\u2022 The Rev. Jennifer Dee was elected to a six-year term as bishop of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America during the Synod Assembly, which was held June 4-6 in Lake Harmony, Carbon County. Dee, who has been the lead pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Robesonia since 2023 after serving as associate pastor there for more than a decade, is the first woman to serve as bishop of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod. She was ordained in 2008 and previously served at St. John\u2019s Lutheran Church in Loogootee, Ind. She earned a master of divinity degree from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and a bachelor of arts degree from Keene State College in Keene, N.H. Dee will succeed the Rev. Christopher deForest, who is completing his first term as bishop.<\/p>\n
\u2022 There will be a free concert by Stephanie Grace next Saturday from 5-7 p.m. at St. John Hill Reformed Picnic Grove, 620 Hill Church Road, Pike Township. Food will be available starting at 4 p.m., including ice cream, french fries, hamburgers and hot dogs.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Huff\u2019s Union Church, 540 Conrad Road, Hereford Township, will hold its picnic next Saturday, rain or shine. Food and baked goods will be available beginning at 4 p.m. Music by the Hannah Violet Trio from 5-8 p.m. (weather permitting). Children\u2019s activities and games (10 and under) 5-6 p.m. Bring your own lawn chairs. Call the church office 610-845-2626 for information.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Little Swatara Church of the Brethren, 31 Rehrersburg Road, Tulpehocken Township, will hold a car, truck, tractor and motorcycle show next Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be kids games, a yard sale, food and a children\u2019s pedal pull at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Supply pastor the Rev. Brad Mellon will lead the 9 a.m. worship service on Sunday at Christ Lutheran Church, 222 Niantic Road, Douglass Township, Montgomery County. Coffee and Conversation will be held at 8:30 and 10 in the Welcome Center.<\/p>\n
\u2022 St. Michael\u2019s Church, 529 St. Michael\u2019s Road, Tilden Township, will hold its picnic next Saturday from 4-8 p.m. with music by Rick Hartman and Friends at 5.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Mezzo soprano Megan Charleswort will provide music during the 9:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday at Calvary United Church of Christ, 640 Centre Ave., Reading.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The United Church of Christ of Robesonia\u2019s Men\u2019s Fellowship Group will meet today at 8:30 a.m. at the Heidelberg Family Restaurant, 910 W. Penn Ave., Robesonia.<\/p>\n
\u2022 St. John\u2019s Gernant\u2019s Church (A Federated Congregation), 13 Gernant\u2019s Church Road, Ontelaunee Township, will worship on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the Memorial Hall. Daniel Beal will perform \u201cMy Chains are Gone.\u201d During June and the first two weeks of July, the church will be collecting new men\u2019s and women\u2019s socks for the military. The socks will be blessed on July 12 and then donated to the Lions Club of Blandon.<\/p>\n
\u2022 St. Andrew\u2019s United Church of Christ, 1320 Spruce St., Reading, will be holding a Last Day of Spring Food Sale next Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Homemade ham and bean soup; hamburger barbecue; macaroni salad; hot dogs; shoo-fly pies, blueberry crumb pies; beverages; and assorted baked goods will be available for purchase to eat in and\/or take out.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Friedens United Church of Christ, 337 Main St., Oley, will honor high school and college graduates during the 9 a.m. worship service on Sunday. Brayden Samuelson, a recent graduate of Oley Valley High School, will provide special music.<\/p>\n
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