Cooks for Christ will host a chicken bog benefit for Vance Odom. The benefit will be held on Thursday, May 24, at the West Florence Fire Station on Pine Needles Road. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. and dinner will be served from 4 p.m. un

The May CityWide Prayer Gathering will be held on the National Day of Prayer, Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 300 S. Irby St. New Life Church is co-host. Also, A National Day of Prayer service will be held at noon on May 3 outside the