{"id":144556,"date":"2026-03-21T09:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/144556\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T09:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:27:10","slug":"berks-churches-schedule-jazz-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/144556\/","title":{"rendered":"Berks churches schedule jazz services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Reformation Lutheran Church, 3670 Perkiomen Ave., Exeter Township, will present a jazz worship service, in conjunction with the Boscov\u2019s Berks Jazz Fest, on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. The Reformation vocal and handbell choirs will be joined by the eight-member Generations Jazz Ensemble made up of Al Rochlin, trumpet; Reuben Rochlin, trumpet; Karen Rochlin, piano\/guitar; Rocky Rochlin, saxophone\/clarinet; Abi Rochlin, vocals; Pete Souders, tenor saxophone; Robert Benton Jr., percussion; Coby Gumalak, saxophone; and Dr. Heidi Rochlin, piano. Heidi Rochlin serves as the director of music at Reformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dave Kline leads worship on Sunday at 11 a.m. at Holy Cross United Methodist Church, 329 N. Fifth St., Reading, as part of the Boscov\u2019s Berks Jazz Fest. There is free parking access from Church Street.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nativity Lutheran Church, 1501 N. 13th St., Reading, will be holding a grab-n-go spaghetti dinner on March 26 from 3-6 p.m. To pre-order, call 610-374-3230 and leave your name, phone number and order. The deadline for pre-orders is Sunday. Walk-ins are welcome. A variety of baked goods will be available to purchase.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Jennifer Albin-Wagner will sing \u201cThe Holy City,\u201d accompanied by John Coakley, during the 10:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday at Schwarzwald United Church of Christ, 75 Church Lane Road, Exeter Township. She is a graduate of Oley Valley High School and has a master\u2019s degree in vocal performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Christ Lutheran Church, 222 Niantic Road, Douglass Township, Montgomery County, will hold Coffee and Conversation on Sunday at 8:30 and 10 a.m. The last Brown Bag mini Lent service will be held on Wednesday at noon. A Lent service will be\u00a0 held on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the parlor.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 St. John\u2019s Gernant\u2019s Church (A Federated Congregation), 13 Gernant\u2019s Church Road, Ontelaunee Township, will worship Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the Memorial Hall. The theme for the day will be \u201cHealing Sunday.\u201d Have a special prayer given for yourself, family member, friend, or someone you know. Sunday is also \u201cJingle Sunday,\u201d with the collecting of coins and paper money to be donated to Opportunity House. Fellowship will be held after the service. Bible study will be held on Tuesday at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Huff\u2019s Union Church, 540 Conrad Road, Hereford Township, will hold an Easter Story Egg Hunt next Saturday at 11 a.m. Gather at Huff\u2019s Church Park and be guided through story of Jesus\u2019 week before Easter. Children will make a craft to take along, then hunt eggs. If too wet or stormy, everything is moved into the church.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Threefold Blessing, a vocal group, will provide the music for Palm Sunday worship on March 29 at 9:30 a.m. at Calvary United Church of Christ, 1231 Route 100, Washington Township.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Rev. Kenneth Gould will be the guest pastor during the 9:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday at Salem Lutheran Church, 8410 Lancaster Ave., Bethel Township. A social hour will follow worship.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The United Church of Christ of Robesonia, 301 W. Penn Ave., will worship on Sunday at 10:15 a.m. The focus will be on the 21st Century Christian Women\u2019s Group. There will be a dialogue called \u201cJoseph, the Foster Father\u201d presented by Jon and Robin Henning. Zoom Bible study is on Tuesday\u00a0 at 9 a.m.\u00a0 The 7 p.m. Wednesday evening Bible study using \u201cBreaking the Code\u201d is in-person and by Zoom. Email mestme@aol.com for the links.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Good Shepherd United Church of Christ, 170 Tuckerton Road, Muhlenberg Township, will hold an Easter egg hunt next Saturday at 11:30 a.m. If it rains, the event will be in the social hall.<\/p>\n<p>In order to have an event listed in the religion digest, it must be something that is not just a regular worship service. This includes things such as guest musicians or vocalists who are not members of the church choir; guest speakers; flea markets and other sales, meals, etc. Send information to life@readingeagle.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2022 Reformation Lutheran Church, 3670 Perkiomen Ave., Exeter Township, will present a jazz worship service, in conjunction with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,128,130,129,289],"class_list":["post-144556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-news","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144556","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=144556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}