revival at King Christian Center, 995 Brown Road, King, Sept. 13-15 at 7 p.m. and Sept. 16 at 10 a.m.

• Imogene Baptist Church, 2372 N. Andy Griffith Parkway, Mount Airy, will have homecoming Sept. 16 and revival Sept. 17-19 featuring guest speakers, Bro. Don Ball and Bro. Rayton Puckett. There will be special singing nightly.

• Macedonia Baptist Church, 6716 Doral Drive, Tobaccoville, will have homecoming service Oct. 7 at 11 a.m. with Pastor Marty Sewell as speaker and music by Matt Flinchum. A meal will follow in the church fellowship building.

Special Music

• Old Siloam Church, 189 Hardy Road, Siloam, will have gospel singing Saturday featuring Solid Rock at 7 p.m. There is no charge, but a love offering will be taken. For more information or directions, call 374-2870 or 336-983-9117.

• A Fifth Sunday singing will be observed at Pleasant View Baptist Church, 154 Mount View Drive, Mount Airy, Sept. 30 at 6 p.m. The featured group will be Bobby Patterson & The Heritage 4. Refreshments consisting of finger foods and desserts will be served in the fellowship hall immediately after the service.

Upcoming Events

• Faith Tabernacle E.P. Church, 559 S. Franklin Road, Mount Airy, will host the Lady of Mercy Apostolic Conference today through Sunday with the theme, “Develop a heart for God by living to a higher standard, Ephesians 4:21-24.” Friday will feature Elder Norzely Krider of Salisbury at 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s events will be Evangelist Jo Sargeant of Holden Beach at 1 p.m. and Minister Melissa Lawson of Gate City, Va., and Evangelist Mary Olvera of Mount Airy at 7 p.m. At 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Chief Overseer Essie Belle Gist, president of the conference, will speak. For transportation or more information, call 325-8081 or 789-1569. The conference is open to the public, and men are invited to attend.

• Reignite Surry will be held at Family Fellowship Chapel, 2237 McKinney Road, Saturday at 7 p.m. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. There will be live worship music and the special speaker is Greg Cobbs, associate pastor of Tree of Life Ministries in Danville, Va. For more information, call 710-4538.

• A five-week seminar of the book of Revelation will be held at the Pilot Mountain Seventh-day Adventist Fellowship, 108 Heatherly Creek Drive, Pilot Mountain, beginning Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. The meetings will be held every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Email pilotmountainsda@gmail.com or call 336-774-6639 for more information.

Miscellaneous

• Pleasant View Baptist Church has Sunday school each Sunday at 10 a.m. and worship service at 11 a.m. Bible study is held Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Nursery is available.

• Central United Methodist Church, 1909 N. Main St., Mount Airy, has Sunday services with the Rev. James Pyatt with early morning worship at 9 a.m., adult gathering at 9:45 a.m., Sunday school for children, youth and adults at 10 a.m. and worship service at 11 a.m. A nursery is available. The church is conducting a food drive for Yokefellow with peanut butter and crackers on the August list. Donations may be placed in the lower church lobby or monetary gifts may be contributed.

• The Family Worship Center, 298 Athey Simmons Road, Mount Airy, has Sunday services at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. For more information, call 368-9646 or email rlb1955@embarqmail.com.

• DivorceCare group meets Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at Fountain of Life Family Worship Center. For more information, call 789-0400.

• New MOMS (Mothers of Many Seasons) Ministry, open to area ladies and their children, meets the first and third Thursdays monthly from 9 to 11 a.m. at Salem Baptist Church, 430 Rockford Road, Dobson. For more information, contact momsministrysbc@gmail.com or 374-4419.

• Compassion Circle Outreach Ministry, a circle of friends offering love, hope, faithful-spiritual guidance from a Christian outlook, has meetings the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at the L.H. Jones Family Resource Center, 214 Jones School Road, Mount Airy. For more information, call 786-1455. This group is sponsored by Caring Citizens of the Community.

• The Peoples Church of Holly Springs will have a free community meal the first Monday of each month in the basement of the church from 5 to 7 p.m. Donations are welcome. For more information, call 789-1555.

• King’s Kids will have fun, learning scripture and crafts every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Fellowship Baptist Church. There will be classes for all ages, children through adults. For more information, call the church at 374-3250.

• Reformers Unanimous Addiction Recovery program will begin weekly sessions at Temple Baptist Church, 3615 Rockford St., Mount Airy. Anyone with an addiction, stubborn habit or hangup is encouraged to attend. Childcare is provided and refreshments will be served. Meetings will be held every Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. and there is no charge. For more information, call John Pulliam at (336) 926-2293.

• Calvary Baptist Church will resume Wednesday evening activities on Aug. 15 with a fellowship meal at 5:45 p.m., youth and children activities at 6:30 p.m. and adult classes at 6:30 p.m. The clothes closet is open from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Call 786-4778.

• The First Baptist Church Feeding Friends Soup Kitchen provides a free hot meal to families and friends in need every Thursday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The church is between Elm and Galloway streets at 714 N. Main St. Parking is available behind First Baptist off Arch Street. The feeding friends dinner is served in the fellowship hall in the building closest to downtown, with signs available to guide visitors.

• A free “soup kitchen” is available on the last Thursday of each month in the Piney Grove Baptist Church fellowship hall from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come as they are with no strings attached. The church is at 278 Piney Grove Road, which can be reached at 356-4196.

• Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:15 p.m. radio station 880 am will have radio ministry with Pastor Danny Poindexter from the Lighthouse Baptist Church.

• Flat Rock Presbyterian Church, N.C. 103 and Quarry Trail, has Sunday school every Sunday at 10 a.m. followed by traditional worship service at 11 a.m. Nursery is provided for both.

• Pleasant View Baptist Church, 154 Mount View Drive, Mount Airy, has Sunday school every Sunday morning at 10 a.m. and worship service at 11 a.m. Bible study is held on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. The nursery is available.

• Grace Moravian Church, 1401 N. Main St., has the following weekly events: worship is Sunday at 10 a.m., Sunday school for all ages is at 11:10 a.m., Kids Club is most Sundays at 5:30 p.m., youth meet Sundays from 5:30 to 7 p.m., the Prayer Group meets on Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and Bible study is offered on Thursdays at 7 p.m. For more information, call the church office at 786-5627 weekdays.

• St. Paul Church of the Brethren, 64 Short Drive, Cana, Va., has Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship services at 11 a.m. every Sunday. Bible study is every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

• The Fountain Food Ministry hours have changed. Families in need of clothing or food may come every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. The ministry will be open weekly on Thursdays to assist those in need of food. In case of an emergency at any other times, call the church office at 789-0400 for an appointment.

• New Vision Christian Academy, 237 Coolidge Ave., Mount Airy, is accepting new students. Open enrollment is for grades one through 12. For more information, call the Flat Rock Church of God at 719-0434.

• The Inspiration Center, 154 N. Renfro St., Suite 100, Mount Airy, offers services on Sundays at 11 a.m. Susie Cooper, spiritual leader, offers special music on the harp and flute.