Bethany EC

Church,Sunday worship with the Rev. Jeff Stansbury, pastor, will take place at 10:45 a.m.Sunday school will be held at 9:30 a.m. Classes are for all ages, including adults.Ladies Bible study is 10 a.m. Tuesday.Wrapped in Prayer Ministry is 7 p.m. FridayChurch picnic at Phifer's Ice Dam from 1-5 p.m. Saturday.TrinityhappeningsFirst Saturday worship with Holy Communion at Trinity Lutheran Church, 175 S. 3rd St., Lehighton, is at 5 p.m. The Rev. Michael Frost, pastor at Zion's Stone Church, New Ringgold, presides.Sunday worship with Holy Communion is at 9 a.m.Sunday is also "Scholarship Sunday" at Trinity.Financial gifts will be presented to students entering schools of higher learning. Seminarian recipients will take part in the liturgy. The Rev. Mary Gade, associate of NEPA Bishop, presides.The church is air-conditioned. Coffeehouse fellowship follows.First Tuesday Quiet Communion is at 10 a.m.Border crisisFor those concerned about what is being termed the crisis at our southern border, and the streams of children who are making their way to our southern states, this is your opportunity to ask some very probing questions from a professional who lives there, not only about why this is happening but what we can do to make Honduras and other Central American countries safer places with sustainable futures for their citizens.Christof Wittwer, director of the El Refugio orphanage in Honduras, will give a presentation on the orphanage and the mission work being done (over the past 15 years) by Operation Honduras partners, including the Wyoming Valley Presbyterian Church, two Rotary clubs in the Scranton area, the Starkey Foundation, and other silent partners.The public is invited to a free picnic supper at Trinity Lutheran Church, 175 S. 3rd St. in Lehighton, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, followed by Christof Wittwer's presentation at 7 p.m.For more information call the church at 610-377-4303.