SUPPORT GROUPS

>> Medical Center Hospital Diabetes Support Group. Meets at 5:30 p.m. the last Tuesday of each month January through November. At Redeemer Lutheran Fellowship Hall, 824 East 18th. Entrance and parking on south side of church. Call 640-2162.

>> Wellness Support Group is for positive individuals who meet weekly to improve physical and mental health in a fun atmosphere. The group meets from 11 a.m. to noon each Friday at the ABLE Center for Independent Living, 3415 Brentwood Drive. Call 580-3439.

>> MIDLAND The Permian Basin Gamblers Anonymous. Meets at 3 p.m. Sundays at 206
N. Midkiff Road, Suite 1-D, Midland. Call 853-4619.

>> Alcoholics Anonymous. Call 580-7868 for times, dates and locations of the meetings.

>> HopeKeepers. Meets at 1:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Lutheran Church of the Risen Lord, corner of 21st Street and Grandview Avenue to help people who suffer from chronic pain or illness. Call 362-2549.

>> The West Texas Healthy Marriage Project. Seminars scheduled from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday. Admission is free. Call 889-5310 for locations.

>> Safe Place of the Permian Basin support groups. "Love Shouldn't Hurt" meets from
5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Mondays. "Dynamics of Family Violence" meets from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesdays. "Family, Friends and Survivors" meets from 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Wednesdays. Call
580-5970, Hot line (24 hours)
432-570-5970 and 800-967-8928.

>> Women of Worth. Meets from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays at The Crisis Center, 1211 N. Whitaker Ave.The group is for survivors of sexual assault. Call 333-2527, e-mail crisiscenter@
nwol.net or see website www.odessacrisiscenter.com.

>> The West Texas Twilight Visions for the visually impaired. Meets at 2 p.m. each Thursday at 3106A Kermit Highway. Call Mary Beazley at 366-5090 or e-mail wttvisions@yahoo.com.

>> MIDLAND Pro Life Midland has scheduled prayer meetings on behalf of the unborn at risk of abortion from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Friday at Planned Parenthood,
307 E. Texas Ave., Midland.