{"id":115801,"date":"2026-02-17T05:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115801\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T05:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:39:08","slug":"chorus-prepares-for-gospel-jubilee-at-alvernia-university-reading-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115801\/","title":{"rendered":"Chorus prepares for ‘Gospel Jubilee’ at Alvernia University | Reading Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

READING, Pa. \u2013 Some local singers are gearing up for a special performance this weekend.<\/p>\n

The chorus, made up of people from across the area, held a practice Monday night. They will perform together during the \u201cGospel Jubilee.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The Reading branch of the NAACP puts on the event every year in honor of Black History Month. The event aims to spread the word of God through music and community.<\/p>\n

“We’re hoping and praying that the community gather together, that they will come out \u2026 that their soul will be lifted and revived, and will leave with more hope then what they came with,\u201d said Pastor Calvin Scott Sr.<\/p>\n

The Gospel Jubilee will be held at Alvernia University\u2019s Francis Hall at 5 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. \u2013 Some local singers are gearing up for a special performance this weekend. The chorus, made…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[214,128,130,129,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-115801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-_homepage_top_stories","9":"tag-reading-city","10":"tag-reading-city-headlines","11":"tag-reading-city-news","12":"tag-reading-area"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}