Weekly Meetings

Today

• Liberty Ministry Center will give out food from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. today at 901 S. Washington Ave.

• Stitch & Share Quilters meets at 9:30 a.m. each Thursday at 826 Camp St., El Dorado. The contact is Ruth Matocha, 862-8088.

• Marrable Hill Chapel Clothes Closet is open from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the first Thursday of each month. Free clothing and household items are available. Directions: Turn left off old Strong Highway onto Marrable Hill Road across from Sista, Sista, Sista Restaurant; take the fourth right at Marrable Hill Chapel entrance.

• The China Painters meet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the third Thursday at the South Arkansas Arts Center.

• Gifted Golden Girls sewing group meets at 11:30 a.m. for lunch, followed by stitching at 1 p.m. For locations and more information, call 546-2788.

• El Dorado Civitan Club meets at noon at Immanuel Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.

• Turning Point Support Group meets from noon to 1 p.m. each Thursday. For more information, call Donna Beck at 862-3672 or Glendora Lee.

• The Union County AM&N and UAPB Alumni Association meets at 6 p.m. the third Thursday of every month at the old Carver Building on West Grove.

• El Dorado Chess Club meets the first Thursday of each month from 6 to 9 p.m. at Barton Library. The public is welcome. For more information, call 8818802.

• S. H. I. F.T. ( Seeking, Holiness, Intimacy, Freedom, Transformation), an organization of “Christcentered overcomers,” meets at 6 p.m. each Thursday at Cross Life Church, located at 1010 Combs St. The public is invited to attend.

• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets from 6 to 7 p.m. each Thursday in the conference room of HealthWorks Fitness Center, 304 N. Madison. Membership in HealthWorks is not required. Confidential weigh-in begins at 5:30 p.m. Visitors are welcome. For more information, call Tammie Jackson at 870310-9644 or Chip Crawford at 870-310-2406.

• NAACP meets from 7 to 8 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of each month at St. John Missionary Baptist Church Family LIfe Center, 1018 Wilson St. For more information, call Andre Rucks at 866-1126.

• Open Door Recovery Fellowship Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will have a speaker meeting at 7 p.m. at East Sixth and North Park Street.

• Unity House Group of Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m. at the Salvation Army, 419 S. Madison.

•A weekly Health Seminar will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Best Western Conference Center. For more information, call Mary Lou Miller at 862-7239 after 5 p.m.

• Order of the Eastern Star No. 280 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Thursday in the Masonic Temple.

• The Concerned Christian will give away free clothing from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1116 Junction City Road (next to ChickA-Dilly).

• St. James Village Outreach Facility, 1108 E. Hillsboro, will give food only each Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please place clothing only in blue containers in front of building. They do not accept furniture. For more information, contact Bishop Calloway at 875-2621.

• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets from 8:45 to 10:30 a.m. each Friday at the First Presbyterian Church, 300 E. Main (Hill Street entrance). Visitors are welcome. For more information, call 862-4862.

• South Arkansas African American History Museum, 423 W. Fifth St., is open from noon to 4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. For more information, call Linda Williams at 875-2611.

• El Dorado Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will have an open discussion at 7 p.m. at 1513 Champagnolle Road.

Friday