Music
* Jim Ricketts and Crystal Elam; 11 a.m. Sunday, Nonaburg House of Prayer, Highway 39 East, Englewood, Tenn.; also 6 p.m. Sunday, Union Hill Baptist Church, 258 County Road 659, Athens, Tenn.; 775-2806.
* Danny Wolfe; 7 p.m. tonight & 10:30 a.m. Sunday; Oak Grove Church of God, 9811 Highway 58, Ooltewah; 310-5114.
* Brass Spectacular II with the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensemble; 7:30 p.m. Monday; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 305 W. Seventh St.; $10 adults, $5 students; stpaulschatt.org, 266-8195.
Workshops
* Single Friends Spring Study Series; 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, through June 4; using “The Prodigal God” by Timothy Keller to study one of Jesus’ most well-known parables; Westmore Church of God, Room 218, 2200 Candies Lane NW, Cleveland, Tenn.; free, but donations welcome; 728-4995 or clevelandfriends777@yahoo.com.
* A Wing and a Prayer Workshop; 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. today; Soddy United Methodist Church, 255 Depot St., Soddy-Daisy; free; dinner and breakfast provided; free childcare; registration deadline is Sunday; call Kathy Jones at 332-1992 or email rebeljnk@comcast.net
Events
* First Baptist Church Rummage Sale; 8 a.m. today; 2645 LaFayette Road, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; proceeds support church missions and outreach efforts; 706-866-0232.
* National Day of Prayer; noon Thursday; Hamilton County Courthouse, 600 Georgia Ave. 697-9866.
Outreach
* Clinical Pastoral Education Scholarship; Hospice of Chattanooga offering a scholarship for one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education to a qualified member of the area clergy; begins June 1; for information, call Chaplain Pat Davis at 827-4141.
Achievement
* The Rev. William Terry Ladd III of the First Baptist Church, 506 E. Eighth St., has been accepted into Morehouse College’s Martin Luther King Jr. College of Pastoral Leadership. The 12-month program is tailored on the principles of King’s goal for an academic and theological approach to developing pastoral leaders. Ladd earned a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Morehouse and a Master of Divinity degree from Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology. He is pursuing a Doctorate of Ministry in homiletics from the Associated Chicago Theological Schools at McCormick Theological Seminary.
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