Local Choirs and Churches Bring Festive Vibes to the Community

Concerts and Performances

RCS Chamber Singers and New Winter

• Event: Concert featuring bagpipes and vocal harmonies
• Date: Next Saturday
• Time: 4 p.m.
• Location: Pennside Presbyterian Church
• Details: Quartet blending Scottish smallpipes, vocals, and spoken word

Ringgold Band

• Event: Annual Christmas concert
• Date: Sunday
• Time: 2 p.m.
• Location: Sanctuary of Reformation Lutheran Church
• Details:
• Free-will offering collected
• Reception follows the concert
• Blue Christmas Service of Comfort and Hope: Today at 2 p.m. for those bereaved and missing a loved one

Greater Reading Encore Chorale

• Event: Holiday concert titled “A Bit of Holiday Cheer”
• Date: Dec. 14
• Time: 2 p.m.
• Location: Alsace Lutheran Church
• Details: Free-will offering taken

Church Events

St. John’s Gernant’s Church

• Event: Worship service
• Date: Sunday
• Time: 9:30 a.m.
• Details:
• Fellowship time following the service
• Collecting peanut butter and cereal for the Schuylkill Valley Food Bank

Christ Lutheran Church

• Events:
• Coffee and Conversation: Sunday at 8:30 and 10 a.m.
• Quilt Tying Session: Date not specified
• Ladies Meeting: Date not specified
• Trip to Peppe’s for Lunch: Date not specified
• Book Club: Tuesday at 7 p.m.
• Brown Bag Bible Study: Wednesday at noon

Good Samaritan Church of God

• Event: Dinner and fellowship
• Date: Sunday
• Time: 3:30-6 p.m.
• Location: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Details: RSVP to Veda at 484-650-8413

Salem Lutheran Church

• Event: Worship service with guest pastor Rev. Steven Shussett
• Date: Sunday
• Time: 9:30 a.m.
• Details: Time for socializing and refreshments follows the service

United Church of Christ of Robesonia

• Events:
• Collecting monetary gifts for Veterans of the Cross: The Christmas Fund
• Receiving money for Liberty Square Personal Care to purchase an AED and equipment to rescue someone who is choking

Zion Moselem Lutheran Church

• Event: Outdoor illumination evening
• Date: Tonight
• Time: 6:30 p.m.
• Details: Turning on of all outside Christmas lights, followed by singing Christmas carols and family games

Friedens UCC

• Event: Guest musician Ellen Walter accompanying soloist Shirley Riegel-Ferrari
• Date: Sunday
• Time: 10:15 a.m.

St. Daniel’s Lutheran Church

• Event: 24th annual Vesper Service
• Date: Dec. 14
• Time: 4 p.m.
• Location: Conrad Weiser High School
• Details: Pre-service music by the Reading Pops Orchestra begins at 3:30

Zion Lutheran Church

• Events:
• Chili Cook-Off: After the 10:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday
• Christmas Cookie Sale: Next Saturday from 9 a.m. - noon or until sold out in the social hall
• Cost: $11 per pound for a large variety