DIVORCECARE, a support group for people who are separated or divorced, will be offering a 13-week session on Wednesdays, from 6:30-8:00 PM at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 3501 Red River. A 30 to 35 minute video covering divorce recovery topics is followed by group discussion. For more information about the group topics, go to www.divorcecare.org. To register, call the church office at 472-8301. The group can be joined at any time. DIVORCECARE FOR KIDS, offered at the same time, provides a 13-w …

Job searching can be very frustrating and discouraging. This group offers emotional support for people who want to successfully deal with difficulties that can be encountered while searching for a job or other situations in life. Members will have the opportunity to meet others in similar situations, share what's going on in your life and encourage each other through small group discussion. Information from DVDs offered by the American Association of Christian Counselors and books from top exper …

ATTENTION WRITERS: No Meetups will be scheduled this summer. We will resume in the fall.   Each month we read and discuss a book devoted to the craft of writing.  "Do I have to read the book?"   Although technically not required, it is preferred. Although the discussion can move off onto tangents, the focus will be primarily on the contents of the book.  However,  if you do not have time to read the entire book, reading SOME of it is perfectly acceptable. Even digesting a few o …

This group is for all levels of skill, from beginning through advanced!  The idea is to have fun painting and creating art together, while in the process of getting to meet lots of other people, in a professional artist's studio.  In other words, if you are already a painter, you'll get to come and work on your own projects or choose one of the ones provided for you, OR be able to get instructions all along the way from an experienced artist who has taught for many years.  We will meet and foste …

We are a gathering place for GIS users or want-to-be users to ask help on using GIS, finding free GIS data, resolving technical glitches and other related items.   No software preference, so ESRI or Open Source programs like Quantum or gvSIG and all welcome.

Did you read Jane Roberts' Seth Speaks or The Nature of Personal Reality and love it? I did too. I loved the people in our Seth readers' group in Portland, and when I moved away I missed them so much that I decided to form a new one here in Lakeway near Austin. I know there were many people associated with Dr. Maude Cardwell's Austin Seth Center at one time, and I would like to find you! The Seth Material adds a fascinating dimension to understanding our physical and non-physical reality. Seth s …

The Austin Hike & Bike Touring Group focuses on excursions to interesting locations for day-hiking, bicycle day-touring, and mountain bike touring -- including mountain and canyon environments.  Among our destinations will be a mix of near and not-so-far. Light/fast/long: Day-hiking as part art-form, part science, and large part passion.  Adrenalin is our fuel.  We don't race, but we enjoy hiking with energy and enthusiasm.  Hikes of up to 25 miles are possible as we fill a day.  Most are much …

The Austin OSM (OpenStreetMap) and OSGeo (Open Source Geospatial) Group is for anyone interested in open data and open source software for geography. You can be a newbie to a guru, all are welcome.