LaGrange, Troup County and surrounding area events — Aug. 18, 2016

Published 12:00 am Friday, August 19, 2016

Today

Events: The Active Life senior center at 140 Ragland St. offers oil painting classes at noon for all adults 55 and older. 706-883-1681

Meetings: Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St., hosts AA meetings at noon and 6 p.m.

Saturday

Events: Market on Main is 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. in Carmike Cinemas LaGrange 10 parking lot at Main and East Depot streets featuring local produce, food and crafts.

Jefferson Street Market featuring local wares and produce is 9:30 a.m. to noon at 625 Jefferson St.

Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St., hosts AA meetings 10:30 a.m. for women, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.

The Active Life wellness center, 140 Ragland St., hosts dancing 7–10 p.m. with Jimmy Smith and New River Band. Cost is $5 per person. Adults of all ages welcome.

Meetings: Trinity SDA Church Prayer and Bible Study Center at 710 Jenkins St. holds a free Bible study from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Pastor Walter Gordon, 706-812-0760

Sunday

Meetings: Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St., hosts AA meetings at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Celebrate Recovery, a faith-based recovery program, meets at 3 p.m. at Hogansville First Baptist Church.

Churches: Rocky Mount Baptist Church observes its annual homecoming at 2 p.m. with guest speaker the Rev. J.C. Strickland and Mount Zion and New Macedonia Baptist churches as guests.

Canaan Baptist Church, 5930 Mooty Bridge Road, hosts homecoming at 2 p.m. with guest pastor the Rev. James Woods and Leete Hill United Methodist Church.

Elders’ Ministry of Living By Faith Worship Center, 2451 West Point Road, celebrates its Annual Elders’ Day at 2:30 p.m. Guest speaker is pastor Michael Stiggers and Eastside Baptist Church.

Callaway Baptist Church hosts discipleship training, youth and children’s classes at 5 p.m.

Ongoing

Exhibits

Legacy Museum on Main, 136 Main St. in LaGrange, hosts the exhibit Lifting More Voices: Early Troup County Black History through Sept. 16. The museum is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and usually the first and third Saturdays of each month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To check Saturday openings or schedule a group visit, call 706-884-1828.

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