LEWISTON — This month The Center for Wisdom’s Women returns to full programming with regular open hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday and Friday. The center will be closed on Labor Day. Morning programs are held from 10 to 11:30, afternoon programs 1 to 2:30.

Programs scheduled in the mornings include The Wise Woman Cooking Group with Denise Dill on the 18th, scrapbooking on the 12th and 19th and watercolor classes on the 13th and 27th. Bingo is set for the 25th and the September birthday party which includes Scrabble and other games will take place on the 28th. The Art Van returns on the 26th with a tie dying project. The next craft class is scheduled for the 4th. The monthly clothes giveaway will be on the 21st.

Afternoons on Monday will focus on activities for well-being and include “Laugh Out Loud” on the 10th, a stress management workshop with Peg Hoffman on the 17th and “Inner Spirit” with Pam Beliveau on the 24th. Thursday afternoons include SARK (playing with art) on the 13th and singing on the 6th and 20th. The recently formed Goddess Group that is learning about ancient goddesses from around the world meets again on the afternoon of the 27th.

Ongoing regular groups include the “Writer’s Workshop” on Monday mornings,“Beating the Blues” and “Wisdom Circle” on alternate Tuesday afternoons, “Creative Expressions” every other Thursday morning and a fibromyalgia support group on Thursday afternoons.

A highlight on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, will be a visit from two of the center’s founding nuns, Sr. Irene Arsenault and Sr. Maureen Hurly. The nuns order, The Daughters of Wisdom, founded the center in 1999 and ran it until the summer of 2008, at which point they handed the work over to a group of local women. The Daughters of Wisdom continue some financial support of the women’s center and the director is a lay associate of the congregation. The center will also be recognizing and celebrating the start of its fifth year independent of the founders. A homecoming brunch will be served.

All women are welcome and no appointments are needed. Programs and personal hygiene items are offered free of charge. Oatmeal breakfasts are also available daily. For more information and a complete calendar of activities, see www.wisdomswomen.org.

For questions or information about volunteering contact the executive director, Klara Tammany, at 513-3922. Donations can be written to Trinity Church/Wisdom and sent to The Center for Wisdom’s Women at PO Box 1016, Lewiston 04243.