Benefits
* Olivia Baptist Church, 1817 Guy St., Dalton, Ga.; noon today (motorcycle ride, $20), 4 p.m. (chili supper, $5), 6 p.m. (gospel singing featuring Voices Won and From the Heart); benefits medical expenses of Alfred Smith; 706-270-2877, 706-673-7073.
* St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2514 Williams St.; 6 p.m. Friday (Trunk or Treat/carnival) and 11 a.m. Oct. 30 (fish fry/T-shirt sale); Mentors of the Community fundraiser; 267-6869.
Drama
* Orchard Knob Missionary Baptist Church, 1734 E. Third St.; 6 p.m. today and 5 p.m. Sunday; “He’s a Good Man” deals with strength, love and spiritual welfare; free; 629-6115.
Enrichment
* Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church, 1607 W. 43rd St.; 11 a.m. Sunday; discussion by the Rev. Benjamin King, assistant professor of church history at the University of the South, about the newly published Anglican Covenant, a document drafted by delegates of the worldwide Anglican Communion intended to strengthen the bonds of the Anglican Communion and further establish a common understanding of doctrine and belief in response to recent tensions in the church; 821-3135.
* Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 1800 N. Chamberlain Ave.; 9 a.m. Oct. 30; Rita Carr speaker for cancer awareness breakfast; $10 donation adults, $5 children (15-under); 698-0337 or 698-3232.
Family
* Living Word Ministries, 4295 Cromwell Road; 6-9 p.m. Oct. 30; fall festival offers prizes, games, candy and food; admission $3 or two canned goods; 533-5009.
* Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6 N. Moore Road; 6 p.m. Oct. 31; fall fest offers food, games and candy; free; www.ridgeviewbc.com.
* White Oak Baptist Church, 310 Memorial Drive; 6 p.m. Oct. 31; magician Lance Johnson/Trunk or Treat; 877-8551.
Lecture
* Chapel, Lynn Wood Hall, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tenn.; 7 p.m. Thursday; archaeology dialogue, “Uncovering the Past: 50 Years of Biblical Archaeology,” led by SAU professor Michael Hasel and University of Arizona emeritus professor William Dever; free; 236-2027.
Meeting
* Highland Park Baptist Church, 1907 Bailey Ave.; 6:30 p.m. Tuesday; Randy Davis, newly elected executive director of Tennessee Baptist Convention, speaker for 61st Annual Meeting of Hamilton County Baptist Association of churches; 267-3794.
Music
* First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1505 N. Moore Road; 11 a.m. Sunday; service, concert and meal celebrate Bruce Clark’s 35 years as organ master; 698-2556.
* Bethlehem-Wiley United Methodist Church 504 Lookout St.; 5 p.m. Sunday; concert by Chattanooga Gospel Orchestra; 756-5463.
* St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 305 W. Seventh St.; 7:30 p.m. Friday (organ recital, $10 adults, $5 students), Oct. 30 (workshop on church music, liturgy and architecture, $35), 5 p.m. Oct. 31 (hymn festival, reception, both free); weekend of events with organist/composer David Hurd, professor of church music at General Theological Seminary and 2010 American Guild of Organists Composer of the Year; 266-8195.
* English Avenue Baptist Church, 1512 47th St.; 6 p.m. Oct. 31; concert by Scenic City Quartet; 704-0425 or info@sceniccityquartet.com.
Transitions
* Max Parris recently resigned as pastor of First Lakeview Baptist Church, 10 Hudson St., in Rossville, Ga. … Jacob Burnett recently resigned as minister of youth at Harbor Lights Baptist Church, 600 Crane St., in LaFayette, Ga.
Retreats
* St. Mary’s Sewanee, 770 St. Mary’s Lane, Sewanee, Tenn.; 6 p.m. CDT Friday-11 a.m. Oct. 31; the Very Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III, dean of Washington National Cathedral, facilitator for “All Things Made New — on Being a 21st-Century Christian”; $175 commuters, $275 residents; www.stmaryssewanee.org.
* Benedictine Sisters Retreat Center, 916 Convent Road N.E., Cullman, Ala.; 6 p.m. CDT Friday-noon Oct. 31; intensive centering prayer retreat; $195 (includes private room, meals); 256-734-8302 or retreats@shmon.org.
* St. Mary’s Sewanee, 770 St. Mary’s Lane, Sewanee, Tenn.; 3 p.m. CDT Oct. 31-3 p.m. Nov. 1; Amy Lyles Wilson facilitator for “The Language of Loss: Putting Grief Into Words”; $60 commuters, $100 residents; www.stmaryssewanee.org.
Women’s event
* First Presbyterian Church, 554 McCallie Ave.; noon Thursday; Pamela Lucas Stringfield speaker for Scenic City Women’s Network October luncheon on “Being Transformed by the Truth”; $10 members, $12 visitors (reservations deadline Tuesday); 698-6262 or romaine@scwn.org.
— Compiled by staff writer Clint Cooper