IN YOUR CONGREGATION
ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH,
1533 Springhouse Road, Allentown, will offer an online streaming worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at live.asburylv.org.
HUFF’S UNION CHURCH,
540 Conrad Road, Hereford Township, has resumed worship in the sanctuary at 10:30 Sundays. Masks and social distancing will be required at all times. Online services will continue on the Huff’s Union Church Facebook page and at www.huffschurch.com.
JORDAN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, Route
309 and Walbert Avenue, Allentown will stream online worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sundays via Facebook Live, You Tube and Vimeo. Info: www.Jordanucc. org
NAZARETH MORAVIAN CHURCH,
4 S. Main St., has reopened the church’s sanctuary for worship with limitations and precautions. Info: 610-759-3163.
CROSSROADS LAY LEADERSHIP,
Moravian Seminary announces winter courses. All courses in the winter semester are Zoom only. Traveling Mercies (Congregational Care), with Rev. Maggie Wellert, will be held 6-9 p.m. Mondays Jan. 4- Feb 22. Topics include caring for others, caring for yourself, active listening, spirituality and the caregiving relationship, and guest instructors who present a variety of other topics.
Mapping the Route, with Rev. Dr. Bill Falla, will be held 6-9 p.m. Thursdays Jan. 7-Feb. 25. Each night features a different aspect of our theology such as Whois God?, Why Jesus?, What does the Holy Spirit do?, etc.
Info: contact Jill Peters at petersj2@moravian.edu or go to www.moravianseminary.edu/ crossroads to register.
PA COUNCIL OF CHURCHES ELECTS REV. DR. LARRY D. PICKENS AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
The Pennsylvania Council of Churches has elected the Rev. Dr. Larry D. Pickens, former worldwide ecumenical executive for the United Methodist Church, as its new executive director. He will begin work on Jan. 2.
Pickens, 62, will replace the Rev. Dai Morgan, who has served as the acting executive director of the Council since July. Morgan had served as a member of the Board of Directors and had been its vice president since 2017.
A native of Chicago, Pickens earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from North Park University, a Master of Theological Studies and a Master of Divinity from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, a Doctor of Ministry from Chicago Theological Seminary, a Juris Doctorate from DePaul University College of Law and a Certificate of Ecumenism from Bossey-The World Council of Churches
As general secretary of the United Methodist General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns, he was the ecumenical staff officer for the denomination. He represented the denomination on the Executive and Central Committees of The. World Council of Churches and in leadership roles of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA. He served as the ecumenical director of the Lehigh Conference of Churches, based in Allentown, from 2014 through September. He is also credentialed in the Penn Northeast Conference of the United Church of Christ, based in Palmerton.