First Posted: 5/28/2013

Bethel United Methodist

532 Main St., Avoca

457-2566

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Pastor Sharon Dietz

282-0104

Sunday – Worship service, 11:15 a.m.

Communion first Sunday of each month – non-perishable food items will be collected. Mondays – Bible study, 6 p.m. alternating each week with Brick UM Church, Duryea.

First Thursday of each month – food give-away, 4 to 6 p.m. for the needy of Avoca and Duryea.

Brick United Methodist

935 Foote Ave., Duryea

457-4424

Pastor Sharon Dietz

282-0104

Sunday worship service, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:15 a.m. during morning worship services for ages 3-12

Communion first Sunday of each month – non perishable food items will be collected.

Mondays – Bible study, 6 p.m. alternating each week with Bethel UM Church, Avoca; Miracle of Awareness – coffee time, 6 p.m.; meeting, 7 p.m.

Thursday – New beginnings meeting, 7 p.m. third Thursday of each month – United Methodist Women – 6:30 p.m.

Christian and Missionary

Alliance

317 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston

Meals have resumed at the Breaking Bread Soup Kitchen at the church.

Christ Community Clothes Closet will be open from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays, from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursdays and from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays.

First Baptist Church

Water Street, Pittston

Rev. James H. Breese, pastor

Phone: 654-0283

First Congregational UCC

500 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston

Rev. Joan Mitchell, Pastor

Sanctuary is handicapped accessible.

Worship service is at 11 a.m.

First Presbyterian Church

14 Broad St., Pittston

Rev. William N. Lukesh

Worship service is at 11 a.m. with Holy Communion

United Methodist Church

Corner of Broad and Church Streets, Pittston

Rev. Susan Hardman-Zimmerman

Sunday worship service – 9:30 a.m.

Children’s Sunday School – 9:30 a.m.

Holy Communion – First Sunday each month

Choir rehearsal – Thursdays at 7 p.m. unless told otherwise

United Methodist Women – Second Monday unless told otherwise

Website www.umcpittston.org

Phone: 655-4340

There will be a Strawberry Shortcake Social from 4 to 7 p.m. on June 15. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children and includes cake, strawberries or peaches, ice cream and a beverage. Lunch menu will also be available. For tickets or additional information, call 655-0677 or 654-8775. The event is being sponsored by the United Methodist Women.

A Fall Doo Wop Trip is scheduled for the 2 p.m. show on for Sept. 21 at the American Music Theater in Lancaster. Price of the trip is $96 which includes bus, ticket to show, dinner after the show at Shady Maple’s famous smorgasbord and bus driver tip. Call Cathy at 603-1915 for further information or to reserve a seat.

The trip is sponsored by the Flower Fund of the United Methodist Church Pittston.

First United Presbyterian

West Pittston

Rev. James Thyren, pastor

Phone: 654-812

Sunday, June 2: 10 a.m., Sunday School; 11 a.m., worship – Children’s Day; 12:05 p.m., choir rehearsal.

Thursday, June 6: 7:30 p.m. – Session at CPST building.

Services are being held at St. Cecilia’s Roman Catholic Church, 1700 Wyoming Ave, Exeter. There is parking on Wyoming Avenue and in the parking lot behind the church.

The Session and Deacons of the First United Presbyterian Church of West Pittston are planning their annual Strawberry Festival and Mini-Flea Market from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 15 at St. Cecilia’s, 1700 Wyoming Ave., Exeter. Tickets for the strawberries and ice cream are available at the door.

First United Methodist Church

Monday, June 3 – 7 p.m., Administrative Council; 7 p.m., Boy Scouts

Thursday, June 6 – 7 p.m., Weight Watchers

Friday, June 7 – Pizza sale

Sunday, June 9 – 10 a.m., Worship

Full Gospel Chapel

Avoca

Full Gospel Chapel of Avoca is sponsoring a St. Pauly Textile, Inc. used clothing shed in the church parking lot. Community members donate clothing by placing it in the shed. Receipts for tax deductions are stored in a mailbox on the shed. The clothing donations are distributed in the US and internationally. St. Pauly’s then gives funding in return for clothing collected in the shed. Be sure to donate good usable clothing.

