Events

Today

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

Thursday-Saturday

The LaGrange High School Drama Department presents “The Diviners,” a play by Jim Leonard, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $6 for students and $8 for adults.

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

Moonlight Dance Club hosts a beginner tango lesson and a couples dance at LaFayette Christian School gym, 1904 Hamilton Road. The Beginner Tango lesson with instructor Sally Estes is 7 p.m. and couple’s dance is 8 p.m. Attire is dressy casual. All are welcome at $20 per couple. 706-884-5857

Saturday

Mike Cunningham, owner of Country Garden Farms, hosts a class at 10 a.m. at Hills and Dales Estate where he shares his approach to eating locally grown, organic food. Participants will get sources for local and regionally grown food and each participant will leave with a bag of fresh greens and a root crop. Cost is $30 per person. Workshop space is limited and pre-registration is required. Garden admission is included in registration. Annual pass holders receive a 20 percent discount. To register, email info@hillsanddales.org or call the visitor center at 706-882-3242.

The LaGrange Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority hosts 2013 National Impact Day to fight obesity from noon to 2 p.m. with activities and snacks at the William Griggs Recreation Center, 716 Glenn Robertson Drive. Marcus Pollard, a former NFL player and former cast member on “The Amazing Race” TV show will be special guest.

Ralphy Lynch and Friends perform Patsy Cline music with Cynthia Southerd at 7 p.m. at The Active Life on Ragland Street. Open to all adults. Admission is $5.

Monday

The Salvation Army, 806 Murphy Ave., provides emergency food assistance 9 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 3 p.m. Picture ID and Social Security card are needed.

A beginner scrapbook class is offered at the Active Life Center on Ragland Street at 11 a.m. There is no cost for the class. A registration form and supply list can be picked up at the center.

Free, confidential HIV testing is available starting at 4 p.m. at Pathways at 122 Gordon Commercial Drive. Must be at least 18. 706-845-4054

LaGrange Humanists, Inc. hosts the discussion Parenting and Morality In Our Era of Declining Church Attendance at 6 p.m. at LaGrange Memorial Library, 115 Alford St., moderated by Dr. Ric Chamber. Mike Smith, 706-882-6664.

Meetings

Thursday

Crime Stoppers meets at 6 p.m. in the LaGrange Police Department training room.

The Newcomers Club hosts its general meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall at Saint Peter’s Catholic Church. Speaker for the evening will be Tammy Forbus, volunteer coordinator at LaGrange Hospice.

Rehearsals for the LaGrange Civic Chorale are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Troup High School chorus room. choralsociety@charter.net, 706-882-2734

LaGrange Serenity Groups and Al-Anon meet at 7 p.m. at Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St.

Community Action For Improvement meets at 7 p.m. in the CAFI central office.

The Sons of LaGrange Lodge No. 537, a Prince Hall affiliate, meets at 7:30 p.m. at the corner of Brown and Watson streets.

Friday

The Lunch Bunch Alateen Family Group meets at noon at Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St.

Saturday

The National Alliance on Mental Illness Family meets at 10:30 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 120 Broad St., in LaGrange with a session for those diagnosed with mental illness and a session for family members, both led by trained facilitators. 706-594-4714

Sunday

Alpha Xi chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity meets at 5 p.m. at the 100 Black Men of West Georgia Resource Center on Union Street.

Monday

Boy Scout Troop 10 meets at 7 p.m. in the Troup County Sportsman Building on Roanoke Road.

Churches

Today

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

Faith Temple Church of Deliverance hosts a 15th pre-anniversary celebration honoring assistant pastor M. T. Jackson at 7 p.m.

Rising Grove Baptist Church hosts Joy Night at 7 p.m. Minister Roxanne Tobias will be speaking.

True Life Christian Ministries, 500 S. Lee St., hosts youth night from 7 to 9 p.m. Sylvia Cameron, 706-402-6670

Saturday

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

Solomon Grove Baptist Church, 1 Fulton St., hosts a 16th anniversary service for brother Garfield Heard at 6 p.m. Sister Alice Lewis is mistress of ceremony with host The Star Wonder of Camp Hill, Ala.

Burks Chapel United Methodist Church’s music department celebrates its choir anniversary at 6 p.m.

Sunday

Faith Temple Church of Deliverance hosts the 15th anniversary of evangelist Mildred. T. Jackson at 10 a.m.

Hillcrest Baptist Church, 3637 Robert Hayes Road, hosts New Desire at 10:30 a.m. Dan Robinson will bring the message.

Rising Grove Baptist Church celebrates pastor Joannie Baskerville’s fifth anniversary at 11:30 a.m. Pastor Simpson from Mountain Springs Baptist church will speak, and at 2:30 p.m. Pastor Strickland from Massadonia Baptist Church and Mt. Zion Baptist in Cornith will speak.

Valley Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 126 Grady St., presents its 26th pastoral celebration of the Rev. Charles W. and first lady Rochelle Martin at 11:30 a.m. Guest minister is the Rev. Tyrice Holt Sr. and Pleasant Hill Baptist Church of Valley, Ala., and 3 p.m. guest minister is the Rev. James Wright and Zion Hill Truth Center of Douglasville.

Saint Paul CME Church, 250 Lower Glass Bridge Road, hosts the musical concert Experiencing God at the Next Level featuring pastor Calvin Daniel as the musical ministry instructor at 4 p.m.

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

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