EXHIBIT 99.2

                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         This certification is intended to accompany the Annual Report of A.C.
Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the period ended
December 31, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the
date hereof (the "Report"), and is given solely for the purpose of satisfying
the requirements of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The undersigned, in my capacity as set forth
below, hereby certifies that:


     1.       The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a)
              or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     2.       The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
              material respects, the financial condition and results of
              operations of the Company.



  /s/ Leslie H. Gordon                                   Date:    March 24, 2003
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Chief Financial Officer