Music
– Jim Ricketts Memorial/AWANA fundraiser, featuring 14 singers and time for testimony about the late local gospel singer, 5 p.m. today, One Accord Community Church, 343 Sweetland Drive, Red Bank. 423-432-0860.
– Guest artist Nathan Francisco, 14, performs J.S. Bach’s 1st Sonata and other works for viol da gamba (similar to a cello), accompanied by organ and choir, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday (during worship service) in monthly Rising Artists Series at Church of the Nativity, 1201 Cross St., Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Child care provided. 706-866-9773.
– Crystle Elam, 5 p.m. today at Jim Ricketts tribute/AWANA fundraiser (see above); 11 a.m. Sunday, Graysville United Methodist Church, 265 Church St., Graysville, Tenn.; 6 p.m. CST Sunday at Amazing Grace Chapel, 255 Sherwood St., Sequatchie, Tenn. crystleelam@yahoo.com.
– Sunday Afternoon at Simpson series continues with instrumental and vocal music by Rae Reta Peel, James Peel, Gerald Peel, Susan Peel, Michael Peel, Jeff Lemon, Shawn Lemon and Jordan Lemon, 3 p.m. Sunday at Simpson United Methodist Church, 601 McFarland Ave., Rossville. 706-866-3410.
– The Talleys, 6 p.m., Sunday, April 2, Hickory Valley Baptist Church, 2320 Hickory Valley Road; freewill offering will be received. 423-892-1916.
Fundraisers
– Indoor yard sale: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. today and Saturday, April 1, at Dividing Ridge Church of God, 9400 Hixson Pike, Soddy-Daisy. $10 table rental. $5 for breakfast or lunch. 423-842-0182.
– Cookbooks: Last 30 available from Lyerly United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 152, Lyerly, GA 30730. Send $10, plus $2 shipping and handling. Call JoAnn Mitchell, 706-895-2636, for information on buying from a church member or a Chattooga County business.
– Rummage sale/bake sale: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 722 Glenwood Drive. Proceeds will go toward church repairs and building Sunday school program. Tours of the sanctuary and bookstore available, and Father Stavros Ballas will answer questions about Orthodox Christian faith. 423-629-4881.
Civic engagement
– Samaritan Ministries International representatives at Winter Jam concert, 6 p.m. Sunday, McKenzie Arena, 720 E. Fourth St., to educate concertgoers about health-care sharing, a biblical non-insurance approach to health care. www.samaritanministries.org.
– To be included in Faith Briefs, send information to ldenton@timesfreepress.com. Listings must be sent by Wednesday morning each week.