Religious education classes at St. Elizabeth Regional School will begin with an opening Mass 6 p.m. Sept. 14 for students in fourth through eighth grades.

Parents and children should go directly to church, 618 Fullerton Ave. After Mass, a few instructions will be given, and families are then free to leave with a copy of the PREP year schedule and your child’s book.

There will be no kindergarten PREP this year. First-, second- and third-grade PREP will be in the parish hall/gymnasium 6-7:15 p.m.; fourth- and fifth-grade PREP will meet for one monthly in-person session and weekly online sessions; sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade PREP will be as usual in the upstairs classrooms 6-7:30 p.m. using sanitation protocols.

If you haven’t already registered your child, or for more information, call 610-264-0143.

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St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church is sponsoring a drive-thru ham dinner Sept. 26. Dinner includes ham, mashed sweet potatoes, string beans, roll and dessert.

Pickup is 4-6 p.m. at the parish hall.

Orders are due by Sept. 21.

For more information, pricing or to place an order, call Joan at 610-349-7791 or email dirreled@sercc.org.

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St. John’s United Church of Christ, 575 Grape St., is having a pastie sale. There will be 12-ounce meat and vegetable pasties and 6-ounce fruit pasties, which are made by Mr. Pastie from Pen Argyl and are frozen.

The deadline to order is Oct. 11. Payment is due at the time of order.

Delivery is scheduled for 2-4 p.m. Oct. 28 and 31 in the parking lot.

For pricing, a full list of varieties available or an order form, contact the church office at 610-264-8421.

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St. John’s UCC is also planning a takeout chicken dinner Oct. 23, which will consist of half of a chicken, baked potato, coleslaw, corn, roll and butter.

The deadline to order is Oct. 14.

Contact the church office at 610-264-8421 for an order form or more information.

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The missions committee of St. John’s UCC would like to extend a big thanks to everyone for the generous response to the backpacks and school supplies drive-by in July.

More than 1,365 items were delivered to Whitehall-Coplay School District Aug. 12.

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Thanks for your cooperation, and, as always, have a great week. Be safe!