Glendale Gospel Church

105 Church Drive

Glendale/Pittston Township Sunday service, 10:45 a.m.

Harding Church of Christ

RR 1 Box 187A, Falls

Sunday services, 10 a.m.; Sunday School and church service, 11 a.m. Call 388-6534

Holy Mother of Sorrows PNCC

212 Wyoming Ave., Dupont

Rev. Zbigniew David, pastor

Sunday Masses

8 a.m. – Traditional Mass

10:30 a.m. – Traditional High Mass

Daily Mass – 9 a.m., Tuesday through Friday

Independent Bible Church

328 Main St., Duryea

451-0346

Inkerman Presbyterian

Main Street, Inkerman

Services: Sundays, 9 a.m.

Langcliffe Presbyterian

1001 Main St., Avoca

Moosic Alliance Church

608 Rocky Glen Road, Moosic

Pastor: Doug Jensen 457-6020

maccma2@verizon.net

Sunday morning Sunday School for all ages, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday morning worship, 10:45 a.m.

Prayer meeting, Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Celebrate Recovery Ministry, Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.

Nativity of Our Lord

Stephenson Street, Duryea

Mass Schedule:

Saturday: 4 p.m., Holy Rosary Church

5:30 p.m., Sacred Heart of Jesus Church

Sunday: 8 a.m., Holy Rosary Church

9:30 a.m., Holy Rosary Church

11 a.m., Sacred Heart of Jesus Church

Monday – Friday: 7 a.m., Holy Rosary Church

Oblates of St. Joseph

Highway 315, Laflin

Masses are held at 7 a.m. daily (Monday through Friday) in the seminary chapel and at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning. There are no weekend Masses.

Confessions are heard daily from 9 a.m. to noon and from 3 to 6 p.m.

Office hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; evenings and weekends by appointment. Office phone number is 654-7542.

Mass is celebrated at 7 p.m. every Wednesday in conjunction with the Novena to St. Joseph and St. Joseph Marello.

St. Joseph Marello

William Street, Pittston

654-6902

All high school seniors who are graduating, parishioners and non parishioners are invited to attend the 9:30 a.m. Mass. on June 9 A special blessing will be bestowed upon them.

The Annual Parish Picnic will be held on Friday, July 12, Saturday, July 13, and Sunday July 14 this year. An organizational meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Monday, June 3 in the Parish Center.

A procession with the Blessed Sacrament will take place inside the church at the conclusion of the 9:30 a.m. Mass today, June 2.

Choir practice is 7 p.m. on Mondays

Corpus Christi Parish

Immaculate Conception

Holy Redeemer churches

605 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston

Holy Redeemer Church

Route 92, Harding

Our Lady of the Eucharist

535 N. Main St., Pittston

Mass

Saturday vigil: 4 p.m.

Sunday: 8:30 and 11 a.m.

Daily Mass: 8 a.m.

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)

First Communion and Confirmation pictures are available for pickup. Contact Sister Mary Ann.

Vacation Bible School is set for June 24-28. During Vacation Bible School, the children will be asked to bring in paper goods: paper towels, paper napkins, toilet paper and diapers – all of which will be donated to the Care and Concern Ministries at the Seton Catholic building. For more information, call Sister Mary Ann Cody, IHM at 654-0263 and leave your name and phone number if you can help any or all days.

Sacred Heart of Jesus

This week’s mass schedule: Monday through Friday at 7 a.m. (in the Sacred Heart Cemetery Chapel), Saturday at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. and Sunday at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. (in the Church Hall – you can enter from the Walnut St. entrance or the entrance between the church and the rectory.) The Rosary will be prayed each day before the first mass in the month of June.

The Holy Name Society will meet on Wednesday, June 5 at 7 p.m. in the school building.

The church picnic will be held on August 1, 2 and 3 on the parish grounds. Donations of purchased non-perishable food items and paper goods are being taken for the Food Basket Stand. Items may be left on the rear porch of the rectory. Be sure to check that the expiration dates are after the picnic. Your generosity is most appreciated.

