Bath: Area churches welcome all to scheduled Easter week services
Emmanuel’s Lutheran Church, 3175 Valley View Drive, will be holding a Maundy Thursday worship service 7 p.m. April 17 in the sanctuary.
On Good Friday, April 18, there will be a Tenebrae service 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall.
On Easter Sunday, April 20, the services are 6:30 a.m. for the Easter dawn worship, 8:45 a.m. for the traditional worship in the sanctuary and 10 a.m. for a celebration worship.
In addition, an Easter breakfast will be held 7:15-9:30 a.m., and an Easter egg hunt will start 9:45 a.m.
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St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 306 E. Main St., will be holding a Maundy Thursday worship service 7 p.m. April 17 and Holy Communion in the sanctuary.
There will be a joint Tenebrae service with Christ Church at St. John’s, set for 7 p.m. April 18.
On Easter Sunday, April 20, there will be services held 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.
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During the month of April, Emmanuel’s church will help Bath Area Food Bank by collecting canned soup, paper goods and toilet paper. There is a special need for tomato soup, chicken noodle soup, tomato sauce and peanut butter. There is an ongoing need for ramen noodles.
Donations for the food bank can be dropped off in the bins in the fellowship hall or the upstairs gathering area.
The food bank is always in need of monetary donations, and A-Hart’s gift cards are needed for emergencies. Bring all gift cards in an envelope marked “food bank” to the church office.
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The Bath Museum, 121 S. Walnut St., Bath, will be open for visitors 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 19.
Volunteers are needed. Call 484-284-0313 if interested.
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Governor Wolf Historical Society, 6600 Jacksonville Road, will be open 1-3 p.m. April 19 for tours of the historic buildings, grounds and new museum.
For more information, call 610-837-9015.
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Klecknersville Rangers Volunteer Fire Company, 2718 Mountain View Drive, will be having a landscape bingo April 26. The event is presented by the Moore Township Community Days committee.
Doors open 11:30 a.m., and bingo starts 1 p.m. Prizes include plants, hedge trimmers, leaf blowers, wheelbarrows and more.
The kitchen will be open, and the event is BYOB.
For the price and other information, call 610-759-9449, ext. 5, or 610-759-5629.
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Bath Area Fish Committee’s annual kids fishing contest will begin 8 a.m. April 26 and ends 3 p.m. April 27 at the Monocacy Creek in Bath.
Fish stocking will occur around 3:30 p.m. April 25.
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Thanks for your cooperation. A very happy Easter to all!