LaGrange, Troup County and surrounding area events — Feb. 11, 2016
Published 12:00 am Thursday, February 11, 2016
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
Moonlight Ballroom Dance Club of LaGrange hosts a Valentine dance 8 p.m. at the LaFayette Christian School gym, 1904 Hamilton Road in LaGrange. Visitor couples are welcome at $20 per couple. Attire is dressy or cocktail — coat and tie. 706-881-2734.
Meetings: 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
Sunday
Events: LaGrange Memorial Library, 115 Alford St., hosts Taste of Storytelling at 2 p.m. Barry Stewart Mann and local story tellers will speak. Sponsored by LSPA Azalea Storytelling Festival and Friends of LaGrange Memorial Library. www.thrl.org
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: The Rocky Mount Baptist Church, 515 Hillcrest Road in Hogansville, hosts Family and Friends Day at 2 p.m.
Welcome Baptist Church in the Redline Community hosts a Black History program at 2:30 p.m. Guest speaker is the Rev. Kenneth Bailey of White Plains Baptist Church in Senoia.
McGhee Chapel AME Church on Hammett Road observes Black History Month at 3:30 p.m. The Rev. Viola Parker is guest speaker.
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
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.