Grief support
* Bottom Line Counseling Ministry, 63 Pin Oak Drive in Rock Spring, Ga., will host a weekly GriefShare recovery/support group beginning Tuesday. Among the sessions are “The Effects of Grief,” “When Your Spouse Dies” and “Using the Holidays To Heal From Grief.”
For information or registration, call the counseling office at 706-764-1951.
Guest Speakers
*Prophecy speaker Dr. Jimmy DeYoung will speak in the 9 and 11 a.m. services of Stuart Heights Baptist Church, 3208 Hixson Pike, and the 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. services of Stuart Heights North campus, 1505 Cloverdale Drive.
Dr. DeYoung has interviewed international leaders such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli President Shimon Peres, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher and Palestinian Yasser Arafat. He is a frequent guest on “Day of Discovery” and has a daily show on 1,500 Internet and radio stations. For more information, call 877-2643.
* Westside Baptist Churcch, 3399 Lakeview Drive in Rossville, Ga., will hear Jerry Adkins from the Baptist World Missionary Outreach Ministries, at the 10:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. service Sunday. For more information, call 866-9312.
Enrichment opportunities
* The Rev. Marcia M. Cham will lead a workshop based on her book, You Mean I Have to Look at the Body? Stories of Living and Dying,” on Saturday, Jan. 9, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Alexzanna Farms in Wildwood, Ga.
The retired minister, hospice and hospital chaplain will offer insightful, humorous, and caring advice on a subject rarely talked about: death.
Registration is $40, which includes a copy of the book, lunch and workshop materials. For information or to register, call Suzanna Alexander at 706-820-9042 or e-mail supersuz@bellsouth.net
* New Bible study courses on the books of Lamentations, Nehemiah and Esther will be offered this winter by Precept Ministries International, 7324 Noah Reid Road, and may be taken for academic credit in partnership with Tennessee Temple University and Temple Baptist Seminary.
The orientation for the ministry’s Precept Upon Precept course on Lamentations, featuring ministry co-founder Kay Arthur, will be Tuesday , with the first live lecture/discussion on Jan. 12. The course will be offered at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and at 2 p.m. on Thursdays. Mrs. Arthur’s lecture will be live at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday and recorded for the other two sessions.
The cost for all sessions, excluding tax, is $6.75.
The orientation for the Nehemiah course is Feb. 2, and the orientation for the Esther course is March 16. Additional Bible study courses, each on Tuesdays at 9 a.m., are “Lord, Teach Me to Pray,” for children ages 8 to 12, from Jan. 5 through Feb. 16; “God’s Amazing Creation,” for children ages 8 to 12, from Feb. 23 through April 13; “Joseph,” for homeschooled middle school students, from Jan. 12 through March 3; “Esther,” for homeschooled middle school students, from March 16 through April 13; “Lamentations,” for homeschooled high school students, from Jan. 5 through Jan. 26; “Nehemiah,” for homeschooled high school students, from Feb. 2 through March 2; and “Esther,” for homeschooled high school students, from March 16 through April 13. For information or registration, call Precept at 888-678-5660.
* Chattanooga Bible Institute announces upcoming short-term classes for winter-spring semester. Classes are led by Susan Cross. The cost of each class is $35.
Conversation Peace: Seven-week study about how to use words to positively impact relationships meets 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, beginning Jan. 7.
Daniel: Lives of Integrity/Words of Prophecy: 12-week study of the life and prophecies of Daniel meets 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Fridays, beginning Jan. 8.
Boundaries: 13-week study about personal boundaries and their impact on relationships meets noon to 2 p.m. on Fridays, beginning Jan. 8
For more information or to register, call CBI at 266-4574.