Hunger walk

The Tamaqua Area Faith Fellowship Network will sponsor a "Hunger Walk" this Sunday in an effort to help local families in need.The walk will be the culmination of Hunger Weekend, when organizations, businesses, church groups and individuals will be collecting food and funds to benefit the food banks at the Tamaqua Salvation Army and Trinity United Church of Christ.The walk will begin and end at the Tamaqua Family Practice parking lot on South Railroad Street.Several participants have already begun efforts to collect items, such as Zion Lutheran Church and the St. Vincent dePaul Society of St. Jerome's Catholic Church. Members of St. John's Lutheran Church are selling shoe cutouts in support of the walk and the Tamaqua Rotary Club collected canned goods in front of Boyer's Food Market on May 10.Several collection centers for nonperishable foods have also been established, and include Tamaqua YMCA, Tamaqua Library and the Tamaqua Art Center.For more information call 570-668-0289 or visit

www.taffn.org.Chamber hoursThe Tamaqua Chamber of Commerce has begun its summer hours. The office, located at 114 W. Broad St., Tamaqua, will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Wednesday hours will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.For more information on any chamber activity call 570-668-1880.Calvary MethodistThe Rev. Edward Bean will officiate at the 10:25 a.m. service this Sunday in Calvary Evangelical United Methodist Church in the Lewistown Valley. The service will include a Second Mile Offering and a report on the United Methodist Conference offered by Carl Heisler and Carol Stein. Sunday school for all ages will be held at 9:15 a.m.Also on Sunday, an evening service and Bible study session will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will include the final segment of the five-week study led by Andrew Gerber.The Lewistown Valley Bible Vacation School will be held from 6 to 8:15 p.m. from June 9 through June 13 at the Lewistown Valley Tabernacle. The Bible school will include classes for children, ages 2 through sixth grade, as well as a teen class and an adult class. For more information, or to register, visit

www.calvaryeum.yolasite.com and click on the VBS link.A Child Evangelism Fellowship Day Camp, the Good News Camp, will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., June 23-27, at the Lewistown Valley Tabernacle. For more information, or to register, call 570-682-9790 or email

cefschpa@gmail.com.St. John UCCThe Rev. Kevin Duffy Guy will officiate at the 9:30 a.m. worship service this Sunday in St. John United Church of Christ. The service will be followed by a time of fellowship and Sunday school classes.Activities for next week will include: Monday, spiritual council will meet at 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday, bell choir practice at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, choir rehearsal at 7:30 p.m.