Joyful giving! Requests for baked goods for the Allentown Soup Kitchen are being made for Jan. 13.

Any kind of dessert or baked goods made with chocolate will be thankfully accepted and may be dropped off in Heidelberg Church’s Fellowship Hall 6-7 p.m.

To find out more about helping at the soup kitchen, call Linda Hausamann at 610-767-5281.

With the soup kitchen in mind, Heidelberg Church is also collecting small packages of tissues for the next three months to hand out to those in need at the soup kitchen.

Folks wishing to donate tissues may place them in the box in the narthex. If you would like to contribute but don’t have the time to shop for tissues, contact Robin Koch at 610-767-6859.

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Relaxing pursuits! Heidelberg Church’s Women of Faith group will meet at 1 p.m. Jan. 27 in fellowship hall. Women of all ages are invited.

Bring along a friend or two and settle in for an enjoyable afternoon of movie watching plus popcorn.

During this time, the group will also discuss packing boxes to send to military and college students in the Heidelberg Church congregation.

For further information, call Susan Bickert at 610-767-5782.

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Souper Bowl Sunday! Heidelberg Union Church is again collecting cans of soup.

The soup will be distributed to the Northern Lehigh Food Bank and Christ’s Church at Lowhill Food Pantry.

Last year, Heidelberg Church collected more than 2,705 cans.

Donations of any kind of soup may be dropped off at the church on or before Feb. 2.

Any questions, call the church office at 610-767-4740.

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Just a thought! Butterflies can’t see their wings. They can’t see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can. People are like that, too.