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.
Men’s Fellowship, 8:30 a.m. the first and third Saturday of every month
Women’s 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.
1st Congregational Church.
500 Luzerne Ave,
West Pittston
Pastor Joan Mitchel/570-654-8052
Sunday Service 11 a.m.
Church Council meets the second Sunday of every month.
Communion is on the first Sunday of each month.
Plans are being made for our annual golf outing at Huntsville Golf Club on May 13. This year there will be more prizes,
including a brand new car for a hole in one. For more information, call 570-388-2889 or 570-991-7474.
Hall rental is available by calling 570-655-0173 or 570-991-7474.
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
You are invited to attend the three Evenings of Reflection that Fr. Petro will present on Wednesday evenings in the church from 7 to 8 p.m. On March 20, he will offer a reflection entitled “A Tour of Faith” where he will present a spiritual talk on the art and architecture of our church. On March 27, he will offer a reflection entitled “A Tour of the Mass” where he will present a spiritual talk on the ritual and theology of the Mass. On April 3, he will offer a reflection entitled “Ask the Father” where he will answer the questions of parishioners on matters of faith, morals and canon law. You are invited to write your questions on paper and deposit them in the small wooden box located in the narthex that was designed to look like a church building. He will choose several of the questions and answer them that evening.
On Mondays of Lent, Confessions will be heard from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Fr. Petro will be available at Sacred Heart Church on these dates: March 11, 18, 25, and April 1, 8 and 15.
Stations of the Cross will be prayed in common each Friday evening throughout Lent at 7 p.m. in the church. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will occur immediately after the Stations.
Gorzkie zale, the traditional Polish-language Lenten devotion known as the “Bitter Lamentations,” will be held on Sunday, April 7, at 3 p.m. in the church. The devotion is a sung reflection on the Passion of Christ and his Sorrowful Mother. Fr. Joseph Mosley of Kingston will be the guest homilist. A light reception will follow in the church hall. All are invited to attend.
St. John the Evangelist Church
35 William St., Pittston
570-654-0053
St. Joseph Marello
237 William St. Pittston
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.
Pasta dinner
Homemade pasta and sausage dinner will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 10. Takeouts with containers provided will be available from noon to 4 p.m. Dinner includes salad, beverage, dessert, bread and butter. Tickets are $12 for adults while children under the age of 5 can eat-in for free. Facilities are handicapped accessible and there is ample free parking.
Designer Purse Bingo
Designer Purse Bingo will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 6. Doors open at 11 a.m. Pre-sale tickets for 20 games of bingo are $20 while tickets at the door will be $25. Extra games may be purchased. Food and beverages will be available for purchase as will basket and 50/50 raffles. Pre-sale tickets will be sold at the March 10 pasta dinner.
Pro-lifers pray first Fridays
Pro-lifers will pray each First Friday of the month in front of new Planned Parenthood location: 101 N. Main St. Wilkes-Barre, five decades of the rosary at 9 a.m. for an end to abortion and to close this particular Planned Parenthood location. Peaceful, prayful witness on Planned Parenthood sidewalk.
Coats for kids
One of our high school seniors is collecting coats for children for the Care & Concern Clinic for his Honor Society senior project. Located in the vestibule of the church is a box to place gently used coats for children. This box will be available until February.
Choir
Our adult choir is looking for new members. See Joelle or Christine, or call the rectory with your name and they will contact you with rehearsal information. Anyone from age 13 up is welcome.
