The Flat Rock A.M.E. Church

in Fayetteville will present a concert next Saturday, March 31, entitled

"Where Did It All Come From."

Celebrating 150 years of music

in the black church, the event will be presented by director James D.

Fryar, the minister of music at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Newark, New

Jersey.

The concert will feature local

talent, which will have participated in a workshop tracing the history

of music in the black church the previous two days. They will also perform

with the workshop choir. All denomnations, all musicians and choir members

are welcome.

The concert will begin at 7:30

p.m.

Sunday, April 1, Flat Rock

A.M.E. will host "Friends and Family Day," a spirit-filled event

with guest speaker Reverend Sherryl L. Powell and a dinner.

Powell, an ordained Itinerant

Elder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, has served as pastor

of the Flipper Chapel A.M.E. Church in Fayetteville since 1997.

Flat Rock A.M.E. is also accepting

deposits for a cruise to Nassau next April. The deposit is $25 and anyone

is welcome to attend. For more information, call Linda Parker at 770-460-9839

after 7 p.m.