\u2022 Trinity Lutheran Church, 527 Washington St., which was founded in 1751 and is one of the oldest continuously worshipping congregations in Berks County, will open a year of 275th anniversary celebrations on Trinity Sunday. The day begins with festival worship at 10 a.m., during which the congregation will welcome nine new members, and continues with a free public organ recital at 1:30 p.m. presented by Trinity\u2019s Cantor, Dr. Cameron Lee Wentz.<\/p>\n
The anniversary year will continue through Trinity Sunday 2027, which marks 275 years since the consecration of Trinity\u2019s first sanctuary building in 1752. A series of special events, programs, and observances is planned throughout the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor 275 years, this congregation has worshipped, served, and helped shape life in Berks County,\u201d said the Rev. Hans E. Becklin, senior pastor. \u201cWe open this anniversary year on Trinity Sunday because that is the day this place has always returned to \u2014 the day our forebears gathered to consecrate their first building, and the day we now gather to welcome new members into a community whose work is far from finished.\u201d<\/p>\n
The organ recital is designed to reflect the historical cultural composition of Reading, gathering composers of German, American and Native American, and Latin and Hispanic heritage into a single afternoon\u2019s listening.<\/p>\n
The recital is free. Parking is available at 121 N. Fifth St.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dave Reinwald, who was was pastor at Kissinger\u2019s Church in Wyomissing from 2011-2023, will give a concert on June 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Rosedale Camp Grove, 1616 Vine St., Laureldale, An ice cream social will follow the concert. Rosedale will offer breakfast next Saturday, 7-11 a.m., $9 for adults, includes coffee, children under 12 free.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Salem Belleman\u2019s Church, 3540 Belleman\u2019s Church Road, Centre Township, will be holding its regular Sunday service at 10 a.m. in the Old Church. The Old Church was built in 1815 and is on the National Register of Historic Structures in America. It features a hand-pumped organ located in the balcony and a unique wine-goblet-shaped pulpit.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Christ Lutheran Church, 1301 Luzerne St., Reading is celebrating Church Music Sunday on Sunday at 11 a.m. Guest musician Luis Villafane, who is the attendance officer at Glenside Elementary School, will play prelude music beginning at 10:45 a.m. and postlude music following the service. He plays the double bass. At 4 p.m., Jeff Krick Sr. will give a gospel concert. Advance tickets are $12 and $15 at the door.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Supply pastor the Rev. Brad Mellon will lead the 9 a.m. worship service at Christ Lutheran Church, 222 Niantic Road, Douglass Township, Montgomery County. Coffee and Conversation will be held at 8:30 and 10 in the Welcome Center. Movie in the Parlor, with pizza, will be held after the service, showing \u201cRemarkably Bright Creatures.\u201d<\/p>\n
\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 sanctuary, celebrating Trinity Sunday with special music called \u201cHoly God, We Praise Thy Name.\u201d Starting on Monday, the church will collect new unused socks for the military. These items will be blessed at the service on July 12 to celebrate Christmas in July. The socks will be donated to The Lions Club.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Dr. Steve Ohnsman will provide special music on Sunday during the 9:30 a.m. worship service at Calvary United Church of Christ, 640 Centre Ave., Reading.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The United Church of Christ of Robesonia, 301 W. Penn Ave., will hold a healing service on Sunday at 10:15 a.m. People may remain in their seats to pray silently, or come forward to light a candle while they pray, and people may ask for private prayer and blessing by the pastor. Graduating seniors will be honored. There will be fellowship time after worship. The church will hold a Wine and Strawberry Festival next Saturday from 3-6 p.m. Various activities, music, and animals will be provided along with food and wine to purchase, highlighted by a big dish of cake, ice cream, and strawberries.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Supply pastor the Rev. Kenneth Gould returns to Salem Lutheran Church, 8410 Lancaster Ave., Bethel Township, to lead the 9:30 a.m. worship service Sunday. After the service, a social hour will be held, with coffee and tea as well as tasty treats.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bern Lutheran Church,\u00a0 820 W. Leesport Road, Bern Township, will remember church members who were veterans and have died during the 10 a.m. worship service Sunday. A\u00a0 social hour will be held after the worship service to honor and celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Rev. William Fryer\u2019s ordination. Fryer is the church\u2019s pastor.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Cornerstone Bible Church, 529 Lauschtown Road, Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, will hold vacation Bible school from June 8-12 from 9-11:45 a.m. The theme is \u201cTo Live is Christ: Learning from the Life and Lessons of Paul.\u201d A closing program for families will be held on June 12 at 7 p.m. \u00a0All children between the ages of 4 and those going into 7th grade are welcome to attend. For additional information, or to register, visit the church website, cbchurchlancasterpa.com<\/a>, or call 717-405-7293. Parents may also register their children on June 8 at the church.<\/p>\n 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 Trinity Lutheran Church, 527 Washington St., which was founded in 1751 and is one of the oldest…\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-206144","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\/206144","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=206144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206144\/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=206144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}