Special events

Barnesville Baptist Church, located at 234 Barnesville Church Road in Orrum, will hold an Easter drama titled “The Centurion” tonight at 7:30.

Singletary Baptist Church will host an Easter program titled “No Greater Love” today and Saturday at 7 p.m. each day. The church will also have a sunrise service at 7 a.m. Sunday followed by breakfast, Sunday school and morning service. For information, call 910-740-0397. The church is located at 4061 Singletary Church Road in Lumberton.

Harvest Church, located at 986 Raynham Farms Road in Rowland, will present an Easter story titled “Lion of Judah: Saved by Grace” on Sunday at 8 a.m.

Cedar Grove Baptist Church of Fairmont will hold an Easter program after Sunday school on Sunday.

New Life Church, located at 3990 Fayetteville Road in Lumberton, will have a sunrise service on Sunday at 7 a.m. followed by a breakfast and worship service and 8 and 9 a.m. respectively.

Antioch Baptist Church, located on Rozier Siding Road in St. Pauls, will host the Antioch Baptist Women Choir Fest today at 7:30 p.m. Groups to be featured include Tabernacle Baptist Choir, Morning Star Choir, Mt. Hebron Praise Team, The Maranatha Singers and the Antioch Choir. Before the choir fest, beginning at 6:30 p.m., there will be a $4 plate sale. Plates include a BBQ sandwich, chips and tea or lemonade.

Holy Swamp Baptist Church, located at 216 Anointed Drive in Lumberton, will host an Easter sunrise service on Sunday at 6:00 a.m. For information, call 910-671-4607.

Baltimore Baptist Church will have a sunrise Easter service on Sunday at 7 a.m. followed by breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Sunday School will begin at 9 a.m. and a worship service will begin at 10 a.m. The church is located off N.C. 130 West in Fairmont.

Hog Swamp Baptist Church, located on Wire Grass Road in Lumberton, will have a 7:15 a.m. Easter service with breakfast to follow. Sunday school will begin at 9 a.m. and an Easter Cantata with special music will follow at 10 a.m.

Chosen Generation Community Center, partnering with God is In Control Ministries, will host a Spring Fling event on April 2 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at COMtech located at 30 Three-Hunts Drive Suite E in Pembroke. There will be food, drink, music, raffles and entertainment with special guest speaker Dianne Barrino. For information, call 910-280-4277.

Covenant Worship Center, located at 1270 Linkhaw Road in Lumberton, will celebrate its 25th church anniversary on April 17 at 10:30 a.m. The church will host Administrative Bishop O. Wayne Brewer from Eastern North Carolina Church of God in Kenley. For information, call 910-738-5870.

Ongoing

First Presbyterian Church in Lumberton invites the community to listen to the church’s sermons online at FPCLive.com.

The Pentecostal Faith of God Church food bank will open on the second Saturday of every month. The church is located at 2650 McPhail Road in Lumberton. For information, call 910-738-2136.

St. Mary Holy Bible Church of God holds Bible study from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays and day prayer services at noon on Thursdays. Sunday services begin at 9:30 a.m., followed by Morning Worship services at 11 a.m. For information, call 910-739-2885 or 910-739-5352.

Hillside Church holds its Sunday school at 10 a.m., followed by worship service at 11 a.m. The recently opened church is located at 1212 W. Fifth St. in Lumberton. For information or to join the church’s text message-based Bible study service, call 910-610-7337.

Bethany Christian Fellowship holds its worship services at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays and at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays at the HealthKeeperz building beside Maxway on West Third Street in Pembroke.

First Missionary Baptist Church holds its worship services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. on the first through fourth Sundays of the month. There is no 11 a.m. service on the fifth Sunday. The church is located at 501 Martin St. in Elizabethtown. For information, call 910-862-4649.

Words of Life Worship Center holds its praise, worship and fellowship services Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. A different speaker will present at each service. The church is located at 980 Dixie Drive in Red Springs. For information, call 910-674-9665.

House of Joy of the Lord holds its Bible study Tuesdays at 7 p.m. and Sabbath service Fridays at 7 p.m. Morning events on Saturdays include Bible study at 9 a.m., Sabbath service at 10 a.m. and a free Hebrew class at 11 a.m. The church is located at 508 E. 15th St. in Lumberton

Freedom Christian Fellowship holds its celebration service Sundays at 10 a.m.; prayer Mondays at 7 p.m.; free instrument training and playing Tuesdays at 7 p.m.; youth and children christian training Wednesdays at 7 p.m.; adult discipleship Thursdays at 7 p.m.; and on the first Friday of every month is a men’s and women’s meeting at 7 p.m.

Word of Life Worship Center holds its Bible study Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.; morning worship service at 10 a.m. on Sundays; and its Joy Nights at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays. The church is located at 980 Dixie Drive in Red Springs. For information, call 910-674-9665.

Cedar Grove Baptist Church of Fairmont holds Bible study at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays.

Lumberton Aglow meets every third Saturday of each month at 9:30 a.m. at the Golden Corral in Lumberton. There is a new speaker each month.

Saint James AME Zion Church holds Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.; morning worship at 11 a.m.; children’s church every second and fourth Sunday; every fifth Sunday the Youth department leads morning services; prayer service and Bible study Wednesdays at 6 p.m.; Intercessory prayer is held the second through fifth Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. The church is located at 116 W. Brown Ave. in Red Springs. For information, call 910-875-4490.

The Pentecostals holds a group Bible study and prayer meeting Mondays at 6:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 10 a.m. in the Refuge Youth Center. The church is located at 1011 Carthage Road in Lumberton.

Pentecostal United Holy Church holds youth Bible study at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays. The church is located at 2300 Gavintown Road in Lumberton. For information, call 910-734-6173.

The Come One Come All Deliverance Youth Center holds its Sunday morning worship service every week at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Prayer service is held from 6 to 7 p.m. and Two and One Service is held at 7:30 p.m., Evangelistic service is held on Fridays at 7:30 p.m. The church is located at 8784 Shannon Road in Shannon. For information, call 910-483-2219 or 910-483-0152.

Destiny Now Ministry of Lumberton meets at 11 a.m. each Sunday at the on Wintergreen Drive in Lumberton.

St. Joseph Miracle Revival Center Solid Rock Ministries holds its Sunday school services at 9 a.m.; Sunday worship at 10 a.m.; Tuesday Bible service at noon; Wednesday Bible study at 7 p.m.; and Early Worship at 8 a.m. each fourth and fifth Sunday. The church is located at 4657 Daniel McLeod Road in Red Springs.