St. Barbara’s Parish

28 Memorial Ave., Exeter

Parish office hours: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and evenings by appointment.

Phone: 654-2103

Weekend Masses: Saturday – St. Anthony 4 p.m. – Vigil Mass

St. Cecilia 5:30 p.m. – Vigil Mass

Sunday – St. Anthony 7:30 and 10:30 a.m.

St. Cecilia 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Daily Masses: Monday and Tuesday: 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 7 and 11 a.m.

MASS SCHEDULE

FOR JUNE 10 –14

Fr. Ray and Fr. Phil will be away with the rest of the Oblates of St. Joseph from June 10 – 14. We will NOT have a 7 p.m. Mass on Monday & Tuesday. We will NOT have our 11 a.m. Mass on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday. On Tuesday & Wednesday at 7 a.m. we will have a Communion Service only – no Mass. Masses for that week will be held on Monday, Thursday & Friday at 7 a.m. On Tuesday & Wednesday we will have a Communion Service at 7 a.m.

A farewell Mass of Thanksgiving for the 80 years of service provided for the Parish by the Oblates Of St. Joseph will be celebrated at the 10:30 a.m. Mass on June 23 and will be followed by an open-house reception in the Parish Center.

The annual picnic will be held Friday July 19 through Sunday July 21.

Christian Women will hold a special end of the year dinner at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18 at Fox Hill Country Club. Cost is $25 per person. Payment is due with reservations. Place reservations/payment in Sunday collections or contact Loretta 654-0936, Mary 655-4744, Barbara 654-8670, Chip 654-7480. Deadline is June 11.

St. John the Evangelist

Parish Community

Parish bazaar volunteer meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 3 in the parish hall.

Vacation Bible School will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on June 24-28 at Our Lady of Eucharist and St.John Parishes. Call Sister Mary Ann Cody IHM at 654-0263.

Annual Care and Concern Free Health Clinic Golf Tournament will take place on Friday, July 12 at Emanon Country Club For more information, call Jim at 654-2585.

Kids Clothes Closet is seeking donations of new or gently-used clothing for kids sizes newborn to 14/16.

Meeting for the parish bazaar will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 3 in the parish hall.

St. John’s Lutheran

7 Wood St., Pittston

655-2505

stjohnspittston@verizon.com

Pastor: John Castellani

Organist Marcia Colleran

Lay Reader Brooke Cherney

Acolyte Brooke Cherney

Greeter Joe Mersincavage

Ushers Alan Drummond & Frank Capobianco

Communion Assistant Jim Fox

St. John’s P.M. Church

316 Main St., Avoca

Pastor: Rev. Dale E. Pepper 780-9587

Sunday service, 10 a.m.

Bible Study at 6 p.m. every other Thursday.

St. Maria Goretti

Laflin Road, Laflin

Pastor: Monsignor Neil Van Loon

42redwood@comcast.net

The Combined Youth Ministry presents this Summer’s Youth Rally for Teens in 9th – 12th grades on July 17 at Misericordia University, Dallas. Registration open at 9 a.m. with a closing Mass at 7 p.m. celebrated by The Most Reverend Joseph Bambera, Bishop of Scranton. Cost is $25.

Community Flea Markets

The Laflin Community Flea Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 22 . Anyone interested in volunteering to set up a table for this event at St. Maria Goretti Parish is asked to call the parish office.

On this same day, a multi-vendor flea market will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the gymnasium at St. Joseph’s Oblate Seminary in the Gymnasium, 1800 Highway 315, Pittston. Interested vendors may call Kathy at 885-5018.

Vacation Bible Camp

Vacation Bible Camp will be held July 8-12.

Vacation Bible School: Our Lady of the Eucharist, 535 N. Main St., Pittston, will host an Everywhere Fun Fair from June 24-28. Call Sister Mary Ann Cody, IHM at 654-0263 and leave your name and phone number if you can help out any or all days or if you wish more information regarding the VBS.

