• 2018 breakfast and workshop, 8:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church, 719 S. Caldwell St. Speaker: James Roseborough of Chestnut Grove Baptist Church in Statesville, a frequent workshop leader for Rowan Association and District 3 Group 2. Appropriate for all ages.

• J.C. Price Class of 1968, 12:30 p.m. Friday, Wink’s, Faith Road. Marilyn B. Wallace, 704-245-5444

• Spring Gospel Explosion, 5 p.m. Saturday, Tower of Power, 601 E. Cemetery St. With The Gospel Enforcers, Gospel Key Tones of Salisbury, Willie+Billie Sumlin Men of God, Deborah Watts, Keith Holland & Friends, mime praise dancer Gigi, Fairview Heights Men’s Gospel Choir and the CME Mount Zion Choir. At 2 p.m.: fried chicken and fries, $5; three wings, $3; home fries, $1.50; drinks, 75 cents. Wanda Wright, 704-636-3015, or Ann Caroll, 704-314-5997