Whaleyville United Methodist Church, 6312 Whaleyville Blvd., is sponsoring a barbecue dinner from 4 and 7 p.m. Saturday. Donations are $6 for eat-in or take-out plates. Call Holland Branton, 986-2513, for information.

Oxford yard sale

Oxford United Methodist Church, 601 W. Washington St., will have a yard sale from 8 a.m. to noon Oct. 22 in the church fellowship hall. Call 539-8253 for information.

West End men’s breakfast

The monthly men’s breakfast at Murphy’s Mill will be at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

Dr. Robert B. Marr will be the guest minister at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Visitors are welcome for both events. Call 539 8771 for more information.

Higher Calling Ministries

Higher Calling Ministries, 1600 Kings Fork Road, is holding a benefit concert at 6 p.m. Oct. 22. Funds will be used for the church’s first &uot;Day of Caring and Sharing Thanksgiving Dinner&uot; for those in need. Call 934-3644 for information. Pastor is James W. Alexander Jr.

Solomon’s Temple

Solomon’s Temple, 12749 Courthouse Highway, is celebrating its 5th anniversary at 6 p.m. Saturday at Benn’s United Church Family Life Center, Smithfield. The church is celebrating its fifth anniversary service at 9:30 a.m. Sunday with guest speaker Dr. James King, pastor of Land of Promise in Fredericksburg. The pastor’s anniversary services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday with guest pastor Dwight Steele and the Pilgrim Baptist Church, Roanoke.

Men’s Day

at Macedonia A.M.E.

Macedonia A.M.E. Church, 127 Pine St., will hold Men’s Day at 11 a.m. Oct. 16. The guest speaker will be Christopher Mosley, president and CEO of Chesapeake Health, which falls under the governance of the Chesapeake Hospital Authority. Mosley has a business administration degree from Alabama State University and a master’s degree from Birmingham -Southern College. The Rev. Charles L. Harvin Sr. is pastor.

Sixth Street Baptist dinner

Sixth Street Baptist Church, 324 Goodman Ave., is having a salted herring fish breakfast from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday. The meal will include stewed potatoes, salmon cakes and apple and sweet potato jacks. Call 539-6232 for information.

The church is sponsoring a musical event at 5 p.m. Satu-rday. Performers include Mag-gie Ingram and the Ingra-mettes, Pastor Ruby Turner Jones and the Jones Singers

and Sister Carolyn Ross and the Gospel Sensations.

And the Sixth Street Male Choir.

Call 7087 for information.

Allen Grove revivals

Allen Grove Baptist Church in Franklin will hold its fall revival through Oct. 14. Nightly services will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Potter’s House

Potter’s House Christian Fellowship Center is sponsoring a women’s conference through Oct. 14. Services begin at 7:30 p.m. nightly. Speakers include Evangelist Gertrude Golden, Save Thyself Cathedral, Virginia Beach, tonight; Evangelist Sheila Miller, Tehillah Ministry, Newport News, Thursday; and Dr. Norvice Sellers, Mt. Tabor COGIC, Smithfield, Friday. Call 925-4412 for information.

Faith of Deliverance

Faith of Deliverance Church Soul Saving Ministries, 239 Holladay St., is having Sunday school at 10 a.m., Sunday evening service at 6 p.m.; and prayer and Bible class at 7:30 p.m. tonight. For information, call 539-9355.

Mt. Olive appreciation service

Mt. Olive Holiness Church, 427 Webb St., will have an appreciation service for its pastor, Bishop Willie Giles Jr., at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 23. Elder Fletcher Reid of Upper Room Holiness Church will speak.

First Baptist revival

First Baptist Church, 112 Mahan St., will hold its annual fall revival at 7 p.m. nightly through Oct. 12. The guest revivalist will be the Rev. Dr. Wesley K. McLaughlin, pastor of Mount Olivet Baptist Church, Petersburg.

St. Mary’s events

St. Mary’s Church of God in Christ, 3637 Nansemond Parkway, is having its community fall festival from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 29. The event will feature hayrides, pony rides, clowns and other activities. Call 538-0155 for information. Pastor is Dwight A. Nixon.

New Mt. Zion events

New Mt. Zion Holiness Church, 2113 Georgia Ave., has Sunday school at 10 a.m., followed by worship at 11:30 a.m. each Sunday. Prayer service and Bible study is being held at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12.

Tabernacle Baptist’s anniversary

Tabernacle Baptist Outreach Church, 3621 Nansemond Parkway, is celebrating its 95th anniversary and the 19th anniversary of its pastor, the Rev. Nathaniel Scates, in October. The church will be joined by the Rev. James &uot;Plum&uot; Williams Jr.

and Poplar Run Baptist Church, 2:30 p.m. Oct. 16. There will be an anniversary dinner at 6 p.m. Oct. 22, followed by a special service at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 23 by the Rev. Nathaniel Scates Jr. and Gethsemane Baptist Church.

Church visits jail

A group of men from United Full Gospel Revival Suffolk regularly visits male inmates at the Western Tidewater Regional Jail on Saturdays and Sundays. Anyone with an incarcerated friend or family member who may like a visit from these church volunteers can leave a message, including the man’s name, at 925-4805.

Free food, clothing at Capernaum

Capernaum Seventh Day Adventist, 314 York St., as a Community Service Capernaum will prepare a free dinner every Wednesday night beginning from 4:30 to 6 p.m. On Fridays, there will be fresh fruit, vegetables and canned goods. Clothes are available on Sundays. Call 934-9814 for more information.

Oxford clothes closet available

As part of Oxford United Methodist’s church’s mission work in the city of Suffolk, the congregation is operating a clothes closet. Operation hours are from 9 a.m. to noon every Thursday. Hours will expand as the need grows and the closet becomes mores established. Oxford is partnering with other local churches to meet the growing need in Suffolk. Residents are asked to assist in the following areas: prayer, volunteering, and donations (pick-up is available). To assist, call 434-1405.

Yard sale

God’s Anointed Touch Ministries is holding a yard sale to raise money for Hurricane Katrina victims at the Windsor School of Dance, 70 E. Windsor Blvd. at 8 a.m. Oct. 22. Call 242-4151 for information.

Great First Baptist shopping trip

The Youth Ministry of Greater First Baptist Church, 600 Factory St. is sponsoring a shopping trip to Rehoboth, Del., on Nov. 26. Cost is $40, with a non-refundable deposit of $20 due by Oct. 31. The bus will leave the church at 6 a.m. and Victory Crossing Shopping Center, Portsmouth at 6:30 a.m. Nov. 26. For information, call the church at 539-0032.