St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 835 Third St., will serve Bruce’s shepherd’s pie dinners 5-7 p.m. Nov. 17. The meal consists of shepherd’s pie, salad, rolls, dessert and beverage.

The order deadline for tickets has passed, but you can call the church office at 610-264-3762 in case there are still tickets available.

This is a fundraiser to help with mission support.

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St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church, 618 Fullerton Ave., parish children, as well as the PREP class students, are working on collecting food items to put together Thanksgiving meal baskets for those in need.

If anyone from the parish can donate turkeys, it will certainly help complete the meal efforts. Contact Mary Spieker at the parish office at 610-266-0695, ext. 208, if you can donate this year.

Turkeys, fresh or frozen, are needed by the week of Nov. 18.

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St. Elizabeth’s youth ministry will be selling single-bloom poinsettias. They will arrive just in time for a perfect little gift for a neighbor or co-worker.

The deadline for ordering is Nov. 25. Pickups will be 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 6 at the parish office or 8:30-11:15 a.m. Dec. 8 in the parish hall.

All poinsettias are newly grown at Garden City in Catasauqua.

Order forms can be found in the parish bulletin, or call the parish office at 610-266-0695.

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St. John’s United Church of Christ, 575 Grape St., will be helping Whitehall Food Pantry this month to reach a goal of collecting 200 boxes or bags of stuffing mix to distribute for the Thanksgiving meal.

Bring what you can as soon as possible, and place it in the shopping cart in the coatroom area by the sanctuary. Monetary contributions are also needed to purchase gift cards to buy turkeys. Any other food donations are always welcome.

For more information or to volunteer the fourth Monday of the month, contact Gary Black at 484-274-2405 or gary.t.black@outlook.com.

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Thanks for your cooperation, and a great week to all!