The Ladies’ Guild of St. Ann’s Catholic Church will host its annual Harvest Tea at 3 p.m. Sunday in the church and fellowship hall.

Lillian D. Grant took business courses in high school, made good grades and went to Trinity Baptist Church every Sunday.

“We’re having a fall festival to give children an option for trick or treating tonight to keep them off the streets,” Patricia Whaley, director of children’s ministries and church growth, said.

Have you ever wondered why every October some make a big deal out of digging out the middle of pumpkins and replacing them with candles, children run around begging for candy and adults suddenly start thinking it’s OK to dress like Elvis, among other strange things?

The Claire Chapin Epps YMCA opened the first week of October, but it celebrated its grand opening on Thursday.

The Convention Center was packed Tuesday night, and by 7:00 p.m. the attendance was over 7,700 as locals and visitors indulged in tasty tidbits from over 50 restaurants at this year’s 26th Annual Taste of the Town.

A chicken bog benefit for Ronnie Poston sponsored by the Cooks for Christ will be Thursday at the West Florence Fire Station on Pineneedles Road.

The Diocese of South Carolina has voted to distance itself from the national Episcopal Church because of church positions on same-sex unions and ordination of gays.

Florence School District 1 is seeking volunteers to serve in its Faith Based Mentoring Program.

Two Grammy nominees and a special guest will be at Cornerstone Baptist Church for a concert Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Darlington Presbyterian Church will celebrate its annual Loyalty Day with a special worship service at 11 a.m. Sunday.

A Choice 2 M8K Crisis Pregnancy Care Center will have an open house from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday in Florence.

Seniors lined up across the parking lot, around the building corner and down Elm Street at Lighthouse Ministries Friday morning for a chance at a bag of food.  The parking lot at the ministries was full of both cars and people by 7:30 a.m. – an hour and a half before the event was slated to start.

The S.C. Supreme Court has given ownership of historic church property in Pawleys Island to the Anglican Mission of America, a group that split from the Episcopal church over the appointment of a gay bishop and same-sex marriage. The S.C. Supreme Court ruled that the 50-acre campus of All Saints Church, just off Kings River Road, does not belong to the Episcopal Church.

A chicken bog benefit for Carl D. Lee Jr. sponsored by the Cooks for Christ will be Thursday at the West Florence Fire Station.