Congregations schedule worship services, special events

POTTSTOWN — St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 564 Glasgow St., will celebrate the Third Sunday of Pentecost at our 9 a.m. Worship Service. Visitors are always welcome. Worship with us online via Facebook on Sunday at 9 a.m. or on any day and time during the week on Facebook, YouTube, and our Website: https://www. stpeterslutheranpottstown. com. On June 26, join us for a Summer brunch immediately following the worship service. Wear your island attire.

Trinity UCC

POTTSTOWN — Sunday Worship Service at Trinity UCC, 60 N. Hanover St., will take place in person and will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel from the Sanctuary at 9:30 AM on Sunday, June 26. Trinity will offer a free takeaway meal on Tuesday, June 28, between 4:30-5:30 PM. Access is available in the parking lot at the rear of the church. See our ad below for office hours and contact information. All are welcome.

St. Paul’s UCC

POTTSTOWN — St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 927 N. Franklin St., invites you to join us for in-person worship on Sunday, June 26, at 9 a.m. Our service is also broadcast live at 9 a.m. from our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/ stpaulsuccpottstown. Join us for our social hour in Fellowship Hall following worship. During the month of July, we will be collecting canned dog and cat food for the Pottstown Cluster. Donations may be brought to the church on Sunday or Wednesday mornings.

First Presbyterian

POTTSTOWN — Join First Presbyterian Church of Pottstown, 750 N. Evans St., on Sunday, June 26, for worship at 9:30 am. Rev. Sarah Colwill will be preaching. We will commission our Workcamp Participants during worship.

St. John’s ELC BOYERTOWN

— St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 45 N. Reading Ave., is open for inperson worship Sundays at 9:30 am. Livestreamed worship continues on YouTube (St. John’s ELC Boyertown). Free drive-through, take-out meal every Saturday evening from 4:30-5:30 pm. No registration necessary. For updates and further details, please check our website at stjohnsboyertown.org or call the office at 610.369.1024.

Zion’s UCC

POTTSTOWN — June 26 is the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost and Zion’s welcomes all to in-person worship at 10:15 am. Rev. Austin Chinault, Zion’s United Church of Christ, Hanover and Chestnut streets, will have a message titled “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot!” Sunday School for youth and adults is suspended until September. For those who wish to worship virtually, you are welcome to join us LIVE or later on Zion’s Facebook Page later at www.facebook. com/zionsucc.

Cedarville UMC

NORTH COVENTRY — Join us for Sunday services held at 1092 Laurelwood Road at 8 AM & 11 AM (Traditional), and 9:30 AM (Contemporary). Children are dismissed from the 9:30 and 11 services for CedarKidz/KidzWorship. Visit www.cedarvilleumc. org for resources and livestreamed worship (also on FB) or recorded services after Sunday. Mark your calendar for Re-Creation’s return next Sunday, July 3, at 10 (Worship) and 7:00 (Variety Show). Save the date for VBS, July 11-15 (mornings). Please consider giving blood at the Miller-Keystone Blood Center at Cedarville on Monday, June 27, from 2-7 PM. Schedule your appointment online at GIVEaPINT.org using Sponsor Code 4234. Donations are desperately needed. Mission First, the outreach of Cedarville UMC, located at 414 E High St., continues to serve our community. A Mission First community picnic will be hosted on Friday, July 1st with activities at 10 am and food at 11:30. Cedarville will also host two tents at the Pottstown GoFourth celebration on July 4th. Please remember that Mission First’s current needs include Women’s underwear, sizes 5 and 6, men’s sneaker socks, travel size mouthwash, aftershave, shaving cream, flushable wipes, and ChapSticks. Also, Large 19” or bigger heavy-duty adult backpacks, men’s jeans and sweatpants. If you’d like to help, stop by or email clare@missionfirstpottstown.org or call her at 610326-0560.

