Events

Thursday

Story Hour featuring stories, fingerplays, songs and rhymes for preschoolers and their escorts is at 10:30 a.m. at Hawkes Library in West Point.

The Interfaith Food Closet at 416 Pierce St. in LaGrange is open from 1 to 2:45 p.m. to help people in need of food. 706-882-9291

Beginner ballroom dance lessons for all ages are given from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Active Life center on Ragland Street. 706-884-5857

Friday

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

Vendors sell fresh produce, cheeses, honey, boiled peanuts and other items at Callaway Gardens Farmer’s Market from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Gardens’ Robin Lake Beach in Pine Mountain. Admission is free to the market through the beach entrance.

Guest tango teachers Rick and Lynda Wilson of Atlanta will teach beginners Argentine tango at 7 p.m. with a dance at 8 p.m. at LaFayette Christian School Gym, 1904 Hamilton Road. Dress is upscale casual. Visitors are welcome at $20 per couple. No reservations needed. For more information on this dance or local dance lessons, call Moonlight Ballroom Dance Club, 706-884-5857.

Friday–Sunday

WBRQ 91.9 FM and Gooden Entertainment Group hosts Summer Fest in Cox Park at Union Street and Hamilton Road from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday is a kids fun day with free food, games, face painting, music and more. Saturday is a free gospel concert and Sunday is a community cook-off. There will be live DJs. Rick Gooden, 706-298-9646 or rick.gooden@yahoo.com, or Sam, 762-323-1897

Meetings

Thursday

The LaGrange Area Safety Association meets at 11:30 a.m. at Ryan’s Steak House at 1509 Lafayette Parkway.

The Kiwanis Club of LaGrange meets at noon at Highland Country Club.

Troup County Master Gardeners meet at 7 p.m. at the Troup County Agriculture Building on Vulcan Materials Road.

LaGrange chapter No. 474 Order of the Eastern Star meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Lodge Hall on Watson and Brown streets.

Friday

Reservations are due for the Troup County Republican Women’s Meeting luncheon at Highland Country Club, which is Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. with guest speaker Danny Daniel. To make a reservation, call 706-884-3039. Cost is $12.

Churches

Today

Trinity SDA Church Prayer and Bible Study Center at 710 Jenkins St. holds community prayer and Bible study at 7 p.m. Pastor Walter Gordon, 706-812-0760

Hogansville Church of Christ, 4885 Mountville Road, holds a study on the book of Revelation at 7 p.m. with speaker J. Robert Brooks. 706-637-6476

St. Paul CME Church, 250 Lower Glass Bridge Road, hosts Bible study at 7 p.m.

Wehadkee Baptist Church, 915 Abbottsford Road, host revival services at 7 p.m.

Harrisonville Baptist Church, 2885 Highway 54 West in Hogansville, hosts revival services at 7 p.m. Brother Lanny Sledge will bring the message.

Today–Friday

Mount Beulah Baptist Church, 254 Gordon Road, hosts revival services at 7 p.m. Speakers will be the Rev. Crawford Strozier today, the Rev. Michael Jackson on Thursday and the Rev. Johnnie Basketville on Friday.

Threats Grove Baptist Church, 192 Rosemont Road, hosts revival services at 7:30 p.m.

Roe’s Chapel United Methodist Church of Whitesville hosts revival services at 7 p.m. with guest speakers each night. Daisy, 706-882-8788

Mount Pleasant C.M.E. Church holds a three-night revival. The Rev. John Parkmund is guest speaker Friday.

Thursday

Celebrate Recovery, a faith-based recovery program, meets at 6 p.m. with a fellowship meal and worship at the welcome center of First Baptist Church on Church Street. 706-884-5631

Immanuel Ministries and Worship Center at 75 Patillo Road holds Bible study at 6:30 p.m.

True Life Christian Ministries, 500 S. Lee St., hosts Bible study at 7:30 p.m. for adults and youth.

Friday

True Life Christian Ministries, 500 S. Lee St., hosts movie night from 7 to 9 p.m. Sylvia Cameron, 706-402-667

Listings for ‘In our community’ are presented for events happening in the next three-day period, space permitting. To submit an item, email it to mstrother@lagrangenews.com, fax it to 706-884-8712 or drop it by our office at 105 Ashton St. For more information, call 706-884-7311, Ext. 229. A weeklong listing appears in the weekend edition.