Cancer support group resumes meeting Jan. 8 in Pablo

Cheerful Heart’s Cancer Support Group will not meet on Wednesday, Dec. 25, but will continue meeting from 12-1 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month in 2025.

The group will reconvene Jan. 8 at the Church of the Nazarene, 42653 Old U.S. Hwy. 93 in Pablo. The church’s pastor, Matthew Connolly, leads the group and has moved gatherings to his church to allow more flexibility with his schedule. They were previously held in the chapel at Providence St. Joseph’s in Polson.

The group welcomes those recently diagnosed, those undergoing treatment, cancer survivors, and/or family members. The group aims to provide a safe place for members to share, learn, support, and encourage each other after a cancer diagnosis, and to conquer the fear in themselves and others.

Confidentiality is practiced, anything spoken in group stays with the group. Gatherings are informal; drop-ins are welcome when schedules and life permits. Folks can bring a brown-bag lunch.

The nonprofit Cheerful Heart Inc. has provided non-medical services to cancer patients in Lake County since 2002. Those with questions or needs can call 406-883-3070. check out the Cheerful Heart website at www.cheerfulheart.org or email cheartinc@gmail.com.