Jan. 2

A guided hike and fireside conversation will be held 2-4 p.m. at Black River Sanctuary, 1300 Black River Road, Bethlehem. The event will include an afternoon of hiking, storytelling and fireside conversation. Around the fire, hikers will meet members of the Wildlands Conservancy team, including Director of Property Stewardship Carl Martin, Preserve Manager Michael Hock and special guest Jim Apgar, forestry and habitat specialist at Pocono Lake Preserve. Visit the website www.wildlandspa.org for details.

Trees of Historic Bethlehem exhibition continues through Jan. 11 and admission includes three sites. The exhibition showcases the most popular Christmas trees and themes from the past two decades. For tickets and details, visit the website HistoricBethlehem.org.

Jan. 4

Ziegels Union Church Helping Hands Youth group will meet 12:15-2:30 p.m. at 9990 Ziegels Church Road, Breinigsville. This youth group program is open to all first grade through high school students. For more information, call the church office at 610-285-6157.

St. John’s Lutheran Church, Fifth and Chestnut streets, Emmaus, will host a German Christmas candlelight service 6 p.m. Candle lighting and music starts 5:45 p.m. A cookie reception will follow the service. Guest musicians include Ted and Sarajane Williams.

Jan. 10

Join the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society in partnership with the Lehigh Gap Nature Center for the 12th annual Christmas Bird Count for Kids 9 a.m. to noon at Muhlenberg College, Allentown. CBC4Kids is a fun introduction to birding for kids ages 6-12 and their families. Participants will learn how to use binoculars, identify common birds, collect scientific data and form teams and conduct a bird count in a nearby park. After an hour of birding, everyone will reconvene to tally up the data and share their discoveries. Participants will have a tour of the Muhlenberg College bird museum. To register, visit https://bit.ly/CBC4Kids.

Jan. 16

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1028 Church St., Fogelsville, will hold its free community curbside pickup dinner 5 p.m. while supplies last. All are welcome. The dinners are held on the third Friday of every other month except in November, it will be held on the second Friday of the month. For more information, call the church at 610-395-5535.

Jan. 17

Hawk Mountain will host an Appalachian Winter Ecology Workshop taught by Dr. Dan Ardia, professor of biology at Franklin and Marshall College. This 3-day workshop will explore Hawk Mountain’s winter wildlife and how plants and other wildlife adapt to this critical life cycle period 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. There is a cost and registration is required to attend this program. For more information or to register go to hawkmountain.org.