Dinners

• Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 502 Lafayette Ave., Palmerton, will hold a Community Thanksgiving Dinner from 1-4 p.m. Saturday in the Parish Hall.• St. Mark's/St. John's Episcopal Church on Race Street in Jim Thorpe will host a free community turkey feast from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday at the church. If you have questions, call 570-325-2241.• A community Thanksgiving dinner will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Friedens Lutheran Church, 525 Church St. in New Ringgold. For details please call 570-943-2835.• The Pleasant Valley Ecumenical Network will be hosting its Annual Community Thanksgiving Service at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Peter's United Methodist Church on Old Route 115 in Saylorsburg. Pastor Todd Glasmire will be the host and there will be a joint choir. There will be a fellowship hour after the service. Bring a finger food to share. Donations of nonperishable food will be greatly appreciated.• Meed's Memorial Methodist Church, Nesquehoning will hold its annual free Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday, at 3 and 5 p.m. Call 570-669-6764 or 570-669-9212 to make a reservation for either seating. If leaving a message, leave your name, phone number and what seating time you would like. Reservations will be taken until Thursday.• The Thanksgiving food distribution date for the Summit Hill Food Pantry will be between 10 and 11:30 a.m. Monday. The food pantry is located in the Summit Hill Heritage Center on Hazard and Chestnut streets.• St. John's United Church of Christ at 15 N. Second St. in Slatington is offering a free Thanksgiving dinner from noon to 2 p.m. on Nov. 27. No reservations are required but are appreciated. Dinners will be delivered to "shut-ins" in the Northern Lehigh area, but calls for delivery must be received by Nov. 24. Call the church office at 610-767-5554 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.• Effort UMC will once again host a Thanksgiving Day dinner for those who are alone or are hungry. Dinner will be served at 2 p.m. For more information, call the church at 570-629-1890.• A Thanksgiving feast will be celebrated for those in need or just missing family, and will include fellowship and a free meal with all the trimmings. Sponsored by Heaven's Helping Hands, the meal will be served on Thanksgiving Day from 1 to 4 p.m. at Cornerstone Community Church, 388 Polk Township Road in Kresgeville, next to the Pleasant Valley Elementary School. Call 610-381-5600 to reserve your seat.Turkey TrotThe first Bo Tkach Foundation 5K Turkey Trot will be held on Thanksgiving morning in Palmerton. The race will begin promptly at 9 a.m. at The Palmerton Park with registration being held from 7:45 to 8:45 a.m.Closings• Rep. Doyle Heffley's offices in Lehighton and Albrightsville will close on at 2 p.m. Nov. 26. They will remain closed on Thanksgiving and Nov. 28. The offices will reopen on Dec. 1. Heffley's satellite office in Weatherly will also be closed on Thanksgiving.• The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced that all driver license and photo centers, including its full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed Nov. 27 and Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.