Bethel Community

POTTSTOWN — On Sunday at 11 AM, you are invited to worship with Bethel Community Church of Pottstown for the Third Sunday After Pentecost when our guest Psalmist will be Nadjah Nicole (NBC — “The Voice”). Graduates and students’ promotions will be recognized. In-person worship is permissible, and masks are optional with social distancing for those fully vaccinated. In addition, the service is Live on Facebook @https://www. facebook.com/BCCP575 or dial in by calling 215-3831625 Code 198087. The Deacon Board will meet immediately following service. BCCP Food Pantry is open Monday from 5-6:30 PM. New applications are being accepted. On Thursday at 12 PM, it’s In-Person (Library) / Virtual Community Bible Study by calling 215383-1625 Code 198087. For more information, please call 610-326-1700.

St. Gabriel Catholic

STOWE — Join us for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Father Wilson and Deacon Ray celebrate Mass on Saturday at 4 pm and Sunday morning at 9 am (the Rosary will be recited prior to Mass). Confessions are heard on Saturday from 3 to 3:45 pm. We are now live streaming services at https://stgabrielstowepa.org/livestream/ “Celebrate your Faith Night” at the Reading Phillies on Thursday, Aug. 4, for 7 pm game and fireworks. Tickets are $12/person and we will sit together as a parish. Contact Maria Boyer, DRE mboyer@sgsm62.org or 610-506-2455 for tickets. For more information, visit our Facebook page: www. facebook.com/sgsmstowe or our website https://stgabrielstowepa.org

Christ Lutheran

BARTO — Christ Lutheran Church will worship on this Third Sunday after Pentecost on Sunday, June 26, with a worship service at 9:00 a.m. Supply Pastor, Rev. Susan Sosnin, will lead worship and present the sermon. Joe DiCindio will be the guest organist for the morning and will have a “hymn sing” as the prelude at this Sunday morning worship service. Prior to the worship service, Coffee & Conversation will be held at 8:30 in the Welcome Center and then again after worship at 10:15 a.m. Church Council will meet on Tuesday, June 28, at 7 p.m. in the Welcome Center. Pr. Matt Finney will have office hours on Friday, July 1, from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. The church is located at 222 Niantic Road between Routes 663 and 100 about a mile east of Bally.

Brownback’s UCC

SPRING CITY — Join us this Sunday for our worship service at 10 am led by Kelly Clark with a message delivered by Curt Flewelling. A brief congregational meeting will also be held after the service. Join us at 640 Ridge Road, or you can watch the service from home at: https://www.facebook.com/BrownbacksChurch/live/

St. Luke Lutheran

GILBERTSVILLE — Join St. Luke Lutheran, 35 Wilson Ave., Sunday as we celebrate the second Sunday after Pentecost. Our interim pastor, Pastor Susan Folks, will lead us in worship. Communion will be celebrated. Pat Hallman is lector. The Gospel lesson for the day is Luke 8:26-39. Services are broadcast on 91.3FM and livestreamed at stlukegilbertsville.org. COMMUNITY CLOTHING RACK will be close on June 29, since it is the fifth Wednesday of the month. It will be open for donations on July 6, and for shoppers on July 13, 20, and 27. During summer months, the Clothing Rack is open from 9 a.m. until noon,

First Baptist

POTTSTOWN — Services at First Baptist Church (ABCUSA) are live on Zoom at 10:30 am on Sunday, June 26, as we welcome guest pastor Rev. Dr. Kadia Edwards. You can find the link on our website at www.FBCPottstown.org. Happy Pride Month! We’re celebrating and supporting our LGBT+ friends, family, and neighbors this month and all year long. On Wednesday, June 29, 4:30-6:30 pm, we’ll host a VOICES Youth Group at 301 King St (entrance and parking on Charlotte St) for ages 12-17. For information, you can contact the LGBT Center of Greater Reading at (484) 513-3170 or visit www.lgbtcenterofreading.com. Next Sunday, July 3, is the first Sunday of the month! We’ll meet on Zoom for a short service of prayer and communion at 10:30 am, and then at 3 pm, we’ll meet in person in Echo Hall for prayer, devotions and communion. After the in-person service stay to enjoy an ice cream social with us. Sundaes on Sunday, July 3rd! Our offering for June is the One Great Hour of Sharing. One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) supports disaster relief, ministries to displaced persons, and development projects of the American Baptist Churches and its partners. You can donate to OGHS using the Donate page on this website or you can mail a check to the office with OGHS in the memo line.

