Vacation Bible School
• Oakwood Baptist Church, 115 Oakwood St., Chickamauga, Ga.; "Wilderness Escape: Where God Guides and Provides"; 6:15-8:30 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 706-375-5760 or www.oakwoodbc.org.
• Heritage Pointe Baptist Church, 60 Dyer Bridge Place, Ringgold, Ga.; "Agency D3" from Lifeway; 6-8:30 p.m. June 16-20; ages 4 through fifth grade; 706-858-0976, Facebook at Heritage Pointe Baptist Church or heritagepointebaptist.com.
• Soddy United Methodist Church, 255 Depot St., Soddy-Daisy; "Scavenger Hunt"; 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 16-20; ages preschool through fifth grade; 331-3960.
• Falling Water Baptist Church, 523 Roberts Mill Road, Hixson; "Agency D3" from Lifeway; 6-8:30 p.m. June 15-19; ages 4 through fifth grade; 842-5924 or 309-0685.
• Collegedale Seventh-day Adventist Church, 4829 College Drive East, Collegedale; "SonTreasure Island"; 9 a.m-noon; July 14-18; 994-2396 or cverrill@southern.edu.
Music
• White Oak Baptist Church, 2043 White Oak Valley Road NW, 11 a.m. Sunday; Jim Ricketts and Crystle Elam; also Sequoyah Baptist Tabernacle, 8405 Daisy Dallas Road; 6 p.m. Sunday; 775-2806.
• First Church of the Nazarene, 5455 North Terrace;. 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 16; gospel concert with The Isbell Family; 894-5254 or 987-4737.
• Camp Jordan, East Ridge; JFest Christian music festival; Saturday, June 21; 8 a.m. JFest/Run for God 5k; 9 a.m. music begins; artists are Mandisa, Building 429, Chris August, Rhett Walker, Finding Favour, Unspoken, Love and the Outcome, Calling Glory, They Came Running; also food vendors, booths, KidsWorld Activity area; $15 advance, $20 day of show, free children 10; tickets at jfest.com or all area Fazolis and Sweetfrogs locations.
Events
• Bible Baptist Church, 1966 Northpoint Blvd., Hixson, today-Sunday; Bible conference with Thomas M. Strouse, author of 15 books, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, Cromwell, Conn.; 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. today; 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday; free; breakfast for morning seminars is free, but reservations required at 423-488-8767.