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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 a.m. Sundays. Masks and social distancing will be required at all times. Services will also continue to be available online at www.huffschurch. com as well as broadcast into the church parking lot at 10:30 a.m. each Sunday on 99.3 FM.
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.
FATHER JOHN MARCANTONIO
has assumed the position of Rector of St. Brigid’s Episcopal Church, 310 Madison Ave., Nazareth.
Since his reception as an Episcopal priest in 2010, Father John has provided supply for many churches in the dioceses of Bethlehem and Newark, New Jersey. Most recently, he served as Vicar at Trinity Church, West Pittston; Associate at the Cathedral Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, and sabbatical supply at St. Andrew’s, Allentown.
Father John belonged to a Roman Catholic religious order, Salesians of Don Bosco, for 24 years, 12 of them as a priest. His priestly ministry included the roles of high school teacher and administrator, associate pastor, and executive director of a United Way-affiliated Boys & Girls Club.
Father John completed his MDiv studies while achieving a M.A. in Theology at the Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, Ohio, and later obtained an M.S. in Religious Education and Youth Ministry from Fordham University, New York.
Father John’s work experience includes three years as a multidisciplinary case management coordinator for a Child Abuse Unit within a county prosecutor’s office, and twenty 20 years in healthcare management as a patient experience director.
An avid music and Yankees baseball fan, a die-hard drummer, and a lapsed student of Qi-gong, Father John lives in Bethlehem with his wife, two sons, and pet pig, Fiona.
BRYAN HOLTEN, ORGANIST, will perform virtually at 4 p.m. Sunday. The sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem will serve as the setting for the concert, which will be livestreamed on the church’s Facebook page (@FirstPresBethlehem) and will be followed by a “meet and greet” via Zoom.
Holten, artist-lecturer in organ performance at Moravian College, will explore the full range of color and texture afforded by the First Pres grand Moeller/Casavant pipe organ, offering a varied program of works from Bach through the romantic French masters. He attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he completed the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Organ Performance and Literature. He has studied organ with David Higgs, Michel Bouvard, and Edoardo Bellotti, in addition to a curriculum in keyboard technique, improvisation, and harpsichord. In 2014, he received the Jim Cochran Recital Award, in recognition of his second DMA degree recital.
The meet-and-greet information will be shared on the Facebook livestream. Info: info@ fpc-bethlehem.org.
EAST BANGOR UNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY CHURCH, 136. W. Central Ave., will hold Holy Week services starting with a distribution of palms at 10 a.m. on Palm Sunday. That service will be in-person and on Zoom. Palms will also be available to those who wish to drive through the parking lot after the service from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. A communion service will be held in person and on Zoom at 7 p.m. Holy Thursday. The church will be open noon to 3 p.m. Good Friday for meditations. An Easter Sunday service will be held at 10 a.m. at the church and on Zoom. Reservations are required to attend the Easter Sunday service. Reservations and info: 610-588-4453; www.ebumc.org.
WOMEN’S MINISTRY PROGRAM, 10 a.m. Wednesday
at the Salvation Army, 521 Pembroke Road, Bethlehem. Program: Easter Worship with Rachel Schmoyer. Free-will offering. Info and reservations: 610-867-4681.
ST. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 8065 William Penn Highway, Easton, will hold in person Easter services at sunrise and 10 a.m. Easter Sunday. Services will also be live streamed and available on YouTube. Info: 610-866-1155.
WOMEN’S MINISTRY PROGRAM, 10 a.m., Wednesdays in April, at the Salvation Army, 521 Pembroke Road, Bethlehem. April 7, Laugh with Carol Burnett. April 14, Modge Podge Bottle craft with Scriptures. April 21, It’s for the Birds!. April 28, How to Make a House a Home. Free-will offering. Info and reservations: 610-867-4681.