The week ahead

MONDAY

CANDLELIGHT SERVICE: 6 p.m., Bible Cathedral, 116 Furys Ferry Road, Evans; (706) 863-7090.

CANDLELIGHT COMMUNION SERVICE: 6-6:45 p.m., Shiloh United Methodist Church, 5970 Cobbham Road, Winfield; (706) 228-5013.

LIGHTS OF THE SOUTH: 6-10 p.m. through Saturday, closed Christmas Day; Interstate 20 at Louisville Road, Grovetown; $7 adults, $3 ages 6-17; free ages 5 and younger; (706) 825-6441, www.lightsofthesouth. com.

ADVENT AT WESLEY: Christmas Eve services 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7 and 11:30 p.m. Monday, Wesley United Methodist, Evans.

CHRISTMAS EVE CONCERT OF LESSONS AND CAROLS: 10:30 p.m., St. John United Methodist Church, 736 Greene St.; part of Concerts with a Cause series; free; nursery provided; benefits the United Methodist Children's Home; (706) 724-9641.

CANDLELIGHT SERVICE: 11 p.m., Cokesbury United Methodist.

CANDLELIGHT SERVICE: 6 p.m., Mount Calvary Baptist.

SERVICE: 7 p.m., Interfaith Christian Center, Hephzibah.

TUESDAY

CHRISTMAS SERVICE: 8 a.m., Carpentersville Baptist Church, North Augusta; with the Rev. Oscar Wells.

CHRISTMAS SERVICE: 9 a.m., Old Storm Branch Baptist Church, Clearwater.

CHRISTMAS SERVICE: 8:30 a.m., Runs Missionary Baptist, Beech Island.

WEDNESDAY

MARVIN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CLOTHES CLOSET: open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Wednesday, Wheeler and Belair roads; donations are accepted on the first day of every month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

CHRISTMAS IN HOPELANDS: 6 to 9 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, Hopeland Gardens; lighted holiday displays and pathways; shuttle services provided from Goodwill parking lot continuously from 6- 8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY

MARTINEZ-EVANS OPTIMIST CLUB: noon each Thursday, the Jones Creek Clubhouse; (706) 830-5730.

TOPS (TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY): 6 p.m. each Thursday, Grovetown United Methodist Church, 206 E. Robinson Ave.; a non-profit weight-loss support group; (706) 863-0726.

FRIDAY

DISCO HELL: 10 p.m., Soul Bar, 984 Broad St.; www.soulbar.com.

SHAUN PIAZZA BAND: 9 p.m., The Mission, 1157 Broad St.; Everything After with the Shaun Piazza Band and The Edison Project; www.myspace.com/themissionlive.

LYNX HOCKEY: 7:35 p.m. Friday, 7:05 p.m. Saturday and Monday, Dec. 31; James Brown Arena, 601 Seventh St.; $12-$19; www.augustalynx.com.

STEAK DINNER: 7 to 9 p.m. each Friday at American Legion Post 192, on Legion Drive off Owens Road, in Evans; (706) 863-8728.

SATURDAY

COLUMBIA INFERNO AT AUGUSTA LYNX: 7:05 p.m., James Brown Arena, 601 Seventh St.; $12-$19; www.augustalynx.com.

BIG BAND CONCERT AND DANCE: 8 p.m., Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 126 Newberry St., Aiken; $30; with the Dick Goodwin Big Band; benefits the community projects of the Aiken Women's Club; (803) 644-8837.

THE RED BALL: 7 p.m., The City Club, 724 Broad St.; VIP admission $25 (includes VIP table, open bar, heavy hors d'oeuvres); held by Brian and Cathy Mitchell; benefits the Augusta chapter of the American Red Cross; for reservations: jackie-tmg@comcast.net.

THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 192 BREAKFAST: 9:30-11 a.m. each Saturday, the post off Owens Road in Evans.

CHRISTIAN SOCIAL ASSOCIATION FOR SINGLE ADULTS DANCE: 8-11 p.m. each Saturday, Westside High School on Patriots Way in Augusta; admission is $5 for members, $7 for non-members and includes dance lessons from 7-8 p.m.

SUNDAY

ANDERSON UNIVERSITY AT AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY: 3 p.m. Sunday, Christenberry Fieldhouse, 3109 Wrightsboro Road; basketball; www.aug.edu.

CHURCH PRODUCTION: 10:30 a.m., Savannah Rapids Pavilion; Church of the Holy Comforter will present a free Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, with music and a performance by ballerina Julia Morgan; (706) 210-1133.