The following is a collection (in alphabetical order) of meetings before and during the annual meeting in Greensboro:

Associational Missionary Dinner — Nov. 10, 5 p.m., Imperial D, Sheraton, Greensboro Hotel, 3121 High Point Road at Interstate 40; $15; register by Oct. 31; check payable to N.C. Director of Missions Conference, c/o Roy Parker, New River Baptist Association, 2734 Commerce Road, Jacksonville, NC 28546; contact: Parker at (910) 347-3146 or nrbaptist@yahoo.com

Biblical Recorder Dinner — Nov. 10, 5-6:30 p.m., Room 3B, Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center

Campbell University Alumni and Friends Luncheon — Nov. 11, noon in Meeting Room 3, Greensboro Coliseum; $15; contact: Kathy Crenshaw (910) 893-4700 or crenshaw@campbell.edu

Chowan University Luncheon — Nov. 11, noon at Greensboro Coliseum; $12.50; respond by Nov. 5; contact: Ronald W. McSwain (252) 398-1233 or mcswar@chowan.edu

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina Fall Fellowship Dinner — Nov. 11, 5:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Greensboro; $10; register by Oct. 30 online: www.cbfnc.org

Gardner-Webb University Alumni and Friends Luncheon — Nov. 11, noon at Greensboro Coliseum; $12.50; contact: John Bridges (704) 406-3008 or jfbridges@gardner-webb.edu

GuideStone Annual Annuitant Breakfast — Nov. 11, 7 a.m. at Sheraton Four Seasons in Greensboro; free; contact: Johnny Ross (919) 459-5594, jross@ncbaptist.org, or Betty Pleasant (919) 459-5595, bpleasant@ncbaptist.org

Heavenly Banquet — Nov. 11, noon-1:30 p.m. at Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center, West Wing A, Meeting Room 1 (A & B), $10; contact Pamela Bill at pbills@ncbaptist.org or Kenneth Tan at ktan@ncbaptist.org, (919) 459-5628; register online (www.ncbaptist.org) on multicultural ministries events page

Mars Hill College Alumni Dinner — Nov. 10, 5:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Greensboro (1000 West Friendly Avenue); $10; contact: Ophelia “Fifi” DeGroot (828) 689-1438 or fdegroot@mhc.edu

New Orleans Seminary — Nov. 11, noon at Lone Star Steakhouse, 3045 High Point Road, Greensboro; menu available at www.lonestarsteakhouse.com; contact: Vern Gilmer, N.C. chapter president at revolvo@inteliport.com

N.C. Baptist International Missionary Fellowship — Nov. 10, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Lindley Park Baptist Church, Greensboro; speaker: Ruby Fulbright; $10; contact: Marj Bennett at (336) 586-0085 or mtbennett004@triad.rr.com

N.C. Baptist Men Volunteer Supper — Nov. 11, doors open at 4 p.m. with supper at 4:30; Plaza area of the Greensboro Coliseum; $9; reservations by Nov. 3 at (800) 395-5102, ext. 5613; check payable to N.C. Baptist Men, P.O. Box 1107, Cary, NC 27512

N.C. Ministers’ Wives  — Nov. 10, 9 a.m. at Lawndale Baptist Church, Greensboro; theme: “A Reflection of You” (2 Cor. 3:18); speaker: Charlotte Akin; music: Tracy Lane of Ocean Isle Beach; contact: Phyllis Turnage, president, at (910) 579-5270 or bzb@atmc.net

Pastor’s Conference 2008 — Nov. 9 (5:45-8 p.m.), Nov. 10 (8:45 a.m.-4 p.m.); Lawndale Baptist Church, Greensboro; free; speakers: Joe Giaritelli, Mark Harris, Mike Whitson, Phil Hoskins, Craig Hamlin, Richard Hicks, Stephen Rummage, Bob Pitman, Daniel Akin, Johnny Hunt; music: First Baptist Church, Charlotte, New Horizons Praise Band, FBC, Charlotte, Celebration Choir, and The Greenes; Theme: Authentic (based on Phil. 2:5)