First Baptist Church
Water Street, Pittston
570-654-0283
www.fbcpittston.com
Rev. James H. Breese, pastor
Sunday Morning worship, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School for adults, teens and children, 11 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study, 7:15 p.m.
Mens Fellowship, 8:30 a.m. the first and third Saturday of every month
Womens Fellowship, 11 a.m. the fourth Saturday of every month
Teen Fellowship, 10 a.m. the first and third Saturday of every month
First Congregational Church U.C.C.
500 Luzerne Ave.
West Pittston, PA 18643
570-654-8052, leave message
Sunday services are at 11 a.m.
Church Council meetings are held the second Sunday of each month.
Communion is the first Sunday of each month.
Oblates of St. Joseph
Highway 315, Laflin
570-654-7542
Holy Hour is held every Wednesday from 6 to 7 p. m. followed by the Mass and the novena prayers to St. Joseph and St. Joseph Marello.
The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is held from 6 to 7 p.m. every Wednesday in the seminary chapel at St. Joseph’s Oblate Seminary. It includes recitation of the Rosary and opportunity for confessions. Holy Mass is celebrated at 7 p.m., followed by Novena prayers to St. Joseph and St. Joseph Marello, founder of the Oblates of St. Joseph religious congregation. For more information, contact the OSJ seminary.
Queen of the Apostles
715 Hawthorne St., Avoca
570-457-3412
stmarysavoca@verizon.net
www.queenoftheapostles.weconnect.com
Facebook page: Queen of the Apostles Parish, Avoca
Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in the rectory.
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
215 Lackawanna Ave., Dupont
570-654-3713
Rev. Thomas Petro, pastor
shojesuschurch@gmail.com
www.sacredheartdupont.com
The second annual Cookie Walk for the Christmas holiday will be conducted by the Sacred Heart Church Welcome Committee from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, Dec. 9. There will be many different choices of homemade cookies, candies and fudge prepared and donated by fellow parishioners — from the stand-by favorites like chocolate chip and peanut butter, to the specialty cookies that you only get to enjoy around Christmas. Price is $8 per pound.
The oplatki, the traditional Eastern European Christmas Eve wafers, will be blessed during the 4 p.m. Mass on Dec. 1. Oplatki and 2019 calendars will be distributed in the church hall immediately following each Mass that weekend to mark the start of Advent. The offering is $2 per envelope for the wafers.
Advent Confession schedule: confessions are heard every Saturday, 3:15 to 3:50 p.m. Confessions will also be heard in Sacred Heart Church on the day before Christmas Eve, Sunday, Dec. 23, from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Polish-language Christmas carols will be sung by the Sacred Heart choir in the church prior to Midnight Mass at 11:30 p.m. Dec. 24.
Christmas Mass schedule: Monday, Dec. 24: 4 p.m.; Tuesday, Dec. 25: Midnight, 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.
New Year’s Day Mass schedule for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: Monday, Dec. 31: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1: 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran
7 Wood St., Pittston
570-655-2505
stjohnsllutheranchurch@aol.com
Facebook: stjohnslutheranchurchpittstonpa
Sunday service 8 a.m.
Fellowship is before and after service.
Communion is the first and third Sunday of each month.
St. Maria Goretti
42 Redwood Dr., Laflin
570-655-8956
Rev. James J. Walsh, J.C.L.
CCD schedule
Dec. 9 — Sacrament of Penance during class time
Dec. 16 — Regular classes followed by the 11 a.m. liturgy involving fourth-grade students
Dec. 19, 21 and 12 — Practice for Christmas Pageant, 6 p.m.
