Current events

Church anniversary

The Pastor's Support Ministry of Gospel Water Branch Baptist Church, 703 Furys Ferry Road in Evans, will celebrate its 20th Anniversary at 10:45 a.m. today.

The speaker will be the Rev. Corliss Health of Flipper Temple AME Church in Atlanta. For more information, call 860-7091.

Tsunami prayers

A communitywide prayer service on behalf of victims of the east Asia earthquake and tsunami will be held today at 6 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church, 825 N. Belair Road in Evans.

Sponsors include Wesley, Mosaic and The Quest United Methodist churches. For information, call Carolyn Moore, 877-6468.

Sierra Club meets

Augusta's Sierra Club meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday will feature a discussion from "Possumologist" Kathy Roe, who will bring live possums and discuss her work caring for injured wildlife.

The meeting will be at the Unitarian-Universalist Church, Walton Way Extension.

Lecture series

North Carolina artist Patrick Dougherty will present a lecture as part of Augusta State's Lyceum Series at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Morris Museum of Art, 1 10th St. in Augusta.

Seating is limited. Admission is free for museum members and high school, college and university students and faculty members with ID, but costs $3 for adults and $2 for seniors and military personnel.

For information, call 724-7501.

Library meeting

Friends of the Columbia County Libraries will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the annex of the Gibbs Memorial Library, 326 N. Belair Road in Evans.

For information, write Opal Hoard at ghoard@ mindspring.com or call 863-6989.

Open house

First Baptist Church of Augusta, 3500 Walton Way, will hold its 2005-06 open house for preschool and kindergarten programs at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Walton Building, Room 101.

Participants will learn general information and the registration process and will visit classrooms for 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds. For information, call Patti Fowler at 731-5366.

A local theater group prepares to stage an interactive murder mystery.