Zion Lewistown

Pastor Jim Williams will officiate at the 10:30 a.m. service this Sunday at Zion Church Lewistown Valley. Please wear a mask. The church’s Facebook page is Zion Church Lewistown Valley.

Calvary Lewistown

Pastor Ralph Saunders will offer the message at the 10:25 a.m. Sunday service, held at the Lewistown Valley Tabernacle, 614 Valley Road, Tamaqua.

For those who prefer staying in the car, the FM station will be available for listening or bring your lawn chair to sit outside.

Sunday evening praise and worship at 6:30 p.m.; Sept. 30 cleaning of Calvary Church at 824 Catawissa Road, Tamaqua, beginning at 5:30 p.m. A supper time of pizza, come with your broom, bucket, cloths, cleaner, furniture polish, etc. Help make our church sparkle. Call 570-668-9111 for more information.

St. John Lutheran

The Rev. Phyllis Wolford will officiate at the 9:15 a.m. Sunday service in St. John’s Lutheran Church. Doors will open at 9 a.m. and masks are required. Confirmation class will follow the worship service.

Activities for the week include: Wednesday worship and music at 3:15 p.m. Any questions, call 570-668-4570.

Zion Lutheran

The Culinary Team at Zion Lutheran in Tamaqua is offering 8-inch homemade apple crumb pies for sale. Pies must be ordered by Oct. 6 at www.ziontamaqua.com or by calling 570-668-4451. Callers should leave their name, phone number and pie request. They will be called for verification. Pies are to be picked up Oct. 17 from noon to 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran at the corner of Mauch Chunk and North Greenwood streets in Tamaqua.

• Zion Lutheran in Tamaqua is hosting a walk-thru Blessing of the Animals on Oct. 10 from 2-4 p.m. All area residents and their animal companions are welcome. Please enter the church at the corner door. One-way traffic will be observed. Humans are asked to wear a mask. A donation of canned or dry pet food is appreciated.

• Harvest Home will be observed at Zion Lutheran Church in Tamaqua the weekend of Oct. 10 and 11. Members and guests are encouraged to begin bringing in canned items and dry goods immediately. The items will be displayed Harvest Home Weekend and then be used to stock Zion’s People Pantry, which serves the church’s neighbors in the Dutch Hill area of town. Please do not donate out-of-date items. They will be discarded.

Virtual Hunger Walk

While we’re not able to host a physical Hunger Walk this year due to the ongoing pandemic, our mission to help Tamaqua residents with food issues will go on from the comfort and safety of our own homes, backyards or neighborhoods.

We are asking you to complete your own Hunger Walk. Seek a few sponsors from family and friends and do some walking. By the end of the month, you can share with us how many miles you walked and how much you have been able to raise.

All funds collected go to our food banks here in Tamaqua.

Our goal is to have at least 100 walkers.

Step 1: Register online at https://www.ziontamaqua.com/virtual-hunger-walk/or by contacting Paul Dodson at 570-668-0289 or George Taylor at 570-668-4451.

Step 2: Seek sponsors from family and friends. You could encourage them to sponsor you for a set amount per mile or they can simply make a donation to your effort. There are two ways to go about seeking sponsorships

Network for Good: If you decide to use a Network for Good Peer-to-Peer page, you will use your social media contacts to solicit sponsors. You will invite friends and family to go to your page to sponsor you. You can also simply sponsor yourself if that is what you would prefer to do. When you register, we will send you a link so you can set up your own Peer-to-Peer page.

On your own: Use the attached sponsor sheet to collect sponsorships. After you’ve completed Step 3, we will collect your form and funds.

Step 3: Do the walking. We encourage you to post video of your walk on our Facebook page. After Oct. 31, we will assemble the video into one Virtual Walk which we will post along with the total we have raised together.

Video length should not exceed 1 minute. Video format should be horizontal (landscape). MP4 video format preferred. Participants must comply with social distancing and CDC guidelines. If you are walking in a group, masks should be worn unless you are all from the same household.

Please move from left to right so that all of our walkers are moving in the same direction.

To submit news for consideration, contact Susan Eckhart at 570-668-1250 or seckhart@tnonline.com or the Times News at 800-443-0377 or tneditor@tnonline.com.