Men’s Group
The Asbury Men’s Social Group will tour the National Museum of Industrial History on the former Bethlehem Steel property on June 10. Cost is $12 for seniors.
Meet at the museum at 10:30 AM or in Asbury’s lower parking lot at 9:45 AM if you wish to carpool. If you’re driving yourself, be aware that museum parking is in the lot used for Leavitt Pavilion concerts.
Contact the group to get connected!Group contact: David Torrey
The Asbury Men’s Social Group will meet on April 22 at 1:30 PM in Room 108 to hear a presentation by Bob Lawhorn on electric vehicles. His Tesla will be at the church for meeting attendees to see.
Contact the group to get connected!Group contact: David Torrey
The Asbury Men’s Social Group will have a private tour, The Rise and Fall of Bethlehem Steel, at 10 AM on July 14 (rain date July 15, also 10 AM). The tour will be led by John Landis a docent and Asbury member.
To register: call Historic Bethlehem Visitors Center, stating that you are with Asbury Men and want to register for the tour. Cost is $15 payable by credit card over the phone. Tour is limited to 20 guests.
Meet at the Visitors Offices at Steel Stacks, which is between the parking lot and the Mack Food stand to the left of the Levitt Pavilion by the blast furnaces. Anyone wishing to carpool should be at the Asbury rear parking lot by 9 AM. Note: if it rains both days, the tour will be postponed and the group will instead meet at 10 AM on July 15 at the National Museum of Industrial History by the same parking lot (again, meet at Asbury by 9 AM if you wish to carpool). Cost for the alternative trip is $7 payable at the door.
Contact the group to get connected!Group contact: David Torrey
The Asbury Men’s Social Group will be meeting on Thursday, June 10, at 10 AM at the America on Wheels Museum (5 North Front Street, Allentown) to tour the Hudson car exhibit and other exhibits. Cost is $9.00 for Seniors or $12 for others. Pay at the door. Those attending may decide to go to lunch together after the tour (location TBD following the tour).
Contact the group to get connected!Group contact: David Torrey
The Asbury Men’s Social Group will be meeting on Tuesday, May 25, at 9:30 AM at the Pavilion in the Lehigh County Soccer Fields at Parkway Road and Broadway in South Whitehall Township (turn in at the Cetronia Ambulance building and go down the hill to the Pavilion). Attendees are asked to bring a chair and a beverage.
Rain Date: Wednesday, May 26, at 9:30 AM.
The group is considering future events as places reopen, such as tours of the American on Wheels Museum, a special tour of the Hoover Trestle and Bethlehem Steel history.
Contact the group to get connected!Group contact: David Torrey
UPDATE: This event has been POSTPONED as Asbury is temporarily closed in response to the coronavirus. Learn more at asburylv.org/coronavirus.
Original Message:
The Asbury’s Men’s Group will go on a guided tour of the Mack Trucks Museum at 11 AM on Friday 3/27. There is no charge for the tour, but RSVP is required. Contact Dave Torrey (610 530 8383) or Dave McCleary (610 573-0881) by March 24 if plan to attend. After the tour, the group will go to the Brass Rail for lunch.
Attendees have the option to either:
• meet at the church in the rear parking lot for a 10:15 departure by carpool
• meet the group at the Museum at 10:45
Directions to the Museum (2402 Lehigh Parkway South): turn off Lehigh Street onto Vultee Street (CVS and the fire station are at the corner) and head towards the Queen City Airport bearing right before the airport entrance and following the road to the Museum.The Museum features Mack trucks dating from the early 1900’s to late model Macks. The Mack store will be open for those who want to purchase Mack clothing and hats.
