New Schoeneck Moravian Web Site

The Schoeneck Moravian Church has a new web site that includes an extensive calendar of events.

The site is located at: http://www.schoeneckmoravian.org/

Easter Sunday Services & Local Churches

The Morning Call has a list of Easter Sunday Services, those related to Nazareth are here:

• Holy Family Catholic Church, 23 Forest Drive, Nazareth, 8 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass Holy Saturday; 7, 9 and 11 a.m. Easter Sunday. 610-759-0870.
• Nazareth Moravian Church, 4 S. Main St., Nazareth, 7 p.m. Great Sabbath Lovefeast Holy Saturday; 6 a.m. sunrise service; 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Easter Sunday. 610-759-3163.
• St. Brigid's Episcopal Church, 310 Madison Ave., Nazareth, 10 a.m. 610-746-3910.

Other local churches not in the Call's listing (and please contact me if I'm missing any!)

• Carpenters Community Church, 4609 Newburg Road, Phone: 484.285.0040, cmail@carpenterschurch.org
• Dryland UCC, 415 Newburg Road, Phone: 610-759-4444, email: drylanducc@juno.com
• Schoeneck Moravian, 316 N. Broad St. Ext., phone: 610-759-0376,
  EMAIL: schoeneck@schoeneckmoravian.org, pastor: Rev. Terry Folk
• St. John's Lutheran, 200 South Broad Street, Email us at: info@stjohnsnaz.org, Office: 610.759.3090
• St. John's UCC, 183 South Broad Street, 610.759.0893, mail@sjuccnaz.org
• Trinity Lutheran, 6:30 Sunrise Service, 7:30 Easter Breakfast, 9:00 Sunday School, 10:30 Festival Service, 323 Nazareth Pike (Route 191), Phone: (610) 759-6377, email: trinityhecktown@verizon.net

Carpenters to Do Good by Good Friday

Carpenters Community Church in Lower Nazareth is looking to do good for area families between now and Good Friday according to an article in the Morning Call (read it here).

Church members plan to spend the weekends leading up to Good Friday -- which is April 10 -- doing renovation projects for people who need them around the Lehigh Valley.

And good news for anyone reading who has renovation needs, they are still seeking some worthy projects. The idea is to help someone who needs help regardless of any church affiliation. One example given in the article was a family who is taking in an elderly family member and needs a wheelchair ramp installed.

'We're looking for people who are out of work, single parents who are stretched to the limit,'' said Dan DeBlass, a church member from Allen Township.

Holy Family History

I knew the Holy Family church was large, but was unaware that it is the second largest church in the Diocese of Allentown.

I learned this reading an article on the church in the Morning Call, which included a bit of its history as well as its current state (read the article here).

Holy Family 100 Celebration

The Express-Times reports on the continuing festivities around the 100th anniversary of the Holy Family Church (read the article here).

On Sunday a special service will be held at 2:00 p.m. that will include the Diocese Bishop and twenty five other priests from across the Lehigh Valley.

Following the service there will be a banquet at the Northampton Memorial Community Center.

Zoning Approves Expanded Church

The Slate Belt Nazareth Baptist Church gained approval from zoning to build a larger church building on Wednesday according to the Express-Times (read it here).

It was previously reported (read it here) that the merged church was running out of space.

Nazareth-Slate Belt Baptist Church Seeking New Facility

The Express-Times reports (read the article here) that the Nazareth and Slate Belt Churches, which merged when one was without a building and the other without a pastor, are now seeking a variance from local township officials to build a new church alongside their existing one to meet the needs of their worshipers.

Celebrating Palm Sunday

The Express-Times has a video clip on its blog regarding Nazareth's celebration of Palm Sunday, which included a joint ecumenical service with St. John's UCC, St. John's Lutheran and the Moravian Church (view/visit it here).

Holy Week & Easter Services

The Morning Call has a list of services during Holy Week (view them here) and another for Easter (view them here).

Surprisingly only two are listed for Nazareth:

• Holy Family Catholic Church, W. Center Street and Forest Drive, Nazareth, 8 p.m. Ester Vigil Mass Holy Saturday; 7, 9 and 11 a.m. Easter Sunday. 610-759-0870.
• • Nazareth Moravian Church, 4 S. Main St., Nazareth, 6:30 a.m. sunrise service, 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. 610-759-3163.

Let us know what your church services are in the comments. To that end, I might put together a Nazareth Church Directory and post them here with a unique tag so people can easily find them.

Trinity Lutheran in Hecktown (www.trinityhecktown.org) has the following:

• Palm Sunday, March 16, 8 & 10:30 a.m.
• Maundy Thursday, March 20, 7:30 p.m.
• Good Friday, Friday, March 21, 7:30 p.m.
• Holy Saturday, Saturday, March 22 1:00 p.m. (and an egg hunt)
• Easter Sunday, Sunday, March 23 6:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.