Redeemer Lutheran Church

South Suburban PADS is an inter-faith program providing shelter and supportive services to homeless persons. Compassion, hospitality and dignity are key characteristics of the PADS program.

PADS partners with Faith Communities throughout the south and southwest suburbs who provide the facilities and volunteer staff.  PADS provides the operational structure, supplemental volunteer support, and supportive services such as free medical attention, substance abuse referrals, employment
services, homeless prevention programs, job readiness training, resume development and job search skills, housing assistance programs, financial management and various other life-skills training programs.

Celebrating 20 years of service – 1990 to 2010

Congratulations and thank you to all our loyal volunteers and Faith Communities.  PADS could not have reached this milestone without your time, compassion and commitment to our shared mission.

PADS is available at Redeemer every Saturday from 7 pm to 7 am.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international mutual aid movement declaring its "primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." Now claiming more than 2 million members, AA was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith (Bill W. and Dr. Bob) in Akron, Ohio. With other early members Wilson and Smith developed AA's Twelve Step program of spiritual and character development.

AA meets every Monday at 7:30 pm.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a twelve-step program modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous describing itself as a "fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem." and it is the second-largest 12-step organization. The program is group-oriented, and is based on the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions, adapted from AA.

As of May 2010 there were more than 58,000 NA meetings in 131 countries.

NA meets every Thursday at 7 pm.

Over-eaters Anonymous (OA) is a twelve-step program for people with problems related to food including, but not limited to, compulsive over-eaters, those with binge eating disorder, bulimics and anorexics. Anyone with a problematic relationship with food is welcomed, as OA's Third Tradition states that the only requirement for memberships is a desire to stop eating compulsively.

OA meets every Wednesday at 7:30 pm.

TOPS Club, Inc. is the original, nonprofit, weight-loss support and wellness education organization. We were established in 1948 to champion weight-loss support and success. TOPS promotes successful, affordable weight management with a philosophy that combines:

• healthy eating

• regular exercise

• wellness information

• awards and recognition

• support at weekly chapter meetings

TOPS meets every Thursday at 5:30 pm.