Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

SUPPORT GROUPS

Friday

7 p.m. -- Celebrate Recovery, for people in recovery from any overwhelming or addictive behavior, meets at Ephrata Grace EC Church, 131 Terrace Ave., Ephrata. Information: eph ratagraceec.com.

Monday

10 a.m. -- Alzheimer's Association's Caregivers' group meets with a music therapist in the Village Square Concord Room of Garden Spot Village, 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland. Information: Joanne Morton, 355-6076. Possible respite care during meeting: 355-6226.

7 p.m. -- Celebrate Recovery, for people in recovery from any overwhelming or addictive behavior, meets at LCBC Church, 2392 Mount Joy Road, Manheim. Information: 653-6266.

7 p.m. -- Memory Loss group discusses in-home services for those with dementia or memory loss, in the third-floor conference room of Lancaster General's health campus, 2100 Harrisburg Pike. Information: Shelby Swartley, 544-3280.

Tuesday

12:30 p.m. -- Newly Bereaved Program begins a three-Tuesday series at Hospice & Community Care's PATHways Center, 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy. Information: 391-2413.

6:30 p.m. -- SHARE Early Loss group meets at Lancaster General's health campus, 2100 Harrisburg Pike. Information: 823-2789.

6:30 p.m. -- Families Helping Families, community education for those struggling with addiction or codependency, and adult children of alcoholics, meets at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 3131 Columbia Ave., Centerville. Information: 774-0423.

7 p.m. -- Compassionate Friends, support for those who have experienced the death of a child at any age, meets at New Life Assembly of God Church, 1991 Old Philadelphia Pike. Information: Linda Lowe, 626-4832.

7 p.m. -- Lancaster Us TOO Prostate Cancer Community Network hosts "Stories From the Heart, Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer -- The Treatment Choices We Made, and Why" panel discussion, in the third-floor conference room of Lancaster General's health campus, 2100 Harrisburg Pike. Information: Tom Sumoski, 569-3444.

Wednesday

6:30 p.m. -- Celebrate Recovery, for people in recovery from any overwhelming or addictive behavior, held by Tapestry Church, at Grace EC Church, 22 Kready Ave., Millersville. Information: 945-6505.

7 p.m. -- EXIT adult support group for ex-offenders meets at First United Methodist Church, Duke and Walnut streets. Information: Marian, 569-3008, or Elinor, 394-1643.

n For a full range of support groups in Lancaster County, call United Way LINC 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: 291-5462. Domestic Violence Services of Lancaster County holds weekly confidential support groups in the Ephrata and Columbia areas for victims of domestic violence. Call 299-1249 (collect calls are accepted) for information.

Local 12-step program information:

n Adult Children Anonymous: 290-7723

n Alcoholics Anonymous: 394-3238

n Al-Anon/Adult Children of Alcoholics, at Heart of Lancaster Hospital: 1-888-4AL-ANON

n For meetings anywhere in the world, call the Al-Anon hot line at 1-888-4AL-ANON

n Gam-Anon: 1-888-213-3945

n Narcotics Anonymous: 393-4546

n Nar-Anon Family Group: 285-2909

n Overeaters Anonymous: 610-370-9090

Send Datebook support group listings to: Jen Kopf, jkopf@Lnpnews.com, with "Datebook" in the subject line.