Zion's Union Church Maxatawny, 329 Church Road, Kutztown, will have its fall festival from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Sept. 21.

Once again Kauffman's barbecue chickens will be on the menu.

Tickets are available from Randy Noll at 610-682-0507.

Along with the chicken dinners, families with young children will be hosting a lemonade stand.

There will also be a bake sale, food stand and craft and church flea market.

Call Cheryl Bailey at 610-683-8936 to bake or help at the bake sale table.

All proceeds go to the building fund and furnishings.

To donate items to the church flea market table, bring items to the church 6-8 p.m. Sept. 18 or 19.

Clothing, footwear or furniture are not being accepted.

Volunteers are needed to price items and set up from 6-8 p.m. Sept. 18, 19 and 20.

***

St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 8227 Hamilton Blvd., Trexlertown, will be having a yard sale 8 a.m.-noon on Sept. 14.

The church's Amish horseshoes tournament and pot-luck lunch will take place Sept. 15 following the worship service.

***

St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 1249 Trexlertown Road, Trexlertown, is having Sunday School Rally Day 9 a.m. Sept. 8. The church will present a jazz concert at 3 p.m. that day.

For more information, call the church office at 610-395-4571.

***

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran and St. John's UCC, Fogelsville, will be having a joint outdoor worship service 10:30 a.m. Sept. 8 at the upper pavilion in Breinigsville Park.

This will be followed by the church picnic.

The worship service and picnic will be held rain or shine.

Bring your lawn chairs and a salad or dessert to share.

For information, call St. John's Evangelical Lutheran at 610-395-5535 or St. John's UCC at 610-398-7015.

***

Ziegels Union Church, 9990 Ziegels Church Road, Breinigsville, is accepting orders for take-home meals, quarts or pints of Schnitz and Knepp or macaroni and cheese, green beans with bacon, pickled cabbage, applesauce and dessert.

Place orders no later than Sept. 15. Pick-up is Sept. 29.

Proceeds go to the UCC to help balance the church budget.

For more information, call the church office at 610-285-6157.

Blue Mountain Nursery will have a perennial plant sale 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 7 and noon-2 p.m. Sept. 8 at the church.

Plants will be available in quarts, 1- and 2-gallon pots. Grasses and knockout roses will be available in 3 gallon pots.

All plants will be donated and 100 percent of the profits will be given to Ziegels youth groups.

***

Upper Macungie, along with South and North Whitehall townships, will be holding the 2013 Emergency Preparedness Day Sept. 21 at the St. Luke's West End Medical Center, 501 Cetronia Road, South Whitehall.

For more information, call the township at 610-395-4892.

***

Parkland Community Library, at 4422 Walbert Ave., South Whitehall Township, will be hosting Connie Newcomb, author of "Dog Show Confidential: Sneaking in the Back Door of Westminster," for a book signing and talk 7-8 p.m. Sept. 5.

Learn how Newcomb turned a neurotic, man-hating Chihuahua puppy into a champion, ending up at Madison Square Garden's annual televised Westminster Kennel Club dog show with an Award of Merit for her second champion.

Registration is needed to attend.

The library is offering a practice SAT exam from 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sept. 7, in preparation for the official college board test.

Scores are not reported to the school or any reporting agency.

Join the library's new daytime book group for adults to discuss "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand," a novel by Helen Simonson 2-3 p.m. Sept. 7.

Night at the Movies is being offered 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at the library.