Berks County churches schedule Easter worship services [Religion digest]

Apr. 8----St. Peter's United Church of Christ, 219 Maidencreek Road, Richmond Township, will hold an Easter dawn Service on Sunday at 6:30 a.m. It will be indoors if there is inclement weather.

—Schwarzwald Lutheran Church, 250 Church Lane Road, Exeter Township, will hold two services on Easter Sunday, at 8 and 10:30 a.m., both with Holy Communion.

—Christ Lutheran Church, 222 Niantic Road, Washington Township, will hold an Easter Dawn worship on Sunday at 6:30 p.m., with Holy Communion, beginning in the cemetery. There is a Festival service at 9 a.m., with Holy Communion. A coffee, cake and conversation hour will be held in the Welcome Center following the sunrise service. For more information, visit www.christniantic.com.

—St. Peter's United Church of Christ Molltown, 210 Maidencreek Road, Richmond Township, is having a turkey potpie and sugar cookie sale. Quarts of potpie are $8 each and cookies are 50 cents each. Orders are due on April 16. Pick up orders on April 22 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Call Bev at 484-529-1893 to order.

—Hoagie and pretzel sandwich sale order deadline, Huff's Union Church, 540 Conrad Road, Hereford Township. Pickup is in the chapel from 4-7 p.m. on May 3. Chicken noodle and broccoli soup will be available for sale. To order, call the church office at 610-844-2626.

—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. The service also will be livestreamed on Facebook.

—Reformation Lutheran Church, 3670 Perkiomen Ave., Exeter Township, will hold Easter Sunday festival worship with Holy Communion, brass quartet, timpani and the Reformation Choir at 8:30, and at 10:30 a.m. The 10:30 AM service will be live-streamed on Reformation's Facebook page and may be viewed live or later at www.Reformationlutheran.org under worship videos. Breakfast will be served in the Parish Hall from 9-10:30 a.m. There will be an Easter egg hunt on the church lawn at 9:30.

—St. John's Gernant's Church (A Federated Congregation), 13 Gernant's Church Road, Ontelaunee Township, will worship Easter Sunday at 9:30 a.m., with Holy Communion. The choir anthem will be "Hallelujah." Shirley Breininger will be the musician for the service. Bible study will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. St. John's Gernant's Church will be holding a Vera Bradley, gift baskets and meat tray fundraiser bingo on April 16. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Advance tickets are $20, $25 at the door $25. Call 484 269-4204 for tickets.

—Immanuel United Church of Christ, 99 S Waverly St, Shillington, will offer two services on Easter Sunday. At 9 a.m., there will be a traditional service that includes an instrumental ensemble featuring Nicole Krick, Kris Nygard, Sarah Nygard, Robbie Kerchner, Daniel Stauffer, Brandon Buterbaugh, Michael Fries, Andrew Cusano, Julie Drey and Robin Lilarose. The 11 a.m. service is designed for young families with songs, stories, Communion and closing with an egg hunt.

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

—St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 5 W. Arch St,, Fleetwood, will have three worship services on Easter Sunday, all with Communion. At 7 a.m., a sunrise service will be held at the Union Cemetery near the Fleetwood Park, and there will be breakfast at 8 a.m. in the church social room. The 9 and 10:30 services will be held in the sanctuary. Coffeetime will be held after the 9 a.m. service in the social room. Worship leaders for Easter are Rachel Eberly at 9 and Steve Wentz at 10:30.

—Maidencreek Church, 261 Main St., Maidencreek Township, will worship at 9 a.m. on Easter Sunday, with Communion, led by the Rev. Deborah Schwartz. Music includes a selection by the Bell Choir, Maidencreek Youth, a duet by Rodney Beard and Luann Shuman, the anthem by the Senior Choir, with bells, and a bell solo. The in-person service is livestreamed to Facebook and YouTube. Links can be found at www.maidencreekchurch.org

—Epler's Church, United Church of of Christ, 1151 W. Leesport Road, Bern Township, will worship on Easte Sunday at 10:30 a.m., with Holy Communion, in person and on Facebook. Sunday school for all ages is at 9:30. For more information, visit www.eplerschurch.org.

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

—Calvary United Church of Christ, 1231 Route 100, Washington Township, will hold worship in-person and livestreamed on Facebook and by Zoom on Easter Sunday at 9:30 a.m. with guest pianist Ron Stabinsky. For Zoom, call 1-646-558-8656 and enter the meeting ID 913 8085 8414, passcode 848423.

—Oley Valley Mennonite Church, 1571 Memorial Highway, Oley Township, will worship on Easter Sunday at 10:30 a.m. There will be brunch before the service.. For more information, visit www.oleyvalleymennonitechurch.com.

—The United Church of Christ of Robesonia, 301 W. Penn Ave., will have a sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. on Easter Sunday, starting outdoors. Worship also will be held in the sanctuary at 10:15 a.m. with the handbell and vocal choir, by YouTube, in person, by telephone and Facebook. Details can be found at sprucc.org. Sunday school for all ages is at 9. Men's breakfast is this morning at 8:30 at the Heidelberg Restaurant. Thrivent Personal Financial Workshop is scheduled for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Women's lunch at Country Fare is Thursday at 11:30 a.m.

—Trinity United Church of Christ, 2449 Cumberland Ave,, Mount Penn, will worship on Easter Sunday at 10:15 a.m., with Holy Communion. The choir, under the direction of Dr. Ina Slater Grapenthin, will sing, "Rejoice, He Is Alive!"

—Christ Episcopal Church, 435 Court St., Reading, will hold the Great Easter Vigil tonight at 7 with Holy Eucharist and Holy Baptism. On Sunday morning, Easter Eucharist will be held at 8 (spoken) and at 10 (with music). An Easter egg hunt will follow the 10 a.m. service. On Wednesday at noon, a worship service will be held, including Holy Eucharist, and at 5:30 a worship service with Holy Eucharist will feature David Cullen with the music of Fleetwood Mac. On Thursday at 11, a Morning Prayer service from the Book of Common Prayer will be held in the chapel. Parking is available at the Abe Lincoln Hotel parking garage and the M&T Bank lot. Handicap parking is available beside the church on Court Street. For the Centering Prayer Zoom link or to learn more, go to rdgchristchurch.org.

—Zion's Spies Evangelical Reformed Church, 318 Spies Church Road, Alsace Township, will worship on Easter Sunday at 9 a.m., with Holy Communion. The service is also livestreamed on Facebook. Music by the choir will be "Behold The Man," under the direction of Jeff Griffin. No Sunday School.

—Good Shepherd United Church of Christ, 170 Tuckerton Ave., Muhlenberg Township, will worship on Easter Sunday at 10:30 a.m., with Holy Communion. Also available on Facebook and YouTube. Faith Formation is at 9 a.m.

Beginning on April 15, 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. If you would like your church's worship times listed in the religion directory, contact Linda Day in advertising at lday@readingeagle.com or 610-371-5111.