LaGrange, Troup County and surrounding area events — Dec. 9, 2015
Published 12:00 am Thursday, December 10, 2015
Friday
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
The Moonlight Ballroom Dance Club hosts a Christmas dance is 8 p.m. at the Lafayette Christian School gym, 1904 Hamilton Road in LaGrange. Visitor couples welcome at $20 per couple. Attire is coat and tie/dressy. 706-881-2734.
Meetings: The Troup County Commission meets for a work session at 9 a.m. in the Commissioners’ conference room on the third floor of the Government Center.
Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St., hosts AA meetings at noon and 6 p.m.
Saturday
Events: God’s Breadbasket, a food pantry serving Hogansville residents, is open 9 a.m.–noon.
Jefferson Street Market featuring local wares and produce is 9:30 a.m. to noon at 625 Jefferson St.
Meetings: Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St., hosts AA meetings 10:30 a.m. for women, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness Family hosts support groups for those with a mental illness and for their family and friends at 10:30 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 120 Broad St. in LaGrange, led by trained facilitators. 706-594-4714
Churches: 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
Troup County Community Choir performs its 10th annual Christmas cantata, Celebrating the Joy and Wonder of Christmas, at 7 p.m. at Warren Temple United Methodist Church, 416 E. Depot St. Free admission.
Sunday
Events: The LaGrange Woman’s Club is scheduled to host a Christmas Tea event at Bellevue, 204 Ben Hill St., featuring food and teas from the period in which the home was built, and will offer attendees an opportunity to experience the household through the lens of the Victorian era. For reservations, call 706-884-1832. Tickets are $20, payable at the door.
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.
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.
Churches: Callaway Baptist Church hosts discipleship training, youth and children’s classes at 5 p.m.
Uplifting Your Faith Ministries, 104 Youngs Mill Road, hosts spiritual counseling/healing at 5 p.m. with Bishop R.L. Darden.
Ongoing
Exhibits
LaGrange Art Museum presents the exhibition Mirror Mirror through Jan. 16. in partnership with Hills & Dales for a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Callaway family home. Featuring portraiture mirroring portraiture, the exhibit takes a look at portraiture across centuries and cultures, and will include some Troup County residents. LaGrange Art Museum, 112 Lafayette Parkway, is open Tuesday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 706-882-3267