Thanksgiving dinners
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• Thanksgiving dinner will be served at Faith Alive Church in Bowmanstown on Saturday. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. and dinner will be served from 1-3 p.m. All are welcome. No takeouts. For more information call 610-852-3833, 610-767-4157 or 570-386-5586.
• Friedens Lutheran Church is holding a community Thanksgiving dinner from 3-6 p.m. Sunday. Come enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with friends. The free meal includes roasted turkey, potato filling, gravy, corn, green beans, candied sweet potatoes, lettuce with hot bacon dressing, cranberry sauce and salad and much more including a large variety of desserts. No takeouts. The church is at 525 Church St., New Ringgold.
• St. Mark’s/St. John’s Episcopal Church in Jim Thorpe will hold its monthly free community dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday. The menu will be a Thanksgiving dinner. For more information you may call the church office.
• The Tamaqua Salvation Army will host a free Thanksgiving Day dinner from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 22. Meals will also be delivered to shut-ins who register at least one week in advance by calling 570-668-0410. Thanksgiving food baskets will be distributed between noon and 6 p.m. on Nov. 20 for those families who preregistered.
• St. John’s United Church of Christ at 15 S. Second St. in Slatington is offering a free Thanksgiving dinner from noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 22. All are welcome. Reservations are appreciated, but not required. Dinners will be delivered to “shut-ins” in the Northern Lehigh area, but calls for delivery must be received by Monday. Call the church office at 610-767-5554 for questions, reservations or home delivery. The office is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday and Wednesday.
• The American Legion Post 927 in Gilbert is hosting a free community traditional Thanksgiving dinner, with all the trimmings, on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, for those in need, serving from noon to 4 p.m. For information, call Peggy at 610-681-5838.
• Effort UMC will be holding its 14th annual free community Thanksgiving dinner at 2 p.m. Nov. 22. For information, call the church at 570-629-1890.
