St. Peter's Union

The Rev. Kenneth Buckwalter will officiate at the 9 a.m. worship services in St. Peter's Union Church in Mantzville. Sunday school classes are held at 10:15 a.m.Also on Sunday, the Confirmation class will meet at 11 a.m.; the youth group will go bowling at 2 p.m.; the search committee meets at 6 p.m.; Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts will meet at 6 p.m.Next week's activities include: Wednesday, Lenten service at 7:30 p.m. at Zion's Stone Church; Thursday, junior choir rehearses at 7 p.m., senior choir practice is at 7:30 p.m.Zion LewistownPastor Jim Williams will officiate at the 10:30 service this Sunday at Zion Church, Lewistown Valley. Sunday school is scheduled for 9:15.A brief consistory meeting will be held immediately following the service.Volunteers are needed to set up for pretzel making at 2:30 Sunday afternoon.Bible study is held Thursdays at 12:30 p.m.Garden clubThe Lewistown Valley Garden Club will hold its first meeting of the season at 7 p.m. March 28, in the social hall at Zions Church of the Lewistown Valley.The arrangement theme, for judging, will be any spring blooming flower, while the specimen category will be a forced branch.Penn State Schuylkill Master Gardener Jane Kruse will be the guest speaker. Her topic will be "bushed to attract birds."New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Judy Kellner at 570-386-4783 or Louise Flexer at 570-467-3400.Calvary LewistownThe Rev. Phillip Sabas will officiate at the 10:25 a.m. worship service this Sunday in Calvary United Methodist Church in the Lewistown Valley.Also on Sunday, at 6:30 p.m., there will be a time of praise and worship.The next family movie night will be Fridaywith the presentation of "Narnia: The Silver Chair."Bethany ECThe Rev. Kevin Roberts will officiate at the 8 and 10:30 a.m. worship services this Sunday in Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church. Sunday school classes meet at 9:15 a.m.Also on Sunday, the monthly service at the Hometown Nursing Center will be held at 2:30 p.m.Activities for next week include: Tuesday, prayer gathering at 8:30 a.m.; Wednesday, Tamaqua Youth Ministry meets at 6:30 p.m.; Thursday, worship team practices at 7 p.m., worship leaders meet at 8 p.m.; Saturday, know the Christian faith event at 9 a.m.Zion LewistownPastor Jim Williams will officiate at the 10:30 a.m. worship service this Sunday in Zion Church of Lewistown Valley. Sunday school will meet at 9:15 a.m.Also on Sunday, Jews for Jesus will present a Christ in the Passover service at 6:30 p.m.The March 29 midweek Lenten service will be held at 7 p.m. with Pastor Phillip Sabas as the speaker.The next family movie night will be held at 7 p.m. Friday.Roast beef dinnerTrinity United Church of Christ will host a buffet-style roast beef dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday at the church at 22 Lafayette St., Tamaqua.Takeouts are available.For more information, call 570-668-4630.Contact Kathy Kunkel at 570-668-1250 or

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

tneditor@tnonline.com.