Benefit
• Nellie Head Memorial Baptist Church, 2379 Catoosa Parkway, Tunnel Hill Ga.; 7 p.m. Jan. 8 (preceded by 5 p.m. dinner); benefit supper/singing for cancer patient Lisa Smith featuring The Jeff Hullender Family, Pipeline and The Nellie Head Baptist Youth Choir (Modern Woodmen of America will match donations up to $2,500); 423-779-2456.
Enrichment
• Chattanooga Bible Institute, 1815 McCallie Ave.; short-term classes for women: “Nature of God,” nine-week study about the character of God, 10-11 a.m. Wednesdays, beginning Jan. 5; “Revelation: Here and Now … There and Then,” 11-week video/lecture series, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays, beginning Jan. 6; “Patriarchs,” 11-week study on the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Fridays, beginning Jan. 7; “Healing Is a Choice,” 13-week reading/discussion group on life-transforming choices and the lies that prevent us from making them, noon-2 p.m. Fridays, beginning Jan. 7, or 10:30 a.m.-noon Tuesdays, beginning Jan. 11; $35 per course; 266-4574.
Hearing skills
• Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6 N. Moore Road; 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, for two eight-week series, beginning Jan. 4, or J103 FM radio station, 5512 Ringgold Road, East Ridge, 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays, for two eight-week series, beginning Jan. 4 (participants can join anytime); classes for the hard of hearing led by The Lip Reading Academy in lip reading and coping skills in the home, workplace and church; $99; 624-1669 or e-mail letmypeoplehear@yahoo.com.
Music
• Tyner United Methodist Church, 6805 Standifer Gap Road; 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 9; concert/testimony/multimedia presentation by New Song, an internationally touring group of eight young adults from Chile and Romania; free but love offering will be taken; 892-0444.
Scholarship
• Dora Maclellan Brown Ministry Scholarships; available through the Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation to men and women from the Chattanooga area who are biblically conservative and seeking a master’s degree at a theological seminary or other graduate school approved by the foundation; awards, based on merit and need for the duration of the degree program, usually two to four years, will be announced in April; application deadline 5 p.m. Feb. 15; 266-5257 or www.cccfdn.org.
Transition
• The Rev. Jocelyn Bell, rector of Christ Church-Episcopal since 1999, retired at the end of 2010. The Rev. John Talbird, retired longtime rector of Church of the Good Shepherd-Episcopal, will lead Sunday worship services in January and February.
Faith nursing
• Memorial Health Care System, 2525 DeSales Ave.; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 2, Feb. 9 and Feb. 16 and 4:30-7:30 p.m. March 1, March 15 and March 29; faith community nurse program offered for registered nurses who want to bring health and wellness to their faith community; all classes must be completed for 7 p.m. April 5 commissioning/graduation; registration deadline Jan. 20; 495-6163 or e-mail connie_blake@memorial.org.
– Compiled by staff writer Clint Cooper