St. John’s United Church of Christ, 575 Grape St., has a vast selection of crafts by its own Keeping You in Stitches crafters for the holidays. Items are available for sale in the lounge area Dec. 1 and 8.

You can select from kitchen and household furnishings, baby or children’s items, thank you or birthday gifts and Christmas decorations.

See Carol Raszler before or after worship to make your purchases.

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Christmas activities begin early at St. John’s UCC. The church will present a family fun and movie night Dec. 7 in Fox Hall. A choice of several soups and breads are on the dinner menu starting 6 p.m. This will be followed by the movie “Polar Express,” an animated film starring Tom Hanks.

Bring a comfortable lawn chair to watch the movie.

There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board at the back of the sanctuary. You can also call the office at 610-264-8421, so the church knows the number of people coming. If you are able to bring an item for the meal, that is appreciated.

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St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church, 618 Fullerton Ave., will hold its annual appreciation dinner for volunteers 6 p.m. Dec. 8. All volunteers are invited to attend the dinner in the parish hall.

Invited individuals are those who volunteer at the school and annual events like the parish festival, basket social and VBS, as well as those who continually give of their time to the parish.

Families are welcome.

RSVP by Dec. 4 to the parish office rectory at 610-266-0695 with how many will be in your party.

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St. Elizabeth’s asks you consider volunteering to deliver Christmas gifts to parishioners who live in assisted living and nursing home facilities, as well as those who are homebound. Gifts can be picked up 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 12 or 9 a.m.-noon Dec. 13 at the church office.

Call the parish office if you can offer some time to deliver these gifts to shut-ins.

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