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.
Trinity’s Lenten project this year is to collect donations for a water well in a developing country through the ELCA Hunger Appeal. The cost of wells begins at $2,500. 844 million people do not have access to clean drinking water -- that is twice the population of the United States. You may place your donations in the offering plate on Sunday mornings and Wednesday noonday worship services in Lent or send them to the church office, marked “Water for Life.” We thank God for your nurturing attitude and your generosity of spirit.
Explore an Interfaith Journey to the Holy Land at the March 17 Sunday Forum at 9:30 AM when Helen and Tom Flynn speak about their experiences traveling with Jewish and Muslim brothers and sisters.
Easter Flower and World Hunger gifts: We welcome your financial gifts for Easter flowers at Trinity on Easter Sunday and/or the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America's World Hunger appeal. Your dedications in memory of or in honor of loved ones will be listed in Easter Sunday's worship bulletin. Gift forms are in the church or on our website in the March newsletter here: trinityreading.org/steeple-notes/
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Steeple Notes Steeple Notes Weekly is our newsletter that lets you stay connected to upcoming Trinity events and ministries. Our online edition is enriched with active links to related resource...Gracious God, out of your love and mercy you breathed into dust the breath of life, creating us to serve you and our neighbors. Call forth our prayers and acts of kindess and strengthen us to face our mortality with confidence. In Jesus' name. amen. (Sundays and Seasons Year c 2019: Augsburg Fortress 2019, p. 115)
Lenten Bible Study with Bishop Zeiser: March 13-April 10 at Grace, Shillington - 6:30 PM fellowship; 7:00 PM Bible Study
Grace Lutheran in Shillington will offer a five-week Bible study on the book of Revelation on Wednesday evenings in Lent, beginning March 13. Northeastern Pennsylvania Bishop Sam Zeiser will discuss the book of Revelation. A coffee and dessert social time will be held from 6:30 - 7:00, followed by a 45-minute Bible Study and a 15-minute worship service. Everything will be held in the Fellowship Hall.
Healing worship on Wednesdays beginning March 13 at 12:05 PM in the Chapel. All services will offer a healing liturgy, Holy Communion, and an opportunity after the service for individual healing prayers and anointing with oil. This week we focus on "Healing of the Body." A light soup lunch will follow in the Hintz Room.
What does it mean to be a congregation which intentionally welcomes and affirms members of the LGBTQ community? Join us this Sunday at 9:30 AM at Sojourner’s Forum about our Reconciling in Christ affirmation: How does our faith support and compel us to take this stance? How do we deal with those who oppose such inclusion (such as at the recent Drag Queen Story Hour at the Exeter library)? Come with your questions, experiences and insights.
Hi Vanessa. It’s In the auditorium on the first floor of the annex building.
Where is Sojourner’s Forum Amy Litvinov?
Evensong March 10, 4:00 PM at Christ Episcopal Church: Trinity and Christ Episcopal will offer an Evensong service on the first Sunday in Lent. Evensong is a brief but beautiful prayer service led by our choirs. The is no sermon or Communion.
