Support group listing

Celiac disease — The Woodbury Eastside Celiac Support Group meets at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of every month except in December, June, July and August, at Allina Health Clinic, Radio Drive and Valley Creek Road in Woodbury. For details, call Gloria at (651) 730-7514 or Chris at (651) 768-7231.

Overeaters — Overeaters Anonymous/H.O.W. meets at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Five Oaks Church, 4416 Radio Drive in Woodbury. Overeaters Anonymous is a 12-step support group for anyone who has trouble controlling their weight due to anorexia, bulimia or compulsive overeating. Leave a message for a return call from an OA volunteer at (612) 377-1600 or (888) 540-1212 or visit the Web site at www.oahow.org.

Gambling — Gamblers Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, at Rose of Sharon Lutheran Church, at the corner of Jamaica Avenue and 70th Street in Cottage Grove. For details, call (651) 459-7625. Admission is free. If you go, use the west-side entrance.

Diabetes — The HealthEast Diabetes Support Group meets from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month at the Park Grove Branch Library, 7900 Hemingway Ave., in Cottage Grove. For details, call (651) 232-7057.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly

TOPS — Take Off Pounds Sensibly — meets Tuesday mornings at Community United Church of Christ, Summit and Pullman avenues, in St. Paul Park. Meetings are open to men and women. For details, call Norma Manke at (651) 459-9683 or Denise Bjerke, at (651) 488-6276.

AA groups meet

at in Langdon

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are held at Old Langdon School, 8839 96th St., Cottage Grove.

A session for women only is held at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Co-ed AA sessions are scheduled at:

- 6 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

- 7:30 p.m. Tuesday;

- 8 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday;

- 12 a.m. Thursday

- 8 a.m. Saturday

- Alanon, for spouses, friends and family members of alcoholics, meets at 8 p.m. on Friday and 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday

- Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) meets at 7 p.m. Thursday.

For details, call Duane at (651) 459-1630 or Marie at (651) 459-9976.

Recovery help — Celebrate Recovery is a program for those who struggle with a hurting or destructive relationship, or with anger, fear, depression, anxiety, guilt or addiction. It meets at 6:45 p.m. every Thursday at Woodbury Lutheran Church, 7380 Afton Road in Woodbury. For details, call Larry or Vicky at (651) 735-7725.

Community meals — Community meals are served at four area churches for all those who need a night off from cooking, want to spend an hour with friends or in need of a free meal.

All Saints Lutheran Church, 8100 Belden Blvd., in Cottage Grove, serves a free community meal at 6 p.m. on the fourth Friday of every month except November and December.

St. Rita’s Catholic Church, 8694 80th St., in Cottage Grove, serves a free community meal at at 6 p.m. the third Friday of the month. Those dates are Nov. 20 and Dec. 18. St. Rita’s is located at 8694 80th St., Cottage Grove. For details, call the office at (651) 459-4596.

St. Thomas Catholic Church — The next community meal at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in St. Paul Park is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 13. There will be no meal in December. In 2010, meals will be held on Jan. 8, Feb. 5, March 5, April 9, May 14 and June 4.A freewill offering is accepted. For details, call the church at (651) 459-2131. St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church is located at 920 Holley Ave.

TheAlley Church, 5:30 p.m. every Thursday at the corner of Jamaica Avenue and 80th Street in Cottage Grove.

Group organizers: Please e-mail pressrelease@swcbulletin.com with any changes to this list.

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