Historic Trinity Lutheran Church - Reading, PA
Sharing God's love with all people
Rachel Gambone, Parish Secretary
Rachel Gambone helps run the church office and leads Trinity’s communications and publications. She prepares more than 200 digital and print publications each year, including worship bulletins, newsletters, music recital programs and ecards.
Noonday recital this Wednesday May 22—Wyomissing High School Camerata, Sharon Leuyben, Director: Join us at 12:05 PM; free-will offering-free parking in Trinity's 5th Street lot; refreshments to follow. This select ensemble of vocalists has performed at Disneyland, sporting and community events, and on cruise ships.
Celebrate Learning Ministries! May 19 at 11:00 worship During our children’s time at worship we will take the opportunity to celebrate our kids, youth and learning ministries volunteers as well as those who work and volunteer with kids beyond our walls.
TONIGHT!!!
Vox Philia in Concert at Trinity - Friday, May 17, 7:30 PM in the nave
Now Is the Month of Maying — Songs and Madrigals to Celebrate Spring
Special Guests: the Select Choir of 10th and Penn Elementary School, Alexandra Booth, conductor. $10/adult and $5/students. All proceeds benefit 10th and Penn. To reserve tickets, write voxphilia@gmail.com. Come early to view the children’s art show.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not be in want. (Psalm 23:1) This week we recall the familiar message of Jesus' promise and comfort. While this psalm often appears in funeral liturgies, it is a reminder of God'sconstant love and the promise of salvation through Jesus.
Birth as Destiny - How do Luke’s familiar Nativity stories (there would be no pageants without them!) set the stage for his narrative of the history of salvation that follows? Join us this Sunday, May 19 at 9:30 AM for the last discussion in our series on St. Luke led by Pr. David Strobel.
Take a break for outstanding music on Wednesday, May 15 at 12:05 PM in Trinity's Hintz Room—Christa Beveridge, Soprano; Jeffrey Lentz, Piano. Christa Beveridge, Trinity’s soprano choral scholar, will pursue her Masters in Music in Vocal Performance this fall. Jeffrey Lentz has graced many of the world’s finest opera and concert houses. Free parking in Trinity's 5th Street lot; free-will offering; refreshments to follow.
How can we be better stewards of God's creation? Join our conversation this Sunday at 9:30 AM for Sojourners’ Sunday: We will explore our relationship with the earth and through the eyes of indigenous people, opening up new perspectives on our stewardship of and unity with God’s good creation. In preparation, you may read the article, The Fullness Thereof, on pages 15-19 in the May issue of Sojourner’s magazine.
Berks Youth Chorus Summer Sing—June 17-21, 8:30 AM to 3 PM at Hope Lutheran Church in Reading. A fun week for children who like to sing! Open to kids who completed grades 3-6 in June 2019. Space is limited; sign up by May 15. Registration fee: $10.00. Register here: www.berksyouthchorus.org/join/summer-sing/
Summer Sing | Berks Youth Chorus
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Summer Sing is a week-long day camp, open free to area schoolchildren who have just completed grades 3 through 6. Camps runs one full week in June, and concludes with a special afternoon performance.In the season of Easter we celebrate Jesus' triumph over death. Can you think of ways in your daily life that you can live as an example of our joyful journey from sin into resurrection living? (Sundays and Seasons Year C (2018: Augsburg Fortress, 180)
Box Tops for Education: If you have been collecting box tops (the small pink coupons printed on some products’ packaging) for 10th & Penn Elementary School, thank you. We will turn them in at the end of May. Continue to collect them over the summer for the next school term.