Coventryville UMC

SOUTH COVENTRY — Coventryville United Methodist Church, 1521 Old Ridge Road, has several events scheduled for Saturday, June 25. Our Thrift Shop will be open from 9 AM-12 PM. Stop in, spend, and save on the unique inventory of clothes, accessories, home goods, and more! Pick-up for the Hoagie Sale is from 11 AM-2 PM in the Chrisman House. In addition, the Memorial Service for a cherished member, Verda Wells, starts at 1 PM with a 30-minute visitation followed by a church service and luncheon. On Sunday, join us for a worship service at 9:30 am (contemporary) or 11 am (traditional). Visit in person or view the livestream from home on the Coventryville UMC YouTube Channel. On Tuesday from 4-6 PM, there is a frozen food giveaway of Wawa breakfast sandwiches. Pick up early while supplies last! To ask for additional details about any of these activities, call the church office at 610-469-9350.

Bethel UMC

SPRING CITY — Worship services at Bethel United Methodist Church, 952 Bethel Church Road, will be held in the Sanctuary at 8:30 am and 10:30 am. VBS at Bethel UMC: Aug. 8 thru Aug. 12 — 9 AM to Noon for grades Preschool through 5th. Junior Helpers are 6th through High School! Adult volunteers are needed as well! All are welcome! To register, email jadomin3@gmail.com

Emmanuel Lutheran

POTTSTOWN — You are invited to join Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, 150 N. Hanover St., this Sunday as we observe the Third Sunday after Pentecost in our Sanctuary. The service features both traditional and contemporary aspects. Services are broadcast live on our Facebook page at https:// www.facebook.com/emmanuel.pottstown. They are also be posted on our website http://www.emmanuelpottstown.com/ and on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/ channel/UCBQzq980Tf11SCyPX2G21mg. Community Outreach Schedule — Emmanuel’s Closet is open Monday and Wednesday from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, every other Tuesday and Saturday from 4 pm to 6 pm and Friday from 11 am to 1 pm; free Community Meals are served in the Genesis Room on Monday at 5 pm, Tuesday at 6 pm, Friday at 11:45 am, and Saturday at 5 pm. The Sunday meal is currently on hiatus. Emmanuel has an ongoing food drive for Operation 143. Formerly known as Operation Backpack, Operation 143 fills the gap of weekend food insecurity of children in our local school districts. Donations of easy-to-open, nonperishable, food items can be placed at any time in the designated cans in the Main Sunday School Room. Emmanuel’s Closet, a ministry that supplies clothing to those in need, is now accepting donations of Spring and Summer clothing, gently used denim jeans (no dress pants, please), sweat pants, sneakers, sandals, and travel-sized toiletries (toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, soap) for men, women and children. Items may be dropped off during the hours noted above. Scout Troop 1299 meets on Monday at 7 pm. Youth between the ages of 11 and 17 are invited to come and experience a unique handson learning opportunity reflecting budding interests and unlocking a world of discovery to forge a path for the future. Two other local congregations share the word of Christ from our location on Sunday mornings! Agape Life Ministry, under the leadership of Pastor Randy Shanley, meets in the Chapel at 10:00 AM. For more information, call 610-323-4509. Restoration Life Center under the leadership of Pastor Joyce Wilkerson meets in the Chapel at 12 noon. For more information, call 484-300-5508.

Grace Lutheran

POTTSTOWN — Grace Lutheran Church, 660 N. Charlotte St., will observe the Third Sunday after Pentecost on June 26 in our Sanctuary beginning at 9:15 AM. Deacon Kathleen Afflerbach will preside over the service. The service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page https://www.facebook. com/GLCPottstown, and a recorded version of the service will be posted as soon as available on our website https://gracechurchpottstown.org, YouTube chan

nel https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCKgJARV1AwzJW5LhKr67uA and Facebook page.

Calvary UCC

BARTO — Free Community Giveaway (clothing, shoes, household, books and more) and Lunch To Go, on Saturday, June 25, from 8-11 AM, at Calvary United Church of Christ, 1231 Route 100, Barto. All are welcome!

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