Grace Lutheran Church, 28 W. Main St., offers its free community meal as a drive-up option. The next meal will be 4-5:30 p.m. Nov. 11.

Grace Lutheran Church will hold a weekly food distribution 2-4 p.m. Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30. Signs will be posted with directions for parking and pickup.

The next meeting for the Lower Lehigh AARP will be noon Nov. 3 in the lower level of Macungie Memorial Hall. Dues are payable in November; bring both cards. Tickets for the Christmas Party Dec. 1 are available through Nov. 18. For more information, contact Dot at 610-967-3284.

Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church, 8269 Spring Creek Road, Alburtis will have a Holiday Craft Bazaar 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 5. There will be crafts, a basket raffle, bake sale and Grandma’s Attic. Homemade food is available for eat in or carry out.

There will be a Welcome Fall Vendor and Craft Fair 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 12 at Macungie Memorial Park.

Concordia Lutheran Church will hold a Thanksgiving Eve service 7 p.m. Nov. 23 with a pie festival immediately following.

The 94th Annual Sheeprock Trek and Thanksgiving Sunrise Service will leave promptly 5:45 a.m. Nov. 24 (yes, Thanksgiving morning) from the Macungie Volunteer Fire Department, 31 S. Walnut Street. Macungie Boy Scout Troop 71 will light the way up Macungie Mountain where there will be a brief Thanksgiving sunrise service. Hot chocolate and doughnuts will be served at the end of the hike. The event is coordinated by the Macungie Historical Society. Hikers should be prepared with flashlights, gloves and hiking boots. In the event of inclement weather, the sunrise service will be held at the Macungie Volunteer Department 5:45 a.m.

Veterans Appreciation Day will be held 1 p.m. Nov. 26 at the Macungie Veterans Association, 287 Lehigh Street, Macungie. The featured speaker is Thomas Applebach, director of the Lehigh County Office of Veterans Affairs. There will also be food, refreshments, door prizes and raffle. For more information, call the Macungie Veterans Association at 610-966-4949 or the Macungie Historical Society at 610-965-0372.

Macungie Borough offices are open to the public. Borough hall will be closed Nov. 24 and 25. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday For information, call 610-966-2503.

Macungie Borough Council has in person public meetings at the Macungie Institute. The next meetings will be 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 and 21 and Dec. 5.

Cash bingo is held weekly Saturday evenings at Macungie Memorial Park. Doors open 4:30 p.m. and games begin 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 610-966-4289.

The Macungie Park Board of Directors meeting will be held 7 p.m. Nov. 29.

Matt and I have ridden sections of the D & L Trail over the years. This year we set a goal of filling in the sections so we can say we’ve ridden the whole trail. We took advantage of the beautiful weather and fall foliage to ride the Bowmanstown to Jim Thorpe section this past weekend.

The section from Weissport to Jim Thorpe was particularly stunning. The bonus was coasting into Jim Thorpe on our bikes to see the bumper-to-bumper traffic heading into town and the jockeying for a parking space. We decided the next time we want to visit Jim Thorpe during leaf peeper season, we’ll avoid the traffic and go by bike.

The copy deadline for the Dec. 7 column will be Dec. 1.