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, will hold worship services at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays in the sanctuary. The adult Sunday School meets at 9:15 a.m. and the children’s Sunday School meets during the 10:30 a.m. service. Masks and social distancing are required. Online worship services are available at Huffschurch.com or on Facebook.
JORDAN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, Route 309 and Walbert Avenue, Allentown, will hold in-person services at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Please wear a face mask and use social distancing. The 10:30 a.m. service will also be streamed on Facebook Live, YouTube 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.
WOMEN’S MINISTRY PROGRAM, 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Salvation Army, 521 Pembroke Road, Bethlehem. Program: Nick Hawkey’s Photo Gallery. Info and reservations: 610-867-4681.
WOMEN’S MINISTRY PROGRAM, 1 p.m. May 26 at the Salvation Army, 521 Pembroke
Road, Bethlehem. Program: The Charms of a Tea Party — Bring a Tea Cup. Info and reservations: 610-867-4681.
THE REV. CHRISTOPHER DEFOREST, Kutztown, will be installed as Bishop of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at 3 p.m. June 4 at the Lutheran Center, Allentown, the Synod’s main office. The installation will follow the synod’s annual assembly, which will be held virtually on June 3 and 4.
Those who have been invited to attend the virtual installation service include pastors, deacons and lay people from the 251 congregations in the ELCA Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod, former synod bishops, bishops from the other 64 ELCA synods, ministry partners, ecumenical and interreligious partners, and family members and friends.
Assisting in the service are the Rev. Dr. Samuel Zeiser, NEPA bishop, retired; the Rev. Carl Shankweiler, synod secretary; the Rt. Rev. Canon Kevin D. Nichols, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem; Deacon Michael Krentz, musician.
The synod assembly and the installation worship service will emphasize the themes that Bishop deForest has chosen as the focus for his time as Bishop: Growing Young & Vital: Loving the Land, Healing the Hurt, & Engaging the Stranger. Bishop deForest was elected to serve a six-year term on Oct. 24 during the synod assembly held Oct. 16-24 in an online format. Bishop deForest assumed office on Jan. 1 succeeding the Rev. Dr. Samuel R. Zeiser, who had served as bishop since 2008.
Bishop deForest served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Kutztown, from 20182020. Ordained in 2011, he served at St. John Mahoning, Lehighton, until 2018. Prior to entering the ministry of Word and Sacrament, deForest worked as a video creative specialist for Tupperware; a director of communications for PartyLite; interim executive director of the Haitian Timoun Foundation, Littleton, Colorado; and admissions advisor for Wartburg Seminary. Bishop deForest received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Mexico in 1987 and a Master of Divinity degree in 2009 from Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa.
PRAISE AT THE PARK will be held 6-8 p.m. June 5 at Waldheim Park Tabernacle, 2400 S. Hall St., Allentown A Call to all Christian believers to honor God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit for being with us and continuing to help us in these troublesome times. We will use Psalm 95:1-3 to give Thanksgiving and Praise with Jamie Fitt and Philadelphia Tabernacle of David worship band. Info: call Share The Power, 610-691-1946.