Berks churches schedule worship services, other events [Religion Digest]

Aug. 6----Grace Lutheran Church, 30 Liberty St., Shillington, will worship in person Sunday at 9:30 a.m., with Holy Communion. Special music will be offered by pianists Nancy Kennedy and Sylvia Klett. The service is available online available after 11:45 at graceshillington.org.

—The United Church of Christ in Robesonia worships at 301 W. Penn Ave. on Sunday at 10:15 a.m. in person, by YouTube and by phone. Details can be found at 1zion.org and sprucc.org. The Car Show will be held on next Saturday at the church from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Register online, call the church office at 610-621-5770 or email office@sprucc.org if you want to enter a car.

—Christ Lutheran Church, 222 Niantic Road, Barto, will worship on Sunday at 9 a.m., with Holy Communion. Coffee & Conversation will be held at 8:30 in the Welcome Center and then again following worship.

—Reformation Lutheran Church, 3670 Perkiomen Ave., Exeter Township, will worship Sunday at 9:30 a.m., with Holy Communion and the Reformation Summer Choir. The service will be livestreamed on Facebook and may be viewed live or later at www.Reformationlutheran.org under worship videos. Together Time, a period of refreshment and conversation, will be held following the service.

—St. John's Lutheran Church, 45 N. Reading Ave., Boyertown, will hold worship on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Livestreamed worship continues on YouTube (St. John's ELC Boyertown). Free drive-through, take-out meal every Saturday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. No registration necessary.

—St. John's Lutheran Church, 4125 Penn Ave., Sinking Spring, will hold in-person worship Sunday at 9 a.m., with Holy Communion and special music. Masks are optional. The service also will be livestreamed on Facebook. There will be socializing and refreshments in the Fellowship Hall following the service.

—St. Peter's United Church of Christ of Molltown, 219 Maidencreek Road, Richmond Township, will worship Sunday at 10:15 a.m. in the grove, weather permitting. Reading A Cappella Voices will provide special music. Bring a lawn chair. A pot luck lunch will follow the service.

—Bern Reformed United Church of Christ, 3196 Bernville Road, Bern Township, offers live worship at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, with Communion being distributed in the pews. You also can participate from your vehicle in the parking lot by means of an FM 87.9 transmission or on Facebook.

—Schwarzwald Lutheran Church, 250 Church Lane Road, Exeter Township, will worship in person on Sunday at 9:30 a.m., with Holy Communion.

—St John's Gernant's Church (A Federated Congregation), 13 Gernant's Church Road, Ontelaunee Township, will worship Sunday at 9:30 a.m., with Holy Communion, in Memorial Hall, 12 Gernant's Church Road, which is handicap accessible. Special music will be a solo by Sondra Barth-Delp ("The Only Real Peace"). The musician will be Shirley Breininger. An outdoor vesper service will be held on Wednesday at 7 p.m. under the pavilion, weather permitting, otherwise it will be held in the Memorial Hall. Bring your own chairs. Holy Communion will be offered.

—Schwarzwald United Church of Christ 75 Church Lane Road, Exeter Township, will be holding an in-person and Zoom service on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. It will also be available on YouTube. For more information, visit www.schwarzwalducc-pa.org.

—Christ Episcopal Church, 435 Court St., Reading, will hold an in-person, lay-led Morning Prayer worship service from the Book of Common Prayer on Sunday at 9 a.m.. Breakfast in the parish hall will follow the service. Masks are optional. Parking is available in the Abe Lincoln parking garage and the M&T Bank parking lot, both located off of Washington Street. Parking is also available beside the church for those with disabilities or who need assistance. To join the livestream, go to rdgchristchurch.org. On Thursday at 11 a.m., a Morning Prayer service from the Book of Common Prayer will be held at the Red Bridge recreational area, 2141 Tulpehocken Road, Spring Township, weather providing.

—Kissinger's Church, 715 Berkshire Blvd., Wyomissing, will hold an Hour of Prayer on Wednesday at 4 p.m. The public is invited to attend to submit prayer requests and to pray for others.

—St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 5 W. Arch St., Fleetwood, will have two worship services in the sanctuary, at 9 and 10:30 a.m., both with Communion. Communion elements will be available, but bring your own if you prefer. The 9 a.m. service also will be available on Facebook and YouTube; links can be found at www.stpaulsfleetwood.org. Special music will be a piano solo by Evan Watkins. Worship leaders will be Bob Ames at 9 and Vicky Garl at 10:30.

—Maidencreek Church, 261 Main St., Maidencreek Township, will hold a hybrid worship service on Sunday at 9 a.m., with Communion. It's Church Camp Sunday with musical selections by Church Camp youth, youth leaders and Kimberly Ayrton. The service also is livestreamed to Facebook and YouTube. Links can be found at maidencreekchurch.org.

—St. John's (Hain's) United Church of Christ, 591 N. Church Road, Lower Heidelberg Township, will hold its Picnic in the Grove next Saturday. Kitchen opens at 4 p.m. Entertainment by Dave Kline and the Mountain Folk Band, music starts 4:30 p.m. Offering pork BBQ and chicken BBQ sandwiches, soup, fries and burgers along with desserts and ice cream.