Christmas trees

The Tamaqua Street Department will be collecting Christmas trees throughout the month of January.Residents should place their trees at the curb for pickup on their garbage collection day. The street department will check each street on garbage days and collect trees as time and weather permits.Christmas trees must be free of tinsel and other decorations.No trees will be collected after Jan. 31.Residents may also drop off their trees behind the Tamaqua Borough Garage at 421 Rear E. Broad St.Bethany ECThe Rev. Kevin Roberts will officiate at the 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. worship services this Sunday in Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church. The services will include the observation of the Last Supper. Sunday school classes are held at 9:15 a.m.Activities for next week include: Wednesday, Tamaqua Youth Ministry meets at 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, worship team practice will be at 8:30 a.m., worship team leaders will meet at 9:30 a.m.St. Peter's UnionThis Sunday's 9 a.m. service in St. Peter's Union Church in Mantzville will be followed by an all-you-can-eat breakfast.Next week's activities include: Thursday, Confirmation class meets at 6 p.m., cherub choir rehearses at 6:30 p.m., junior choir rehearses at 7 p.m., senior choir practices at 7:30 p.m.Zion LewistownPastor Jim Williams will officiate at the 10:30 a.m. worship service this Sunday in Zion Church of the Lewistown Valley. Sunday school classes will meet at 9:15 a.m.A meeting to plan 2016 events will be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 7.On Jan. 12, a meeting to plan fundraisers will be held at 6:30 p.m. and the preschool committee will meet at 7:30 p.m.Contact Kathy Kunkel at 570-668-1250 or

kkunkel@tnonline.com. Contact the Times News at 800-443-0377 or

tneditor@tnonline.com.