A Night of Books, Gifts and Stories, The Jane Baird Lecture. Cathedral Book Store presents three women writers — the Rev. Martha Sterne, the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor and Dr. Beth-Sarah Wright. Special recognition will be given to Sue Tierney, bookstore manager, who is retiring at the end of the year. 7 p.m. Sept. 19. Free, but make a reservation at 404-237-7682 or email or cbs3@mindspring.com. Cathedral of St. Philip, 2744 Peachtree Road NW, Atlanta.

Ugly Pants Golf Tournament and Silent Auction/Cookout. The Fifth Ugly Pants Golf Open for St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church returns to Dogwood Golf Club for a fun afternoon. Competition, prizes, live music, dinner at 5 p.m. 9 a.m. first starts, Sept. 20. Golf is $125 per person, dinner reservations suggested $15 per family. Register at https://stbenedicts.episcopalatlanta.org/Content/Ugly_Pants_Open.asp. Dogwood Golf Club, 4207 Flint Hill Road, Austell.

2013 Epoch Awards. The 2013 Epoch Awards will give grants to unsung heroes for tackling issues like poverty, sex trafficking, HIV/AIDS, the need for clean water, homelessness and Christian discipleship. Winners will receive awards totaling $50,000 that will then be used by recipients to restore places, people, and begin and sustain projects that impact people’s lives. At the red carpet, black-tie dinner, guests will enjoy networking, conversation, live music, and the awards presentations by special guests & best-selling authors, Bob Goff & Jon Acuff. Oct. 28, 6 p.m. Tickets start at $125. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta. http://epochawards.com/.

Death Cafe Atlanta 6. Designed to provide a safe and comfortable setting for people to talk about death while drinking tea and coffee and eating cake. The objective is “to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.” Sept. 21, 3 p.m. Free, but ticketed from http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/455671?date=891815. Donations accepted. Historic Oakland Cemetery, 248 Oakland Ave SE, Atlanta

First Baptist Atlanta Book Club. Join others in discussing New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas’s book “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy.” Influential German pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s reputation and influence has continued to grow since his death at the hands of Nazis at the end of World War II. For more information, email to Rachael Johnson at rachaelallison@gmail.com or to library@fba.org. Sept. 15 and Oct. 20, 1 p.m. Free. First Baptist conference room, 4400 North Peachtree Road, Atlanta.