YOU'RE INVITED

Buffet breakfast, Baron Stiegel Lions Club of Clay & Elizabeth Township, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, Brickerville Fire Hall, Hopeland Road and Route 322; $7 per adult, $3.50 per child. Tickets available at the door or in advance; call Pat Jeffers, 336-8170.

Rough Riders 4-H Horse and Pony Club, re-organizational meeting, 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, Zion United Church of Christ of New Providence, 900 Winter Hill Road, Strasburg. Call Debbie Anspach, 786-9324, for details on Rough Riders. For information on 4-H in general, call Lori Little, Penn State Extension Service, 394-6851.

Christian Women's Clubs, brunch speaker Barbara Vernoski on "My Life Took Off When I Used the Right Flight Plan":

•Lancaster Red Rose, 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, Four Seasons Golf Club, 949 Church St., Landisville; $9. For reservations, call Denise Meyer, 285-7390, or e-mail meyden@embarqmail.com no later than Monday, Jan. 5.

•Elizabethtown/Mount Joy, 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, The Gathering Place, 6 Pine St., Mount Joy; $9. For reservations, call Pat Wood, 367-2806, no later than Friday, Jan. 2.

Pork and sauerkraut buffet dinner, Robert Fulton Fire Company Auxiliary, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, fire hall, Routes 272 and 222, Wakefield; $8 per adult, $4 per child 5-10 years old, free for those ages 4 and younger; adult-portion takeouts available.

Newcomers & Neighbors Club, 11:30 a.m. gathering, lunch at noon, Wednesday, Jan. 14, Olde Greenfield Inn, 595 Greenfield Road, featuring talk on Stevens-Smith Historic Site, $20. To register, call Cheryl Waack, 560-2203.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Diabetes, "Diabetes and Illness,"1 or 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, Cocalico Center for Health, 63 W. Church St., Stevens. Registration required; call Wellness Center of Ephrata Community Hospital, 336-6578.

Grief, Hospice of Lancaster County's PATHways Center for Grief and Loss, 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy, unless otherwise noted. Adult topic is "The Six Needs of Mourning." To register, call the center, 391-2413:

•Coping With the Loss of a Loved One, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, Willow Valley Manor North, 600 Willow Valley Square; 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, Ephrata Cancer Center, 460 N. Reading Ave.; 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7.

•Coping With the Loss of a Parent, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6.

•Coping With the Loss of a Companion or Spouse, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20; 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27.

•Coping With the Loss of a Child, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27.

•Newly bereaved, 12:30 or 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 13, 20 and 27.

•Bereavement workshops, "Laughing Your Stress Away: Resiliency Through Humor," 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan 13 (snow date, Wednesday. Jan. 21); also, "When is it OK to Date Again?" 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10.

•Bereaved Men's Breakfast Group, 8 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, The Apple Tree Restaurant at Woods Edge, 100 S. Centerville Road.

•Family Grief/Coping Kids, eight-week series begins 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15.

Divorce/Separation, Calvary Church, 1051 Landis Valley Road, DivorceCare and DivorceCare for Kids ages 6-12, 13-week, Bible-based, begins 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, Room ED315 for adults; call church office, 560-2341, for additional details.

HEALTH

Ephrata Community Hospital programs. Preregistration required for most programs; call the Wellness Center, 336-6578, unless otherwise specified:

•Freedom from Smoking Clinic, 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, through Feb. 19, Ephrata Recreation Center, 130 S. Academy Drive; free.

•Cardiopulmonary resuscitation course for health providers, 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, Cocalico Center for Health, 63 W. Church St., Stevens; $55 includes pocket mask.

•Childbirth education, 6 p.m. Tuesdays Jan. 6-Feb. 10; Wednesdays Jan. 7-Feb. 11, and Thursdays, Jan. 8-Feb. 12, Brossman Center for Health, 136 Lake St., Ephrata; $60. Call the maternity unit, 738-6667.

•Healthy Moves exercise, 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, Jan. 2-Feb. 25, Ephrata Church of the Brethren, 201 Crescent Ave.; 40.

Lancaster General program, "Building Your Immunity," 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, Lancaster Airport terminal, 500 Airport Road, Lititz. Registration required, 800-341-2121; free for Spirit of Women members; $20 membership (allows two to join for price of one).

SENIORS/RETIREES

Early Birds Walking Club, Ephrata Community Hospital; $25 annual membership. Free for one-walk trial. Call the Wellness Center, 336-6578:

•Jan. 5 — 7:30 a.m., meets at Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road.

•Jan. 12 — 7 a.m., meets at hospital, 169 Martin Ave.; features breakfast and speaker

•Jan. 26 — 7:30 a.m., meets Ephrata Recreation Center, 130 S. Academy Drive.

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