St. Mary’s Polish National

Catholic Church

200 Stephenson St., Duryea

Rev. Fr. Carmen G. Bolock, pastor

Phone 457-2291

Email:padre@saintmaryspncc.org

St. Monica’s Church

363 W. 8th St., West Wyoming

Office hours – 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday

Phone: 693-1991

Email: olos363@verizon.net

Father Leo McKernan, pastor

Father Joseph Adonizio, visiting priest

William Jenkins, deacon

Mass Schedule:

Saturday Vigil: 4 p.m. at OLOS; Sunday: 8:30 a.m. at STJ; 11 a.m.at OLOS

Daily Mass Schedule: Daily Mass at OLOS – Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday – 7 a.m.; Monday and Thursday – 7 p.m.

Miraculous Medal Novena – after Monday Evening Mass. Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy – Before morning and evening Masses at OLOS site.

Vacation Bible School: Registration is now underway for St. Monica’s Summer Vacation School held June 24 – 28.

• Divine Mercy Youth Ministry: of St. Monica’s will be meeting every Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. or more information call Jerry Bauman at 604-1122.

• Let’s Play Baseball! – St. Monica’s will have an outing to Montage on Wednesday, June 5 for a baseball game. Our choir will sing the National Anthem. Cost is $8 per person and seats are on the third base line.

• Trip to Stockbridge (Divine Mercy Shrine) on Saturday, June 15. Transportation will depart at 8 a.m. and return at 10:30 p.m. For more information, contact Jerry Baumanat 604-1122.

Light the Fire Youth Rally: On Wednesday, July 17th at Misericordia University with Guest Speaker & Musician Steve Angrisano.

St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

100 Rock St., Hughestown

Stpeters_elc@yahoo.com

654-1008

9 a.m. – Sunday School and confirmation classes

10 a.m. – Worship service

Queen of the Apostles

715 Hawthorne St., Avoca

457-3412

stmarysavoca@verizon.net

Daily Masses: 8 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and at 7 p.m. on Wednesday

Eucharistic Adoration: Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Miraculous Medal Novena: Wednesday following the 7 p.m. Mass

Healing Mass: First Friday of the month at 7 p.m.

Weekend Mass Schedule: Saturday at 4 p.m.; Sunday at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m.

Confession: Saturdays 3-3:45 p.m.; anytime upon request by calling 457-3412.

Prayer Chain: 457-5867

Buildings and grounds committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 3 in the rectory, 715 Hawthorne St.

The Pastoral Council will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 10 in the rectory.

The Women’s Guild will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11 in the rectory.

The Church Environment Committee will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 17in the rectory.

Queen of the Apostles Parish will honor Pastoral Associate Sr. Jane Mary Duke, IHM on Saturday, June 22 at the 4 p.m. Mass at the church.

Second Presbyterian Church

143 Parsonage St., Pittston 18640

The Session of the Second Presbyterian Church announces the following schedule for the week of June 2:

Sunday, June 2: 10 a.m., Worship time for the summer

Tuesday, June 4: 7:30 p.m., AA meeting

Wednesday, June 5: 6:30 p.m., Choir rehearsal

Starting today, June 2, worship time for the summer is 10 a.m.

Trinity Episcopal Church of West Pittston

Spring Street and Montgomery Avenue

Sunday Holy Eucharist: 11 a.m. every Sunday.

Spring Street and Montgomery Avenue

Sunday Holy Eucharist: 11 a.m. every Sunday.

Food Pantry: June items needed are peanut butter, crackers and soup. Gerrity’s gift cards, cash donations and other non-perishable foods also accepted.

Prayernetwork. Open to the public. Daily prayer for those with needs requesting prayerful support. Start Prayernetwork at parish office at 654-3261.

Youth Program: 10:45 a.m. every Sunday.

Parish Life Events Team: Bi-monthly first Sundays.

Parish Council: Every second Sunday.

Women of Trinity: Every third Sunday

Music Together Classes: Fun and music for infants and children through age five accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Registration for special Summer Session now underway. For registration information, email musicareproject@hotmail.com.

Giant neighborhood yard sales every first Saturday from now through September. 20+ vendors, bake sale, food available. Vendor spaces available for $10 and reservations are required. Call 654-3261.