BPW news

The Tamaqua Area Business and Professional Women's Club meets the first Tuesday of every month, at 6:30 p.m., at La Dolce Casa Restaurant in Tamaqua.The June meeting included an installation of officers, with district parliamentarian Abby Sue Schappel conducting the ceremonies.For more information, contact Jean Towle at

jatowle@verizon.net or call 570-668-3268.GriefShareBethany Evangelical Congregational Church will host a GriefShare program designed to assist those who have suffered the loss of a loved one. The course is Biblically based, but nondenominational.Meetings will begin on June 10 and will then be held Tuesdays, at 10 a.m., for the next 13 weeks. Meetings will be held in the church conference room, at 223 E. Broad St.For more information, or to register, call 570-668-2520.Soup socialMonthly soup socials are held at Trinity United Church of Christ, 22 Lafayette St. The next outreach social will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. June 7. The free event is part of Trinity's monthly "Feeding the Hungry" program.Those attending are reminded to use the lower parking lot entrance into Founder's Hall.St. John UCCThe Rev. Kevin Duffy Guy will officiate at the 9:30 a.m. worship service this Pentecost Sunday in St. John United Church of Christ. The service will include Confirmation and First Communion, followed by a time of fellowship.Bethany ECThe Rev. Kevin Roberts will officiate at the 8 a.m. traditional service Sunday in Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church.A contemporary service will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Tamaqua YMCA, including nursery and primary church. Sunday school classes, for all ages, will meet at 9:15 a.m. at the church.Also on Sunday, Discipleship on the Dock, for couples, will begin at 6:30 p.m.Activities for next week will include: Tuesday, prayer time at 8:30 a.m., GriefShare begins at 10 a.m.; Wednesday, Tamaqua Youth Ministry meets at 6:30 p.m.; musician rehearsal at 8:30 a.m., praise practice at 9 a.m.St. John LutheranThe Rev. Phyllis Wolford will officiate at the 9:15 a.m. worship service this Pentecost Sunday in St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church. The service will include Holy Communion.On Sunday the bell choir rehearsal and polishing of bells begins at 10:30 a.m.The church council will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday.