• Outreach Ministry of Fairview Heights Missionary Baptist Church, 704 Old Concord Road, will be at Brightmoor Nursing Center, 610 W. Fisher St., at 2 p.m. Saturday. Speaker: Deacon Kenneth Abel Sr.

• Darrell Blackwelder will speak at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Rowan Redbuds Garden Club meeting. Topic: “Texture and Color: Winter Interest in the Garden.” Stanback Room, Rowan Public Library, 201 W. Fisher St. Visitors welcome.