LaGrange, Troup County and surrounding area events — July 9, 2016
Published 12:00 am Friday, July 8, 2016
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.
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.
The LaGrange Memorial Library, 115 Alford St., hosts a free class on genealogy to help attendees learn to use Ancestry.com, find ancestors and build a family tree at 10:30 a.m. Request a five-generation chart at registration. Registration is required because seating is limited. To register, fill out a form at the circulation desk or call 706-882-7784 ext. 20.
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
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.
Monday
Events: A beginner scrapbook class is offered at the Active Life Center on Ragland Street at 1 p.m. There is no cost for the class. A registration form and supply list can be picked up at the center.
The LaGrange Memorial Library, 115 Alford St., hosts a free class on using an iPad at 6 p.m. Bring your own iPad. Registration is required because seating is limited. To register, fill out a form at the circulation desk or call 706-882-7784 ext. 20.
Meetings: The Experimental Aircraft Organization meets at 6:30 a.m. at LaGrange-Callaway Airport.
Downtown LaGrange Development Authority Business and Economic Development meets at 2 p.m. at the LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce.
West Point City Council meets at 6 p.m. at City Hall.
The Troup County Brain Injury Support Group meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Clearview Chapel fellowship hall at 2101 S. Davis Road. Susan Blackburn, 706-302-1887
West Georgia Flyers Club meets at 6:30 p.m. All cyclists may attend. Vicki Shaddix, http://www.westgeorgiaflyers.org/contactus.html
The Troup County branch of the NAACP holds a general membership meeting at 7 p.m. at the William Griggs Recreational Center.
The Amputee Support Group of West Georgia and East Alabama meets 7 p.m. at the Women’s Health Center, 1802 Vernon Road, suite 200.
Churches: Warren Temple United Methodist Church, 614 E. Depot St., hosts prayer service at 7 p.m.
The S.O.U.L. (survivors of unexpected loss), a new support group for anyone who has experienced a loss through suicide, meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Builders Sunday School classroom under the sanctuary of LaGrange First United Methodist Church, 401 Broad St. churchoffice@lagrangefumc.org, 706-884-4635
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.