DURHAM — Primrose School at Hope Valley Farms, 702 Juliette Drive, will hold “A Day of Giving” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The event will benefit Urban Ministries of Durham, Durham Rescue Mission and the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle.
Attendees are encouraged to drop off donations of blankets, coats, hats, gloves, toys, books and canned food.
For information, visit www.primrosehopevalleyfarms.com or contact Deanna Kleiss at UMD at 682-0538 ext. 35.
Organist kicks off centennial concerts
CHAPEL HILL — United Church of Chapel Hill, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., will launch a Centennial Concert Series with a performance by organist Alexander Anderson at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Anderson’s program ranges from the Renaissance to the 19th century, and will feature works by 16th century composers Sweelinck, Frescobaldi, Byrd and Gibbons; a suite by Clérambault; and two chorale preludes and the Prelude and Fugue in e minor by Bach. His program finale will feature Lizst’s Chorale Fantasia “Ad nos, ad salutarem undam” from Meyerbeer’s opera Le Prophete.
Other concerts in the centennial series feature United Church’s brass ensemble and bell choirs on Dec. 6; Bradshaw Quartet with Christen Campbell on Dec. 31; The Ambassadors Jazz Band on Jan. 24; United Church’s Chancel Choir singing Fauré’s Requiem on March 21; and United’s Chamber Singers on April 18.
FolkPsalm concert benefits mission trip
CHAPEL HILL — Charles Pettee and FolkPsalm Trio will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Amity United Methodist Church, 825 N. Estes Drive.
The concert is a fundraiser for a mission trip. A meet and greet reception will follow. It will be a family-friendly concert of bluegrass and new acoustic music featuring several special selections geared toward children.
Proceeds will support a Thanksgiving week mission trip to the Dominican Republic. The church mission team will install a donated water purification system to provide access to safe, clean, and free drinking water. For information, visit amityumc.org or call 967-7546.
Yard sale, BBQ and stew sale Saturday
DURHAM — Edgewood Baptist Church, 1807 Infinity Road, will hold a yard sale and barbecue and Brunswick stew sale Saturday.
The yard sale begins at 7 a.m. Barbecue and Brunswick stew takeout will be sold from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for $7 per pound of barbecue or quart of stew. For information, call 471-2664 or visit http://edgewoodbaptist-durham.org.
North East Baptist 129th anniversary
DURHAM — North East Baptist Church, 3204 Highway 55, will observe its 129th anniversary at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Special guests include Pastor Richard Waller, choir and congregation of Trinity United Missionary Baptist Church in Durham. Everyone is welcome.
For information, call 544-2142. The Rev. Wesley Elam is the pastor.
Benefit concert of Broadway tunes
CHAPEL HILL — Richard Wall, the music director and organist at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Haw River, will present a best of Broadway show, “A Time for Singing,” at 4 p.m. Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Reception Hall, 300 E. Rosemary St., Chapel Hill.
The event is free, but donations will be accepted and benefit the Habitat for Humanity project of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and Global Vaccines. Performers include Jim Burnette, John Cashwell, Steve Dobbins, Shannon French, Nicole Graziano, Janie Imperial, Pelham Jacobs, Emily Johnston, Anna Kirby, Celia LaBranche, Evelyn McCauley, John Oliver and Tom Terry. Wall will be host and pianist.
Selections will span the best of Broadway from the 1920s through the 1980s and Gershwin. For information, call Wall at 942-0972.
Fall Revival at Antioch Baptist
DURHAM — Antioch Baptist Church, 1415 Holloway St., will hold its Community Fall Revival at 7 p.m. nightly Monday through Wednesday.
The Rev. Deforest “Buster” Soaries will be the guest evangelist with music ministry provided by the Voices of Peace, NorthEast Mass Choir and others. Participating churches are the Abundant Hope, Shepherd’s Flock and Antioch Baptist. The public is invited to attend.
LDS film festival this weekend
CHAPEL HILL — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1050 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., will hold a film festival this weekend and next. All movies will show at 7 p.m.
The schedule: Friday — “One Good Man.” Saturday — “Stone Cutter” and “Baby Boomerang.” Nov. 20 — “Once upon a summer.” Nov. 21 — “The Letter” and “Errand of Angels.” The films were chosen to inspire and motivate. All are welcome, free admission. Popcorn will be available.
Community food giveaway Nov. 21
DURHAM — West Durham Baptist Church, 1901 Athens St., will have the next Community Open Food Market Giveaway beginning at 10 a.m. Nov. 21 to provide for Thanksgiving.
For information, call 682-4453.
New pastor at Bahama Baptist
DURHAM — Bahama Baptist Church, 7917 Willardville Station Road, extended a call to the Rev. Wes McMurray to become its new pastor.
He is currently the pastoral assistant at First Associate Reform Presbyterian Church in Gastonia, and previously served as chaplain and Bible teacher at the Gaston Christian School in Belmont. He has an associate’s degree from Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute and a bachelor’s degree and master of divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He and his wife, Jennifer, have two sons, Owen and Elliott. McMurray will preach his first sermon as pastor, on Jan. 17. A service of installation will be planned for a later date.
Quartet, Kitchen at St. Stephen’s
DURHAM — St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 82 Kimberly Drive, will continue its concert series with a performance by the Borromeo String Quartet and organist Joseph Kitchen at 4 p.m. Nov. 22 in the church nave.
The BSQ, founded in 1989, performs music worldwide.
This fall, the quartet began a Beethoven series and a Bartok series at the Gardner Museum. The quartet-in-residence at the New England Conservatory of Music for 17 years, they are known for communicating even the most challenging repertoire so that the audience can comprehend and enjoy. The program will include the Passacaglia and Fugue by J.S. Bach, transcribed for string quartet by Kitchen and played by Kitchen on the Kenan Memorial Flentrop organ. Other works on the program are the “Sunrise” Quartet by Haydn and the Fourth Quartet of Bela Bartok.
A pre-concert discussion of Bartok’s String Quartet No. 4 will be held at 3 p.m. Individual tickets are $15. Free admission for ages 18 and under.
For information, e-mail marianmtyson@gmail.com or visit www.ssecdurham.org.
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