IN YOUR CONGREGATION

ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH,

1533 Springhouse Road, Allentown, will hold worship services at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sundays. Masks are required. Streaming 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. In all buildings on campus, face masks are optional for everyone who is fully vaccinated but will still be required for everyone else. Outdoor activities will not require masks. Communion will be offered in the pews, with ushers who are masked distributing the elements. On-line 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 indoor services at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays. A virtual option is available with the 10:30 a.m. service being live-streamed. 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.

HANGING OF THE GREENS will be held at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at St. John’s UCC, 8065 William Penn Highway, Easton. Info: 610-866-1155.

WHAT SWEETER MUSIC, a Christmas concert with the Princeton Singers, begins at 4 p.m. Sunday at St. Anne’s Church, 450 E. Washington Ave., Bethlehem. Free. Info: StAnnesMusic@aol.com.

TAMAQUA COMMUNITY ADVENT SERVICE. The Tamaqua Area Faith Fellowship Network and Tamaqua Ministerial Association are sponsoring a Community Advent Service 10 a.m. Dec. 11 at St. John XXIII Roman Catholic Church, 307 Pine St., Tamaqua.

The service includes music, message and a candling lighting ceremony, is open to the public and will be livestreamed on St. John XXIII’s website and Facebook page.

62ND ANNUAL PEACE PILGRIMAGE from Nazareth to Bethlehem will be held Dec. 11. A short closing gathering will be held at the end of the walk Christ Church UCC, Market Street, Bethlehem. No supper will be held this year. Buses will be available at 10:45 a.m. to transport walkers from Bethlehem to Nazareth. Masks and proof of vaccination are required for the bus and indoor parts of the walk. To register, go to www.peacewalk.org/register.

A HOLIDAY MASS OF REMEMBRANCE will be held at 1 p.m. Dec. 11 at St.

Ann’s Church, 415 S. Sixth St., Emmaus. The Grief Support Committee invites all parishioners in the Diocese to celebrate the lives of your departed loved ones, enroll names by

Dec. 6 at www.churchstann.org and click on Mass of Remembrance button. The Mass will be streamed at www.churchstann. org. Info: 610-428-2855.

ONE STARRY NIGHT will be held 4-6 p.m. Dec. 11 and

2-4 p.m. Dec. 12 at East Bangor United Methodist Community Church, 136 W. Central Ave.,

East Bangor. Ready to take your family back in time? Come to One Starry Night and experience Christmas like never before. You’ll taste the food, see the manger, and participate in community life as you relive Bethlehem at the time of Jesus’s birth. The entire family is invited to visit the stations and join in activities for all ages. A family photo of your time in Bethlehem will keep the story of Christmas alive throughout the year. Info: 610-588-4453; www.ebumc.org.

INDOOR SPIRAL ADVENT WALK will be held 5-7 p.m. Dec. 11 at First Presbyterian Church, 2344 Center St., Bethlehem. The walk features five stations that call up reflections on specific homecomings, dedicated to the themes of ancestors, communities, personal guides, earth, silence, and self. These remembrances of past connections, wisdom texts, and supports remind participants of those guides that have supported their own call. This is a self-paced, meditative walk. Info: 610-867-5865.

“THE WONDROUS STORY,” a Christmas cantata, will be held at the 8 and 10:30 a.m. Dec. 12 services at Jordan United Church of Christ, 1837 Church Road, Allentown. Info: 610-395-2218.

THE A CAPELLA CHOIR at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, 980 Bridle Path Road, Bethlehem, will present a concert of Orthodox liturgical hymns of the Nativity season and Christmas carols at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 12. Light refreshments will follow the concert. Free-will offering. Info: 610-867-0402.

“ADVENT EVENING OF MUSIC AND PRAYER” will be held at 5 p.m. Dec. 12 at St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 618 Fullerton Ave., Whitehall. Prelude begins at 4:30 p.m. Free will offering. Info: 610-266-0695.

A LIVE NATIVITY will be held 5-6 p.m. Dec. 12 at Good Shepherd Catholic School, 1300 Newport Ave., Northampton, behind church in grassy area in front of convent.

ADVENT VESPERS AND LIVE NATIVITY will be held at 6 p.m. Dec. 12 at St. Anthony of Padua, 900 Washington St., Easton, Info: 610-253-7188.

A LONGEST NIGHT SERVICE will be held at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15 at 2344 Center St., Bethlehem. The service provides space for those who are grieving a loss in their lives: whether a person, a job, an experience, a dream; to engage the deep truths of Advent and Christmas without feeling forced into experiences of cheer that they are not feeling. Info: 610-867-5865.

WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA CEREMONY AND WREATH LAYING begins at noon Dec. 18 at Jordan United Church of Christ, 1837 Church Road, Allentown. Info: 610-395-2218.

A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY begins at 3 p.m. Dec. 19 at Faith Lutheran Church, 3355 MacArthur Road, Whitehall. A walk through with a petting zoo will be held 3-4:15 p.m. A drivethrough, with 13 stations, will be held 6-7:30 p.m. The event features live actors and animals. Donation: new socks or slippers. Info: 610-435-0451.

CHRISTMAS JOY CONCERT

begins at 4 p.m. Dec. 19 at First Presbyterian Church, 2344 Center St., Bethlehem. A selection of Christmas choral and handbell music will be presented by guest ensembles, the Choir of St. Tikhon’s Russian Orthodox Monastery, and the Touring Choir of the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts. They will join the church’s Chancel Choir and Chancel Ringers. Free-will offering. Info: 610-867-5865.

A MULTICULTURAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT will be held 5-7 pm. Dec. 19 at Holy Infancy Church, 312 E. Fourth St., Bethlehem. Info: 610-8661121.

CROSSROADS COURSES. Moravian Theological Seminary, 60 W. Locust St., Bethlehem, will offer the following courses. Courses will be offered in person and online.

Missional Leadership, with Dr. Jill Peters, will be held Mondays Jan. 3-Feb. 21.

Road Hazards (Congregational Ethics), with Rev. Derek French and Dr. Jill Peters, will be held Thursdays Jan. 6-Feb. 24.

Story of Christianity, with Dr. Bill Falla, will be held Mondays March 7-May 2.

MyJourney(Formative Spirituality), with Rev. Maggie Wellert, will be Thursdays March 10-May 5.

For information and registration, go to www.moravianseminary.edu/crossroads. Contact Dr. Jill Peters at petersj2@moravian. edu with any questions.