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Grace Lutheran Church, 28 W. Main St., Macungie, will offer its free community meal 4-5:30 p.m. April 12 in the downstairs fellowship hall. Takeout is also available.

Grace Lutheran Church holds a weekly free food distribution 2-4 p.m. every Wednesday in April: April 3, 10, 17 and 24 for East Penn School District residents. Signs will be posted with directions for parking and pickup.

The Friends of the Macungie Institute will host an afternoon of bingo 1 p.m. April 7 in the lower level of Macungie Memorial Hall at Macungie Memorial Park. There will be cash prizes, food and raffles. Doors open noon. Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Macungie Institute. For more information, call 610-966-7830.

The Macungie Institute will continue to offer free weekly Pinochle and Mahjong Wednesdays. Pinochle is 10 a.m. to noon and Mahjong is 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Zumba with Rashida is offered 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays and 2-3 p.m. Tuesdays. For more information, visit www.macungieinstitute.com.

Macungie Institute with Miller-Keystone Blood Center will hold a blood drive 1-2 p.m. April 20. To schedule an appointment, call 800-223-6667, ext. 2 and use the sponsor code 4445.

Macungie Town Beautification is offering Stars and Stripes decorative sitters. For an adoption cost, a 60-inch sitter will be placed on the telephone poles on Main Street May through September. The sitter can then be picked up after the display period. Supplies are limited. Order forms are available on the “Macungie Town Beautification” Facebook page or at the Macungie Institute.

New members are welcome to join the Macungie Town Beautification Committee. They meet 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month at the Macungie Institute.

There will be a K4K and Fur Mama Spring Craft Fair 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 13 at Macungie Memorial Hall in Macungie Park.

Lower Lehigh AARP will meet noon April 4 in the lower level of Macungie Memorial Hall. Tickets for the June 6 picnic will be available. The next meeting will be May 2. For more information, contact Dot at 610-967-3284.

There will be Food Trucks in the Park 4-8 p.m. April 10, 17, 24 and May 1 at Macungie Memorial Park.

The Alburtis Seniors will meet noon April 17 at Church of the Good Shepherd, 135 Quarry Road, Alburtis. There will be a potluck buffet lunch followed by a meeting and bingo. There is a small charge. Bring a covered dish. For more information, call Doris at 610-966-3653.

The first Cruise Night of the season will begin 3 p.m. April 20 at Macungie Memorial Park. Vehicles will start arriving 2 p.m. and the DJ starts 4 p.m. Refreshments are available. For more information, call 610-966-4289.

Concordia Lutheran Preschool will hold an Earth Day Clothes Recycling Event 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 20 at Concordia Lutheran Church on Brookside Road. Acceptable items for the clothing drive include new and gently used clothing, shoes, coats, bedding and towels (no stuffed animals). There will be family friendly Earth Day activities and food 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, call the church at 610-965-3265.

The Great Macungie Cleanup will take place 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 27. The Boy Scouts with volunteers will pick up trash along Mountain Stream and Macungie Memorial Park and from the flower park to the new Lehigh Valley Health Network hospital. Bring trash bags and gloves. For more information, go to www.cleanup.keeppabeautiful.org/calendar.

A cash bingo to benefit the Pediatric Cancer Foundation of the Lehigh Valley will be held 1 p.m. April 28 at Macungie Memorial Hall. Doors open 11:30 a.m. To purchase tickets, go to http://e.givesmart.com/events/bgk.

The Horlacher Chapter Spring Breweriana Show for beer cans and brewery advertising will be held 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 4 at Macungie Memorial Park.

There will be a food, wine and craft fair 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 4 at Macungie Memorial Park.

The Macungie Farmers Market will open for the season 4-7 p.m. May 16 on Lumber Street, just off Main Street, Macungie.

Macungie Borough Council will meet 7:30 p.m. April 15 and May 6.

Cash bingo is held weekly Saturday evenings at Macungie Memorial Park. Doors open 4:30 p.m. and games begin 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 610-966-4289.

The Macungie Park Board of Directors meeting is 7 p.m. April 9 in the downstairs of Macungie Memorial Hall.

During Advent our nativity resides on top of the entertainment center. One morning as I was tidying up, I found Matt’s empty Guinness glass sitting in the middle of the Nativity. He had set it there when he turned off the DVD player the night before and forgotten to pick it back up. Despite the historical inaccuracy, the presence of a Guinness at the Nativity generated a lively discussion on the fourth Wiseman who brought the beer.

The copy deadline for the May 1 column will be April 24.