CHURCH CHRISTMAS EVENTS

Drama

• Battlefield Baptist Church -- 178 S. Cedar Lane, Fort Oglethorpe. Presentation of "Tell Me the Story of Jesus," 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 706-866-1316, www.battlefieldbaptistchurch.org.

Music

• St. Paul's Episcopal Church -- 305 W. Seventh St. The King's Quire in final midweek Advent concert/lunch, 12:05 p.m. Wednesday. Free but freewill offering welcome. 266-8195.

• Second Presbyterian Church -- 700 Pine St.. Guest soloist Penny Tullock in final midweek Advent service/lunch, noon Wednesday. Free. 266-2828.

• Dayton Community Chapel -- 184 Mulberry St., Dayton, Tenn. Piano concert by Dr. Calvin Taylor, 4:30 p.m. Saturday. 423-775-8228.

• Carpenter's Cowboy Church -- 3616 Rossville Blvd. Concert, "The Newborn King," featuring fully orchestrated carols from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England, and other music arranged and performed by Norris & Smart, 7 p.m. Saturday. Reception follows. Free. 355-2962.

• Free Hope Baptist Church -- 4176 Highway 76, Chatsworth, Ga. Choir cantata, "Mary Did You Know?," 11 a.m. Sunday. 706-695-3717.

• Sand Mountain United Methodist Church -- 2026 Highway 136, Trenton, Ga. Cantata, "Emmanuel -- God With Us," by combined choirs of Sand Mountain and Rising Fawn United Methodist churches, 11:30 a.m. Sunday. 706-657-6837.

• St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church -- 2514 Williams St. "Soulful Christmas," songs of praise and seasonal joy featuring guests Alia Crutcher-Zachery, Alfred Barnes, Ed Huey and James Elder, 5 p.m. Sunday. 267-6869.

• Chattanooga First Seventh-day Adventist Church -- 7450 Standifer Gap Road. Third annual all-denomination "Messiah" community sing-along, 6 p.m. Sunday (open rehearsal at 7 p.m. Saturday). Free but offering taken to defray expenses; 605-2468.

• New Liberty Baptist Church -- 13827 Eldridge Road, Birchwood. Concert by Jim Ricketts and Crystle Elam, 6 p.m. Sunday. 961-0014.

-- Compiled by staff writer Clint Cooper