Faith Alive Church

Faith Alive Church, 678 Pine St., Palmerton (Bowmanstown) holds two services each Sunday with Pastor Rob Timlin Jr. At 8:30 a.m. is the contemporary service followed by Sunday school for all ages at 9:45 a.m. and traditional service at 11 a.m. You can worship in person in the sanctuary or Leah’s Room or in the parking lot by turning the radio to 104.3 FM or Facebook Live.

Bible study called “Torn” is March 29 and April 5 at 6:30 p.m. for both men and women.

March 29 and April 5 at 11:30 a.m. is lunch group Bible study.

Community Lent Service is at 7 p.m. each Wednesday. March 30 at Faith Alive, April 6 at Dinkey Memorial in Ashfield, and April 13 at Emmanuel UCC in Bowmanstown.

March 30 at 10 a.m. is Silver Sisters Exercise Class.

March 27 at 6 p.m. the Youth Group meets.

For more information about Faith Alive, please look at their website or call the church office at 610-852-2805.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Lenten service

For the week of March 30 Lenten services will be held at St. Matthew’s.

Food pantry

The CACPAC sponsored Palmerton Food Pantry will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 2915 Fireline Road, Palmerton, March 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Lenten service

Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trachsville and St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Fireline Road, Palmerton, share Lenten services. On March 30 the service will be held at Jerusalem Lutheran.

Services begin with fellowship at 6 p.m., followed by worship at 7 p.m.

Ham and dandelion dinner

A takeout only ham and dandelion dinner will be held at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trachsville, on April 9 from 4-6 p.m. Tickets must be preordered by March 28. For cost and to order tickets, call 610-681-5200, 610-681-5403 or 610-681-5020.

Good Friday fish fry

A Good Friday fish fry dinner will be held at the Aquashicola Volunteer Fire Company on April 15 from 3-7 p.m. It will be a drive-thru event again this year. Presale tickets are necessary. To purchase tickets see a member, call 610-826-2066, visit George’s P&H Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., or visit the fire station Fridays 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sundays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. or Mondays 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Love Thy Neighbor Care Bags

Living Hope Lighthouse Church, 705 Third St., Palmerton, is collecting personal items now through April 10 to make care bags to benefit the residents of the Palmerton High Rise. They will be collecting face masks, moisturizer lotion, tissues, sugar-free candy and small puzzle books. Items should be placed on the table at the back of the sanctuary. The Care Bags will be assembled on April 10 after the worship service.

Movie Night at JUCC

Come to Jerusalem United Church of Christ, Trachsville, this Friday night at 6:30 p.m. for a free movie night in the church sanctuary. The movie will be “All Saints.” Free popcorn and drinks included.

Cemetery cleanup

This year’s spring cemetery cleanup at JUCC, Trachsville, will be held April 4 starting at 5 p.m. (weather permitting). If you have anything on your loved one’s plots that you would like to keep, please remove it prior to that date. Otherwise it will be removed on that date. If you have time and would like to lend a hand you are welcome to help.

Benefit basket raffle

A benefit basket raffle for the family of Dan Koch for funeral and medical expenses will be held Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Bowmanstown Volunteer Fire Co., 259 Lime St., Bowmanstown.

PTO Basket Raffle

A basket raffle to benefit S.S. Palmer/Parkside PTO will be held April 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Palmerton Area High School, Fireline Road. It will have baskets, gift cards, hot foods and a bake sale.

Palmerton Library

A bookmark contest is being held for preschool through sixth grade. Winning designs in each group will be printed as bookmarks and distributed by the library. Entry forms are due by April 20. Winners will be announced April 22. One entry per child. Stop by the library to pick up a form.

Contact Lenora Robertson at 610-349-2436, lj123@ptd.net or 664 Delaware Ave., Palmerton, PA, 18071. Contact the Times News at 800-443-0377 or tneditor@tnonline.com.