• Heavenly hot dog sale, Mt. Olivet UMC, 301 Mt. Olivet Road, Fridays 10 a.m.-2 p.m., homemade desserts, free delivery over $10, take-out available. 704-782-8846, www.mtochurch.com

• Rowan County Tea Party, 6 p.m. dinner at Statesville Boulevard Blue Bay, 7 p.m. presentation by Marvin Jones, BS, MBA, PHD (chemistry), recently moved here from California, self-described “man-made global warming denier.”